Council Decision of 28 September 2000 establishing a procedure for amending Articles 40(4) and (5), 41(7) and 65(2) of the Convention implementing the Schengen Agreement of 14 June 1985 on the gradual abolition of checks at common borders

• Articles: 3

Article 1

1. Each Member State may amend the references under the provisions of Articles 40(4) and (5), 41(7) and 65(2) of the Schengen Convention to "officers", "authorities" and "competent Ministries" in respect of its officers, authorities or competent Ministries, whenever, as a result of internal changes or reorganisations, the existing references are no longer accurate.

2. Any amendment made pursuant to paragraph 1 shall be notified by the Member State concerned to the General Secretariat of the Council, which shall disseminate the notification to all members of the Council.

3. The Council shall ensure that any such amendment is published in the Official Journal.

4. The amendment shall take effect on the day following that of its publication in the said Official Journal.

Article 2

The procedure set out in Article 1 shall apply also to amendments which have already been made pursuant to Article 1.

Article 3

This Decision shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal.

Done at Brussels, 28 September 2000.

For the Council

The President

D. Vaillant

(1) OJ C 131, 12.5.2000, p. 7.

(2) Opinion delivered on 14 June 2000 (not yet published in the Official Journal).

(3) OJ L 131, 1.6.2000, p. 43.

(4) OJ L 176, 10.7.1999, p. 31.