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Decision to adopt ETAP programme

The Council of the European Union has made a Decision (1999/22/EC) to adopt a mulitiannual programme of studies, analyses, forecasts and other related work in the energy sector from 1998 to 2002. The Decision was taken on 14 December 1998. The Council has decided that within ...

The Council of the European Union has made a Decision (1999/22/EC) to adopt a mulitiannual programme of studies, analyses, forecasts and other related work in the energy sector from 1998 to 2002. The Decision was taken on 14 December 1998. The Council has decided that within the multiannual framework programme for actions in the energy sector, a specific programme of studies, analyses, forecasts and other related work concerning the future development of energy policy within the Community will be implemented by the Community for the period 1998 to 2002. The programme will be referred to as "the ETAP programme". The objectives of the ETAP programme will be: - To establish a shared approach in the Community to studies, analyses, forecasts and other related work in the energy sector; - To promote coordinated analyses of energy markets and policies at the level of Community and the Member States; - To analyse and evaluate energy market trends in Europe and the world, inter alia in relation to security of supply and competitiveness; - To analyse and evaluate the impact of energy production and use on the environment, including in relation to climate change; - To help identify and transfer the best analysis methods and practices; - To facilitate information networks in the energy field; - To develop an active policy for the dissemination of the results obtained; - To develop methodologies for monitoring the implementation of the energy framework programme, as set out in Article 5 of Decision 1999/21/EC, Euratom. The final reference amount for the implementation of the ETAP programme shall be ECU 5 million. Of this amount, ECU 2m is for the period 1998 to 1999. The ETAP programme will be open to participation by associated central and eastern European countries in accordance with the conditions, including financial provisions, laid down in the additional protocols to the Association Agreements or in the Association Agreements themselves relating to participation in Community programmes. The ETAP programme shall also be open to participation by Cyprus, on the basis of additional appropriations, under the same rules as those applied to the EFTA/EEA countries, in accordance with procedures to be agreed that country.