Article 1 
1. The Commission shall take the steps needed to close and liquidate the projects adopted under Regulation (EC) No 213/96. 2. Those steps shall include any action required, pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 213/96 with the aim of liquidating the existing portfolio, to provide monitoring, management and auditing of operations for which the Commission has already adopted a financing decision, including the amendment of contracts already signed and the use of outside technical assistance. Article 2 As soon as possible and at the latest by 31 March 2001, the Commission shall submit a report to the European Parliament and the Council on the instrument for supporting the private sector in developing countries, followed, as soon as possible, by a legislative proposal to ensure the future of that instrument. Article 3 This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. It shall apply until 31 December 2001. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Luxembourg, 4 April 2001. For the European Parliament The President N. Fontaine For the Council B. Rosengren (1) OJ C 150 E, 30.5.2000, p. 79. (2) Opinion of the European Parliament of 5 September 2000 (not yet published in the Official Journal), Council Common Position of 10 November 2000 (OJ C 23, 24.1.2001, p. 46) and Decision of the European Parliament of 14 March 2001. (3) OJ L 28, 6.2.1996, p. 2.
Article 2 
As soon as possible and at the latest by 31 March 2001, the Commission shall submit a report to the European Parliament and the Council on the instrument for supporting the private sector in developing countries, followed, as soon as possible, by a legislative proposal to ensure the future of that instrument. Article 3 This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. It shall apply until 31 December 2001. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Luxembourg, 4 April 2001. For the European Parliament The President N. Fontaine For the Council B. Rosengren (1) OJ C 150 E, 30.5.2000, p. 79. (2) Opinion of the European Parliament of 5 September 2000 (not yet published in the Official Journal), Council Common Position of 10 November 2000 (OJ C 23, 24.1.2001, p. 46) and Decision of the European Parliament of 14 March 2001. (3) OJ L 28, 6.2.1996, p. 2.
Article 3 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. It shall apply until 31 December 2001. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Luxembourg, 4 April 2001