European Committee of the Regions 20 November 1997, Opinion of the Committee of the Regions on 'Agenda 2000: the financing of the European Union after 1999 taking account of enlargement prospects and the challenges of the 21st century'

C 64/40 EN 27.2.98 Official Journal of the European Communities 5.2. Despite this the COR considers that the degree implementation of the strategy should consider the gradual reduction in the level of flexibility inherent in of flexibility built-in to many of the measures is also important in assisting regions which will have difficulty many of the strategy’s measures. in reaching targets set.