EU considering more funds

Romania could get the most money for accession of all the 12 EU applicant states throughout 2004-2006, Romania’s Negotiator for the EU Vasile Puscas said while in Cluj Napoca on Sunday. He added the members of the European Council in Copenhagen had analysed the possibility of allotting more money for Romania throughout 2004-2006, due to its improved European funds absorption capacity. Valeriu Steriu, state secretary within the Ministry of Agriculture, Foods and Forests said there would be a new application for more funds from the European programmes aimed at financing farming, as more than 1,100 projects worth over 1.1bn euros had already been submitted. “We already have 110 eligible projects for the food processing component of the SAPARD programme,” Steriu specified, pointing out the danger of funds not being fully used was out of the question. ZF