Article 1 
This Decision establishes the Community action programme for the vocational training of customs officials of national administrations (the Matthaeus programme). Article 2 For the purposes of this Decision: (a) 'exchange official' shall mean an official of a Member State required to perform the duties entrusted to him in a customs service situated in another Member State; (b) 'host service' shall mean the customs service in which the exchange official is required to perform his duties; (c) 'donor service' shall mean the customs service in which the exchange official normally performs his duties. Article 3 The objectives of the Matthaeus programme shall be: (a) to prepare customs officials of Member States for the implications of the internal market with a view to the uniform application of Community regulations at the external borders of the Community; (b) to increase awareness in the customs services that, in the internal market, they will be required to work increasingly on behalf of the Community as a whole; (c) to provide supplementary, adapted vocational training to the greatest possible number of customs officials; (d) to utilize to maximum advantage the know-how of customs services in the Community through greater mobility of staff and thus to improve the management of the Customs Union and the application of the fiscal provisions relating to imports and exports; (e) to stimulate intensive and ongoing cooperation at all levels of the relevant administrations with a view to preparing them for working together within the context of the internal market. Article 4 The Matthaeus programme shall comprise the following training measures: (a) exchanges of customs officials between national administrations, in accordance with Article 5 and Annex I; (b) training seminars for customs officials, especially trainers in customs schools, officials responsible for implementing Community law and officials responsible for combating all types of fraud; details of the way in which these seminars are to be conducted are given in Annex II; (c) the implementation in Member States' customs schools of common vocational training programmes, in accordance with Annex III; (d) the organization of language training courses in the Member States for exchange officials, in accordance with Article 6. Article 5 1. Member States shall take the necessary steps to enable exchange officials to be operational in the host service. To this end, exchange officials shall be authorized to carry out the formalities relating to the duties entrusted to them. 2. If circumstances so require, and, in particular, in order to take account of the specific requirements of the legal system of each Member State, the competent authorities in the Member States may limit the authorization referred to in the second subparagraph of paragraph 1. 3. During the period of the exchange, the civil liability of the exchange official during the performance of his duties shall be assimilated to that of the national officials in the host service. 4. Exchange officials shall be bound by the same rules of professional secrecy as national officials. Article 6 1. Member States shall establish language training for their officials who are likely to participate in the exchanges referred to in Article 4 (a). This training must be of an intensive and ongoing nature. It must cover all official Community languages. 2. Acting on its own initiative or at the request of Member States, the Commission may organize language training in the less widely-spoken official languages of the Community in the Member States in which they are used. Article 7 1. The expenses arising from the measures taken in Article 4 shall be shared between the Commission and the Member States as provided for in paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. The Commission shall pay the travel and subsistence expenses for exchanges of customs officials between national administrations as provided for in Article 4 (a). The Commission shall also pay the travel and subsistence expenses of officials participating in the seminars referred to in Article 4 (b), when the officials are required to travel to a Member State other than their own. 3. Member States shall pay the expenses relating to the language training of their staff as provided for in Article 6. Article 8 The annual budget appropriations for the measures provided for in the programme shall be adopted in the context of the budgetary procedure and in compliance with the relevant financial perspective. Article 9 In carrying out its tasks, the Commission shall be assisted by a committee composed of the representatives of the Member States and chaired by the representative of the Commission. The representative of the Commission shall submit to the committee a draft of the measures to be taken. The committee shall deliver its opinion on the draft within a time limit which the chairman may lay down according to the urgency of the matter. The opinion shall be delivered by the majority laid down in Article 148 (2) of the Treaty in the case of decisions which the Council is required to adopt on a proposal from the Commission. The votes of the representatives of the Member States within the committee shall be weighted in the manner set out in that Article. The chairman shall not vote. The Commission shall adopt measures which shall apply immediately. However, if these measures are not in accordance with the opinion of the committee, they shall be communicated by the Commission to the Council forthwith. In that event, the Commission may defer application of the measures which it has decided for a period of not more than one month from the date of such communication. The Council, acting by a qualified majority, may take a different decision within the time limit referred to in the fourth subparagraph. Article 10 1. The Matthaeus programme shall be multiannual. 2. The Commission shall submit an annual report on the implementation of the Matthaeus programme to the European Parliament and to the Council. Article 11 Before 1 July 1993, the Commission shall submit a report on the experience acquired in implementing the Matthaeus programme to the European Parliament and to the Council, accompanied, if appropriate, by a proposal for its adaptation. Article 12 This Decision shall be applicable from 1 January 1991. Article 13 This Decision is addressed to the Member States. Done at Luxembourg, 20 June 1991. For the Council The President R. GOEBBELS (1) OJ No C 13, 19. 1. 1991, p. 12. (2) OJ No C 106, 22. 4. 1991, p. 90 and Decision of June 1991 (not yet published in the Official Journal). (3) OJ No C 102, 18. 4. 1991, p. 5.
