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II 
(Preparatory Acts) 
COMMISSION 
Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EEC) No 2617/80 instituting a 
specific Community regional development measure contributing to overcoming constraints on 
the development of new economic activities in certain zones adversely affected by restructuring 
of the shipbuilding industry 
COM(84) 715 final 
(Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 21 December 1984) 
(85/C 70/01) 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 
Economic Community, 
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 724/75 
of 18 March 1975 establishing a European Regional 
Development Fund(^), as last amended by Regulation 
(EEC) No 3325/80 (2), and in particular Article 13 (3) 
thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Having regard to the opinion of the European 
Parliament, 
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social 
Committee, 
Whereas Article 13 of Regulation (EEC) No 724/75 
provides, independently of the national allocations of 
resources fixed by Article 2 (3) (a) of that Regulation, for 
participation by the Fund in financing specific 
Community regional development measures which are, in 
particular, linked with Community policies and with 
measures adopted by the Community, in order to take 
better account of their regional dimension or to reduce 
their regional consequences; 
(M OJ NoL 73, 21. 3. 1975, p. 1. 
(2) OJ No L 349, 23. 12. 1980, p. 10. Whereas, pursuant to that Article, the Council adopted 
on 7 October 1980 an initial series of Regulations 
instituting specific Community regional development 
measures and, in particular, Regulation (EEC) No 
2617/80 (3), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 
217/84 (4), the measure instituted by that Regulation 
being hereinafter referred to as 'the specific measure'; 
Whereas, pursuant to that Regulation, and in particular 
Article 3 thereof, the Commission has approved special 
programmes relating to certain zones, amongst which are 
zones in the Federal Republic of Germany, and has at the 
same time decided to allocate appropriations to these 
programmes; 
Whereas the worsening problems in the shipbuilding 
industry require that the specific measure be extended to 
certain zones in France and Italy as well as to other zones 
in the Federal Republic of Germany, which are 
characterized by a high dependency on the shipbuilding 
sector and by major job losses in this industry in recent 
years; whereas this development is likely to lead to a 
deterioration of an already difficult socio-economic 
situation in those zones; 
Whereas the Member States concerned have provided the 
Commission with information relating to regional 
problems which would be a suitable subject for a specific 
measure; 
(3) OJ No L 271, 15. 10. 1980, p. 16. 
(4) OJ No L 27, 31. 1. 1984, p. 15. 
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Whereas additional financial resources are required to 
implement the specific measure as so extended; 
Whereas it is necessary for the Federal Republic of 
Germany to submit to the Commission an adapted special 
programme, and for France and Italy to present to the 
Commission a special programme in accordance with 
Regulation (EEC) No 2617/80, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Article 1 
Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 2617/80 is hereby 
replaced by the following: 
'Article 2 
1. The specific measure shall apply to zones which 
in principle meet the following criteria: 
(a) a minimum number of jobs in the shipbuilding 
industry; 
(b) industrial employment dependent in large 
measure on the shipbuilding industry; 
(c) major job losses in the shipbuilding industry in 
recent years; 
(d) the social and economic situation in the region in 
which the zone concerned is situated. This 
situation shall be assessed on the basis of the per 
capita gross domestic product and structural 
unemployment; 
(e) eligibility of the zone concerned for a national 
regional-aid scheme. 
2. The zones complying with the criteria referred 
to in paragraph 1 shall be the following: 
In the United Kingdom: 
The Strathclyde Region; the Counties of Cleveland, 
Tyne and Wear and Merseyside; and the Belfast urban 
area; 
In the Federal Republic of Germany: 
The Arbeitsmarktregionen of Lubeck-Ostholstein and 
Bremen-Bremerhaven; 
In France: 
The zones covered by national regional aid schemes in 
the departements of Loire Atlantique and Var, uropean Communities 18. 3. 85 
including the canton of La Ciotat in the departement 
of Bouches-du-Rhone; 
In Italy: 
The provinces of Gorizia, Trieste and Palermo, as well 
as the province of Genova with the exception of the 
non-aided zone adjoining the province of Piacenza.' 
Article 2 
1. The Federal Republic of Germany shall adapt the 
special programme referred to in Article 3 of Regulation 
(EEC) No 2617/80 in accordance with the amendments 
set out in Article 1 of this Regulation. 
2. The adapted special programme shall be approved 
by the Commission in accordance with Article 3 (6) of 
Regulation (EEC) No 2617/80. 
3. Without prejudice to Article 5 (4) of Regulation 
(EEC) No 2617/80, the amount of the Fund's assistance 
to the special programme as adapted may not exceed the 
amount fixed by the Commission at the time of approval 
of the programme. 
Article 3 
The duration of the special programmes to be presented 
by France and Italy shall be five years from the 60th day 
following that of the entry into force of this Regulation. 
The duration of the adapted special programme referred 
to in Article 2 shall be extended for the same period. 
Article 4 
Expenditure arising from the special programme thus 
adapted and from the special programmes to be 
submitted by France and Italy and which is incurred from 
the date of entry into force of this Regulation, shall be 
eligible. 
Article S 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day 
following its publication in the Official Journal of the 
European Communities. 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and 
directly applicable in all Member States.