Regulation (EC) No 1880/2000 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 July 2000 extending Council Regulation (EC) No 443/97 on operations to aid uprooted people in Asian and Latin American developing countries
Date: 2000-07-17
Institutions: Council of the European Union, European Parliament
Subjects: EU aid, Latin America, aid to refugees, development aid, humanitarian aid

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(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

REGULATION (EC) No 1880/2000 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL

of 17 July 2000

extending Council Regulation (EC) No 443/97 on operations to aid uprooted people in Asian and
Latin American developing countries

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE
EUROPEAN UNION,

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

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1),

Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article
251 of the Treaty (2),

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Council Regulation (EC) No 443/97 of 3 March 1997 on
operations to aid uprooted people in Asian and Latin
expired on 31
American developing
December 1999.

countries (3)

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

The
extension of Regulation (EC) No 443/97 is
dependent on the Commission submitting the annual
reports to the European Parliament and to the Council,
as required by that Regulation.

The measures necessary for the implementation of Regu-
lation (EC) No 443/97 should be adopted in accordance
with Council Decision 1999/468/EC of 28 June 1999
laying down the procedures for the exercise of imple-
menting powers conferred on the Commision (4),

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Regulation (EC) No 443/97 is hereby amended as follows:

1. Article 6(1) is replaced by the following:

‘1.
Community financing of the operations referred to in
Article 1 covers a period of five years (1996 to 2000).

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

the European Parliament of 4 May 2000 (not yet
published in the Official Journal) and Decision of the Council of 29
June 2000.

(3) OJ L 68, 8.3.1997, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 184, 17.7.1999, p. 23.

The financial framework for the implementation of this
programme for the period 1996 to 2000 is EUR 280
million.

Annual appropriations are authorised by the budgetary
authority within the limits of the financial perspective.’

2. Article 10(2) is replaced by the following paragraphs:

‘2. Where reference is made to this Article, Articles 4 and
7 of Council Decision 1999/468/EC of 28 June laying down
the procedures for the exercise of implementing powers
conferred on the Commission (*) apply, having regard to the
provisions of Article 8 thereof.

The period laid down in Article 4(3) of Decision 1999/
468/EC is one month.

3.

The Committee shall adopt its Rules of Procedure.

(*) OJ L 184, 17.7.1999, p. 23.’

3. The following Article shall be inserted:

‘Article 13a

The Commission shall submit to the European Parliament
four months before the
least
and to the Council, at
expiry of
this Regulation, an overall assessment report
appraising the management of the programme, identifying
strengths and weaknesses and making recommendations
to improve the impact of the programme.’

4. The second subparagraph of Article 14 shall be replaced

by the following:

‘It applies until 31 December 2000.’

Article 2

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

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

Done at Brussels, 17 July 2000.

For the European Parliament

The President

N. FONTAINE

For the Council

The President

J. CLAVANY