17.3.2005 Official Journal of the European Union L 71/67 (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COMMISSION DECISION of 25 February 2005 amending Decision 94/140/EC setting up an advisory committee for the coordination of fraud prevention (2005/223[EC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Commission were adopted in Council Regulation Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Whereas: By Commission Decision 94/140/EC (1), the Commission set up an advisory committee for the coordination of fraud prevention (the committee) attached to it and responsible for advising it on any matter relating to the prevention and prosecution of fraud and irregularities and to cooperation between Member States or between Member States and the Commission to counter fraud. Since the committee was set up, the Community provisions for the protection of the financial interests of the Community have been substantially developed and strengthened, in particular by new legislative measures and organisational changes in the Commission. General rules defining irregularities and laying down related measures and penalties in the field of the protection of the financial interests of the Community were adopted in Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2988/95 (%), and specific rules applicable to all areas of Community activity concerning on-the-spot adminis- trative checks and inspections carried out by the () O] L 61, 4.3.1994, p. 27. () O] L 312, 23.12.1995, p. 1. (Euratom, EC) No 2185/96 (%). Article 280, inserted in the EC Treaty by the Treaty of Amsterdam, provided a new institutional framework for the fight against fraud; it provides in particular for powers to be shared between the Community and the Member States and for close and regular cooperation between the competent authorities of the Member States and the Commission for the protection of the financial interests of the Community. Commission Decision 1999/352/EC, ECSC, Euratom (%), established the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) as the service responsible for administrative anti-fraud investi- gations, extending to all the activities linked with the protection of Community interests from irregular acts likely to lead to administrative or criminal proceedings. Regulation (EC) No 1073/1999 of the European Parliament and of the Council (°) and Council Regulation (Euratom) No 1074/1999 (%) determined the legal framework for OLAFs activities, making it responsible in particular for ensuring cooperation between the competent authorities of the Member States and the Commission for the coordination of action to protect the financial interests of the Community against fraud. 292, 15.11.1996, p. 2. 136, 31.5.1999, p. 20. (0 oL () o] L () OJ L 136, 31.5.1999, p- 1L 0 oJL 136, 31.5.1999, p. 8.