Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market: budget and finances, access to documents (amend. Regulation (EC) No 40/94)

PURPOSE : to enable the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal to have control and audit systems comparable with those of the Community institutions and to bring it into line with the New Financial Regulation of June 2002 as well as with the Regulation relating to the access to public documents of May 2001. LEGISLATIVE ACT : Council Regulation 1653/2003/EC amending Regulation 40/94/EC on the Community trade mark. CONTENT : this Regulation aims to amend Regulation 40/94/EC as regards the budgetary and financial rules applicable to the Office for Harmonisation in order to bring it into line with the new general Financial Regulation that entered into force on 1 January 2003, and also as regards access to the Office's documents, with a view to implementing within the Office Regulation 1049/2001/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2001 regarding access to European Parliament, Council and Commission documents. ENTRY INTO FORCE : 01/10/2003.