Experience with countries that had started SAPARD earlier showed that there was no realistic chance for countries with conferral decisions in 2002 to be able to use any substantial part of their allocations by the deadline existing prior to the introduction of Regulation (EC) No 188/2003, namely the end of 2003. So as not to discriminate against those countries that had managed to make more rapid progress in obtaining conferral decisions all were treated identically under Regulation (EC) No 188/2003, which extended by two years the time limit for use of appropriations for the annual allocations 2000 to 2002.
Afin de ne pas créer de discrimination par rapport aux pays qui avaient progressé plus rapidement dans la procédure d'obtention des décisions de délégation, le règlement (CE) n° 188/2003 a mis tous les pays sur un pied d'égalité et a étendu de deux ans le délai imparti pour l'utilisation des crédits disponibles au titre des allocations annuelles de 2000 à 2002.
