Article 1 
Subject to the annual budget procedure, and in the framework of the EUR 45 million for the period 2000 to 2002, an annual contribution of EUR 15 million shall be made to the fund, for each of the years 2000, 2001 and 2002, in accordance with the second subparagraph of point 34 of the Interinstitutional agreement of 6 May 1999 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and improvement of the budgetary procedure(4). Article 2 The contribution shall be used by the Fund in accordance with the Agreement under which it was established, in priority for projects of a cross-border or cross-community nature, in particular those consistent with the objectives of the PEACE programme and other operations supported by the Structural Funds. The contributions shall be used in such a way that they have genunine additional impact on the areas concerned and should not therefore be used as a substitute for other public and private expenditure. The Commission shall be represented by an observer at the Board meetings of the Fund. Article 3 The Commission shall ensure coordination between the Fund's activities and those financed by Community structural policies. The Commission shall keep the relevant monitoring committees informed of the activities of the Fund. Article 4 The Commission shall, in cooperation with the board of the Fund, determine appropriate publicity and information procedures in order to publicise the Community's participation in the projects financed by the Fund. Article 5 The Commission shall administer the contributions. The Commission shall submit not later than 1 April 2001 a report to the Budgetary Authority assessing the need for continuing contributions beyond 2002. This report will cover, inter alia, the following matters: - a survey of the Fund's activities, - a list of projects which have received aid, - an assessment of the nature and impact of the interventions, in respect, in particular, of the objectives of the Fund and the criteria laid down in the first and second subparagraphs of Article 2 and in Article 3, - an annex containing the results of the verifications and controls carried out by the Commission representative or its agents, particularly as regards the modalities of the coordination of the Fund's activities with those carried out under Community structural policies. Article 6 The annual contribution shall be paid in two parts as follows: - an advance of 80 % will be paid over after the Chairman of the Board of the Fund has signed the Commission's relevant undertaking relating to grants and has undertaken to use the contribution in accordance with the provisions of Article 2 and after the Commission has received and accepted the annual activity report of the fund and audited accounts in respect of the previous year, - the remaining 20 % will be paid over after the Commission has received and accepted the annual activity report of the Fund and audited accounts relating to the year for which the Community contribution was made. Article 7 This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 2000 and shall remain in force until 31 December 2002. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 24 January 2000. For the Council The President J. GAMA (1) Opinion of the European Parliament delivered on 17 December 1999 (not yet published in the Official Journal). (2) OJ L 286, 5.11.1994, p. 5. (3) OJ L 353, 24.12.1997, p. 5. (4) OJ C 172, 18.6.1999, p. 1.
Article 2 
The contribution shall be used by the Fund in accordance with the Agreement under which it was established, in priority for projects of a cross-border or cross-community nature, in particular those consistent with the objectives of the PEACE programme and other operations supported by the Structural Funds. The contributions shall be used in such a way that they have genunine additional impact on the areas concerned and should not therefore be used as a substitute for other public and private expenditure. The Commission shall be represented by an observer at the Board meetings of the Fund. Article 3 The Commission shall ensure coordination between the Fund's activities and those financed by Community structural policies. The Commission shall keep the relevant monitoring committees informed of the activities of the Fund. Article 4 The Commission shall, in cooperation with the board of the Fund, determine appropriate publicity and information procedures in order to publicise the Community's participation in the projects financed by the Fund. Article 5 The Commission shall administer the contributions. The Commission shall submit not later than 1 April 2001 a report to the Budgetary Authority assessing the need for continuing contributions beyond 2002. This report will cover, inter alia, the following matters: - a survey of the Fund's activities, - a list of projects which have received aid, - an assessment of the nature and impact of the interventions, in respect, in particular, of the objectives of the Fund and the criteria laid down in the first and second subparagraphs of Article 2 and in Article 3, - an annex containing the results of the verifications and controls carried out by the Commission representative or its agents, particularly as regards the modalities of the coordination of the Fund's activities with those carried out under Community structural policies. Article 6 The annual contribution shall be paid in two parts as follows: - an advance of 80 % will be paid over after the Chairman of the Board of the Fund has signed the Commission's relevant undertaking relating to grants and has undertaken to use the contribution in accordance with the provisions of Article 2 and after the Commission has received and accepted the annual activity report of the fund and audited accounts in respect of the previous year, - the remaining 20 % will be paid over after the Commission has received and accepted the annual activity report of the Fund and audited accounts relating to the year for which the Community contribution was made. Article 7 This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 2000 and shall remain in force until 31 December 2002. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 24 January 2000. For the Council The President J. GAMA (1) Opinion of the European Parliament delivered on 17 December 1999 (not yet published in the Official Journal). (2) OJ L 286, 5.11.1994, p. 5. (3) OJ L 353, 24.12.1997, p. 5. (4) OJ C 172, 18.6.1999, p. 1.
