97/819/CFSP: Council Decision of 28 November 1997 on the implementation of the Joint Action 96/588/CFSP on anti- personnel landmines with a view to contributing to the funding of certain programmes of the SADC and the ICRC

• Articles: 2

Article 1

1. The following initiatives shall be eligible for the funding provided for by Joint Action 96/588/CFSP:

- the SADC's regional mine clearance programme, to be allocated an amount of ECU 2,07 million, and

- the ICRC's Mines Awareness Programme in the former Yugoslavia and the programme for the rehabilitation of victims disabled by mines in Iraq, to be allocated an amount of ECU 1,43 million.

Eligibility for expenditure shall commence on 1 July 1997.

2. The expenditure financed by the sums stipulated in paragraph 1 shall be managed in compliance with the European Community procedures and rules applicable to the budget.

Article 2

This Decision shall come into force on the date of its adoption.

It shall be published in the Official Journal.

Done at Brussels, 28 November 1997.

For the Council

The President

G. WOHLFART

(1) OJ L 260, 12. 10. 1996, p. 1.