In its Communication of 29 June 2011 entitled ‘A Budget for Europe 2020’, the Commission set the framework for the Union's instruments for financing external action, including the Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance (‘IPA II’).
Ina Teachtaireacht ón gCoimisiún an 29 Meitheamh 2011 dar teideal “Buiséad don Eoraip 2020”, leagann an Coimisiún amach an creat maidir le hionstraimí an Aontais chun an ghníomhaíocht sheachtrach a mhaoiniú, lena n-áirítear an Ionstraim um Chúnamh Réamhaontachais (ICR II).