Article 1 
In accordance with Article 1(2) of Regulation (EC) No 555/2000 the principles, priorities, intermediate objectives and conditions contained in the Accession Partnership for the Republic of 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 as appropriate and through the competent Council bodies to which the Commission shall report regularly. Article 3 This Decision shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. Done at Brussels, 20 March 2000. For the Council The President J. Gama (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 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 as appropriate and through the competent Council bodies to which the Commission shall report regularly. Article 3 This Decision shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. Done at Brussels, 20 March 2000. For the Council The President J. Gama (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 Accession Partnerships (OJ L 85, 20.3.1998, p. 1).
Article 3 
This Decision shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. Done at Brussels, 20 March 2000. For the Council The President J. Gama (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 Accession Partnerships (OJ L 85, 20.3.1998, p. 1).