PHARE

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The PHARE program (originally short for English Poland and Hungary: Aid for Restructuring of the Economies , Poland and Hungary: aid for the restructuring of the economy ' ; and PHARE CBC - Cross Border Cooperation ) was one of three instruments of the European Union to the To support the accession preparations of the applicant countries in Central and Eastern Europe . The most important areas of activity were administrative development, investment aid for infrastructures and regional development. It was financed through non-repayable grants. An annual budget of € 1.6 billion was planned for the years 2000 to 2006.

development

In 1989 PHARE was set up to support Poland and Hungary . At a meeting of the European Council in 1994 it was decided to expand the program to include other candidate countries. Up to 2006 three countries were integrated in this program: Bulgaria , Romania and Croatia . The aid program has expired for the eight member states that joined in 2004, namely the Czech Republic , Estonia , Hungary, Latvia , Lithuania , Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia .

The PHARE program was replaced on January 1, 2007 by the Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA) by Council Regulation (EC) No 1085/2006 of July 17, 2006.

tasks

  • Administrative reform : the authorities were helped to familiarize themselves with the European Community.
  • Investment aid for infrastructure : infrastructure and industry should be raised to community standards. The areas of environment, quality standards, traffic and working conditions were particularly important.

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Council Regulation (EC) No. 1085/2006