2000/30/EC: Commission Decision of 13 December 1999 concerning funding of implementing measures for the harmonised indices of consumer prices (notified under document number C(1999) 4428)

COMMISSION DECISION
of 13 December 1999
concerning funding of implementing measures for the harmonised indices of consumer prices
(notified under document number C(1999) 4428)
(2000/30/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2494/95 of 23 October 1995 concerning harmonised indices of consumer prices(1), and in particular Article 13 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Each Member State is required to produce a harmonised index of consumer prices (HICPs) starting with the index for January 1997 and implementing measures are adopted for ensuring the comparability of HICP and for maintaining their reliability and relevance in accordance with Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 2494/95.
(2) The initial implementing measures required additional resources in Member States at a cost estimated at EUR 4,5 million up to the end of the second year of implementation of those measures and whereas the Commission bore two thirds of the additional costs in accordance with Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 2494/95.
(3) Further implementing measures require additional resources in Member States at a cost estimated at EUR 1012500 until the end of the second year of implementation of these measures and whereas the Commission should bear two thirds of the additional costs in accordance with Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 2494/95,