Article 2 
For the purposes of this Decision: (a) 'exchange official' shall mean an official of a Member State required to perform the duties entrusted to him in a customs service situated in another Member State; (b) 'host service' shall mean the customs service in which the exchange official is required to perform his duties; (c) 'donor service' shall mean the customs service in which the exchange official normally performs his duties. Article 3 The objectives of the Matthaeus programme shall be: (a) to prepare customs officials of Member States for the implications of the internal market with a view to the uniform application of Community regulations at the external borders of the Community; (b) to increase awareness in the customs services that, in the internal market, they will be required to work increasingly on behalf of the Community as a whole; (c) to provide supplementary, adapted vocational training to the greatest possible number of customs officials; (d) to utilize to maximum advantage the know-how of customs services in the Community through greater mobility of staff and thus to improve the management of the Customs Union and the application of the fiscal provisions relating to imports and exports; (e) to stimulate intensive and ongoing cooperation at all levels of the relevant administrations with a view to preparing them for working together within the context of the internal market. Article 4 The Matthaeus programme shall comprise the following training measures: (a) exchanges of customs officials between national administrations, in accordance with Article 5 and Annex I; (b) training seminars for customs officials, especially trainers in customs schools, officials responsible for implementing Community law and officials responsible for combating all types of fraud; details of the way in which these seminars are to be conducted are given in Annex II; (c) the implementation in Member States' customs schools of common vocational training programmes, in accordance with Annex III; (d) the organization of language training courses in the Member States for exchange officials, in accordance with Article 6. Article 5 1. Member States shall take the necessary steps to enable exchange officials to be operational in the host service. To this end, exchange officials shall be authorized to carry out the formalities relating to the duties entrusted to them. 2. If circumstances so require, and, in particular, in order to take account of the specific requirements of the legal system of each Member State, the competent authorities in the Member States may limit the authorization referred to in the second subparagraph of paragraph 1. 3. During the period of the exchange, the civil liability of the exchange official during the performance of his duties shall be assimilated to that of the national officials in the host service. 4. Exchange officials shall be bound by the same rules of professional secrecy as national officials. Article 6 1. Member States shall establish language training for their officials who are likely to participate in the exchanges referred to in Article 4 (a). This training must be of an intensive and ongoing nature. It must cover all official Community languages. 2. Acting on its own initiative or at the request of Member States, the Commission may organize language training in the less widely-spoken official languages of the Community in the Member States in which they are used. Article 7 1. The expenses arising from the measures taken in Article 4 shall be shared between the Commission and the Member States as provided for in paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. The Commission shall pay the travel and subsistence expenses for exchanges of customs officials between national administrations as provided for in Article 4 (a). The Commission shall also pay the travel and subsistence expenses of officials participating in the seminars referred to in Article 4 (b), when the officials are required to travel to a Member State other than their own. 3. Member States shall pay the expenses relating to the language training of their staff as provided for in Article 6. Article 8 The annual budget appropriations for the measures provided for in the programme shall be adopted in the context of the budgetary procedure and in compliance with the relevant financial perspective. Article 9 In carrying out its tasks, the Commission shall be assisted by a committee composed of the representatives of the Member States and chaired by the representative of the Commission. The representative of the Commission shall submit to the committee a draft of the measures to be taken. The committee shall deliver its opinion on the draft within a time limit which the chairman may lay down according to the urgency of the matter. The opinion shall be delivered by the majority laid down in Article 148 (2) of the Treaty in the case of decisions which the Council is required to adopt on a proposal from the Commission. The votes of the representatives of the Member States within the committee shall be weighted in the manner set out in that Article. The chairman shall not vote. The Commission shall adopt measures which shall apply immediately. However, if these measures are not in accordance with the opinion of the committee, they shall be communicated by the Commission to the Council forthwith. In that event, the Commission may defer application of the measures which it has decided for a period of not more than one month from the date of such communication. The Council, acting by a qualified majority, may take a different decision within the time limit referred to in the fourth subparagraph. Article 10 1. The Matthaeus programme shall be multiannual. 