2006/62/EC: Council Decision of 23 January 2006 enabling countries covered by the European Neighbourhood Policy, as well as Russia, to benefit from the Technical Assistance and Information Exchange (TAIEX) Programme

The purpose of this Decision is to enable countries covered by the European Neighbourhood Policy, as well as Russia, particularly those with action plans or roadmaps under implementation, to benefit from assistance through TAIEX, which will provide targeted technical assistance to aid the partner countries in understanding and drafting legislation related to the action plans and to help them with implementation and enforcement.

For the purposes of implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 1488/96 of 23 July 1996 on financial and technical measures to accompany the reform of economic and social structures in the framework of the Euro-Mediterranean partnership (MEDA) and Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 99/2000, the Commission may, in accordance with Article 54(2) of the Financial Regulation, decide to entrust tasks of public authority and, in particular, budget implementation tasks following from such decision to the body implementing the TAIEX programme implemented under Regulation (EEC) No 3906/89, Regulation (EC) No 2666/2000 and Regulation (EC) No 2500/2001.

This Decision shall not apply to those parts of actions implemented pursuant to Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 99/2000 that fall within the scope of the Euratom Treaty.

Activities authorised by this Decision shall be financed from budget heading 19 06 01 ‘Assistance to partner countries in eastern Europe and central Asia’, and the associated budget heading for administrative costs 19 01 04 07, and budget heading 19 08 02 01 MEDA (measures to accompany the reforms to the economic and social structures in the Mediterranean non-member countries) and the associated budget heading for administrative costs 19 01 04 06.