Tempus III se nanaša na države, ki so upravičene do pomoči na podlagi Uredbe Sveta (ES) št. 2666/2000, z dne 5. decembra 2000, o pomoči Albaniji, Bosni in Hercegovini, Hrvaški, Zvezni republiki Jugoslaviji, Nekdanji jugoslovanski republiki Makedoniji *, in na nove neodvisne države nekdanje Sovjetske zveze in Mongolije iz Uredbe Sveta (ES, Euratom) št. 99/2000, z dne 29. decembra 1999 o zagotavljanju pomoči partnerskim državam vzhodne Evrope ter osrednje Azije ** in sredozemskim državam nečlanicam ter ozemljem iz Uredbe Sveta (ES) št. 1488/96, z dne 23. julija 1996 o finančnih in tehničnih ukrepih (MEDA) za spremljanje reformiranja gospodarskih in socialnih struktur v okviru Evro-mediteranskega partnerstva ***.
Tempus III shall concern the countries which are beneficiaries under Council 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(7), and the new independent States of the former Soviet Union and Mongolia referred to in Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 99/2000 of 29 December 1999 concerning the provision of assistance to the partner States in eastern Europe and central Asia(8), and Mediterranean non-member countries and territories listed in Council Regulation (EC) No 1488/96 of 23 July 1996 on financial and technical measures to accompany (MEDA) the reform of economic and social structures in the framework of the Euro-Mediterranean partnership(9).