2. Recalls that the multiannual plan
on preparations for enlargement, as adopted by the Bureau on 3 September 2001, provides in principle the indicative framework for preparation of the 2003 estimates; welcomes the fact that, on the one hand, budgetary projections for specific
measures have been scaled down as the report has been further fine-tuned and updated by the Bureau; notes, on the other hand, that bringing forward accession from July to January 2004 will require adjusting the multiannual plan on preparations for enlargement
...[+++]and bringing forward expenditure to the 2003 budget; points out that the challenge posed by the forthcoming enlargement far exceeds the scale of previous enlargements, the requisite administrative groundwork and their budgetary impact;