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  "legislation": "eudn/2000/265",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision of 27 March 2000 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’ (2000/265/EC)",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Council Decision\nof 27 March 2000\non 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’\n(2000/265/EC)\nTHE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,\nHaving regard to the first sentence of the second subparagraph of Article 2(1) of the Protocol annexed to the Treaty on European Union and to the Treaty establishing the European Community, integrating the Schengen acquis into the framework of the European Union (hereinafter ‘the Schengen Protocol’),\nWhereas:\n(1)\nThe Deputy Secretary-General of the Council was authorised by Decision 1999/870/EC to act, in the context of the integration of the Schengen acquis within the European Union, as representative of certain Member States for the purposes of concluding contracts relating to the installation and the functioning of the communication infrastructure for the Schengen environment (hereinafter ‘Sisnet’) and to manage such contracts.\n(2)\nThe financial obligations arising under those contracts are not borne by the general budget of the European Union; therefore, the provisions of the Financial Regulation of 21 December 1977 applicable to the general budget of the European Communities do not apply.\n(3)\nIt is therefore necessary to establish specific rules to define the detailed procedures for establishing and implementing the budget required to meet any expenses incurred in the course of concluding the contracts, the obligations arising under those contracts once concluded, for recovering the contributions to be paid by the States concerned and for the presentation and auditing of the accounts.\n(4)\nIt is also necessary to set out the rules applicable to the conclusion of these contracts.\n(5)\nThis Decision is a development of the Schengen acquis within the meaning of the Schengen Protocol,\nHAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 337, 30.12.1999, p. 41."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "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)."
    }
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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