1999/664/CFSP: Council Joint Action of 11 October 1999 amending Joint Action 96/676/CFSP in relation to the nomination of an EU Special Envoy for the Middle East Peace Process
12. 10. 1999 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 264/1 (Acts adopted pursuant to Title V of the Treaty on European Union) COUNCIL JOINT ACTION of 11 October 1999 amending Joint Action 96/676/CFSP in relation to the nomination of an EU Special Envoy for the Middle East Peace Process (1999/664/CFSP) THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to Joint Action 96/676/CFSP of 25 November 1996 in relation to the nomination of an EU Special Envoy for the Middle East Peace Process (1), Whereas Joint Action 96/676/CFSP should be amended in order to enable the Special Representative to make the Union's role in the Middle East better understood, HAS ADOPTED THIS JOINT ACTION: Article 1 The following indent shall be added to Article 2 of Joint Action 96/676/CFSP: ‘— to contribute to the better understanding of the Union's role among opinion leaders in the region. ’ Article 2 This Joint Action shall take effect on the date of its adoption. This Joint Action shall be published in the Official Journal. Article 3 Done at Luxembourg, 11 October 1999. For the Council The President T. HALONEN (1) OJ L 315, 4. 12. 1996, p. 1. Joint Action as amended by Decision 98/608/CFSP (OJ L 290, 29. 10. 1998, p. 4)