2. The Commission shall submit an annual report on the implementation of the Matthaeus programme to the European Parliament and to the Council. Article 11 Before 1 July 1993, the Commission shall submit a report on the experience acquired in implementing the Matthaeus programme to the European Parliament and to the Council, accompanied, if appropriate, by a proposal for its adaptation. Article 12 This Decision shall be applicable from 1 January 1991. Article 13 This Decision is addressed to the Member States. Done at Luxembourg, 20 June 1991. For the Council The President R. GOEBBELS (1) OJ No C 13, 19. 1. 1991, p. 12. (2) OJ No C 106, 22. 4. 1991, p. 90 and Decision of June 1991 (not yet published in the Official Journal). (3) OJ No C 102, 18. 4. 1991, p. 5.
Article 3 
The objectives of the Matthaeus programme shall be: (a) to prepare customs officials of Member States for the implications of the internal market with a view to the uniform application of Community regulations at the external borders of the Community; (b) to increase awareness in the customs services that, in the internal market, they will be required to work increasingly on behalf of the Community as a whole; (c) to provide supplementary, adapted vocational training to the greatest possible number of customs officials; (d) to utilize to maximum advantage the know-how of customs services in the Community through greater mobility of staff and thus to improve the management of the Customs Union and the application of the fiscal provisions relating to imports and exports; (e) to stimulate intensive and ongoing cooperation at all levels of the relevant administrations with a view to preparing them for working together within the context of the internal market. Article 4 The Matthaeus programme shall comprise the following training measures: (a) exchanges of customs officials between national administrations, in accordance with Article 5 and Annex I; (b) training seminars for customs officials, especially trainers in customs schools, officials responsible for implementing Community law and officials responsible for combating all types of fraud; details of the way in which these seminars are to be conducted are given in Annex II; (c) the implementation in Member States' customs schools of common vocational training programmes, in accordance with Annex III; (d) the organization of language training courses in the Member States for exchange officials, in accordance with Article 6. Article 5 1. Member States shall take the necessary steps to enable exchange officials to be operational in the host service. To this end, exchange officials shall be authorized to carry out the formalities relating to the duties entrusted to them. 2. If circumstances so require, and, in particular, in order to take account of the specific requirements of the legal system of each Member State, the competent authorities in the Member States may limit the authorization referred to in the second subparagraph of paragraph 1. 3. During the period of the exchange, the civil liability of the exchange official during the performance of his duties shall be assimilated to that of the national officials in the host service. 4. Exchange officials shall be bound by the same rules of professional secrecy as national officials. Article 6 1. Member States shall establish language training for their officials who are likely to participate in the exchanges referred to in Article 4 (a). This training must be of an intensive and ongoing nature. It must cover all official Community languages. 2. Acting on its own initiative or at the request of Member States, the Commission may organize language training in the less widely-spoken official languages of the Community in the Member States in which they are used. Article 7 1. The expenses arising from the measures taken in Article 4 shall be shared between the Commission and the Member States as provided for in paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. The Commission shall pay the travel and subsistence expenses for exchanges of customs officials between national administrations as provided for in Article 4 (a). The Commission shall also pay the travel and subsistence expenses of officials participating in the seminars referred to in Article 4 (b), when the officials are required to travel to a Member State other than their own. 3. Member States shall pay the expenses relating to the language training of their staff as provided for in Article 