COUNCIL OF EUROPE

COMMITTEE OF MINISTERS

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RESOLUTION (98) 60

CONCERNING THE PARTIAL AGREEMENT ON THE CO-OPERATION GROUP

FOR THE PREVENTION OF, PROTECTION AGAINST, AND ORGANISATION

OF RELIEF IN MAJOR NATURAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL DISASTERS

1999 BUDGET

(Adopted by the Committee of Ministers on 11 December 1998

at the 651st meeting of the Ministers' Deputies)

The Committee of Ministers, under the terms of Article 16 of the Statute of the Council of Europe and with membership restricted to the Representatives of the States of the Council of Europe which are members of the Co-operation Group for the prevention of, protection against, and organisation of relief in major natural and technological disasters ^{footnote 1} ,

HAVING REGARD to Resolution (87) 2 of 20 March 1987 setting up a Co-operation Group for the prevention of, protection against, and organisation of relief in major natural and technological disasters;

HAVING REGARD to Articles 19, 21 and 28 of the Financial Regulations;

HAVING REGARD to Resolution (98) 59 of 11 December 1998 fixing the scale of contributions of member States to the Partial Agreement on the Co-operation Group for the prevention of, protection against, and organisation of relief in major natural and technological disasters;

HAVING REGARD to the draft budget for 1999 submitted by the Secretary General (document CM(98)147, Vol. II, Part 8);

HAVING REGARD to the Budget Committee's reports of 27 October 1998 (document CM(98)148) and of 2 December 1998 (document CM(98)149),

RESOLVES AS FOLLOWS:

1. The budget of expenditure for 1999 , totalling 9 723 000 F and divided into heads and sub-heads according to Table A appended hereto and the budget of receipts totalling 9 723 000 F according to Table B appended hereto are hereby approved.

2. Approval is hereby given to the apportionment, among the States which are members of the Partial Agreement on the Co-operation Group for the prevention of, protection against, and organisation of relief in major natural and technological disasters, of the contributions for 1999, totalling 9 723 000 F according to Table C appended hereto.