ARCHIVESHISTORIQUES
DELACOMMISSION
COLLECTION RELIEEDES
DOCUMENTS "COM"
COM(81)438
Vol.1981/0137

Disclaimer
Conformément aurèglement(CEE,Euratom)n°354/83duConseildu1erfévrier1983
concernantl'ouvertureaupublicdesarchiveshistoriquesdelaCommunauté économique
européenne etdelaCommunauté européenne del'énergieatomique(JOL43du15.2.1983,
p.1),telquemodifiéparlerèglement(CE,Euratom)n°1700/2003du22septembre2003
(JOL243du27.9.2003,p.1),cedossierestouvertaupublic.Lecaséchéant,lesdocuments
classifiésprésentsdanscedossierontétédéclassifiés conformément àl'article5dudit
règlement.
Inaccordance withCouncilRegulation(EEC,Euratom)No354/83of1February1983
concerningtheopeningtothepublicofthehistoricalarchivesoftheEuropeanEconomic
Community andtheEuropeanAtomicEnergyCommunity (OJL43,15.2.1983,p.1),as
amendedbyRegulation(EC,Euratom)No1700/2003of22September2003(OJL243,
27.9.2003,p.1),thisfileisopentothepublic.Wherenecessary,classifieddocuments inthis
filehavebeendeclassified inconformitywithArticle5oftheaforementioned regulation.
InÜbereinstimmung mitderVerordnung(EWG,Euratom)Nr.354/83desRatesvom1.
Februar1983überdieFreigabederhistorischen ArchivederEuropäischen
Wirtschaftsgemeinschaft undderEuropäischen Atomgemeinschaft (ABI.L43vom15.2.1983,
S.1),geändertdurchdieVerordnung (EG,Euratom)Nr.1700/2003vom22.September2003
(ABI.L243vom27.9.2003,S.1),istdieseDateiderÖffentlichkeit zugänglich.Soweit
erforderlich,wurdendieVerschlusssachen indieserDateiinÜbereinstimmung mitArtikel5
dergenanntenVerordnungfreigegeben.

COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(81)438 final
Brussels/10September 1981
Commission reporttotheCouncil
onshipbuilding aidsgranted byMemberStatesinthefirsthalfof
1980
/ ••sa \/' •*5
ir -3^£-/
V-^5C"/\- –. A'J/V •*–^A%.iX. AÏ)
C0MC81)438final

ReportoftheCommissiontotheCouncil
1.InapprovingDirective78/338/EEConStateaidtoshipbulding,
theCouncilaskedtheCommissiontolaybeforeItregularreports
ontheaidsgiventothissector*(Articles4^6,7and8ofthe
Directive )• ~
2.Thereportforthefirsthalfof1980IsattachedasAnnex1.
3.Alsoattached (Annex2)Isascheduleofcurrentaidschemesin
favourofshipbuilding .

AIDGRAFTED TOSHIPBUILDING INTHEESC
\
1.Production Aid:Articles 6and7ofthe4thDirective
Period :January–June1980
MemberState1
Number
ofcasesgrtEstimated proportion ofcontract
price
P.R.Germany 44 361,923 2.9%to20%
Belgium - -· ■
Denmark - -
France 13 101,600
(cgrt)8$to25%(1)
Ireland - -
Italy 6 i860 10.4%toI9.3%(2)
Netherlands 8 17,670+
30,140hp6.4%toI2.5%
UnitedKingdom 13 345»957 6.5%à23>%0)
''l)Pluspriceguarantee ,estimated at3.4%•
(2)Inaddition ,atotalof57casesunderItalianlawn°231of1978(amounting to
some720,000grt)isunderconsideration bytheCommission .Inthemajorityof
thesecases,theaidsweredecideduponbytheItalianGovernment inthefirst
halfof1980.
(3)PlusShipbuilder'sRelief,2

2.Investment AidsArticle 4ofthe4thDirective
PeriodJanuary–June1980
MemberState Amountof
investmentNaturepfAid EffectonProduction
Capacity
P.R.Germany
»–
Belgium '-. - -
Denmark - - ■ -
France - - -
Ireland - 1-
Italy Lit7560m.(1)DirectAid,10$ -Noincrease
Netherlands PI24.9m· DirectAid15»7%
to18.9%Noincrease
UnitedKingdom– – –
(l)Paidin1980,butinvestment completed in1977»

