Amended proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council extending Regulation (EC) No 443/97 on operations to aid uprooted people in Asian and Latin American developing countries
Date: 2000-06-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Asia, Latin America, aid to refugees, development aid, humanitarian aid

28.11.2000

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Official Journal of the European Communities

C 337 E/147

Amended proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council extending
Regulation (EC) No 443/97 on operations to aid uprooted people in Asian and Latin American
developing countries (1)

(2000/C 337 E/21)

COM(2000) 410 final (cid:15) 1999/0194(COD)

(Submitted by the Commission pursuant to Article 250(2) of the EC Treaty on 22 June 2000)

(1) OJ C 21 E, 25.1.2000, p. 65.

INITIAL PROPOSAL

AMENDED PROPOSAL

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE
EUROPEAN UNION,

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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community, and in particular Article 179(1) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article
251 of the Treaty (1),

Whereas:

(1) Council Regulation (EC) No 443/97 on operations to aid
uprooted people in Asian and Latin American developing
countries will expire on 31 December 1999.

(2) It would appear appropriate to extend this Regulation until
31 December 2000 and at the same time to amend the
financial reference amount and the relevant period referred
to in Article 6(1) of Regulation (EC) No 443/97.

(3) Regulation (EC) No 443/97 requires the Commission to
submit an annual report to the European Parliament and
this report should be available before the
the Council;
adoption of this Regulation,

HAVE ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

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Article 1

1. The second subparagraph of Article 14 of Council Regu-
lation (EC) No 443/97 is replaced by the following: =It shall
apply until 31 December 2000.>

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(1) Position of the European Parliament of 4 May 2000.

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INITIAL PROPOSAL

AMENDED PROPOSAL

2. Article 6(1) of Council Regulation (EC) No 443/97 is

replaced by the following:

=1.
Community financing of the operations referred to in
Article 1 shall cover a period of five years (1996 to 2000).
The financial reference amount for the implementation of
this programme for the period 1996 to 2000 shall be
EUR 280 million. Annual appropriations shall be auth-
orised by the budgetary authority within the limits of the
financial perspective.>

framework for the implementation of

=1.
Community financing of the operations referred to in
Article 1 shall cover a period of five years (1996 to 2000).
The financial
this
the period 1996 to 2000 shall be
programme
EUR 280 million. Annual appropriations shall be auth-
orised by the budgetary authority within the limits of the
financial perspective.>

for

3. Article 10(2) of Council Regulation No 443/97 is replaced

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by the following:

=2. Where reference is made to this article, Article 4 of
Council Decision 1999/468/EC (1) shall apply, having regard
to Articles 7 and 8 thereof. The period provided for in
Article 4(3) of Decision 1999/468/EC shall be one month.>

Article 1a

The Commission shall submit to the European Parliament and
the Council, four months before the expiry of Council Regu-
lation (EC) No 443/97, an overall assessment report appraising
the management of the programme,
identifying its strengths
and weaknesses and making recommendations to improve
the impact of the programme

Article 2

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This Regulation shall enter
into force on the third day
following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the
European Communities.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly
applicable in all Member States.

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(1) OJ L 184, 17.7.1999, p. 23.