TEMPUS III: trans-European cooperation scheme for higher education, 3rd phase 2000-2006

PURPOSE : to provide for the eventual participation of Croatia to the Tempus III programme. COMMUNITY MEASURE : Council Decision amending Decision 1999/311/EC adopting the third phase of the trans-European cooperation scheme for higher education (Tempus III) (2000 to 2006). CONTENT : by Decision 1999/311/EC the Council adopted the third phase of the trans-European cooperation scheme for higher education (Tempus III) (2000 to 2006). A footnote inserted in Article 2 states that "at present" the programme relates to Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. However, it is important to be able to extend the Tempus III programme to other countries in the region in future, in particular, Croatia. Therefore, the aforementioned footnote has been deleted. The Decision shall be replaced by the following: - 'Tempus III concerns the non-associated countries of central and eastern Europe designated as eligible for economic aid by virtue of Regulation 3906/89/EEC (PHARE programme) or the programme intended to replace it, and the new independent states of the former Soviet Union and Mongolia. ENTRY INTO FORCE : 22.07.2000. �