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Treaty of Amsterdam

47.

In Article 198a, the third paragraph shall be replaced by the following:

`The members of the Committee and an equal number of alternate members shall be appointed for four years by the Council acting unanimously on proposals from the respective Member States. Their term of office shall be renewable. No member of the Committee shall at the same time be a Member of the European Parliament.'

48.

In Article 198b the second paragraph shall be replaced by the following:

`It shall adopt its Rules of Procedure.'

49.

Article 198c shall be amended as follows:

(a)

the first paragraph shall be replaced by the following:

`The Committee of the Regions shall be consulted by the Council or by the Commission where this Treaty so provides and in all other cases, in particular those which concern cross-border cooperation, in which one of these two institutions considers it appropriate.';

(b)

after the third paragraph, the following paragraph shall be inserted:

`The Committee of the Regions may be consulted by the European Parliament.'

50.

In Article 205, the first paragraph shall be replaced by the following:

`The Commission shall implement the budget, in accordance with the provisions of the regulations made pursuant to Article 209, on its own responsibility and within the limits of the appropriations, having regard to the principles of sound financial management. Member States shall cooperate with the Commission to ensure that the appropriations are used in accordance with the principles of sound financial management.

51.

Article 206(1) shall be replaced by the following:

`1. The European Parliament, acting on a recommendation from the Council which shall act by a qualified majority, shall give a discharge to the Commission in respect of the implementation of the budget. To this end, the Council and the European Parliament in turn shall examine the accounts and the financial statement referred to in Article 205a, the annual report by the Court of Auditors together with the replies of the institutions under audit to the observations of the Court of Auditors, the statement of assurance referred to in Article 188c(1), second subparagraph and any relevant special reports by the Court of Auditors.'

52.

Article 209a shall be replaced by the following:

`Article 209a

1. The Community and the Member States shall counter fraud and any other illegal activities affecting the financial interests of the Community through measures to be taken in accordance with this Article, which shall act as a deterrent and be such as to afford effective protection in the Member States.

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