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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(77)314final.
Brussels.July4«1977
MODIFICATION
oftheproposalforaCOUNCILREGULATIONonCommunityfinancialmeasures
topromotetheuseofcoalforelectricitygeneration(COM(76)648final/2
of17January1977
(presentedbytheCommissiontotheCouncilpursuant
tothesecondparagraphofarticle149of
theEECTreaty)
COM177)314final

Initsoriginalformulation,Article5ortheproposalforaRegulation
onCommunityfinancialmeasurestopromotetheuseofcoalforelectricity -
generationprovidespriorityinageneralformforinvestmentprojects
forwhichtheuseofCommunitycoalisanticipated.Inthecourseof
theexaminationoftheproposalbytheEuropeanParliamenttitwasconsidered
appropriatetodefinetheproportionofcommitmentauthorisations available
eaohfinkricialyeartobesetasideforsuchprojects.
Theattachedproposalfor.anamendmentdefinestheprioritytotheeffect
that20£eftheavailablecommitmentauthorisations aresetasidefor
/
projectsforwhich,the.useofCommunitycoalisanticipated andwhich
failedtoqualifyintheopencompetitionfortheremaining80%of
availableCommitmentauthorisations .
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fBXT PROPOSED BYTHECOMMISSION 07THE
EUROPEAN C0MMIMITIE3 (l)AMESDED
TEXT
Council Regulation onCommunity financial measures to
promote theuseofcoal forelectrioity generation
Explanatory Memorandum .Preamble andArticles 1-4 unchanged
Article 5
Inconsidering applications forgrants ,the
Commission istobeguided bythecoal-burn
plans submitted totheeffeot that the
higher theproposed ceal-burn inrelation
totheamount ofthegrant ,thehigher the
priority given totheproject .However ,
priority istobegiven toprojects in
regard towhich theelectricity undertaking
isprepared tocommit itself touse
principally Community coal *Article 5
Inconsidering applications forgrants ,the
Commission istobeguided bythecoal-burn
plans submitted under Article 4ofthis
Regulation totheeffect that thehigher
theproposed coal-burn inrelation tothe
amount ofthegrant applied for ,thehigher
thepriority oftheproject ,
80^ofthecommitment .authorisation available
ineach financial year will beallocated in-
accordance with this principle without
regard tothe origin ofthe coal tobe
used .Theremaining 20^will beallocated
toprojects inregard towhich electricity
undertakings commit themselves touse not
less than 90^Community coal each year of
thecoal-bum plan .
Artioles 6-8 unchanged
(1)Foroomplete text seeO.J,No.C22of29,1,1977 ,page 4