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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(78)442 final
Brussels ,8September 1978
# -
Proposal fora
COUNCIL DECISION
adopting therules ofprocedure ofthe
Committee setupunder Article 5
ofCouncil Regulation (EEC)
(submitted totheCouncil "bytheCommission )
4.
COM(78 )442final

Article 5(0 ofCouncil Regulation EEC /ld>ontheapplication
oftheprovisions oftheFinancial Protocols concluded with Greece ,
Turkey andPortugal provides forthesetting upofaCommittee ,knov /n
astheArticle 5Committee ,consisting cfrepresentatives ofthe
Member States under theauspices ofthe Commission ,Therole ofthe
Article 5Committee istogive itsopinion ondraft decisions submitted
toitbytheCommission tofinance technical assistance projects or
schemes inGreece .TheArticle 5Committee istobechaired bya
representative oftheCommission and its secretariat will beprovided
bytheCommission .
Article 5(2)ofthis Council Regulation EEC /j&states that the
Council ,acting unanimously onaproposal from theCommission shall
adopt therules ofprocedure oftheArticle 5Committee .Itisthus
inthis context that this proposal for rules ofprocedure isbeing
made .
Therules ofprocedure setout inthis proposal are toalarge extent
based ontherules adopted ,and successfully applied intheframework of
theCommittee oftheEuropean Development Fund .

PROPOSAL FOR ACOUNCIL DECISION
ADOPTING THERULES OPPROCEDURE OPTHECOMMUTE
PROVIDED FOR INARTICLE 5OFCOUNCIL REGULATION
(EEC )No OF
THECOUNCIL OPTHEEUROPEAN' COMMUNITIES , *
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic Community ,
Having regard toCounoil Regulation (EEC)No. /78ontheapplication
oftheprovisions oftheFinanoial Protocols concluded with Greece ,Turkey and
Portugal ,hereinafter oalled the"Regulation ",andinparticular Artiole 5(2)
thereof , . - .
Having regard totheFinancial Protocol concluded with Greece ,
Having regard totheproposal from theCommission ,
Whereas Article 5oftheRegulation setupanArtiole 5Committee ,hereinafter
called "theCommittee ";
Whereas itisfortheCounoil toadopt theRules ofProcedure oftheCommittee ,.
HAS DECIDED TOADOPT THE FOLLOWING RULES OFPROCEDURE :
Article 1
1.TheCommittee shall comprise thedelegations oftheMember States
andshall bechaired byarepresentative oftheCommission ,
Arepresentative oftheEuropean Investment Bank ,hereinafter oalled "the
Bank",shall take part inthework oftheCommittee .
Arepresentative oftheGeneral Secretariat oftheCouncil shall attend
Committee meetings asanobserver .
2. Member States shall infora theCommiesi^n ofthenaices ofthe
persons authorised toerercrise thsright tovote andoftheaddre :sesto
which ooEuroii :-.tior :toc'lose person shou?d bosent ..

2••
3. TheCommission }theBank and "theGeneral Secretariat oftheCouncil
shall ,designate their respective representatives ,why rua& .beassisted by
officials oftheir Institutions .
Article 2
TheCommittee shall meet wnen convened byitsChairman ,either onhie own
initiative orattherequest ofadelegation .
Article 3
1. TheCommittee ,shall ?under theconditions laid down inArtiole 5(3)of
theRegulation ,deliver anopinion : • ',
(a)ondraft financing decisions submitted toitbytheCommission in
accordance with Article 6oftheRegulation ;
(b)ondraft financing decisions involving anadditional commitment
exceeding 1^5oftheinitial commitment laid down inthefinancing
decision .
2.However ,asregards thetechnical cooperation schemes referred toinArticle 2(6)
oftheFinancial Protocol concluded with Greece ,theCommission mayseek theopinion
oftheCommittee ondraft general commitment decisions ,which shall asa
rule bedrawn ,upforeaoh group ofschemes BItshall inform theCommittee
ofoperations undertaken urjider this heading .
Article 4
Atleast twoweeks before thedate fixed forthemeeting ,,theChairman shall send
Miedelegations *cftheMember States /their Permanent Representations ,theBank
iiKtheGeneral Secretariat oftheCouncil adraft agenda together with the

documents referred toinArticle 3Sintheoffioial laij.gus.ges ofthe
Communities .
2. Atlnaet three working days before thedate ofthemeeting ,,the
delegations shall inform the secretariat of
theCommittee ofthedraft decisions towhich they ar.ealready able
toagree andwhich they propose forentry inpart Aoftheagenda referred
toinparagraph 1,and ofthos *5which they consider should bediscussed
atthemeeting and whienthey propose forentry inpart B. The Committee
shall deliver afavourable opinion without discussion ondraft decisions
entered inpart Abyall the delegations .
Inaddition ,thedelegations shall asfaras
possible ,make any observations andrequests foradditional information
concerning thedraft decision onwhich they donot feel able toadopt
aposition orwhich they propose forentry inpart B.
Theadditional information requested and thereplies totheobservations
made shall ,asfaraspossible ,becirculated bythe secretariat ofthe
Committee before themeeting .
À
Ifthereplies given satisfy allthedelegations ,
thedraft financing decision inquestion shall beentered inpart A;ifnot ,
they shall beentered inpart B.
3. Onthebasis ofthese various particulars theChairman shall draw
uptheagenda forthemeeting andshall present ittothedelegations at
thebeginning ofthemeeting .

