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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(80)333final
Brussels.11june1980
Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION
establishing supplementary measuresinfavour
oftheUNITEDKINGDON
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission)
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Explanatory memorandum
1.AftertheCouncilmeetingofthe29/30May1980dedicatedto"convergence
andbudgetaryquestions"itwasagreeduponthatpaymentswouldbemade
totheUnitedKingdom,ontheonehand;throughtheadaptedfinancial
mechanism and,ontheotherhand,throughthesupplementary measures
proposedbytheCommission .Thepresentregulation "proposalconcerns
thesesupplementary measures'.
2.Inordertopromotetheconvergence oftheeconomiesoftheMemberStates,
itisnecessarytocontributetothesolutionoftheprincipalstructural
problemsaffectingtheUnitedKingdom.Improvingitseconomicperformance
maybedonebydeveloping theeconomicandsocialinfrastructure ,especially
intheassistedareas,aswellasbyinvestments fortheexploitation ,
ofcoalresources . v
3.Inconsequence ,ithasbeenproposed -thatthesupplementary measures
shallbeconfinedtoinvestment expenditure asindicated aboveand
thattheyshallbecarriedoutintheformofspecialpluriannual
programmes tobeapprovedbytheCommissionafterconsultation with
theRegionalPolicyCommitteeortheEnergyCommittee.Oncetheprogrammes
havebeenapprovedbytheCommission,advancesmaybeaccorded,ofupto
90%oftheappropriations committed ,

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ProposalforaCouncilRegulationinstituting supplementary Community
measurestocontributetothesolutionoftheprincipalstructure
problemsaffectingtheUnitedKingdomandhencetotheconvergence
oftheeconomiesoftheMemberStatesoftheCommunity
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomicCommunity,
inparticularArticle235,'
HavingregardtotheproposaloftheCommission,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheEuropeanParliament (1>,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheCourtofAuditors(2),
WhereastheCouncilConclusions of30May1980(2)indicatesthatover
theperiod1980-82paymentsshouldbemadetotheUnitedKingdombymeans
oftheadaptedFinancialMechanismandsupplementary Measuresproposedby
theCommission,
Whereastheneedforthesepaymentsarisesfromthelackofconvergence
betweentheeconomiesoftheMemberStatesoftheCommunity,andwhereas
thesupplementary measuresshouldaimtorealisespecialprogrammesof
investments whichcontributetogreaterconvergence andintegration of
theeconomicpoliciesoftheMemberStatesandareinlinewithpriority
Communityobjectives,
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Whereasthroughthesesupplementary measuresconvergence canbepromoted
byimproving 1thestructuresoftheUnitedKingdomeconomy,
Whereasiftheyaretobefullyeffectivethesupplementary measuresmust
beconsistentwithexistingCommunitypolicies,especiallytheRegional
Policy,andmustrespondtotheneedforimprovedeconomicandsocial
infrastructure ,especially .intheregionswith greateststructural
problems,.
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Whereastheexploitation ofcoalresourcesin.theUnitedKingdomisinthe
interestsoftheCommunity'senergypolicy/
Whereasthesupplementary measuresshouldtaketheformofpluriannual '
programmestobeapprovedbytheCommissiontoensureaneffectiveuse
ofCommunityresources.

HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION
Article 1
1.Inadditiontotheamountswhichwillbetransferred totheUnited
Kingdomintheapplication oftheCouncilRegulation (EEC)N°1172/76,
of17May1976establishing afinancialmechanism (1),asamendedby
CouncilRegulation (EEC)Nl0r/80of 1980(2),thepresent
regulationprovidesforsupplementary Community measuresinrespectof
1980and1981theaimsofwhichshallbe:
-thereductionofregionaldisparities andtherenewalofurbanareas
throughtheimprovement ofeconomicandsocialinfrastructure ,
-theexploitation ofcoalresources.
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2.Themeasuresshallbeimplemented bymeansofspecialfinancialassistance
totherealisation ofpluriannual programmes submittedforapprovalby
theUnitedKingdomtotheCommission .
Article2■
Providedtheseareundertaken bypublicauthorities intheformof
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capitalexpenditure ^thefollowing,categoriesofinvestmentsshall
beeligibleforfinancialparticipation bytheCommunitywithinthe
frameworkofthespeciatprogrammes tobesubmitted :
(a)economicandsocialinfrastructure especiallytransport andcommuni­
cations>telecommunications ,transmission ofenergy,waterand
sewerage,industrialsites,advancefactories,publichousing,
(b)infrastructure necessarytourbanrenewalprogrammes,
(c)investments relatedtotheexploitation ofcoalresources.
(1)0JN°L131of20.5.76
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Article3
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1.Inthecaseofinfrastructures ,specialprogrammeswillbelocated
withintheareascoveredon1stJanuary1980.bytheRegional
Development Programmesprovidedfor"inArticle6,paragraphs 3and
AoftheCouncilRegulation (EEC)n°724/75of18March1975(1)
establishing aEuropeanRegionalDevelopment Fund,asamendedby
CouncilRegulation (EEC)n°214/79of6February1979(2),herein ■
afterreferredtoas"theFundRegulation". '
Eachoftheseprogrammes :*
a)willcoverawholeregionorthatpartorpartsofsucha
regioneligibleforassistance fromtheEuropeanRegional
Development Fund,
b)willbeconsistent withtheregionaldevelopment programmes provided
forinArticle6oftheFundRegulation,
c)'willcontain,fortheregionorpartofregioncovered,thein­
formationspecifiedintheannexofthepresentregulation .
2.However ,inexceptional casesor-wherethereisaspecial "
Communityinterestspecialinfrastructure programmes maybesubmitted
forareasoutsideregionsreferredtoinparagraph 1. v
Foreachoftheseprogrammes theUnitedKingdomwillsubmitt0the
Commissionallinformation SDecifiedintheannexof.thisregulation,
withtheexceptionofthatindicatedinpoint3.Moreoveritwillsubmit
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allotherinformation usefulfortheexamination ofthespecialprogramme,
includingitsimpactontheregionsreferredtoinparagraph 1.
3.Beforeapprovingthespecialprogrammesreferredtoinparagraphs 1and
2above,theCommissionshallconsulttheRegionalPolicyCommitteeprovided
forinCouncilDecision75/185/EECC1>of18March1975asamendedbyCouncil
Decision79/137/EECC2)of'6February1979.
(1)OJL73;of21.3.1975
(2)OJ.L35•of9.2.1979

Article 4
1.Inthecaseofprogrammes coveringtheexploitation ofcoalresources,
theUnitedKingdomwi11submit •totheCommission astatementofneeds,i
objectives,generalphysicalcharacteristics ofinvestments,theircosts,
detailsoftheirfinancing andatime-table oftheirrealisation .
2.BeforeapprovingspeciaLprogrammes coveringtheexploitation ofcoal
resources,theCommissionshallconsulttheEnergyCommitteeprovided
forinCouncilDecision0f30January1974.
Article 5
Thefollowingprovisionswillapplytoallspecialprogrammes :
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1.TheCommission canrequestalladditional information required._for the i
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examinationandassessmentofaspecialprogramme. j
2.Whenthesuccessofaspecialprogrammerequiresthatthepublic 'j
authorities takecomplementary measuresnotfinancedbytheCommunity,
thesemeasureswillbecontainedintheprogramme. 1
3.Asummaryofeachspecialprogrammewi11bepublishedintheOfficialJournalof j
theEuropeanCommunities.TheUnitedKingdom,byagreementwiththeCommission,[
.shalltakeallnecessarystepstoensurethatassistancegrantedinaccordance j
~vntF~the"presentregulation"ls~given~suitable "publicity 7~~–:|
Article6
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1.Theamountoffinancialassistances referred'toinArticle 1of .;
thisRegulation,iscalculatedinaccordancewithpoints1to4of
theCounciIConclusions ofthe30May1980(1).
Thecreditswillbeenteredinthebudgetoftheyearfollowingtheyear !
.... . '': ' Itowhichtheyapply.HoweverinthelightofarequestfromtheUnitedif , •
Kingdom,theCounciIactingbyqualifiedmajoritymaydecideonaproposaloftheI
Commissionthattheimplementionofthesupplementary measuresmaybebroughtforward.
InthiscasetheCommissionwillengagethenecessaryprocedures~and"iri \
particularthosewhichpermittheappropriations whichwillhavebeen
enteredforthis-purposeinChapter100ofthebudgettobeused. j
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2.Inapprovingthespecialprogrammes theCommissionshalldecide
onthepartsofprogrammes inthefinancingofwhichtheCommunity
participates ,aswellasontheamountsoftheparticipation ,in
thelightoftheneedsoftheareaconcerned andtheappropriations
available.
Themaximumrateofthefinancialcontribution oftheCommunityto
aspecialprogramme,orpartthereof,willbe70%.
IndecidingontheLeveloftheCommunity'scontribution ,accountwill
betakenofinvestments inreceiptofgrantsfromtheEuropeanRegional
Development FundorfromotherCommunityfinancialinstruments .
3.ThedecisionoftheCommission shallbeconsidered ascommitment in
accordancewiththeprovisionsofArticle32,paragraph 2ofthe
FinancialRegulationof21December1977applicable tothegeneral
budgetoftheEuropeanCommunities (1).
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4.TheCommission assoonasithastakenthegrantdecisioninaccordance
withparagraph 3aDOvewillmakeanadvancepaymentof90%ofthe
amountoftheCommunity'sparticipation decidedforeachspecial
programmeinthelightoftheappropriations available .Thetransfer ,
ofthe107.balancewillbeeffectedimmediatlyafterthe
exhaustionoftheabovepayment,ascertified bythegovernment of
theUnitedKingdom,andatthelatestbeforetheendofthefinancial
yearfollowingthatofthecommitment,providedtherealisation
ofthespecialprogrammeproceedsasplanned.
5.TheCommissionshalltakeintoconsideration forfinancialparticipation
paymentsmadebytheMemberStateasfrom1January1980.
(1)0jNOL356of31.12.1977

