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2. The decision whether to grant aid from the Fund shall 
be taken in accordance with Article 7 (1) of Regulation (EEC) 
No 729/70. 
3. Advance payments may be granted by the Fund on the 
basis of the financial arrangements adopted by the United 
Kingdom and in the light of progress made in implementing 
the projects. 
4. Detailed rules for the application of this Article shall be 
adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in 
Article 13 of Regulation (EEC) No 729/70. 
Article 8 
1. In cases where recourse is had to the procedure laid 
down in this Article, the matter shall be referred to the 
Standing Committee on Agricultural Structures by its 
chairman either on his own initiative or at the request of the 
representative of a Member State. 
2. The chairman shall submit a draft of the measures to be 
taken. The Standing Committee on Agricultural Structures 
shall deliver its opinion on these measures within a time limit 
set by the chairman according to the urgency of the matter. It 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 
Economic Community, shall act by a majority of 45 votes, the votes of the Member 
States being weighted as laid down in Article 148 (2) of the 
Treaty. The chairman shall not vote. 
3. The Commission shall adopt the measures, which shall 
be immediately applicable. However, if such measures are 
not in accordance with the opinion delivered by the Standing 
Committee on Agricultural Structures, they shall be 
communicated forthwith by the Commission to the Council. 
In that case, the Commission may defer application of the 
measures which it has adopted by not more than one month 
from the date of such communication. The Council, acting 
by a qualified majority, may adopt a different decision within 
one month. 
Article 9 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third 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. 
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1787/84 of 
19 June 1984 on the European Regional Development 
Fund (*), and in particular Article 7 (4) thereof, 
(») OJNoL 169, 28. 6. 1984, p. 1. ANNEX 
(million ECU) 
Measures to be financed 
1. Improvement of structures for production 
and of rural infrastructure, including the costs 
of activating the programme (]) 
2. Investments to improve agricultural housing 
and investments relating to tourism and 
small-scale industries on agricultural hold­
ings 
3. Payments to farmers who subscribe to certain 
agreements relating to environmental 
protection 
Total Total maximum 
eligible cost 
52,5 
8,0 
2,0 
62,5 Total cost 
to EAGGF 
21,0 
3,2 
0,8 
25,0 
(') Measures for the Western Isles provided for in Regulation (EEC) No 1929/81. 
Proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) instituting a Community programme for the development of 
certain less-favoured regions of the Community by exploiting indigenous energy potential (Valoren 
programme) 
COM(8S).838 final 
(85/C 358/04) 
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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 Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 1787/84, 
hereinafter referred to as 'the Fund Regulation', provides for 
participation by the Fund in Community programmes the 
purpose of which is to help in solving serious problems 
affecting the socio-economic situation in one or more regions 
and which are designed to provide a better link between the 
Community's objectives for the structural development or 
conversion of regions and the objectives of other Community 
policies; 
Whereas Ireland, the Mezzogiorno and some regions in 
Greece, Spain and Portugal have to contend with particularly 
serious economic problems; whereas these regions are, at 
the same time, confronted with serious energy problems 
affecting their socio-economic situation, such as heavy 
dependence on imports, especially oil, for their energy needs, 
a large share of hydrocarbons in the generation of electricity 
and a decline in the energy content of gross domestic product 
that is less pronounced than the Community average; 
Whereas similar economic and energy problems are 
encountered in Corsica, in the French overseas departments 
and in Northern Ireland; 
Whereas the exploitation of local energy resources and the 
efficient use of energy are apt to foster the economic 
development of the regions concerned by raising the level of 
production, permitting job creation and promoting the 
dissemination of new technologies; 
Whereas, because of their structural economic problems, the 
aforementioned Member States and regions are finding it 
difficult to meet the energy objectives laid down by the 
Community in the Council resolution of 9 June 1980 (*); 
whereas those objectives include inter alia reducing the 
average ratio for the whole Community of the rate growth of 
gross primary energy consumption to that of gross domestic 
product, reducing oil consumption in the Community, 
covering a large proportion of primary energy requirements 
for the production of electricity by means of solid fuels and 
nuclear energy, and encouraging the use of renewable energy 
sources so as to secure an overall reduction in the 
Community's dependence on imported energy; whereas, 
in recommendation 82/604/EEC (2), the Council also 
encouraged investment in the efficient use of energy; 
Whereas a Community programme to exploit indigenous 
energy potential also contributes towards attainment of 
H OJ No C 149, 18. 6. 1980, p. 1. 