Article 5 \
1. The Chairman maybring matters betoretheCommittee laymeans ofan
emergency procedure under which thetwo-week period referred toin -
Article 4(1)isreduced toseven days from thedate onwhich thedossier is
dispatched .
2. ^nisprocedure may "beused fordraft financing decisions ofan
urgent nature * .
3. Should there not "bee,greement bytheCommittee that adraft decision needs
to "beexamined urgently ,anditisnotconsidered possible topostpone such
examination until thenext meeting ,theopinions ofthedelegations shall be
sought inwaiting within amaximum period oftwoweeks .
Article 6
Theopinion oftheCommittee may besought bymeans ofawritten procedure *
TheCommittee shall bedeemed tohave delivered afavourable opinion ona
draft if,within aperiod oftwoweeks from thedate itwas sent tothe
addressees ,the -Chairman hasnotreceived arequest totheeffect that
theCommittee -beconvened .IftheChairman does receive such arequest ,
thedraft financing decision inquestion shall automatically beplaced on
theagenda fortheCommittee meeting foilowing theendofthat period *
Article 7
1o TheCommittee maydeliver afavourable opinion onadraft financing
decision ./subject toadmendmentsc
2* TheCommittee andtheChairman mayrequest that certain points inthe
appraisal ofaproject orprogramme befurther examined .Inthat event the
draft financing decigion maybesubmitted totheCommittee for asecond time .

3. Eaoh Member State mayatanytime request that anitem b=ainoluded
ontheagenda foraCommittee meeting .Information supplied regarding the
item may begiven orally .
4. Theopinions delivered bytheCommittee shall besent tothe
Commission bytheChairman .
Article 8
1. The Commission shall provide the secretariat fortheCommittee .
2. Within four weeks ofthedate onwhich Committee opinions are
delivered ,thesecretariat shall prepare arecord ofthedeliberations
intheofficial language oftheCommunities ,under theresponsibility of
the Chairman .This record shall beconsidered tobefinal when ithas been
approved bytheCommittee either bymeans ofthewritten procedure orat
asubsequent meeting .Itshall besent totheCommission bytheChairman .
3.The final record ofeachmeeting shall besenttothe.delegations oftheMember State*
their Permanent Representations ,theBank andtheGeneral Secretariat of
the Council .
4. Correspondence concerning theCommittee shall beaddressed tothe
Commission ,fortheattention oftheChairman oftheCommittee .
Correspondence addressed tothedelegations oftheMember States shall also
besent tothePermanent Representation oftherelevant country .
5. Those attending meetings oftheCommittee shall berequired toobserve
thesecrecy oftheCommittee 'swork anddeliberations .Documents relating
tosuch work anddeliberations maybecommunicated only totherelevant
departments oftheMember States andtheCommunity institutions .
. " Article 9
1. Theoperating expenditure oftlieCommittee ,including thetre-rel expenses
ofnotmore than twoparsons perMember State orComcsinity institution ,
shall becovered bytheCommunities *budget .

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2. The Commission plao® atthedisposal ofth©Committee the
premises andfacilities necessary foritswork®
Done atBrussels , 1978
For the Council
The President

FICIIE FINANCIERE
établie pour lebudget del'exercice 1978
PI?]?-' JETEE PARTIE :CREDITS D'INTERVENTION
(pour actions anciennes etnouvelles )
1.LIGNE BUDGETAIRE CONCERNEE :Article 251
2.INTITULE DELALIGNE BUDGETAIRE >Comités
3.BASE JURIDIQUE :Règlement duConseil CEE .../78endate du...
4.DESCRIPTION ,OBJECTIF(S )ETJUSTIFICATION DEL'ACTION
Lecrédit estdestiné àfaire face auxfrais devoyage etdeséjour et
fraip accessoires desexperts convoqués .Ilsert également à
couvrir les frais annexes delatenue des réunions dans' latnesure
oùilsnesont pascouverts par l'infrastructure existante .
5.CREDITS (enu.c.e .)
Réunions aprévoir :
jusqu' au31décembre 1978 :2
jusqu' au31octobre I98I •18
Personnes convoquées : .+25parreunion
Montant des frais detransports
entenant compte deleurs pays
d'origine ; +65OO u.o.e .parreunion
Coût total : +130.000 u.c .g.
+13.000 u.c.e .jusqu' au31.12.78
dont *+39.000 u.c.e .en1979
+78.000 u.c.e .du1.1.80 au31.10.81
-DEUXIEME PARTIE :INFORMATIONS SUPPLU-iENTAIRES POUR UNEACTIONNOUVELLE
6.COUT TOTAL DEL'ACTION PENDANT TOUTE LADUREE ENVISAGEE
Léodépenses imputées surlebudget communautaire s'élèveront
à130.000 u.c.e .jusqu' au31octobre 190l >dont 39-000 u.c.e 0
pour l'exercice 1979 »Cout total :
dont

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INFORMATION SURLEPERSONNEL ETSURLES,CREDITSDEFONCTIONNEMENT
NECESSAIRES POURLAREALISATION DEL'ACTION
ErTdehorsdesfraisd'experts,l'actionn'aurapasd'incidence
budgétaire ,leSecrétariat duComitéétantassurédanslécadredu
tableaudeseffectisdelaCommission ,
FINANCH-TENT DEL'ACTION
LeComitén'entrantenfonctionqu'aprèslamiseenapplication des
Protocolesfinanciers ,iln'apasétéprévudanslecadredu"budget
1978.IlconviendradoncH1alimenterlalignebudgétaireconcernée
paï*voiedevirementsouautresmoyensfinanciers. •