6. Article 8 The annual budget appropriations for the measures provided for in the programme shall be adopted in the context of the budgetary procedure and in compliance with the relevant financial perspective. Article 9 In carrying out its tasks, the Commission shall be assisted by a committee composed of the representatives of the Member States and chaired by the representative of the Commission. The representative of the Commission shall submit to the committee a draft of the measures to be taken. The committee shall deliver its opinion on the draft within a time limit which the chairman may lay down according to the urgency of the matter. The opinion shall be delivered by the majority laid down in Article 148 (2) of the Treaty in the case of decisions which the Council is required to adopt on a proposal from the Commission. The votes of the representatives of the Member States within the committee shall be weighted in the manner set out in that Article. The chairman shall not vote. The Commission shall adopt measures which shall apply immediately. However, if these measures are not in accordance with the opinion of the committee, they shall be communicated by the Commission to the Council forthwith. In that event, the Commission may defer application of the measures which it has decided for a period of not more than one month from the date of such communication. The Council, acting by a qualified majority, may take a different decision within the time limit referred to in the fourth subparagraph. Article 10 1. The Matthaeus programme shall be multiannual. 2. The Commission shall submit an annual report on the implementation of the Matthaeus programme to the European Parliament and to the Council. Article 11 Before 1 July 1993, the Commission shall submit a report on the experience acquired in implementing the Matthaeus programme to the European Parliament and to the Council, accompanied, if appropriate, by a proposal for its adaptation. Article 12 This Decision shall be applicable from 1 January 1991. Article 13 This Decision is addressed to the Member States. Done at Luxembourg, 20 June 1991. For the Council The President R. GOEBBELS (1) OJ No C 13, 19. 1. 1991, p. 12. (2) OJ No C 106, 22. 4. 1991, p. 90 and Decision of June 1991 (not yet published in the Official Journal). (3) OJ No C 102, 18. 4. 1991, p. 5.
Article 4 
The Matthaeus programme shall comprise the following training measures: (a) exchanges of customs officials between national administrations, in accordance with Article 5 and Annex I; (b) training seminars for customs officials, especially trainers in customs schools, officials responsible for implementing Community law and officials responsible for combating all types of fraud; details of the way in which these seminars are to be conducted are given in Annex II; (c) the implementation in Member States' customs schools of common vocational training programmes, in accordance with Annex III; (d) the organization of language training courses in the Member States for exchange officials, in accordance with Article 6. Article 5 1. Member States shall take the necessary steps to enable exchange officials to be operational in the host service. To this end, exchange officials shall be authorized to carry out the formalities relating to the duties entrusted to them. 2. If circumstances so require, and, in particular, in order to take account of the specific requirements of the legal system of each Member State, the competent authorities in the Member States may limit the authorization referred to in the second subparagraph of paragraph 1. 3. During the period of the exchange, the civil liability of the exchange official during the performance of his duties shall be assimilated to that of the national officials in the host service. 4. Exchange officials shall be bound by the same rules of professional secrecy as national officials. Article 6 1. Member States shall establish language training for their officials who are likely to participate in the exchanges referred to in Article 4 (a). This training must be of an intensive and ongoing nature. It must cover all official Community languages. 2. Acting on its own initiative or at the request of Member States, the Commission may organize language training in the less widely-spoken official languages of the Community in the Member States in which they are used. Article 7 1. The expenses arising from the measures taken in Article 4 shall be shared between the Commission and the Member States as provided for in paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. The Commission shall pay the travel and subsistence expenses for exchanges of customs officials between national administrations as provided for in Article 4 (a). The Commission shall also pay the travel and subsistence expenses of officials participating in the seminars referred to in Article 4 (b), when the officials are required to travel to a Member State other than their own. 3. Member States shall pay the expenses relating to the language training of their staff as provided for in Article 6. Article 8 The annual