19.6.2001 Official Journal of the European Communities L 162/19 (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COMMISSION COMMISSION DECISION of 15 June 2001 conferring management of aid on implementing agencies for pre-accession measures in agriculture and rural development in the Republic of Estonia in the pre-accession period (notified under document number C(2001) 1649) (2001/461/EC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to the Council Regulation (EC) No 1266/1999 of 21 June 1999 on coordinating aid to the applicant countries in the framework of the pre-accession strategy and amending Regulation (EEC) No 3906/1989 ('), and in particular Article 12(2) thereof, Having regard to the Commission Regulation (EC) No 2222/ 2000 of 7 June 2000 laying down financial rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1268/1999 on Community support for pre-accession measures for agriculture and rural development in the applicant countries of central and eastern Europe in the pre-accession period (), and in particular Article 3(2) thereof, Whereas: (1)  In accordance with Article 4(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1268/1999 of 21 June 1999 on Community support for pre-accession measures for agriculture and rural devel- opment in the Applicant Countries of central and eastern Europe in the pre-accession period (}), a Programme for Agriculture and Rural Development was approved by Commission Decision C(2000) 3321 final on 17 November 2000 for the Republic of Estonia. (2)  The government of the Republic of Estonia and the Commission, acting on behalf of the European Community, have signed on 25 January 2001 the Multi- O] L 161, 26.6.1999, p. 68. () O] L 253, 7.10.2000, p. 5. () O] L 161, 26.6.1999, p. 87. annual Financing Agreement laying down the technical, legal and administrative framework for the execution of the SAPARD Programme. Regulation (EC) No 1266/1999 provides that the ex-ante approval requirement referred to in article 12(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1266/1999 may be waived on the basis of a case-by-case analysis of national and sectorial programme/project management capacity, financial control procedures and structures regarding public finance; Regulation (EC) No 2222/2000 provides for detailed rules for the carrying out of said analysis. The Competent authority of the Republic of Estonia has appointed, on the one hand, the Agricultural Registers and Information Board for the implementation of measures ‘Investment support in agricultural holdings’; ‘Investment support for improving the processing and marketing of agricultural and fishery products’; ‘Investment support for the development and diversification of economic activities’ and ‘Investment support for the development and the improvement of rural infrastructure’ as defined in the Programme for Agriculture and Rural Develop- ment that was approved by Commission Decision C(2000) 3321 final on 17 November 2000 for the Republic of Estonia and, on the other, the Ministry of Finance, National Fund Department for the financial func- tions it is due to perform in the framework of the implementation of the SAPARD programme. Pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1266/1999 and Regula- tion (EC) No 2222/2000, the Commission has analysed the national and sectorial  programme/project