No C 209/6 Official Journal of the European Communities 9. 8. 88 
II 
(Preparatory Acts) 
COMMISSION 
Proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) amending Regulation (EEC) No 815/84 on 
exceptional financial support in favour of Greece in the social field 
COM(88) 412 final 
(Submitted by the Commission on 27 July 1988) 
(88/C 209/05) 
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 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, given that the rate of implementation of the 
programmes referred to in Article 1 of Council Regu­
lation (EEC) No 815/84 (') is slower than was originally 
estimated, the period of validitiy of that Regulation 
should be extended without affecting the overall amount 
of financial assistance; 
Whereas, in order to ensure that the objectives of 
Community assistance are achieved through the most 
efficient possible implementation of the programmes, and 
in order to make optimal use of national and 
Community resources, stringent assessment, monitoring 
and supervision methods should be applied, and technical 
assistance offered to Greece in the areas concerned; 
Whereas the procedures laid down with regard to 
committees under Article 10 of Regulation (EEC) No 
815/84 should be amended; 
Whereas under certain conditions it is appropriate to 
permit the financing of expenditure relating to the 
aquisition of sites or buildings for projects forming part 
of the programme referred to in Article 1 (b) of Regu­
lation (EEC) No 815/84, 
(')OJ No L 88, 31. 3. 1984, p. 1. HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Article 1 
Regulation (EEC) No 815/84 is hereby amended as 
follows: 
1. In Article 1 '31 December 1988' is replaced by '31 
December 1991'. 
2. In Article 12 '31 December 1992' is replaced by '31 
December 1995'. 
3. The following Article is inserted: 
'Article 5 (a) 
Notwithstanding Article 5 (1), financial support may 
also be granted for projects included in the 
programme referred to in Article 1 (b) in cases where 
suitable public land or buildings are not available for 
expenditure to cover the acquisition of sites for 
construction or of existing buildings for the purposes 
of extension and/or renovation, excluding land or 
buildings in public ownership. The Community inter­
vention rate shall be that specified at Article 5 (2).' 
4. The following Article is inserted: 
Article 11 (a) 
1. Before 1 December 1988 the Greek authorities 
shall set up a commitee to monitor the programmes 
referred to in Article 1, the composition of which 
shall be agreed with the Commission, which shall be 
represented on it. The terms of reference of the 
committee shall be to monitor and assess the 
implementation of the programmes. It shall adopt its 
own rules of procedure; it may be assisted in its task 
by experts designated jointly by Greece and the 
Commission. The committee shall submit a progress 
report on the implementation of the programmes to 
the Commission at least three times a year. 
2. Before 1 February 1989 the Greek authorities, 
with the agreement of the Commission, shall set up a 
monitoring system based on a harmonized procedure 
for the compilation and dissemination of information 
relating to the implementation of the programmes. 
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3. Notwithstanding Article 5 (1), expenditure to 
cover the cost of technical assistance, assessment and 
monitoring of projects receiving Community support 
may also be granted financial assistance. The nature 
and practical details of these operations shall be 
defined jointly by Greece and the Commission. 
Notwithstanding Article 5 (2), Community financing 
of such operations may amount to 100 °/o of eligible 
expenditure; the total amount shall not exceed 2 % of 
the amount referred to in Article 4 (1). The procedure 
set out in Article 11 and the date referred to in Article 
6 (1) shall not apply to these operations, which shall 
nonetheless be communicated for information to the 
committee referred to in Article 10.' 
5. Article 10 is replaced by the following: 
'Article 10 
The Commission shall be assisted by a committee of 
an advisory nature composed of the representatives of 
the Member States and chaired by the representative 
of the Commission. The representative of the Commission shall submit to 
the committee a draft of the measures to be taken. 
The committee shall deliver its opinion on the draft, 
within a time limit which the chairman may lay down 
according to the urgency of the matter, if necessary 
by taking a vote. 
The opinion shall be recorded in the minutes; in 
addition, each Member State shall have the right to 
ask to have its position recorded in the minutes. 
The Commission shall take the utmost account of the 
opinion delivered by the committee. It shall inform 
the committee of the manner in which its opinion has 
been taken into account.' 
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day 
following that of 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.