22.4.2006 Official Journal of the European Union L 109/9 I (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COMMISSION COMMISSION DECISION of 20 April 2006 conferring management of aid implementing agencies for pre-accession measures in agriculture and rural development in Romania in the pre-accession period (2006/298/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 co-ordinating aid to the applicant countries in the framework of the pre-accession strategy and amending Regulation (EEC) No 3906/89 (1), and in particular Article 12(2) thereof, Having regard to the Council Regulation (EC) No 1268/1999 of 21 June 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 4(5) and (6) thereof, Whereas: (1) The Special Programme for Agriculture and Rural Devel- opment for Romania (hereinafter Sapard) was approved by Commission Decision C(2000) 3742 final of 12 December 2000, as last amended by Commission Decision C(2006) 1194 of 11 April 2006, in accordance with Article 4(5) and (6) of Regulation (EC) No 1268/1999. () OJ L 161, 26.6.1999, p. 68. (® OJ L 161, 26.6.1999, p. 87. Regulation as last amended by Regu- lation (EC) No 2257/2004 (O] L 389, 30.12.2004, p. 1). 2 ) () The government of Romania and the Commission, acting on behalf of the European Community, signed on 2 February 2001 the Multi-Annual Financing Agreement laying down the technical, legal and administrative framework for the execution of Sapard, as last amended by the Annual Financing Agreement for 2004, signed on 12 May 2005, which finally entered into force on 3 November 2005. The SAPARD Agency, public institution with legal status, in the subordination of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forests and Rural Development has been appointed by the competent authority of Romania for the implemen- tation of some of the measures defined in Sapard. The National Fund Department within the Ministry of Public Finance has been appointed for the financial functions it is due to perform in the framework of the implemen- tation of Sapard. On the basis of a case-by-case analysis of the national and sectorial programme/project management capacity, financial control procedures and structures regarding public finance, as provided for in Article 12(2) of Regu- lation (EC) No 1266/1999, the Commission adopted Decision 2002/638/EC of 31 July 2002 (}) and Decision 2003/846/EC of 5 December 2003 (*) conferring management of aid on implementing agencies for pre-accession measures in agriculture and rural development in Romania in the pre-accession period with regard to certain measures provided for in Sapard. 206, 3.8.2002, p. 31. oJ L 0] L 321, 6.12.2003, p. 62.