(2) OJ No L 247, 23. 8. 1982, p. 9. the Community's energy objectives; whereas, therefore, it 
provides a better link between the Community's regional 
development objectives and the objectives of Community 
energy policy; 
Whereas the information received from the Member States 
concerned reveals that they possess exploitable indigenous 
energy resources and potential in the field of energy 
saving; 
Whereas Community assistance makes it possible to exploit 
the technical and economic experience gained by the 
Community pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC) No 
3640/85 (3), on the promotion, by the granting of financial 
support, of demonstration projects relating to the 
exploitation of alternative energy sources, to energy saving 
and to the substitution of hydrocarbons, and of industrial 
pilot projects and demonstration projects relating to the 
liquefaction and gasification of solid fuels; whereas 
Community assistance can thus facilitate, through their wide 
dissemination, measures to place new techniques on an 
economically viable footing; 
Whereas larger-scale application of new energy techniques 
under satisfactory economic conditions necessitates 
preparation at regional level involving appropriate technical 
studies and market surveys, a coordinated and consistent 
approach based on local or regional energy plans, technical 
assistance for users, in particular small and medium-sized 
enterprises, and promotional and information campaigns; 
Whereas, in the regions qualifying for assistance under 
Council Regulation (EEC) No 2618/80 of 7 October 1980 
instituting a specific Community regional development 
measure contributing to improving security of energy supply 
in certain Community regions by way of improved use of new 
techniques for hydro-electric power and alternative energy 
sources (4), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 218/84 (5), 
and under Council Regulation (EEC) No 2088/85 of 
23 July 1985 concerning the integrated Mediterranean 
programmes (6), additional measures are required to 
augment and supplement the assistance available; 
Whereas Council Directive 85/337/EEC of 27 June 1985 on 
the assessment of the effects of certain public and private 
projects on the environment (7) provides inter alia that 
certain types of projects are to be made subject to an 
assessment where Member States consider that their 
characteristics so require; 
Whereas Community assistance must be provided under 
multiannual programmes drawn up by the Member States 
(3) OJ No L 350, 27. 12. 1985, p. 29. 
(4) OJ No L 271, 15. 10. 1980, p. 23. 
(5) OJ No L 27, 31. 1. 1984, p. 19. 
(«) OJ No L 197, 27. 7. 1985, p. 1. 
(7) OJ No L 175, 5. 7. 1985, p. 40. 
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concerned in collaboration with the Commission; whereas 
the Commission, in approving the programmes, should 
establish that the measures planned are in keeping with this 
Regulation, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Article 1 
A Community programme within the meaning of Article 7 of 
the Fund Regulation that contributes to the development of 
certain less-favoured regions of the Community by exploiting 
indigenous energy potential is hereby established. 
Article 2 
The purpose of the Community programme shall be to 
contribute to strengthening the economic base in the regions 
concerned by improving local energy supply conditions, to 
foster job creation and to help raise technological standards 
in those regions. To this end, the programme shall provide 
for the implementation of a series of consistent, multiannual 
measures aimed at the exploitation of local energy resources 
and the efficient use of energy together with promotional 
measures in both cases, including the dissemination of new 
technologies. 
The Community programme shall thereby seek to provide a 
better link between the Community's objectives for the 
structural development of regions and the objectives of 
Community energy policy. 
Article 3 
1. The Community programme shall concern regions 
which satisfy each of the following conditions: 
(a) they are faced with a particularly difficult economic 
situation, in respect of the Community as a whole; 
(b) they are located: i 
— either in Member States that have considerable 
leeway to make up as regards attainment of the 
objectives of Community energy policy, or 
— on islands having to contend with high energy costs 
and heavily dependent on external energy 
supplies; 
(c) they are normally covered by a national regional aid 
scheme. 
2. The regions satisfying the conditions set out in 
paragraph 1 are: 
(a) in Spain: (*); 
(b) in France: Corsica and the overseas departments; (c) in Greece: all regions with the exception of'area A' of the 
prefecture of Attiki as currently defined by Law No 
1262/82 of 14 June 1982 (Official Journal of the 
Hellenic Republic, 16 June 1982, A No 70, p. 559); 
(d) in Ireland: all regions; 
(e) in Italy: the regions and zones of the Mezzogiorno; 
(f) in Portugal: 0); 
(g) in the United Kingdom: Northern Ireland. 
