No C 193/4 Official Journal of the European Communities 21.7.84 
II 
(Preparatory Acts) 
COMMISSION 
Amended proposal for a Council Regulation introducing measures to cover budgetary 
requirements in 1984 given the exhaustion of own resources (') 
COM(84) 399 final 
(Submitted by the Commission to the Council, pursuant to the second paragraph of Article 
149 of the EEC Treaty on 9 July 1984) 
(84/C 193/05) 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN 
COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the 
European Economic Community, and in particular 
Article 235 thereof, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the 
European Atomic Energy Community, and in 
particular Article 203 thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Having regard to the opinion of the European 
Parliament, 
Whereas the own resources granted to the 
Communities by the Decision of 21 April 1970 are 
insufficient to cover all the requirements necessary to 
implement common policies and Community 
measures for which budgetary cover must be 
provided; 
Whereas the Commission has presented a proposal to 
the Council for a Decision granting new own 
resources to the Community; 
Whereas this proposal is still being examined; 
whereas the provisions adopted by the Council cannot 
enter into force until they have been ratified by the 
Member States in accordance with their respective 
constitutional requirements; 
Whereas, in the interval, the Community must raise 
the funds required by the present situation; Whereas the Member States are bound under Article 
5 of the EEC Treaty and Article 192 of the Euratom 
Treaty to take all appropriate measures, whether 
general or particular, to ensure fulfilment of the 
obligations arising out of these Treaties or resulting 
from action taken by the institutions of the 
Community and to facilitate the achievement of the 
Community's tasks; 
Whereas Article 199 of the EEC Treaty requires all 
items of revenue and expenditure of the Community 
to be entered in the budget and the revenue and 
expenditure shown in the budget to be in balance; 
Whereas the Community should therefore approach 
the Member States for an advance on the payment of 
own resources, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Article 1 
The Member States shall make available to the 
Community, on the terms indicated below, a sum not 
exceeding 2 071 467 011 ECU as an advance on the 
Community's own resources, the final amount being 
determined on the final adoption of supplementary 
and amending budget No 1/84. These funds shall be 
used exclusively to provide supplementary cover for 
budgetary expenditure in 1984. 
Article 2 
O OJ No C 126, 12. 5. 1984, p. 5. The Commission shall apply to all Member States, 
which shall contribute to the proposed operation in 
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accordance with their share of the Community's 
uniform VAT base for 1984, viz: 
Belgium 
Denmark 
Germany 
Greece 
France 
Ireland 
Italy 
Luxembourg 
Netherlands 
United Kingdom 3,45 
1,99 
28,76 
1,53 0 
22,79 
0,86 
15,33 
0,25 
4,99 
20,05 
Article 3 
The funds shall be made available by the Member 
States on the dates indicated by the Commission as 
(') In the case of Greece, a financial contribution. 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN 
COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the 
European Economic Community, and in particular 
Article 201 thereof, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the 
European Atomic Energy Community, and in 
particular Article 173 thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Having regard to the opinion of the European 
Parliament, 
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and 
Social Committee, 
Whereas the Council Decision of 21 April 1970 on 
the replacement of financial contributions from budgetary requirements arise and before 31 
December 1984. 
Article 4 
The funds shall be repaid in eight equal six-monthly 
instalments beginning on 30 June 1986. 
Article 5 
The Council, acting by a qualified majority on a 
proposal from the Commission shall lay down 
detailed rules for implementing this Regulation. 
Article 6 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day 
following its publication in the Official Journal of the 
European Communities. 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and 
directly applicable in all Member States. 
Member States by the Communities' own resour­
ces (2), hereinafter referred to as 'the Decision of 
21 April 1970,' introduced a Community system of 
own resources; 
Whereas the own resources system should be 
extended while the existing sources of revenue 
introduced by the Decision of 21 April 1970 should 
be retained, the 1 % limit to the rate applied to the 
uniform basis for assessing value added tax should be 
increased; 
Whereas customs duties on products within the scope 
of the Treaty establishing the European Coal and 
Steel Community should be included in the 
Communities' own resources; 
Whereas any Member State bearing an excessive 
budgetary burden in relation to its relative prosperity 
should benefit at the appropriate time from a 
correction; Amended proposal for a Council Decision on the Communities' system of own resources (J) 
COM(84) 384 final 
(Submitted by the Commission to the Council pursuant to the second paragraph of Article 
149 of the EEC Treaty and the second paragraph of Article 119 of the EAEC Treaty on 
10 July 1984) 
(84/C 193/06) 
O OJ No C 145, 3. 6. 1983, p. 5. (2) OJ No L 94, 28. 4. 1970, p. 19.