15. 1. 2000 Official Journal of the European Communities L11/41 (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COMMISSION COMMISSION DECISION of 13 December 1999 concerning funding of implementing measures for the harmonised indices of consumer prices (notified under document number C(1999) 4428) (2000/30/EC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 249495 of 23 October 1995 concerning harmonised indices of consumer prices (), and in particular Article 13 thereof, Whereas: (1) Each Member State is required to produce a harmonised index of consumer prices (HICPs) starting with the index for January 1997 and implementing measures are adopted for ensuring the comparability of HICP and for maintaining their reliability and relevance in accordance with Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 2494/95. (2)  The initial implementing measures required additional resources in Member States at a cost estimated at EUR 4,5 million up to the end of the second year of implementation of those measures and whereas the Commission bore two thirds of the additional costs in accordance with Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 2494/ 95. (3)  Further implementing measures require additional resources in Member States at a cost estimated at EUR 1012500 until the end of the second year of implementation of these measures and whereas the () O] L 257, 27.10.1995, p. 1. Commission should bear two thirds of the additional costs in accordance with Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 2494/95, HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION: Article 1 The aim of this Decision is to allocate funds to Member States for the budget year 1999 in order to meet two thirds of the additional costs of implementing measures arising directly from Regulation (EC) No 2494/95. These measures are to be imple- mented with the index for January 2000 and the index for January 2001. Funding shall cover additional costs until the end of the year 2001. Article 2 The Member States shall use the financial contribution exclu- sively for carrying out the following actions arising from imple- menting Regulation (EC) No 2494/95 and in particular: (a) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1749/96 of 9 September 1996 on initial implementing measures for Council Regula- tion (EC) No 2494/95 concerning harmonised indices of consumer prices (%), as amended by Council Regulations (EC) No 1687/98 (*) and (EC) No 168898 (¥ concerning in particular the coverage of goods and services and the geographic and population coverage of the HICP; (b) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1749/1999 (°) amending Regulation (EC) No 2214/96, concerning the transmission and dissemination of sub-indices of the HICP, and (c) Council Regulation (EC) No 2166/1999 (%), concerning the treatment of products in the health, education and social protection sectors in the HICP. 2) 3 ) O] L 229, 10.9.1996, p. 3. () O (* O () O ) O L L 214, 31.7.1998, p. 12. L 214, 31.7.1998, p. 23. L L 5 6) 214, 13.8.1999, p. 1. 266, 14.10.1999, p. 1. ==