2000/460/EC: Council Decision of 17 July 2000 amending Decision 1999/311/EC adopting the third phase of the trans-European cooperation scheme for higher education (Tempus III) (2000 to 2006)
Date: 2000-07-17
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Central Asia, Central and Eastern Europe, EU programme, cooperation policy, higher education

L 183/16

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

22.7.2000

COUNCIL

COUNCIL DECISION

of 17 July 2000

amending Decision 1999/311/EC adopting the third phase of the trans-European cooperation
scheme for higher education (Tempus III) (2000 to 2006)

(2000/460/EC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community, and in particular Article 308 thereof,

(4)

It is important to be able to extend the Tempus III
programme to other countries in the region in future, in
particular Croatia,

Having regard to the proposal of the Commission,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (1),

Article 1

Decision 1999/311/EC is hereby amended as follows:

1. In Article 2, the first paragraph shall be replaced by the

following:

‘Tempus III concerns the non-associated countries of central
and eastern Europe designated as eligible for economic aid
by virtue of Regulation (EEC) No 3906/89 (PHARE
programme) or the programme intended to replace it, and
the new independent states of the former Soviet Union and
Mongolia mentioned in Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 99/
2000 (which replaces the old TACIS programme). These
countries are hereinafter referred to as “eligible countries”.’

2. Footnote 1 shall be deleted.

Article 2

This Decision shall take effect on the day of its publication in
the Official Journal of the European Communities.

Done at Brussels, 17 July 2000.

For the Council

The President

L. FABIUS

Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social
Committee (2),

Having regard to the opinion of
Regions (1),

the Committee of

the

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

By Decision 1999/311/EC (3) the Council adopted the
third phase of the trans-European cooperation scheme
for higher education (Tempus III) (2000 to 2006).

This programme is intended for the non-associated
countries of central and eastern Europe eligible for
economic aid by virtue of Regulation (EEC) No 3906/89
(PHARE programme) (4) or the programme intended to
replace it and the new independent states of the former
Soviet Union and Mongolia as laid down 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 (5)
(which replaces the old TACIS programme).

(3)

The footnote inserted in Article 2 states that ‘at present’
the programme relates to Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina
and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.

(1) Opinion delivered on 14 June 2000 (not yet published in the Offi-

cial Journal).

(2) Opinion delivered on 29 May 2000 (not yet published in the Offi-

cial Journal).

(3) OJ L 120, 8.5.1999, p. 30.
(4) OJ L 375, 23.12.1989, p. 11. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 1266/1999 (OJ L 161, 20.6.1999, p. 68).

(5) OJ L 12, 18.1.2000, p. 1.