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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(82)235 final .
Brussels ,29April 1982
Proposal for a
COUNCIL DECISION
with regard toacontribution tothe
European Coal andSteel Community out
ofthegeneral budget oftheEuropean Communities
(submitted totheCouncil bytheCommission )
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COM (82)235 final .

TheCommissionwelcomedtheDecisiontakenbytheCouncilon23February
1982toprovidealegalbaseforexecutionofthe62millionECUentered
inChapter54oftheGeneralBudgetfor1981bysupplementary andamending
budgetNo2/81(OJL371,28December1981,page44),tofinancesocial
measureslinkedwithrestructuring ofthesteelindustry.
Subjecttocompletionofproceduresforthecarryoveroftheseappropriations
initiatedbytheCommission on25March1982(C0MC82)163final),this
DecisionwillsupplementtheDecisionof7December1981takenbyrepresen­
tativesoftheGovernments ofECSCMemberStatesmeetingwithintheCouncil,
endowingtheECSCwithnationalcontributions toatotalof50millionECU
toensureonceandforallthefullfinancingofrequirements for1981which
cameto112million ECU.
The100millionECU(50millionECUfor1982and50millionECUfor1983)
neededtocoverCommunityfinancingoftheremainderofthespecialtemporary
aidsprogramme,theimportanceofwhichwasrecognized bytheCouncilatits
717thmeeting(26June1981),mustnowbemadeavailable.
Sincethereisnopossibility offinancingthisexceptional expenditure from
traditional resourcesoftheECSCoperatingbudget,theoptionsforfinancing
thisadditionexpenditure arelimitedto:
-atransferfromthegeneralbudgettotheECSC;
-anadditional contribution fromMemberStates.
Inthecontextofthebudgetaryprocedurefor1982thebudgetaryauthority,
byentering50millionECUinChapter65ofthegeneralbudget,endorsed
theprincipleofatransferfromthegeneralbudgettotheECSC.The
Commission considersthatthesameapproachshouldbeadoptedtothecontri­
butionfor1983,forthisisaCommunityfinancingtechniquewhichfurther­
moreisspeciallywelcomedbyParliament andadministratively speaking
involvesmuchlesscumbersome andlengthyprocedures .

TheCommission,therefore,intendstoenteranendowmentof50millionECU
inthesameChapterinitspreliminarydraftbudgetfor1983.
Authorization ofthetwotransfers (50millionECUfor1982and50million
ECUfor1983)callsforaCouncilDecisionundertheprocedureofArticle
235EEC.Adraftisannexedtothiscommunication .
Sinceadecisiontothiseffectisanintegralpartofthemeasures
approvedbytheCouncilinrelationtosteelpolicybeforetheendofJune
1982,theCommissionproposesthattheCounciladoptstheattacheddecision
asamatterofurgency.

Proposal for a
COUNCIL DECISION
with regard toacontribution tothe
European Coal and Steel Community out
ofthegeneral budget oftheEuropean Communities
THE COUNCIL OFTHE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES /
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic Community ,
and inparticular Article 235thereof ,
Having regard totheproposal from theCommission ,
Having regard totheOpinion oftheEuropean Parliament ,

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Whereasthedifficulties currentlyfacingtheCommunity'sironandsteel
industryhavemadeitnecessarytoadoptarestructuring programmeunder
theECSCTreaty;
Whereasthisprogrammeconsistsofaseriesofmeasurestorationalize
production andraisethelevelofproductivity oftheindustrytothelevel
whereitcancompeteontheworldmarket,inaccordancewiththegeneral
objectivesforsteelwithinthemeaningofArticle46oftheECSCTreaty;
Whereasthisseriesofrestructuring measuresnecessarily includessocial
policymeasurestoalleviatetheeffectsonemployment;whereas,inthis
connection,itisadvisabletohaverecoursetothefullrangeofreadaptation
aidsprovidedforworkersintheindustrybyArticle56(2)oftheECSC
Treaty;
Whereas,initsResolution of26and27March1981onsteelrecoverypolicy,
theCouncilre-emphasized thedesirability oftakingsuchmeasures;
Whereas,inthepresentcircumstances ,thefinancial meansprovidedforby
theECSCTreatydonotprovideadequatecoverforfinancingthesemeasures;
Whereasthesecondaryeffectsofthesituation,ifnotremedied,wouldbe
liabletoaggravateconsiderably theCommunity'sgeneralemploymentsituation
andtoimpairtheharmonious development ofeconomicactivities,and
whereasthiswouldunderminetheachievement ofoneoftheCommunity's
mainobjectives ;

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WhereastheCommission hassubmitted arequestforanexceptional temporary
contribution fromthegeneralbudgettoallowtheCommissiontoimplement
successfully thesocialmeasuresundertherestructuringprogrammefor
thesteelindustryandtocopewiththeconsequences oftheintroduction
ofasystemofproduction quotas;whereasafirstcontribution of
62millionECUwasapprovedbyCouncilDecisionNo82/164/EECof22February
1982;whereasfurthercontributions shouldbemadetotheECSCfromthe
GeneralBudgetoftheEuropeanCommunity,
HASDECIDED ASFOLLOWS :
Article 1
Contributions maybegrantedtotheEuropeanCoalandSteelCommunity
outofthegeneralbudgetoftheEuropeanCommunities tocoverCommunity
financingofspecialtemporaryallowances infavourofworkersiniron
andsteelfirmsandironoreminesintheCommunity whosejobsaredirectly
orindirectly abolishedorthreatenedinconsequence ofarestructuring
planadoptedbytheundertaking,thegroupofundertakings ,orthepublic
authorities inaccordance withgeneralobjectivesforsteel.
Article 2
Theamountofthecontributions referredtoinArticle 1shallbefixed
withintheframeworkoftheannualbudgetaryprocedure.
DoneatBrussels,
FortheCouncil
ThePresident