EC/Malta relations: financial and technical cooperation, 4th protocol, extension

PURPOSE : to extend until 31.12.1999 the period during which the funds available under the IVth EC-Malta Financial Protocol can be committed. CONTENT : the period during which the available funds under the protocol currently linking the Community and Malta can be committed expires on 31.10.1998. Not all the funds available (45 MEUR) were committed by that date. The purpose of this proposal is to extend until 31.12.1999 the period in question in order to enable the Community to fulfill its financial commitments with respect to Malta and to contribute to closer relations between the island and the Community.