Although the Structural Fund Regulation requires commitments to be programmed in seven, normally equal, annual instalments, the Financial Regulation and the inter-institutional agreement allow for the appropri
ations for the 2000 budget year to be transferred to the 2001 budget year or, alternatively, for the 2000 instalment
to be reprogrammed over the 2002-06 budget years in the event of delays in the adoption of the programmes, in particular if negotiations overran the fi
...[+++]ve-month period allowed by Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999.