Council Decision
of 20 November 2000
extending and amending Decision 1999/730/CFSP concerning a European Union contribution to combating the destabilising accumulation and spread of small arms and light weapons in Cambodia
(2000/724/CFSP)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular Article 23(2) thereof,
Having regard to Council Joint Action 1999/34/CFSP of 17 December 1998 on the European Union's contribution to combating the destabilising accumulation and spread of small arms and light weapons(1), and in particular Article 6 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) On 15 November 1999 the Council adopted Decision 1999/730/CFSP(2) concerning a European Union contribution to combating the accumulation and spread of small arms and light weapons in Cambodia, which aimed to implement Joint Action 1999/34/CFSP through the appointment of a project manager instructed to carry out the objectives specified in Article 1 of Decision 1999/730/CFSP.
(2) These objectives could not be fulfilled by 15 November 2000, the date on which Decision 1999/730/CFSP expired.
(3) It is important that the European Union's contribution should produce positive results which can be presented at the United Nations International Conference on the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in all its Aspects. This Conference is due to take place in July and August 2001.
(4) Decision 1999/730/CFSP should therefore be extended and amended,
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
Article 1
Decision 1999/730/CFSP shall be amended as follows:
(a) in Article 3(1), the financial reference amount shall be replaced by EUR 1300000;
(b) in Article 4, second paragraph the date of "15 November 2000" shall be replaced by "15 November 2001";
(c) the Annex shall be replaced by the Annex to this Decision.
Article 2
This Decision shall take effect on 16 November 2000.
Article 3
This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal.
Done at Brussels, 20 November 2000.