European Commission > Regional Policy > Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA)
From January 2007 onwards, the Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA) replaces a series of European Union programmes and financial instruments for candidate countries or potential candidate countries, namely PHARE, PHARE CBC, ISPA, SAPARD, CARDS and the financial instrument for Turkey.
The IPA is made up of five different components:
The IPA beneficiary countries are divided into two categories:
IPA - Instrument for the Pre-Accession Assistance:
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