2002/997/: Decision of the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States, meeting within the Council of 20 December 2002 amending the Decision of the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States, meeting within the Council, of 21 February 2002 setting up a Fund for the financing of the Convention on the future of the European Union and laying down the financial rules for its management
Date: 2002-12-20
Institutions: Representatives of the Governments of the Member States
Subjects: European Constitution, European Union, financial management, financing, fund (EU)

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(Acts whose publication is not obligatory)

CONFERENCE OF THE REPRESENTATIVES
OF THE GOVERNMENTS OF THE MEMBER STATES

DECISION OF THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE GOVERNMENTS OF THE MEMBER STATES,
MEETING WITHIN THE COUNCIL

amending the Decision of the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States, meeting
within the Council, of 21 February 2002 setting up a Fund for the financing of the Convention on
the future of the European Union and laying down the financial rules for its management

of 20 December 2002

(2002/997/EU)

THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE GOVERNMENTS OF THE MEMBER
STATES OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, MEETING WITHIN THE
COUNCIL,

HAVE DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Whereas:

Article 1

(1)

(2)

(3)

On 12 December 2002 the European Parliament, the
Council and the Commission signed an Interinstitutional
Agreement extending the Interinstitutional Agreement
on the financing of the Convention on the future of the
European Union, which was signed on 28 February
2002.

The Decision of the Representatives of the Governments
of the Member States, meeting within the Council, of 21
February 2002 setting up a Fund for the financing of the
Convention on the future of the European Union and
laying down the financial rules for its management (1)
should also be extended from 1 January 2003 until the
the Convention's proceedings, or until 31
end of
December 2003 at the latest, in accordance with Article
24(2) thereof.

the Member States,

A technical adjustment should furthermore be made to
the said Decision of the Representatives of the Govern-
ments of
in order to take into
account Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/
2002 of 25 June 2002 on the Financial Regulation
applicable to the general budget of
the European
Communities (2), which applies as from 1 January 2003,

The Decision of the Representatives of the Governments of the
Member States, meeting within the Council, of 21 February
2002 setting up a Fund for the financing of the Convention on
the future of the European Union and laying down the financial
rules for its management is hereby extended from 1 January
2003 until the end of the Convention's proceedings, or until
31 December 2003 at the latest.

Article 2

Article 14 of the Decision referred to in Article 1 shall be
replaced by the following:

‘Article 14

Internal financial control of the Fund shall be carried out
by an official or servant of the General Secretariat of the
Council appointed to that
the
Appointing Authority, which shall define the detailed
arrangements of such control.’

end by decision of

Article 3

(1) OJ L 60, 1.3.2002, p. 56.
(2) OJ L 248, 19.6.2002, p. 1.

This Decision shall enter into force on 1 January 2003.

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This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

Article 4

Done at Brussels, 20 December 2002.

The President

P. S. MØLLER