Nevertheless, your rapporteur believes that, in accordance with the principles of legal certainty, sound administration and legitimate trust, a transitional period should be provided until 31 December 2005 so that countries which benefit from the special schemes currently in force under Council Regulation (EC) No 2501/2001 and which are not included in the list of beneficiaries of the new special incentive scheme do not suffer an unjustified erosion of preferences.
Nevertheless, your rapporteur believes that, in accordance with the principles of legal certainty, sound administration and legitimate trust, a transitional period should be provided until 31 December 2005 so that countries which benefit from the special schemes currently in force under Council Regulation (EC) No 2501/2001 and which are not included in the list of beneficiaries of the new special incentive scheme do not suffer an unjustified erosion of preferences.