budget appropriations for the measures provided for in the programme shall be adopted in the context of the budgetary procedure and in compliance with the relevant financial perspective. Article 9 In carrying out its tasks, the Commission shall be assisted by a committee composed of the representatives of the Member States and chaired by the representative of the Commission. The representative of the Commission shall submit to the committee a draft of the measures to be taken. The committee shall deliver its opinion on the draft within a time limit which the chairman may lay down according to the urgency of the matter. The opinion shall be delivered by the majority laid down in Article 148 (2) of the Treaty in the case of decisions which the Council is required to adopt on a proposal from the Commission. The votes of the representatives of the Member States within the committee shall be weighted in the manner set out in that Article. The chairman shall not vote. The Commission shall adopt measures which shall apply immediately. However, if these measures are not in accordance with the opinion of the committee, they shall be communicated by the Commission to the Council forthwith. In that event, the Commission may defer application of the measures which it has decided for a period of not more than one month from the date of such communication. The Council, acting by a qualified majority, may take a different decision within the time limit referred to in the fourth subparagraph. Article 10 1. The Matthaeus programme shall be multiannual. 2. The Commission shall submit an annual report on the implementation of the Matthaeus programme to the European Parliament and to the Council. Article 11 Before 1 July 1993, the Commission shall submit a report on the experience acquired in implementing the Matthaeus programme to the European Parliament and to the Council, accompanied, if appropriate, by a proposal for its adaptation. Article 12 This Decision shall be applicable from 1 January 1991. Article 13 This Decision is addressed to the Member States. Done at Luxembourg, 20 June 1991. For the Council The President R. GOEBBELS (1) OJ No C 13, 19. 1. 1991, p. 12. (2) OJ No C 106, 22. 4. 1991, p. 90 and Decision of June 1991 (not yet published in the Official Journal). (3) OJ No C 102, 18. 4. 1991, p. 5.
Article 5 
1. Member States shall take the necessary steps to enable exchange officials to be operational in the host service. To this end, exchange officials shall be authorized to carry out the formalities relating to the duties entrusted to them. 2. If circumstances so require, and, in particular, in order to take account of the specific requirements of the legal system of each Member State, the competent authorities in the Member States may limit the authorization referred to in the second subparagraph of paragraph 1. 3. During the period of the exchange, the civil liability of the exchange official during the performance of his duties shall be assimilated to that of the national officials in the host service. 4. Exchange officials shall be bound by the same rules of professional secrecy as national officials. Article 6 1. Member States shall establish language training for their officials who are likely to participate in the exchanges referred to in Article 4 (a). This training must be of an intensive and ongoing nature. It must cover all official Community languages. 2. Acting on its own initiative or at the request of Member States, the Commission may organize language training in the less widely-spoken official languages of the Community in the Member States in which they are used. Article 7 1. The expenses arising from the measures taken in Article 4 shall be shared between the Commission and the Member States as provided for in paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. The Commission shall pay the travel and subsistence expenses for exchanges of customs officials between national administrations as provided for in Article 4 (a). The Commission shall also pay the travel and subsistence expenses of officials participating in the seminars referred to in Article 4 (b), when the officials are required to travel to a Member State other than their own. 3. Member States shall pay the expenses relating to the language training of their staff as provided for in Article 6. Article 8 The annual budget appropriations for the measures provided for in the programme shall be adopted in the context of the budgetary procedure and in compliance with the relevant financial perspective. Article 9 In carrying out its tasks, the Commission shall be assisted by a committee composed of the representatives of the Member States and chaired by the representative of the Commission. The representative of the Commission shall submit to the committee a draft of the measures to be taken. The committee shall deliver its opinion on the draft within a time limit which the chairman may lay down according to the urgency of the matter. The opinion shall be delivered by the majority laid down in Article 148 (2) of the Treaty in the case of decisions which the