Commission Regulation (EC) No 718/2007 of 12 June 2007 implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 1085/2006 establishing an instrument for pre-accession assistance (IPA) (c. 718)

PART I U.K. COMMON PROVISIONS

TITLE I U.K. PRINCIPLES AND GENERAL FRAMEWORK FOR ASSISTANCE

CHAPTER I U.K. Subject matter and principles

Article 4 U.K. Priorities for assistance

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.