19.12.2009 Official Journal of the European Union L 338101 COMMISSION DECISION of 18 December 2009 conferring on the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia management of aid relating to the Component V — Agriculture and Rural Development of the Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA) for pre-accession measures 101, 103 and 302 in the pre-accession period (2009/987/EU) THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION, Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1085/2006 of 17 July 2006 establishing an Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA) (1), Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 718/2007 of 12 June 2007 implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 1085/2006 establishing an instrument for pre-accession assistance (IPA) (3) and in particular Articles 18 and 186 thereof, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 of 25 June 2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Commu- nities () (hereinafter referred to as: ‘the Financial Regulation’), and in particular Article 53¢ and Article 56(2) thereof, Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2342/2002 of 23 December 2002 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities (*) (hereinafter referred to as: ‘the Implementing Rules’) and in particular Article 35 thereof, Whereas: (1) Regulation (EC) No 1085/2006 establishing an Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA) lays down the objectives and main principles for pre- accession assistance to candidate and potential candidate countries for the period from 2007 to 2013 and confers the responsibility for its implementation to the Commission. (2) Articles 11, 12, 13, 14, 18 and 186 of Regulation (EC) No 718/2007 implementing Regulation (EC) No 1085/2006 give the Commission the possibility to confer management powers to the beneficiary country and define the requirements for such conferral relating to the Component V — Agriculture and Rural Devel- opment of the Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance. () O] L 210, 31.7.2006, p. 82. () O] L 170, 29.6.2007, p. 1. () O] L 248, 16.9.2002, p. 1. (% O] L 357, 31.12.2002, p. 1. (3) Pursuant to Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 718/2007 the Commission and the beneficiary country shall conclude a framework agreement, in order to set out and agree on the rules for cooperation concerning EU financial assistance to the beneficiary country. Where necessary, the framework agreement may be comple- mented by a sectoral agreement, or sectoral agreements, covering component specific provisions. For conferring management powers to the beneficiary country the conditions laid down in Article 53¢ and Article 56(2) of the Financial Regulation and in Article 35 of the Implementing Rules must be fulfilled. The Framework Agreement on the rules for cooperation concerning EC-financial assistance to the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia in the framework of the implementation of the assistance under the instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA) between the Government of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and the Commission of the European Communities was concluded on 4 March 2008. The Programme for Agriculture and Rural Development of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia under IPA (hereinafter referred to as TPARD Programme’), approved by Commission Decision C(2008) 677 of 25 February 2008, in accordance with Article 7(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1085/2006, and Article 184 of Regulation (EC) No 718/2007 included a plan for the annual Community contributions as well as the financing agreement. The Sectoral Agreement concluded on 29 January 2009 between the Commission of the European Community, acting for and on behalf of the European Community and the Government of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, acting on behalf of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, complements the provisions of the Framework Agreement, laying down the specific provisions applicable for the implementation and the execution of the IPARD Programme for Agriculture and Rural Development of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia under the Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA). The IPARD Programme was last amended on 23 September 2009 by Commission Decision C(2009) 7041.