Article 1 
In accordance with Article 1(2) of Regulation (EC) No 555/2000, the principles, priorities, intermediate objectives and conditions in the Accession Partnership for Malta are set out in the Annex hereto, which forms an integral part of this Decision. Article 2 The implementation of the Accession Partnership shall be examined in the Association Agreement bodies, and by the appropriate Council bodies to which the Commission shall report regularly. Article 3 This Decision shall take effect on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. Done at Brussels, 28 January 2000. For the Council The President J. Piqué i Camps (1) OJ L 68, 16.3.2000, p. 3. (2) Council Regulation (EC) No 622/98 of 16 March 1998 on assistance to the applicant States in the framework of the pre-accession strategy, and in particular on the establishment of the Accession Partnerships (OJ L 85, 20.3.1998, p. 1).
Article 2 
The implementation of the Accession Partnership shall be examined in the Association Agreement bodies, and by the appropriate Council bodies to which the Commission shall report regularly. Article 3 This Decision shall take effect on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. Done at Brussels, 28 January 2000. For the Council The President J. Piqué i Camps (1) OJ L 68, 16.3.2000, p. 3. (2) Council Regulation (EC) No 622/98 of 16 March 1998 on assistance to the applicant States in the framework of the pre-accession strategy, and in particular on the establishment of the Accession Partnerships (OJ L 85, 20.3.1998, p. 1).
Article 3 
This Decision shall take effect on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. Done at Brussels, 28 January 2000. For the Council The President J. Piqué i Camps (1) OJ L 68, 16.3.2000, p. 3. (2) Council Regulation (EC) No 622/98 of 16 March 1998 on assistance to the applicant States in the framework of the pre-accession strategy, and in particular on the establishment of the Accession Partnerships (OJ L 85, 20.3.1998, p. 1).