PURPOSE : to bring the constituent instruments of the European Communities decentralised bodies 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 : Regulation 1642/2003/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation 178/2002/EC laying down the general principles and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures in matters of food safety.
CONTENT : this Regulation aims to amend Regulation 178/2002/EC as regards the budgetary and financial rules applicable to the Authority, 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 its documents, with a view to implementing within the Authority 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.