Council is required to adopt on a proposal from the Commission. The votes of the representatives of the Member States within the committee shall be weighted in the manner set out in that Article. The chairman shall not vote. The Commission shall adopt measures which shall apply immediately. However, if these measures are not in accordance with the opinion of the committee, they shall be communicated by the Commission to the Council forthwith. In that event, the Commission may defer application of the measures which it has decided for a period of not more than one month from the date of such communication. The Council, acting by a qualified majority, may take a different decision within the time limit referred to in the fourth subparagraph. Article 10 1. The Matthaeus programme shall be multiannual. 2. The Commission shall submit an annual report on the implementation of the Matthaeus programme to the European Parliament and to the Council. Article 11 Before 1 July 1993, the Commission shall submit a report on the experience acquired in implementing the Matthaeus programme to the European Parliament and to the Council, accompanied, if appropriate, by a proposal for its adaptation. Article 12 This Decision shall be applicable from 1 January 1991. Article 13 This Decision is addressed to the Member States. Done at Luxembourg, 20 June 1991. For the Council The President R. GOEBBELS (1) OJ No C 13, 19. 1. 1991, p. 12. (2) OJ No C 106, 22. 4. 1991, p. 90 and Decision of June 1991 (not yet published in the Official Journal). (3) OJ No C 102, 18. 4. 1991, p. 5.
Article 6 
1. Member States shall establish language training for their officials who are likely to participate in the exchanges referred to in Article 4 (a). This training must be of an intensive and ongoing nature. It must cover all official Community languages. 2. Acting on its own initiative or at the request of Member States, the Commission may organize language training in the less widely-spoken official languages of the Community in the Member States in which they are used. Article 7 1. The expenses arising from the measures taken in Article 4 shall be shared between the Commission and the Member States as provided for in paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. The Commission shall pay the travel and subsistence expenses for exchanges of customs officials between national administrations as provided for in Article 4 (a). The Commission shall also pay the travel and subsistence expenses of officials participating in the seminars referred to in Article 4 (b), when the officials are required to travel to a Member State other than their own. 3. Member States shall pay the expenses relating to the language training of their staff as provided for in Article 6. Article 8 The annual budget appropriations for the measures provided for in the programme shall be adopted in the context of the budgetary procedure and in compliance with the relevant financial perspective. Article 9 In carrying out its tasks, the Commission shall be assisted by a committee composed of the representatives of the Member States and chaired by the representative of the Commission. The representative of the Commission shall submit to the committee a draft of the measures to be taken. The committee shall deliver its opinion on the draft within a time limit which the chairman may lay down according to the urgency of the matter. The opinion shall be delivered by the majority laid down in Article 148 (2) of the Treaty in the case of decisions which the Council is required to adopt on a proposal from the Commission. The votes of the representatives of the Member States within the committee shall be weighted in the manner set out in that Article. The chairman shall not vote. The Commission shall adopt measures which shall apply immediately. However, if these measures are not in accordance with the opinion of the committee, they shall be communicated by the Commission to the Council forthwith. In that event, the Commission may defer application of the measures which it has decided for a period of not more than one month from the date of such communication. The Council, acting by a qualified majority, may take a different decision within the time limit referred to in the fourth subparagraph. Article 10 1. The Matthaeus programme shall be multiannual. 2. The Commission shall submit an annual report on the implementation of the Matthaeus programme to the European Parliament and to the Council. Article 11 Before 1 July 1993, the Commission shall submit a report on the experience acquired in implementing the Matthaeus programme to the European Parliament and to the Council, accompanied, if appropriate, by a proposal for its adaptation. Article 12 This Decision shall be applicable from 1 January 1991. Article 13 This Decision is addressed to the Member States. Done at Luxembourg, 20 June 1991. For the Council The President R. GOEBBELS (1) OJ No C 13, 19. 1. 1991, p. 12. (2) OJ No C 106, 22. 4. 1991, p. 90 and Decision of June 1991 (not yet published in the Official Journal). (3) OJ No C 102, 18. 4. 1991, p. 5.
