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COMMISSION G"THEEUROEHAN CGMMUNITIES
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Brussels,17March1975
COMMUNICATION FROMTEECOMMISSION
TOTHECOUNCIL
Requestforassent,submittedunderArticle54of
theTreatyECSC,toauthorizethegrantingofloans
to"beneficiaries otherthanundertakings ,forthe
financingofhousingforpersonsemployedinthe
industries oftheECSC
COK(75)111final

1.Since1955»"theECSCHighAuthorityand-afterthemergerofthe
executivebodies-theCommissionoftheEuropeanCommunities ,has"beenactive
inthefieldoffinancialaidfortheconstruction ,modernization ,andinafew
instancesthepurchase,ofdwellingsforemployeesoftheEC3Cindustries.
Toensurethecontinuityofthesemeasures,particularly incountries
wherethefinancialresourcesoftheprogrammehavealreadybeenusedup,
theCommissiondecided,on15November1974j "tolaunchan8thprogrammeofaid
tofinancehousingfrom1January1975*
Thecontinuation ofthisaction,toprovideforthehousingrequirements
ofemployeesoftheECSCindustries,correspondstothewishesexpressedbythe
EuropeanParliamentandtheemployers'andworkers'organizations whichhave,on
severaloccasionsrequested,thatCommunityactivityinthefieldoffinancial
aidforlow-costhousingshouldbecontinued „
2.TheECSC'sownfundsdrawnfromthe"specialreserve"aresupplemented
byotherresourcestoincreasetheireffectiveness .Theseadditionalresources
aremobilizedonthefinancialmarkets.Inpractice,theECSCeither
floatsloansontheopenmarkettoobtainfundsforloansitgrants,orinstructs
banksandfinancialestablishments tomakeloansdirectlyorindirectlytothe
primecontractors.TheusebytheECSCoffundssuppliedfromthecapitalmarket,
whicharecombinedwithresourcesfromthe"specialreserve"toincreasethe
volume :ofaid,requires–inaccordancewiththesecondparagraphofArticle54
oftheTreatyofParis-■theassentoftheCouncil,becausetheloansaregene–

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rallymade"toborrowersotherthan"undertakings "withinthemeaningof
Article80oftheTreaty;ECSChousingprogrammesareusuallycarriedoutby
housingassociations orotherspecialized "bodies. *
3.On3February1955»3April1965,20May1958*12April1961,1June1962,*
and13January1966,theHighAuthorityoftheECSC,andon2March1970and
3April1973theCommissionoftheEuropeanCommunitiessubmittedrequeststo
theCouncil,underthesecondArticle54oftheTreatyofParis,forassent
authorizing themtograntloanstolegalentitieswhichcannotboconsidered
asundertakingswithinthemeaningofArticle80oftheTreatyofPariswithin
theframeworkoftheprogrammesoffinancialaidforlow-costhousingfor
workersintheECSCindustries.
TheCouncil,accedingtotheserequests,gaveitsassentinthe
followingsessions:
–23rdSession(21March1955)»
–32ndSession(3May1956),
5–51st'Session(16June1958)»
■"–74thSession(16May1961),
•±83rdSession(17July1962),
–103rdSession(7March1966),
–113rdSession(25/26May1970)and
-690thSession(13June1973).
Intheseinstances,assentrelatedtoloanceilingsamountsrespectively,
25millionu.a.,30millionu.a.,40millionu.a.,45millionu.a.,75millionu.a.,
60millionu.a.,30millionu.a.and60millionu.a.
Thetableannexedtothis'Notegivesasummaryofthemeasurestakenby
theECSC'inrelationtothefinancingoflow-costhousingupto31December1974*
Withregardtotheimplementation ofthe7thprogramme(1stand2ndinstal­
ments),thetotalamountoftheloansgrantedhasnotyetreachedtheceiling
of90millionu.a.authorizedbytheCouncil.

4*TheCommissionalsointendstograntloansforthe8thprogramme,
notonlytoundertakings asdefinedintheTreatyofParis,butalso,asin
thepast,toundertakings otherthanthosecoveredbytheaforementioned
Article80.Itmayheestimatedthatforthefirstinstalmentofthisnew
programme,theCommissionwillgrantfinancialaidamountingtoamaximumof
75millionu.a.,ofwhich25millionwillbedrawnfromitsownfunds(special
reserve)andafurther50millionmobilizedonthecapitalmarkets*
5.Therefore,theCommissionherebyrequeststheassentoftheCouncil,
underthesecondparagraphofArticle54theTreatyofParis,toauthorize
thegrantingofloanstoatotalof75millionEMAunitsofaccounttobene­
ficiariesotherthanundertakings asdefinedintheTreatyofParis,inthe
contextofthe8thprogrammeofaidforthefinancingoflow^-costhousingfor
minersandworkersintheironandsteelindustry.
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Summary table oftheseven financial aid .programmes
forhousing forpersons employed intheECSC industries
Estimated Figures s1January 1975
1.Breakdown bycountry
v million u.a .
INiimber ofIVFINANCING
COUNTRYdwellings
(1)(2)Construction
costsECSC aidOther resources
mobilized bytheFinancing from
other sources
Spécial reserve Loan fundsECSC
GERMANY 85,000 1,013.77 60.19 13.24 133.45 806.89
BELGIUM 8,500 70.50 6.12 22.95 2.30 39.13
FRANCE 26.500 231.62 33.58 0.43 13.34 184.27
ITALY 7.000 62.00 11.70 8.36 11.18 30.76
LUXEMBOURG 1,100 17.16 3.05 1.70 2.43 9.98
NETHERLANDS 5,500 49.65 7.23 2.14 7.30 32.98
UNITED
KINGDOM6,000 9.28 4»00 5.28
IRELAND 190 1.78 0.50 0.82 O.46
DENMARK 125 5.60 1.00 0.67 3.93
139,915 1,461.36 127o37 48.82 171.49 1,113.68
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(1)already financed ,under examination ,orstill tobesibmitted forfinancing from theECSC funds listed inthis table *
(2)from 1973 ,onwards these figures also include themodernization ofexisting dwellings ,inparticular asregards thetotal
for the U.K.

SummarytableofthesevenfinancialaidprogrammesforhousingforpersonsemployedintheECSCindustries
2.Breakdownbyindustry EstimatedFigures:January1975
millionu.a.t 1IIU.111UI1 u«a.
COUNTRYCOAL IRONMINING IRONANDSTEELINDUSTRY TOTAL 'I
T
Dwellings ECSCfundsDwellings ECSCfundsDwellings ECSCfunds Dwellings ECSCfunds
GERMANY 46,431 41.44 3,054 I2.60 35,515 29.39 85,000 73.43
BELGIUM 4,160 12.68
I4,340 16.39 8,500 29.07
PRANCE 5,740 9.52 1,056 1.28 19,704 23.21 26,500 34.01
ITALY 243
»*562 0.32 6,195 19.74 7.000 20.06
LUXEMBOURG25 0.10 1,075 4.65 1,100 4.75
NETHERLANDS 2,350 3.52 3,150 5,85 5,500 9.37
UNITED6,000KINGDOM 4.006,000 4.00
IRELAND j70 0.18 120 0.32 190 0.50
DENMARK125 1.00 125 1.00
64,994 71.34 4,697 4.301
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