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COMMISSION OPTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(72)1523final
Brussels.4December1972
Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION
layingdown,pursuanttoArticle94,EEC,rules
forthesupervision "bytheCommissionofthe
application ,inthecentralregionsofthe
Community,oftheprinciplesforcoordinating
generalregionalaidsystems.
COM172)1523final

Explanatory Memorandum
1.Initscommunication of23June 1971 ongeneral regional aid .
systems ,theCommission informed theCouncil that asfrom 1January
1972 itwould ,intheexecution oftheduties entrusted toitunder
articles 92etseq .oftheEECtreaty ,apply certain principles for
coordinating general regional aidsystems .Ontheir side ,the
representatives oftheGovernments oftheMember States meeting
within theCouncil on20October 1971adopted aresolution ^^
whereby they undertook ,thus acceding tothewish oftheCommission ,
toabide bythese principles .
2.The communication and resolution stressed "that asthe coordination
andplanning ofgeneral regional aidsystems istobecarried out
progressively ,supervision isindispensable not only toensure this
progression but toenable theeffective results ofthis coordination
tobeexamined and ,should itprove necessary ,lead totheperfeoting
and supplementing ofthemethods ofapplication ".
Provision hasbeen made for theCommission toundertake thip
supervision through asystem ofpost-notifications toit,inrespeot
ofthecentral regions oftheCommunity ,ofsignificant cases to
which general regional aidsystems apply under aprooedure ensuring
business secrecy tobedrawn upwith theassistance ofexperts from
the Member States .
The technical work was exeouted inthefirst sixmonths of1972
and–atamultilateral meeting held on21November 1972 towhich the
Commission had invited "thesenior national officials responsible for
aid-led toanagreement onthefollowing points :
–periodicity ofnotifications :theprinciple here being that there
should notbetoolong atime between thedate onwhich aidis
granted orvoted and thedate ofnotification }
–thedefinition ofsignificant cases which stems from atwo–fold
concern :that only thetruly significant cases towhich regional
^OJHoC111,4November 1971 .

aids apply should beconsidered ,and "that "theeffectiveness of
"thesupervision should notforthat reason beimpaired ;
–thedata tobenotified ;
–thepreservation ofbusiness secrecy .
3«Asregards thelegal form inwhich therules ofsupervision
should becouohed ,some Member States felt that therules would
beeasier toapply ifthey were incorporated inaregulation made
asprovided under Article 94EECfortheapplication ofArticles
92and 93.
This proposal effects aooordingly .
Itisofimportance ,however ,that supervision should be
exercised bytheCommission within theenvisaged delays (in
particular ,theoriginal Member States should ,before 1April 1973
submit notifications ofthesignificant cases of1972 ).Butif,
due topressure ofwork ,theCounoil isunable toadopt this
proposal for aRegulation atadate early enough toensure
compliance with thestatutory delays ,then theCommission would
make thenecessary transitional provisions intheproper form#

Proposal foraCouncil Regulation
laying down ,pursuant toArtiole 94iEEC ,
rules forthesupervision bytheCommission
oftheapplication ,inthecentral regions
oftheCommunity ,oftheprinciples for
coordinating general regional aidsystems
(submitted bytheCommission to "theCouncil )
TheCouncil ofEuropean Communities ,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEconomic European
Community and inparticular Article 94thereof }
Having regard totheproposal from theCommission }
Whereas ina-declaration tothe Council the Commission informed
theCouncil that asfrom 1January 1972 ,itwould ,intheexecution
oftheduties entrusted toitunder Articles 92et?eq»oftheEEC
Treaty ,apply togeneral regional aidsystems theprinciples of
coordination defined initscommunication ^^totheCouncil onthese
! •
systems ;
Whereas subsequently tothis communication theRepresentatives
oftheGovernments oftheMember States meeting within theCounoil
2)on20October 1971 have ,byafirst resolution v'ongeneral regional
aidsystems ,undertaken toabide bythose principles }
Whereas thesupervision oftheapplication oftheprinciples for
coordinating general regional aidsystems istobeundertaken bythe
Commission through asystem ofpost–notifications toit,under a
procedure which will ensure that thesubject matter iskept secret ,
ofcases ofapplication ofaidsystems inthecentral regions ofthe
Community ;
Whereas itistherefore necessary ,inconnection with the
application ofArticles 92and93,tolaydown rules governing suoh
post-notification ;
OJHoCHl/9,4November 1971^OJNoClll/l,4November 1971