Article 7 
1. The expenses arising from the measures taken in Article 4 shall be shared between the Commission and the Member States as provided for in paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. The Commission shall pay the travel and subsistence expenses for exchanges of customs officials between national administrations as provided for in Article 4 (a). The Commission shall also pay the travel and subsistence expenses of officials participating in the seminars referred to in Article 4 (b), when the officials are required to travel to a Member State other than their own. 3. Member States shall pay the expenses relating to the language training of their staff as provided for in Article 6. Article 8 The annual budget appropriations for the measures provided for in the programme shall be adopted in the context of the budgetary procedure and in compliance with the relevant financial perspective. Article 9 In carrying out its tasks, the Commission shall be assisted by a committee composed of the representatives of the Member States and chaired by the representative of the Commission. The representative of the Commission shall submit to the committee a draft of the measures to be taken. The committee shall deliver its opinion on the draft within a time limit which the chairman may lay down according to the urgency of the matter. The opinion shall be delivered by the majority laid down in Article 148 (2) of the Treaty in the case of decisions which the Council is required to adopt on a proposal from the Commission. The votes of the representatives of the Member States within the committee shall be weighted in the manner set out in that Article. The chairman shall not vote. The Commission shall adopt measures which shall apply immediately. However, if these measures are not in accordance with the opinion of the committee, they shall be communicated by the Commission to the Council forthwith. In that event, the Commission may defer application of the measures which it has decided for a period of not more than one month from the date of such communication. The Council, acting by a qualified majority, may take a different decision within the time limit referred to in the fourth subparagraph. Article 10 1. The Matthaeus programme shall be multiannual. 2. The Commission shall submit an annual report on the implementation of the Matthaeus programme to the European Parliament and to the Council. Article 11 Before 1 July 1993, the Commission shall submit a report on the experience acquired in implementing the Matthaeus programme to the European Parliament and to the Council, accompanied, if appropriate, by a proposal for its adaptation. Article 12 This Decision shall be applicable from 1 January 1991. Article 13 This Decision is addressed to the Member States. Done at Luxembourg, 20 June 1991. For the Council The President R. GOEBBELS (1) OJ No C 13, 19. 1. 1991, p. 12. (2) OJ No C 106, 22. 4. 1991, p. 90 and Decision of June 1991 (not yet published in the Official Journal). (3) OJ No C 102, 18. 4. 1991, p. 5.
Article 8 
The annual budget appropriations for the measures provided for in the programme shall be adopted in the context of the budgetary procedure and in compliance with the relevant financial perspective. Article 9 In carrying out its tasks, the Commission shall be assisted by a committee composed of the representatives of the Member States and chaired by the representative of the Commission. The representative of the Commission shall submit to the committee a draft of the measures to be taken. The committee shall deliver its opinion on the draft within a time limit which the chairman may lay down according to the urgency of the matter. The opinion shall be delivered by the majority laid down in Article 148 (2) of the Treaty in the case of decisions which the Council is required to adopt on a proposal from the Commission. The votes of the representatives of the Member States within the committee shall be weighted in the manner set out in that Article. The chairman shall not vote. The Commission shall adopt measures which shall apply immediately. However, if these measures are not in accordance with the opinion of the committee, they shall be communicated by the Commission to the Council forthwith. In that event, the Commission may defer application of the measures which it has decided for a period of not more than one month from the date of such communication. The Council, acting by a qualified majority, may take a different decision within the time limit referred to in the fourth subparagraph. Article 10 1. The Matthaeus programme shall be multiannual. 2. The Commission shall submit an annual report on the implementation of the Matthaeus programme to the European Parliament and to the Council. Article 11 Before 1 July 1993, the Commission shall submit a report on the experience acquired in implementing the Matthaeus programme to the European Parliament and to the Council, accompanied, if appropriate, by a proposal for its adaptation. Article 12 This Decision shall be applicable from 1 January 1991. Article 13 This Decision is addressed to the Member States. Done at Luxembourg, 20 June 1991. For the Council The President R. GOEBBELS (1) OJ No C 13, 19. 1. 1991, p. 12. (2) OJ No C 106, 22. 4. 1991, p. 90 and Decision of June 1991 (not yet published in the Official Journal). (3) OJ No C 102, 18. 4. 1991, p. 5.
