Decision No 1/2000 of the EU-Romania Association Council of 17 February 2000 extending the double-checking system established by Decision No 3/97 of the Association Council for the period from 1 January to 31 December 2000
15. 3. 2000 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 67/35 DECISION No 1/2000 OF THE EU-ROMANIA ASSOCIATION COUNCIL of 17 February 2000 extending the double-checking system established by Decision No 3/97 of the Association Council for the period from 1 January to 31 December 2000 (2000/214/EC) THE ASSOCIATION COUNCIL, Whereas: (1) The contact group referred to in Article 11 of Protocol 2 of the Europe Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and Romania, of the other part, which entered into force on 1 February 1995, met on 6 October 1999 and agreed to recommend to the Association Council established under Article 106 of the Agree- ment that the double-checking system introduced in 1998 by Decision No 3/97 of the Association Council (1), extended for the period from 1 January to 31 December 1999 by Decision No 5/98 thereof (2), should be extended for the period from 1 January to 31 December 2000. (2) 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 Decision No 3/97 shall continue to apply for the period from 1 January to 31 December 2000. In the preamble and Article 1(1) and (3) of the Decision, references to the period 1 January to 31 December 1999 shall be replaced by references to 1 January to 31 December 2000. This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption. It shall apply with effect from 1 January 2000. Article 2 Done at Brussels, 17 February 2000. For the Association Council The President P. ROMAN (1) OJ L 13, 19. 1. 1998, p. 57. (2) OJ L 19, 26. 1. 1999, p. 9