Article 1 
In cooperation with Member States, who are primarily responsible for the design and implementation of programmes and actions to promote the exports of Community goods and cross-border services in third country markets, the Community shall implement a specific, coherent and targeted programme of measures and actions that complement and bring added value to the efforts undertaken by Member States in the Japanese market. The activities of Member States to draw up and implement policies, programmes and arrangements to promote their exports of goods and cross-border services to third country markets shall not be affected by this Regulation. Article 2 1. Within the limits established annually by the budget authority, the Community programme shall consist of the following two principal measures and actions: (a) a training programme ("Executive Training Programme") to build up a pool of European executives able to communicate and operate in the Japanese business environment, (b) the recruitment, training, pre-mission preparation and participation of groups of European business executives, notably from SMEs, to participate in actions in Japan aimed at improving their commercial presence on the Japanese market (the "Gateway to Japan" campaign). The objective of the campaign shall be: - to enhance trade and investment relations with Japan, - to increase the understanding of Japanese trade and investment regulations and business practices. 2. In addition to the measures and actions referred to in paragraph 1, support may be given to the following actions and measures, where appropriate: (a) special actions that facilitate access to the Japanese market by Community enterprises, notably SMEs; (b) special measures to identify and eliminate trade barriers in accordance with the Community's market access strategy; (c) the collection of information and policy advice on specific regulatory issues, in the field of trade, investment and intellectual property rights in the Japanese market which may affect Community business interests; (d) conferences and seminars to promote trade and investment relations between the European Union and Japan and initiatives to enhance the visibility of the European Union in Japan; (e) high-level business missions to address specific market access issues in Japan; (f) studies to evaluate the effectiveness of measures and actions undertaken within the framework of this Regulation. 3. When implementing paragraph 2, the Commission shall ensure the full compatibility of specific activities with the policies of the Community and the Member States, and shall make an annual report. Article 3 1. The Commission shall present to the European Parliament and the Council by 1 September 2000 an evaluation report including the results of the control and monitoring operations financed; this report shall also take account of contractual obligations and principles of sound and efficient management. It shall include the results of a cost effectiveness analysis. 2. In carrying out the activities referred to in Article 2, the Commission shall be assisted by a committee of an advisory nature 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, if necessary by taking a vote. The opinion shall be recorded in the minutes; in addition, each Member State shall have the right to ask to have its position recorded in the minutes. The Commission shall take the utmost account of the opinion delivered by the committee. It shall inform the committee of the manner in which its opinion has been taken into account. Article 4 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. It shall expire on 31 December 2001. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 11 May 1999. For the Council The President L. SCHOMERUS (1) Opinion delivered on 13 April 1999 (not yet published in the Official Journal). (2) OJ C 304, 6.10.1997, p. 119. (3) OJ L 265, 30.9.1998, p. 31.
Article 2 
1. Within the limits established annually by the budget authority, the Community programme shall consist of the following two principal measures and actions: (a) a training programme ("Executive Training Programme") to build up a pool of European executives able to communicate and operate in the Japanese business environment, (b) the recruitment, training, pre-mission preparation and participation of groups of European business executives, notably from SMEs, to participate in actions in Japan aimed at improving their commercial presence on the Japanese market (the "Gateway to Japan" campaign). The objective of the campaign shall be: - to enhance trade and investment relations with Japan, - to increase the understanding of Japanese trade and investment regulations and business practices. 2. In addition to the measures and actions referred to in paragraph 1, support may be given to the following actions and measures, where appropriate: (a) special actions that facilitate access to the Japanese market by Community enterprises, notably SMEs; (b) special measures to identify and eliminate trade barriers in accordance with the Community's market access strategy; (c) the collection of information and policy advice on specific regulatory issues, in the field of trade, investment and intellectual property rights in the Japanese market which may affect Community business interests; (d) conferences and seminars to promote trade and investment relations between the European Union and Japan and initiatives to enhance the visibility of the European Union in Japan; (e) high-level business missions to address specific market access issues in Japan; (f) studies to evaluate the effectiveness of measures and actions undertaken within the framework of this Regulation. 3. When implementing paragraph 2, the Commission shall ensure the full compatibility of specific activities with the policies of the Community and the Member States, and shall make an annual report. Article 3 1. The Commission shall present to the European Parliament and the Council by 1 September 2000 an evaluation report including the results of the control and monitoring operations financed; this report shall also take account of contractual obligations and principles of sound and efficient management. It shall include the results of a cost effectiveness analysis. 2. In carrying out the activities referred to in Article 2, the Commission shall be assisted by a committee of an advisory nature 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, if necessary by taking a vote. The opinion shall be recorded in the minutes; in addition, each Member State shall have the right to ask to have its position recorded in the minutes. The Commission shall take the utmost account of the opinion delivered by the committee. It shall inform the committee of the manner in which its opinion has been taken into account. Article 4 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. It shall expire on 31 December 2001. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 11 May 1999. For the Council The President L. SCHOMERUS (1) Opinion delivered on 13 April 1999 (not yet published in the Official Journal). (2) OJ C 304, 6.10.1997, p. 119. (3) OJ L 265, 30.9.1998, p. 31.
Article 3 
1. The Commission shall present to the European Parliament and the Council by 1 September 2000 an evaluation report including the results of the control and monitoring operations financed; this report shall also take account of contractual obligations and principles of sound and efficient management. It shall include the results of a cost effectiveness analysis. 2. In carrying out the activities referred to in Article 2, the Commission shall be assisted by a committee of an advisory nature 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, if necessary by taking a vote. The opinion shall be recorded in the minutes; in addition, each Member State shall have the right to ask to have its position recorded in the minutes. The Commission shall take the utmost account of the opinion delivered by the committee. It shall inform the committee of the manner in which its opinion has been taken into account. Article 4 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. It shall expire on 31 December 2001. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 11 May 1999. For the Council The President L. SCHOMERUS (1) Opinion delivered on 13 April 1999 (not yet published in the Official Journal). (2) OJ C 304, 6.10.1997, p. 119. (3) OJ L 265, 30.9.1998, p. 31.
Article 4 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. It shall expire on 31 December 2001. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 11 May 1999