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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(78)113final.
Brussels,13March1978
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Draft
DECISION
oftherepresentatives ofthegovernments oftheMemberStates
oftheEuropeanCoalandSteelCommunity,meetingwithintheCouncil
allocatingtothatCommunitysupplementary revenuesfor1978
COM(78)113final.

Communication from the Commission
tothe Council
Subject :Allocation totheEC3C bytheMember States of32million EUA,
toenable ittobalance itsrevenues and expenditure for the 1978
financial year .
On21December 1977 the Council decided toallocate 32million EUA
tothe ECSC operational budget for 1978 andundertook totake themeasures
necessary tothis end ingood time .Thedetailed arrangements forallocation
were tobedecided atalater stage .These arrangements are the subject ofthe
draft decision contained inthe annex tothis Communication .
TheCommission recalls that theCouncil took note oftheproposals made
inCOM (77)561recommending thetransfer ofthe customs duties onECSC pro­
ducts tothe ECSC operational budget .This matter will ,indeed ,have to
bepursued inthecontext ofthefinancial needs ofthe ECSC and,inparticu­
larofthe iron andsteel industry .TheCommission intends toforward tothe
Council asupplementary communication onthis matter ingood time .Themea­
sures tobetaken for 1978 arethus ofanexceptional character .
TheCommission proposes that the division among theMember States of
thecontribution of32million EUA bebased onthat ofCommunity 6NPin1977 .
Thepercentages tobeused ,onthis basis ,areshown intheattached table .

Thedetailedarrangementsforpaymentofthissumarespelledoutinthe
attacheddraftdecision.Theyareconcernedwiththewordingofindividual
payments,the"bankaccountsintowhichtheyareto"bepaidandthedeadlines
forpayments.Theproposalsmadeinthedraftdecisiononthesemattersdo
notcallforanyspecialcommentbytheCommission.
TheCommissionherebysubmitsforadoptiontheattacheddraftdecision
concerningthedetailedarrangements forallocationofthe32millionEUA
tobepaidintotheECSCoperational budgetfor1978.

"O.aft
DECISION
ofthereprese -ivesoftheGovernments ofthe
MemberStatesoftheEX'.opeanCoaland.Steel
CommunitymeetingwithintheCouncilallocating
tothatCommunitySupplementary revenuesfor1978
Therepresentatives oftheGovernmentsoftheMemberStatesoftheEuropean
CoalandSteelCommunitymeetingwithintheCouncil,
Whereas|inthepresentsituationofthecoalandsteelindustry,the
financialmeansattheCommission'sdisposalmustbeincreasedinorder
forittoaccomplishitstaskundertheTreatyestablishing theEuropean
CoalandSteelCommunity;whereasArticle49thereofprovidesthatthe
Commission mayreceivegifts;whereastheMemberStatesshouldaccordingly
allocatetoitadditionalrevenuestinderthatheading;
Whereas,on21December 19771theCounciltooknoteoftheCommission's
proposalsfortransferring totheECSCthecustomsdutiesonECSCproducts;
Whereasitisappropriate ,bywayofexception,toallocatetotheECSCforthe
1978financialyearthesumof32millionEUAtoenableittobalanceitsrevenues
andexpenditure ;whereastheCouncil,on21December 1977»approvedthe
principleofsuchanallocationandundertookto'takeallnecessary
measuresingoodtime,
InagreementwiththeCommission.
HAVEDECIDEDASFOLLOWS:
Article 1
MemberStatesshallpaytotheEuropeanCoalandSteelCommunitythesum
of32millionEUAforthe1978financialyearbywayofavoluntarycontribution .

Article2
Thecontribution madebytheMemberStatesshallbedividedbetween
theminaccordancewiththefollowingscale:
Belgium 4.9%
Denmark 2.8%
Germany 32.3A
France 24.3%
Ireland 0.6%
Italy 12.7%
Luxembourg 0.2%
Netherlands 6.7A
United
Kingdom15.5%
Article3
ThesumstobepaidbyeachMemberStateshallbepaidtotheECSC
notlaterthan1October1978.
ThesepaymentsmaybemadeeitherinEuropeanunitsofaccountorinnatio­
nalcurrenciesattheEUAexchangerateonthedayofpayment.
Article4
MemberStates,inclosecooperation withtheCommission,shalltakei
*r\
allnecessarymeasurestoensuretheapplicationoftheprecedingmeasures.
MemberStatesshalltakeallmeasuresrequiredfortheimplementation
ofthisdecision.
DoneatArticle5

Tablespecifying /MemberStates'shares
intheCommunity's1977GNP
Belgium
Denmark
Germany
France
Ireland .
Italy
Luxembourg
Netherlands
UnitedKingdom4.9%
2.87.
32.3%
24.3%
0.6ii%
12.7%
0.2%
6.7%
15.5%
Source:Commission estimates