IPA - Pre-accession programme
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As food crises do not respect national borders, the establishment of an efficient European food safety system requires co-operation between all Member States. That is why food safety issues play an important role in accession negotiations for EU membership.
The Council Regulation establishing the new Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA) was adopted on 17 July 2006. It replaces the previous pre-accession financial instruments - PHARE, ISPA, SAPARD, CARDS and the Turkish pre-accession instrument. The IPA came into force on 1 January 2007 bringing all pre-accession support into a single, focused instrument. It covers Croatia as acceding country, the following countries with Candidate status (The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, Turkey and Serbia) and the countries with Potential Candidate status (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo – under UNSC Resolution 1244).
Under the IPA, EFSA is implementing the action entitled: “Preparatory Measures for the Participation of the Candidate and the Potential Candidate Countries in EFSA”, financed by the European Commission. The objectives of this programme are to:
- Prepare the competent bodies in beneficiary countries active in the fields relevant to the work of EFSA, the European Commission and the Member States for their future participation in EFSA networks,
- Help create communication and information exchange systems that will enable future participation of the beneficiary countries in EFSA networks,
- Transfer knowledge on methodologies used in the fields within the remit of EFSA, in particular on risk assessment and data collection,
- Support the beneficiary countries in their communication activities linked to risk assessment.
Brochure - Food safety: cooperation beyond borders
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Contacts
Finn Sheye,
Pre-Accession Programme Coordinator, Officer, Advisory Forum and Scientific Cooperation Unit
Tel: +39 0521 036 672
Finn.sheye@efsa.europa.eu
Jelena Vracar,
Officer, Advisory Forum and Scientific Cooperation Unit
Tel: +390521036 239
Jelena.vracar@efsa.europa.eu