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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Article 1
» TheMember States shall notify theCommission ,inaccordance with
therules prescribed hereinafter ,ofcases ,intheoentral regions
oftheCommunity ,oftheapplication ofgeneral regional aidsystems .
Forthis purpose ,cases ofapplication which have "been -definitively decided upon -
)rapproved inprinciple inanygiven period ofthree months shall "benotified by
theMember States totheCommission notlater than thefirst dayof
thefourth month following thethree-month period .
Asregards theoriginal Member States ,thefirst notification to
theCommission must bemade before 1April 1973 .This first notifi­
cation shall relate tocases forwhioh aidwasgranted orvoted in
1972 .
Article 2
Theprocedure laid down inArtiole 1shall apply tooases ofaid
forcapital schemes involving orexceeding ,theequivalent innational
currency of:
4million units ofaccount :intheoase of:
–setting upofnewestablishments ,
~extension ofexisting establishments entailing
thecreation ofnew jobs ;
3million units ofaccount :intheoase of:
–restructuration ,
-modernization ,
-rationalization ,
-extensions notentailing thecreation ofnewjobs ,
-other projects .
•*•/•••

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\
Asandwhen required andmthelight ofexperience gained during
theperiod from 1January 1972 to1January 1974 »'theCommission
may laybefore theCouncil aproposal foramendment ofthese
threshold values .
Article 3
Thenotifications referred toinArtiole 1shall beinoonformity
with therules laid down inAnnex Itothis Regulation .
Article 4
TheCommission shall take allthenecessary internal measures to
• ensure that thenotifications ofcases ofapplication referred to
inArticle 1shall not lead tobreaches ofsecrecy asregards the '•
subject matter .These measures shall ensure th?.t information relating
''toeach individual investment "' ;shall notbeused bythe
Commission foranypurpose other than theapplication ofprinciples
forcoordinating general regional aidsystems .
Theannual report submitted bytheCommission totheCouncil onthe
application ofthose principles shall notinclude anyreference to1
any' information ,relating toanindividual investment ^norshall any !
Information becommunicated toother Member States .
This Regulation shall bebinding initsentirety anddirectly
applicable inallMember States .
«

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ANNEX I
,*
Rules governing notifications ofcases ,inthe
central regions oftheCommunity ,towhich
general regional aidsystems apply .
1.Separate data sheets areto "bemade outforeach oase .
Where aidisgranted several times ,atdifferent dates ,forthe
samescheme ,thesheet setting outtheposition asofthedateof
thefirst grant orvote ofaidshould hemade outandsent in,
followed ,asandwhen thesubsequent grants aremadeorvoted ,-by
supplement sheets forwarded' totheCommission under thequarterly
notification procedure and "bearing areference number linking' them
tothemaster sheet sent inearlier®
Datasheets shall "bearaserial number followed bytheyearand
theinitial ofthecountry concerned ,e.g. "Sheet l/72/X(forMember
State X),theserial number reverting tooneatthebeginning of
each year .
2.Eachcase-sheet shall contain thefollowing particulars :
-Wat„reofproject :e.g.newestablishment ,-extension ,modernisation ,
rationalization ,restructuration .
-Location :locality ,acneandregion where theproject 1.located .
If,bywayofexception allowed under therelevant aidsystem ,aid
isgrated forascheme located outside theaidacnesdesignated
bythatsystem ,thefactmustberecorded .
_Capital expenditure involved :inabsolute figures inthenational
currency orinunits ofaccount ,andalsothebreakdown (inabsolute
figures )b,different expenditure headings (sites ,building ,plant
andequipment ,andsoon).
- aidsystem ,thesystem applying mustvindicated ineach
case .Where several systems apply simultaneously ,either because
their terms cfreference overlap orbecause twoormoreseparate
aids being received under different systems ,thesystem
applying should beshown against eachaid.

T./peandamount ofaid :each type ofaidmust beshown (together
with theaidsystem applying :seeabove ),and .where theterms or
scale oftheaiddiffers from that laid down inthesystem used
(e.g. theaidissmaller inamount orisprovided onless advan­
tageous terms than might bethecase ),full details must be
included .
Number of .jobs tobecreated :must beshown where theproject is
for thesetting upofanestablishment ortheextension ofan
existing one .
Sector ofactivity :the case-sheet must indicate the sector of
activity benefiting from theaidusing where possible theclassi­
fication inthe General Nomenclature ofEconomic Activities in
theEuropean Communities . >
Amount ofaid innet grant equivalent :all thedata neoessary for
computing thenetgrant-equivalent ofeach aidbythecommon
evaluation method described under head 5oftheAnnex tothe
communication oftheCommission totheCouncil ongeneral regional
aid systems must beincluded .