3«Aid_XoEhipownara(Article6of~thf:4^-1-1T^ractive )
PeriodJanuary-June19&0
(A-Volumeofcontractsaided.B«Volumeofcontractsrefused.C=■Totalvolume)
TOTAL VOLUMEForbuildings in
national yard3Forbuilding in
otherEECyardsForbuilding m
thirdcountries
TJBNational
currency
millions .TJBNational
currency'millionsTJBNational
currency
(millionsTJB
)National
currencymillions ]
A
F.R.CERMANY
(DΒ
C
BELGIUM ·A4379177144.3 4379177144.3
'Β- - - -
C4379177144.3 4379177144.3
DENMARKA668001620 668001620
Β - - - -
C66SOO1620 668001620
FRANCEAiI53O18.1 1530 18.1
Í
B - - - -
cI1530I8.I 1530I8.If
¡
A - i
ij
IRELAND»
Βj-1
1 I1
c!--
!i
{ 1
ITALYA252705125994252705125994!1
Β - -1
1
C252705125994252705125994j
iiSrøERLAKDSA135900391.I 148001
155°3 1600'15.8 II9.5OO 220
Β420039.9 1400 19.4- 280020.5
C140100 ■413 16200174.7 160015,8 122300240„5
united
kingdoi· :A245210I5S 245210158
Β - - - -
Q245210158 245210ic'n!
(l)Alldecisions onshipowners aidaretaiieninthesecondhalfofthe;year.
Tnenextreoort;ri.llnvethefiguresforthewholeof

List ofaids and interventions forshipbuilding Annex 2
a)Aids toshipbuilding March I98I
Description Level ofintervention1
Remarks
Germany l)National –direct aidforbuilding :
• fund ofDM660MMax.20%ofcontract pricè (average
10fo)(after 1.1*1981 max. 15
average 7,5$) ' · ' . _For orders taken between
1.12.78 and3i.l2.i98l
2)Hamburg –allocation ofDM35m
for investment inthe -
port ofHamburg and
. conversion oftheship-
building sector toship-
repair andother sectors
(1978 -1933 )- ■ 1DM31ofor investment on
publicly-owned land DM4®
forinvestments onprivate land .
3)Lower –-subsidies uptoDM3m
Saxony­;For diversification measures
(outofshipbuilding )
Ireland Scheme inpreparation. . .-/
\
Prance Scheme inpreparation
Netherlands –direct aidforconstruction 15%ofcontract price (20%for
éxoeptional cases ) NForcontracts taken inI98O
' · » 1
Unitèd Kingdom –single refund ofcertain
taxes (shipbuilder's relief )2%oftheconstruction cost• ■ · - ■
–M.rect aid for construction .
-Intervention Fund of£33.75 111
January -July I98I
£55mJuly I98I -July I982 .Max.25%ofcontract price
(including shipbuilder's relief )until
July I98I :thereafter 20>Januaiy I98I -July 1982
t
Italy -direct aidforconstruction :budge -
tary allocation Lit 110billion
1Maximum 30%ofcontract price Forcontracts taken in1979 and
1980 .TheCommission opened the
Art.93(2 )EECprocedure against
this scheme on28.3.80 .

-2-
b)Creditfacilities forsales
■
,Description ofaid Qualifying transactions Levelof
intervention
Remarks J
Germany -interest rebate Allsales
* r.·-maximuminterest rebate
2%(limit OECDcondi­
tions)(1)special scheme
forships
Belgium -interest rebate
r «Λ
SalestootherMember
Statesandthirdcoun-
tries'
-OECDconditions.
general scheme
« !
Denmark -preferential
creditAllsales <·OECDconditions specialscheae j
forships
France -preferential credit SalestootherMember
Statesandthird
countries-OECDconditions general scheme
Ireland -preferential credit Allsales -OECDconditions special scheme
forships
Italy
}-preferential credit Allsales -OECDconditions special schçrae
forships
•Netherlands -interest rebate Allsales -maximuminterest
rebate
forsmallships)
limitOECDConditions ,special scheme
forships
.UnitedKingdom j-preferential credit Exportsales -OECDcordi Cions generalsehe»?j
(•)Repaymentperiod81/2years,interestrate8Z,downpayment20X.

-3-
c)Credit facilities forpurchase involving aidtoshipbuilding
Description ofaid
\Level ofIntervention Remarks
Belgium –credit facilities forBelgian owners -credit at5or6$for15
years (with oneyear's grace
period )on90%ofcontract
price\
> .
Denmark
f–credit facilities for Danish owners
onpurchase ofships inaCommunity -
yard–credit at8$for14years
(with 4years moratorium on
repayment )on80foofcontract
price .■ -
United Kingdom <-credit facilities forthepurchase
ofschips byBritish owners in
British yards (home credit scheme )–OECD conditions of18,7.74
-inaddition ,asubvention
scheme has been introduced
under Section 25ofthe
Industry Act1975Theapplication ofthis
scheme must not result in
conditions more favorable
than those contained inthe
OECD understanding >
d)Price guarantee mechanisms * *
-
Prance -Government takes responsability
forincrease incost between ,orde-
ring anddelivery onfixed price
sales tothird country owners .
–apremium of0,5%peryear ispaid
when the threshold isnot exceeded
' *–intervention relates to80%
ofthe cost for anincrease
inexcess of7»5 Duration
2years .

-4-
Description ofaid Level ofintervention ' Remarks
Italy - -Government takes responsability
for increase incost between
ordering anddelivery .
-thepremium iswithin theband
0.1toI.25 i°ofthe cost ofthe
ship .
-this scheme isapplied only to
exports .–intervention relates toan
annual increase between 5
and15Ì°ofthecost .Available ,butnever
used forshipbuilding
10date.