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COMMISSION OPTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(81)284final
Brussels .10June1981
Proposal fora
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
;onaspecialprogramme concerning drainage operations inthelessfavoured
; areasoftheWestofIreland
(submitted totheCouncilbytheCommission )
COM(81)284final

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Directive 78/628/EECof19June1978provides forthedrainage ofa
maximumareaof100.000 haoffarmland,plusthearterial drainage
ofacatchment areaextending over30.000ha.
Experience withtheimplementation oftheDirective to-datehasshown
thatwhereasthefielddrainage programme hasbeenhighlysuccessful ,
thearterial drainage programme isindangerofcomingtoahaltbe­
causetheescalation ofcostshasalreadyexhausted asubstantial
partofthefundsearmarked forthispurpose.
Ofthetotal100.000 hatobedrained 1underthefielddrainage pro­
gramme42.000hawerecompleted by1980whileafurther22.000are
onthepointofcompletion .Detailed drainage plansfortheremaining
36.000haarealsonearingcompletion .Itfollowstherefore thatthis
aspectoftheprogramme islikelytobecompleted wellwithinthe
prescribed periodoffiveyears.
Underthearterial drainage programme atotalof133vkmofriverexca­
vationwascompleted bytheendof1980,whileitisexpected thata
further 113kmwillbecompleted in1981.Thistotalof246kmrepre­
sentsnomorethan28%ofthetotalworksforeseen intheprogramme
approved underCommission Decision 78/995/EECof23November 1978.
Ontheotherhand,some72%ofthenational budgetsetasideforthis
partoftheprogramme hasalready beenexhausted becauseoftheesca­
lation ,ofexcavation costs.Asaresult,thearterial drainage pro­
grammecannotbeaccomplished withinthefinancial framework envisaged
intheprogramme .
TheCommission remainsconvicedthatdrainageisoneofthemostim­
portantfactorsfor;theimprovement ofagriculture incomeintheWest
ofIreland.Itistherefore proposing tolaunchaspecial programme
fordrainage inthelessfavouredareasofthatpartoftheCommunity .

Proposal foraCouncil Regulation onaspecial programme concerning
drainage operations intheless favoured areas 6ftheWest ofIreland .
TlliiCOUNCIL OETH2 EUÌCOPJIAIÌ COmJNITIIiS ,
Having regard totheTreaty establisning theEuropean Economic Community ,
andparticularly itsArticle 43:
Having regard totncproposal from the Commission ;
Having regard totheopinion oftheEuropean Parliament (l);
Whereas thefield drainage programme envisaged "byDirective 78/°23/EEC (2)
hasproved highly successful with theresult that roughly two-thirds of
the100.000 ha,"being themaximum limit prescribed ,hasalready "been
ν
almost completed and thedrainage plans for theremainder have also "been
finalised ;
Whereas thesaid Directive provides foratotal Community financing of
26million units ofaccount forthe 5-year period ofthecommon measure ;
whereas "because ofthe escalation ofriver excavation costs which has
taken place under thearterial drainage programme this amount hasproved
tobeentirely insufficient ;whereas ,asaresult ofthis lack offinance
thearterial drainage programme cannot becompleted ;
Whereas ,however ,there isurgent need forimproving theconditions of
agricultural production inadditional less favoured areas oftheWest
ofIreland within themsaning ofDirective 75/268/EEConmountain and
hill farming andfarming incertain less favoured areas (3);whereas
provision ofdrainage isanecessary means tosuch improvement within
arelatively short time ;whereas therefore aspecial programme for
drainage should belaunched immediately toextend over a5-year period ;
Whereas theCommunity should participate inthefinancing ofthis special
measure ;
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :ofthe Council
(2)/
(1)
(2)OJn°L206,29.7.1978 ,p.5
(3)OJNoL128 ,19.5.1975 ,p.1

