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Article 4 Priorities for assistance

United Kingdom

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Assistance for a given beneficiary country shall be based on the priorities identified in the following documents, where they exist:

  • the European partnership,

  • the accession partnership,

  • the national programme for the adoption of the acquis,

  • the reports and strategy paper contained in the annual enlargement package of the Commission,

  • the stabilisation and association agreement,

  • the negotiation framework.

Account shall also be taken of the priorities set out in the national strategies where they are compatible with the pre-accession objectives and scope as laid down in the IPA Regulation.