Article 3 
The Commission shall ensure coordination between the Fund's activities and those financed by Community structural policies. The Commission shall keep the relevant monitoring committees informed of the activities of the Fund. Article 4 The Commission shall, in cooperation with the board of the Fund, determine appropriate publicity and information procedures in order to publicise the Community's participation in the projects financed by the Fund. Article 5 The Commission shall administer the contributions. The Commission shall submit not later than 1 April 2001 a report to the Budgetary Authority assessing the need for continuing contributions beyond 2002. This report will cover, inter alia, the following matters: - a survey of the Fund's activities, - a list of projects which have received aid, - an assessment of the nature and impact of the interventions, in respect, in particular, of the objectives of the Fund and the criteria laid down in the first and second subparagraphs of Article 2 and in Article 3, - an annex containing the results of the verifications and controls carried out by the Commission representative or its agents, particularly as regards the modalities of the coordination of the Fund's activities with those carried out under Community structural policies. Article 6 The annual contribution shall be paid in two parts as follows: - an advance of 80 % will be paid over after the Chairman of the Board of the Fund has signed the Commission's relevant undertaking relating to grants and has undertaken to use the contribution in accordance with the provisions of Article 2 and after the Commission has received and accepted the annual activity report of the fund and audited accounts in respect of the previous year, - the remaining 20 % will be paid over after the Commission has received and accepted the annual activity report of the Fund and audited accounts relating to the year for which the Community contribution was made. Article 7 This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 2000 and shall remain in force until 31 December 2002. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 24 January 2000. For the Council The President J. GAMA (1) Opinion of the European Parliament delivered on 17 December 1999 (not yet published in the Official Journal). (2) OJ L 286, 5.11.1994, p. 5. (3) OJ L 353, 24.12.1997, p. 5. (4) OJ C 172, 18.6.1999, p. 1.
Article 4 
The Commission shall, in cooperation with the board of the Fund, determine appropriate publicity and information procedures in order to publicise the Community's participation in the projects financed by the Fund. Article 5 The Commission shall administer the contributions. The Commission shall submit not later than 1 April 2001 a report to the Budgetary Authority assessing the need for continuing contributions beyond 2002. This report will cover, inter alia, the following matters: - a survey of the Fund's activities, - a list of projects which have received aid, - an assessment of the nature and impact of the interventions, in respect, in particular, of the objectives of the Fund and the criteria laid down in the first and second subparagraphs of Article 2 and in Article 3, - an annex containing the results of the verifications and controls carried out by the Commission representative or its agents, particularly as regards the modalities of the coordination of the Fund's activities with those carried out under Community structural policies. Article 6 The annual contribution shall be paid in two parts as follows: - an advance of 80 % will be paid over after the Chairman of the Board of the Fund has signed the Commission's relevant undertaking relating to grants and has undertaken to use the contribution in accordance with the provisions of Article 2 and after the Commission has received and accepted the annual activity report of the fund and audited accounts in respect of the previous year, - the remaining 20 % will be paid over after the Commission has received and accepted the annual activity report of the Fund and audited accounts relating to the year for which the Community contribution was made. Article 7 This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 2000 and shall remain in force until 31 December 2002. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 24 January 2000. For the Council The President J. GAMA (1) Opinion of the European Parliament delivered on 17 December 1999 (not yet published in the Official Journal). (2) OJ L 286, 5.11.1994, p. 5. (3) OJ L 353, 24.12.1997, p. 5. (4) OJ C 172, 18.6.1999, p. 1.
Article 5 
The Commission shall administer the contributions. The Commission shall submit not later than 1 April 2001 a report to the Budgetary Authority assessing the need for continuing contributions beyond 2002. This report will cover, inter alia, the following matters: - a survey of the Fund's activities, - a list of projects which have received aid, - an assessment of the nature and impact of the interventions, in respect, in particular, of the objectives of the Fund and the criteria laid down in the first and second subparagraphs of Article 2 and in Article 3, - an annex containing the results of the verifications and controls carried out by the Commission representative or its agents, particularly as regards the modalities of the coordination of the Fund's activities with those carried out under Community structural policies. Article 6 The annual contribution shall be paid in two parts as follows: - an advance of 80 % will be paid over after the Chairman of the Board of the Fund has signed the Commission's relevant undertaking relating to grants and has undertaken to use the contribution in accordance with the provisions of Article 2 and after the Commission has received and accepted the annual activity report of the fund and audited accounts in respect of the previous year, - the remaining 20 % will be paid over after the Commission has received and accepted the annual activity report of the Fund and audited accounts relating to the year for which the Community contribution was made. Article 7 This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 2000 and shall remain in force until 31 December 2002. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 24 January 2000. For the Council The President J. GAMA (1) Opinion of the European Parliament delivered on 17 December 1999 (not yet published in the Official Journal). (2) OJ L 286, 5.11.1994, p. 5. (3) OJ L 353, 24.12.1997, p. 5. (4) OJ C 172, 18.6.1999, p. 1.
Article 6 
The annual contribution shall be paid in two parts as follows: - an advance of 80 % will be paid over after the Chairman of the Board of the Fund has signed the Commission's relevant undertaking relating to grants and has undertaken to use the contribution in accordance with the provisions of Article 2 and after the Commission has received and accepted the annual activity report of the fund and audited accounts in respect of the previous year, - the remaining 20 % will be paid over after the Commission has received and accepted the annual activity report of the Fund and audited accounts relating to the year for which the Community contribution was made. Article 7 This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 2000 and shall remain in force until 31 December 2002. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 24 January 2000. For the Council The President J. GAMA (1) Opinion of the European Parliament delivered on 17 December 1999 (not yet published in the Official Journal). (2) OJ L 286, 5.11.1994, p. 5. (3) OJ L 353, 24.12.1997, p. 5. (4) OJ C 172, 18.6.1999, p. 1.
Article 7 
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 2000 and shall remain in force until 31 December 2002. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 24 January 2000