Article 1
" /
1.Inorder toimprove theconditions ofagricultural production in
certain areas ofIreland aspecial measure forthedrainage of
farmland inthe less favoured areas ofthe West ofIreland is
hereby established .
2.Themeasure referred toinparagraph 1shall consist ofaprogramme
offield andarterial drainage .
Article 2 , \
1.Field drainage ,asreferred toinArticle 1(2)shall extend tonot
more than 50*000 ha.Arterial drainage shall belimited toaneligible
expenditure ofnotmore than 30LIBCU .
2.Theexpenditure onarterial drainage referred toinparagraph 1may
serve tocomplete works already foreseen within the framework of
Directive 7^/628/EEGonaprogramme toaccelerate drainage operations
intheless favoured areas oftheWest ofIreland (l).
Article 3
1.The expenditure bytheCommunity onthemeasure referred toin
Article 1(l)shall belimited to50cJooftheexpenditure bythe
Kernber State .However ,theCommunity contribution tofield drainage
maynot exceed 425ECU perhectare .
2.This measure shall cease on31December 1986 .
Article 4
1.Theprovisions ofArticle 7(1)ofRegulation (liliilG )No729/70onthe
financing ofthecommon agricultural policy shall apply by
analogy -"toCommission decisions inrelation tothefinancing
ofthis measure . •
2.Applications forreimbursement shall relate toexpenditure byIreland
inthecourse ofonecalendar year /^shall besubmitted totheCommission
before 1July thefollowing year . . 1
(1)OJNoL206 ,29.7.78 ,p.5

3.Detailed rules forapplying this Article shall beadopted byanalog acoordin
totheprocedure laid down inArticle 13ofRegulation (£12C)'HorJ2y/lO,
Artide 5
This Regulation shall enter into force onthethird day following
its publication inthe Official Journal ofthe i>aropean Com ;.vanities .
This Regulation shall bebinding initsentirety anddirectly applicable
inall Llember States .
Done atBrussels
Por the üouncil
The President

FINANCIAL STATEMENT
Date :26*5.1981
I.BUDGET HEADING :New line tobecreated APPROBIATIONS :
2.TITLE :Proposal for aCouncil Regulation onspecial drainage measure inthe
less-favoured areas ofthe West ofIreland .
3.LEGAL BASIS :Article A3oftheTreaty
4.AIMS OFPROJECT :Toimprove the conditions ofagricultural production over an
extended area *ofthe less-favoured areas ofthe W«st ofIreland
5.FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS
5.0 EXPENDITURE
-CHARGED TOTHE ECBUDGET
(REFUNDS /INTERVENTIONS )
-NATIONAL ADMINISTRATION .
-OTHER
5.1 RECEIPTS
-OWN RESOURCES OFTHE EC
(LEVIES /CUSTOMS DUTIES )
-NATIONALPERIOD OF12MONTHS CURRENT FINANCIAL YEAR
(9R )FOLLOWING FINANCIAL YEAR
(198 ? >
12
1983
5.0.1 ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE MlOECU
5.1.1 ESTIMATED RECEIPTS61984 1985 1986
5.2 METHOD OFCALCULATION
See annex
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6.3 WILL FUTURE BUDGET APPROBATIONS SENECESSARY ? ?
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OBSERVATIONS :

Fli^ID DriAINAGa
Itiii^rooociedtodrain50.000hectares atanaveragepubliccontribution of
"■ " 600ECU/ha.
Thisrepresents acostof.30million r.CU.CosttotheCoisnunity at
50'/jisestimated at15I-3CU.
ARTjLilAL DRAIIiAGJ
Itisestimated thatthiswillcost30Million I2CUofwhichthe
Community v/illreimburse 50/->•HencethecosttotheCommunity is
estimated ,at15LH'ICU,
TOTALCOSTTOTIECOI-IaJIHTY
15+15=30;3cu.
ThustheannualCommunity costisestimated at6U'lCU.