No C 288/8 Official Journal of the European Communities 28.10.87 
Amendment to the proposal for a Council Regulation on financial support within the framework 
of a medium term programme for transport infrastructure (') 
COM(87) 448 final 
(Submitted by the Commission to the Council pursuant to Article 149(3) of the EEC Treaty on 
13 October 1987) 
(87/C 288/11) 
The Commission's original proposal is hereby amended as follows: 
1. Amend the Seventh recital to read as follows: 
'Whereas specific financial support to transport infrastructure projects can provide an 
essential financial incitement to projects: on the one hand to the completion of certain 
projects of critical importance for the completion of the Community transport networks and 
the integration of the peripheral regions in the common market, and on the other hand the 
promotion and launching of major projects which have as their objective the cohesion of the 
Community;' 
2. Articles 1 and 2 are replaced by the following: 
'Article 1 
The Community within the limits of the appropriations set aside for this purpose in the 
general budget of the European Communities, and under the conditions set out in the 
following Articles, may grant financial support to undertake transport infrastructure projects 
of Community interest in the framework of a medium term programme which meet the 
following objectives: 
— the integration of areas which, geographically, are either landlocked or situated on the 
periphery of the Community; 
— the elimination of bottlenecks, 
— the reduction of costs associated with transit traffic in cooperation with any non-member 
States concerned, 
— the improvement of links on land-sea routes, 
— the improvement of high-quality links between principal urban centres, including high­
speed rail links. 
The medium term programme that the Commission shall draw up and revise periodically, 
includes notably: 
— a network of principal links of Community interest, 
— the objectives for the improvement of the network, 
— indications or guidelines concerning the projects of Community interest to be 
undertaken in the medium term. 
Article 2 
The eligibility for financial support of transport infrastructure projects will be assessed in 
accordance with the following criteria: 
(a) the benefit of the project concerned to the Community, assessed by its contribution to the 
general and operational criteria set out in Article 1. Among the factors which must be 
included are: 
— the importance of present or potential intra-Community international traffic, 
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— the importance of exchanges between the Community and non-member States on the 
route involved in the project, 
— the extent of the project's contribution to the creation of a homogeneous and balanced 
network within the Community framework, geared to existing and future transport 
needs; 
(b) the socio-economic return on the project; 
(c) whether the project is consistent with other Community measures under the common 
transport policy or other Community policies and with other national measures given 
priority in national transport infrastructure plans and projects; 
(d) the complementarity of the project with other projects undertaken at the national level.' 
3. Add an additional Article 4a which is to read as follows: 
'Article 4a 
1. Each year, no later than the date of submission of the preliminary draft general budget 
for the next financial year, the Commission shall submit to Parliament and the Council a 
communication describing the projects in respect of which applications have been received in 
accordance with Article 4 and which qualify for financial support under the medium-term 
programme and in the light of the objectives set out in Article 1 and criteria laid down in 
Article 2. 
2. The description referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article includes at least: 
— the main grounds for qualification under Articles 1 and 2, 
— the probable scale and nature of the financial support, and 
— the background information referred to in Article 4.' 
Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 on the common 
organization of the market in fruit and vegetables 
COM(87) 480final 
(Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 15 October 1987) 
(87/C 288/12) 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 
Economic Community, and in particular Article 43 
thereof, 
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and 
Portugal, and in particular Articles 89 (2) and 234 (3) 
thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Having regard to the opinion of the European Par­
liament, 
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 (*), as 
last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2275/87 (2), 
(') OJN0LH8, 20. 5. 1972, p. 1. 
O OJ No L 209, 31. 7. 1987, p. 4. provides for a system of prices and intervention for a 
number of products in the fruit and vegetables sector; 
Whereas producers and their organizations should be 
made aware of the real needs of the fruit and vegetables 
market; whereas this should be achieved, where appro­
priate, by defining a maximum volume of intervention 
beyond which financial liability should be borne by the 
producers and their organizations; 
Whereas, the consequence of the liability of the 
producers and their organizations must be that, 
whenever intervention exceeds the threshold, the basic 
and buying-in prices or the financial compensation or 
indemnity which is paid in respect of the quantities 
bought in are reduced;