Article7
1.TheCommissionshallensuretheimplementation ofthespecialprogrammes
inaccordance withtherequirements ofthisRegulation andtheprovision
oftheregulations madepursuanttoArticle209oftheTreaty.Tothis
end,theUnitedKingdomshallmakeavailabletotheCommissionallinfor­
mationrequiredandshalltakeallsteps ,tofacilitate suchsupervision
astheCommission mayconsideruseful,including on-the-spotchecksby
,officialsoftheCommission .'/'> "
2.AttheendofOctoberofeachyeartheUnitedKingdomshallpresentto
theCommission areportontheprogressmadeincarryingouteachspecial
programme.ThisreportshouldenabletheCommission tosatisfyitselfas
totheexecutionoftheprogramme.
3.When,inthecourseofimplementation ,minoradjustments totheprogrammewhich
donotmodifytheobjectives appearnecessary,theCommission mayapprove
them.
If,inexceptional circumstances andforreasonsthatarefullyjustified,
theUnitedKingdomintendstointroducemajdrchanges,anewspecialprogramme
willberequired.
4..Ifaspecialprogrammeisnotimplemented inconformitywiththeprovisions
ofthedecisionoftheCommission approvingit;theCommission maysuspendany
paymentsstilltobemade.Itmayalsorequirethatsumswhichhavebeen,or
arestilltobepaid,beallocatedtootherpartsofthesameprogrammeorto
otherspecialprogrammes approvedbyit.
Article8
Thepresentregulation entersintoforcethe 1980.Itis,
applicable from1January1980.
Thisregulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicable *
inallMemberStates. '. -*,
DoneatBrussels, FortheCounciI,

ANNIX
Information tobeincludedinaspecialinfrastructure programme
1)Generalinformation -' :-
Aninfrastructure programmewillcontainthisgeneralinformation :
a)adefinitionoftheregionorzonecovered;*
b)ageneraldescription ofthemeasuresenvisaged;
c)theperiodoftimecovered.
2)Objectives
Aninfrastructure programmewillshowfirstlytheobstaclestodevelopment
resultingfrominadequacies intheinfrastructure itcoversandthenthe-
generalobjectives andthemainlinesofpolicyforsuchinfrastructure .
Aprogrammewillmakecleartherelationship oftheseobjectives with
Community aimsandmeasures,whichmaybeinthefieldofregionalpolicy
properorinthatofanotherCommunitypolicy,whenthisisnotdoneina
regionaldevelopment programme.
Aprogrammewillalsocontainquantifiedtargetsfortheinfrastructure ,it
coverswhichwillreflectthegeneralobjectives andpoliciesreferredtoin
thetwoprecedingparagraphs .Thesequantifiedtargetswillincludethe.
increaseincapacity,theutilisationofthatcapacityandtheimprovement •
inthequalityofserviceexpectedfromtheprogramme.
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Aprogrammewillstatethebenefitsforotherregionsthat,resultfromthe-v
investments realisedunderit.Itwillalsoindicateinvestments required
forthedevelopment oftheregionbutlocatedoutsideit.
3)Consistency withtheregionaldevelopment programmes
Therewillbeademonstration oftheconsistency Ofaninfrastructure programme
withtherelevant-regional development programme,inparticularwiththe
objectives andthepriorities amongdevelopment measuresexpressedinthe
latter.Whenaregionaldevelopment programmedoesnotconstitute anadequate
frameworkfortheappreciation ofaninfrastructure programme,theadditional
information requiredwillbegivenintheinfrastructure programme.

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4)Description oftheinvestments
Aninfrastructure programmewillcontainthisinformation :
a)themainphysicalcharacteristics andLocationofinvestmentsgreater
than10millionEuropeanunitsofaccount;
-b)aglobaldescriptionofJheotherelementsoftheprogramme;
c)atime-table ofconstruction .
5)Complementary measures
Aninfrastructure programmewillstatethemeasuresrequiredforits
successwhichareoutsideitsscopeandnotfinancedbythe
Community andwhichmayinvolvecurrentasopposedtocapitalexpenditure .
6)Financingoftheprogramme
Aninfrastructure programmewillshowthefollowinginformationforeach
publicauthorityinvolved:
a)thetotalcostitwillincur;withinthistotal,thecostofeachmain
investmentandtheglobalcostofotherelementsoftheprogramme;
b)thedegreeofcommitmentofexpenditure;
c).atime-tableofexpenditure .'