Proposal for a Council Regulation adapting Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD), by reason of the accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union

Summary:

On 20 September 2005 the Council adopted Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development which makes changes to the acquis on which the accession negotiations with Bulgaria and Romania were based. This regulation does not take account of the results of the accession negotiations or indeed of enlargement itself. There is therefore a need to adapt both the Act of Accession and the text of the new rural development regulation before accession to ensure that the two are compatible.