Decision No 3/1999 of the Association Council between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and Bulgaria, of the other part of 22 April 1999 extending the double-checking system established by Decision No 3/97 of the Association Council for the period 1 January to 31 December 1999
L 123/56 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 13. 5. 1999 DECISION No 3/1999 OF THE ASSOCIATION COUNCIL between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and Bulgaria, of the other part of 22 April 1999 extending the double-checking system established by Decision No 3/97 of the Associa- tion Council for the period 1 January to 31 December 1999 (1999/324/EC) THE ASSOCIATION COUNCIL, Whereas the Contact Group referred to in Article 11 of Protocol 2 to the Europe Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and Bulgaria, of the other part, which entered into force on 1 February 1995, met on 11 September 1998 and agreed to recommend to the Association Council established under Article 105 of the Agreement that the double-checking system introduced in 1998 by Association Council Decision No 3/97 should be extended for the period between 1 January and 31 December 1999; Whereas the Association Council, having been supplied with all relevant information, has agreed with this recommendation, HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS: Article 1 The double-checking system established by Association Council Decision No 3/97 for the period 1 January to 31 December 1998 shall continue to apply for the period between 1 January and 31 December 1999. In the preamble and Article 1(1) and (3) of the Decision, references to the period 1 January to 31 December 1998 shall be replaced by references to 1 January to 31 December 1999. This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption. It shall apply with effect from 1 January 1999. Article 2 Done at Brussels, 22 April 1999. For the Association Council The President J. FISCHER