Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council – Instrument for pre-accession assistance (IPA): revised multi-annual indicative financial framework for 2013

The Multi-annual Indicative Financial Framework (MIFF) for the Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance (IPA) is designed to provide information on the indicative breakdown of the overall IPA envelope proposed by the Commission in accordance with Article 5 of the IPA Regulation (EC) No 1085/2006. It acts as the link between the political framework within the enlargement package and the budgetary process. The Multi-annual Indicative Planning Documents (MIPD) established for each beneficiary country, for the multi-beneficiary programme and for the cross–border cooperation component, through which pre-accession aid is delivered, take into account the indicative breakdown proposed in the MIFF.

The MIFF is based on a rolling three-year programming cycle. Under normal circumstances, a MIFF for years N, N+1 and N+2 will be presented in the last quarter of year N-2 as part of the enlargement package, representing a proposed financial translation of the political priorities set out within the package itself, taking into consideration the financial framework. As 2013 is the last budgetary year of IPA, this MIFF covers only changes foreseen in that year. It indicates the allocation of the envelope for pre-accession assistance by country and by component for 2013 and also gives an indication of the multi-beneficiary programme envelope and support expenditure.

As in previous years, the MIFF is published based on the current status of the countries concerned. As such, it reflects the change of status of Serbia which became a candidate country in February 2012, as well as the anticipated date of accession of Croatia on 1 July 2013.

The overall political priorities for pre-accession are set out in the Accession and European Partnerships, the annual progress reports and the enlargement strategy paper contained in the enlargement package presented to the European Parliament and the Council each autumn.

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