10Council Regulation (EC) No 2666/2000 of 5 December 2000 on assistance for Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, repealing Regulation (EC) No 1628/96 and amending Regulations (EEC) No 3906/89 and (EEC) No 1360/90 and Decisions 97/256/EC and 1999/311/EC (OJ 2000 L 306, p. 1), as amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 2257/2004 of 20 December 2004 (OJ 2004 L 389, p. 1), provided, inter alia, by means of the CARDS programme, for the provision of Community assistance for the reconstruction, development and stabilisation of south-east European countries with a view to their participation in the process of stabilisation and association with the European Union.