2000/664/EC: Council Decision of 23 October 2000 amending Decision 2000/265/EC on the establishment of a financial regulation governing the budgetary aspects of the management by the Deputy Secretary-General of the Council of contracts concluded in his name, on behalf of certain Member States, relating to the installation and the functioning of the communication infrastructure for the Schengen environment, 'SISNET'

• CELEX: Decision 2000/265/EC
• Articles: 2

Article 1

Council Decision 2000/265/EC is hereby amended as follows:

1. Article 7(1)(b) shall be replaced by the following:

"(b) appropriations in respect of payments still outstanding at 31 December by virtue of commitments duly entered into between 1 January and 15 December shall be carried over automatically to the next financial year only."

2. The first subparagraph of Article 7(2) shall be replaced by the following:

"2. Notwithstanding paragraph 1, the Deputy Secretary-General of the Council may forward to the Schengen Information System Working Group, hereafter referred to as the 'SIS Working Group', before 31 January, duly substantiated requests to carry over to the next financial year appropriatons not committed at 15 December when the appropriations provided for the headings concerned in the budget for the following financial year do not cover requirements."

3. The first sentence of Article 21 shall be replaced by the following:"Payments shall be effected through a bank account specifically opened for that purpose in the name of the General Secretariat of the Council."

Article 2

1. This Decision shall take effect on the day of its adoption.

2. It shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

Done at Luxembourg, 23 October 2000.

For the Council

The President

J. Glavany

(1) OJ L 337, 30.12.1999, p. 41.

(2) OJ L 356, 31.12.1977, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2673/1999 (OJ L 326, 18.12.1999, p. 1).

(3) OJ L 85, 6.4.2000, p. 12.