Article 9 
In carrying out its tasks, the Commission shall be assisted by a committee composed of the representatives of the Member States and chaired by the representative of the Commission. The representative of the Commission shall submit to the committee a draft of the measures to be taken. The committee shall deliver its opinion on the draft within a time limit which the chairman may lay down according to the urgency of the matter. The opinion shall be delivered by the majority laid down in Article 148 (2) of the Treaty in the case of decisions which the Council is required to adopt on a proposal from the Commission. The votes of the representatives of the Member States within the committee shall be weighted in the manner set out in that Article. The chairman shall not vote. The Commission shall adopt measures which shall apply immediately. However, if these measures are not in accordance with the opinion of the committee, they shall be communicated by the Commission to the Council forthwith. In that event, the Commission may defer application of the measures which it has decided for a period of not more than one month from the date of such communication. The Council, acting by a qualified majority, may take a different decision within the time limit referred to in the fourth subparagraph. Article 10 1. The Matthaeus programme shall be multiannual. 2. The Commission shall submit an annual report on the implementation of the Matthaeus programme to the European Parliament and to the Council. Article 11 Before 1 July 1993, the Commission shall submit a report on the experience acquired in implementing the Matthaeus programme to the European Parliament and to the Council, accompanied, if appropriate, by a proposal for its adaptation. Article 12 This Decision shall be applicable from 1 January 1991. Article 13 This Decision is addressed to the Member States. Done at Luxembourg, 20 June 1991. For the Council The President R. GOEBBELS (1) OJ No C 13, 19. 1. 1991, p. 12. (2) OJ No C 106, 22. 4. 1991, p. 90 and Decision of June 1991 (not yet published in the Official Journal). (3) OJ No C 102, 18. 4. 1991, p. 5.
Article 10 
1. The Matthaeus programme shall be multiannual. 2. The Commission shall submit an annual report on the implementation of the Matthaeus programme to the European Parliament and to the Council. Article 11 Before 1 July 1993, the Commission shall submit a report on the experience acquired in implementing the Matthaeus programme to the European Parliament and to the Council, accompanied, if appropriate, by a proposal for its adaptation. Article 12 This Decision shall be applicable from 1 January 1991. Article 13 This Decision is addressed to the Member States. Done at Luxembourg, 20 June 1991. For the Council The President R. GOEBBELS (1) OJ No C 13, 19. 1. 1991, p. 12. (2) OJ No C 106, 22. 4. 1991, p. 90 and Decision of June 1991 (not yet published in the Official Journal). (3) OJ No C 102, 18. 4. 1991, p. 5.
Article 11 
Before 1 July 1993, the Commission shall submit a report on the experience acquired in implementing the Matthaeus programme to the European Parliament and to the Council, accompanied, if appropriate, by a proposal for its adaptation. Article 12 This Decision shall be applicable from 1 January 1991. Article 13 This Decision is addressed to the Member States. Done at Luxembourg, 20 June 1991. For the Council The President R. GOEBBELS (1) OJ No C 13, 19. 1. 1991, p. 12. (2) OJ No C 106, 22. 4. 1991, p. 90 and Decision of June 1991 (not yet published in the Official Journal). (3) OJ No C 102, 18. 4. 1991, p. 5.
Article 12 
This Decision shall be applicable from 1 January 1991. Article 13 This Decision is addressed to the Member States. Done at Luxembourg, 20 June 1991. For the Council The President R. GOEBBELS (1) OJ No C 13, 19. 1. 1991, p. 12. (2) OJ No C 106, 22. 4. 1991, p. 90 and Decision of June 1991 (not yet published in the Official Journal). (3) OJ No C 102, 18. 4. 1991, p. 5.
Article 13 
This Decision is addressed to the Member States. Done at Luxembourg, 20 June 1991