was the final programming year for the new Member States, but contracting of projects continued until 2005 and payments based on these contracts continued until 2006. However, given the phasing out of Delegations in the new Member States and their replacement by smaller Representations, from May 2004 the new Member States had to take over the full responsibility for the management of the Phare programme through a process of Extended Decentralisation. See also Directorate-General for Enlargement (European Commission) References This article incorporates text from the PHARE page on the European Union web site. According to its copyright policy, reproduction is authorised, provided the source is acknowledged. Instruments and programmes related to European Union enlargement