Article 4 
The Fund may participate, under the Community 
programme, in the following operations: 
1. Exploitation of local energy resources 
For the purposes of this Regulation, these shall 
comprise: 
(a) alternative and renewable energies, namely solar 
and wind energy, biomass including urban waste, 
small-scale hydro-power and geothermal energy. 
The following operations shall be eligible under this 
heading: 
— investments in energy generation and 
conversion, including connections to 
distribution grids, for example, installation of 
mini-turbines, including preparation of existing 
sites and the related hydro-electric installations, 
wind-powered generators, equipment utilizing 
solar energy and installations to recover energy 
from biomass, as well as the prospection and 
development of geothermal fields and 
particularly installations for exploiting such 
fields, 
— feasibility studies in these fields and 
environmental impact studies as provided for in 
Council Directive 85/337/EEC; 
(b) small deposits of peat and lignite, as defined in the 
Annex to this Regulation. 
The following operations shall be eligible under this 
heading: 
— investment in the extraction and processing of 
the fuel. Large combustion plants shall include 
equipment and devices to reduce air pollution as 
provided for in the Community directives, 
— feasibility studies in these fields and 
environmental impact studies as provided for in 
Directive 85/337/EEC. 
(') The regions will be determined by the Commission once the 
regional State aid scheme submitted by the Member State under 
Articles 92 and 93 of the EEC Treaty has been declared 
compatible with the common market, pursuant to Article 92 of 
the Treaty. 
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Efficient use of energy in small and medium-sized 
enterprises in the industrial, craft industry and service 
sectors, including tourism, and in connection with 
infrastructures, within the limits laid down in the Annex 
to the Fund Regulation. 
For the purposes of this Regulation, this use shall 
cover: 
(a) energy savings: 
The following operations shall be eligible under this 
heading: 
— investment projects to reduce specific energy 
consumption, such as insulation, regulation, 
lagging and load balancing, 
— feasibility studies in these fields; local energy resources and with the efficient use 
of energy, 
— encouraging the design, manufacture and 
installation of such plant, equipment and 
processes; 
(c) information and publicity campaigns aimed at 
making potential users aware of the advantages 
accruing from the exploitation of local energy 
resources and the efficient use of energy and of the 
support measures planned under the Community 
programme. Such campaigns may include the 
organization of seminars, courses and briefings, the 
publication of standards and the dissemination of 
the results of demonstration projects. 
(b) oil substitution 
The following operations shall be eligible under this 
heading: 
— investment projects to secure efficient utilization 
of natural gas, combined heat and electricity 
generation, recovery of waste heat and the 
replacement of oil products by urban, 
agricultural and industrial waste, by lignite or 
peat and by agricultural by-products, 
— feasibility studies in these fields and 
environmental impact studies as provided for in 
Directive 85/337/EEC. 
Promotion at local and regional levels of improved use of 
energy potential. 
The following operations shall be eligible under this 
heading: 
(a) surveys and studies aimed at: 
— better identifying the opportunities for 
exploiting local energy resources and for making 
efficient use of energy, 
— pinpointing potential markets for the plant and 
equipment needed to exploit energy resources; 
these studies may concern the adaptation of such 
plant and equipment to local conditions, 
— preparing the ground for local and regional 
energy programmes contributing to a better 
balance between regional energy needs and local 
and national resources and to integrated 
utilization of those resources; 
(b) provision of advisory services and technical back-up 
for small and medium-sized enterprises in the 
industrial, craft industry and service sectors, 
including tourism, with a view to: 
— facilitating use of the plant, equipment and 
processes associated with the exploitation of Article 5 
The Community programme shall be financed jointly by the 
Member State concerned and the Community. Assistance 
from the Fund, which may not exceed 55 % of the total 
public expenditure taken into account in the programme, 
shall be provided from the appropriations entered for this 
purpose in the general budget of the European communities. 
The Community contribution shall be as follows: 
1. Operations relating to the exploitation of local energy 
resources and to the efficient use of energy, as referred to 
in Article 4 (1) and (2): 
(a) infrastructure investment projects financed wholly 
or partly by public authorities or by an equivalent 
body responsible for the implementation of 
infrastructure projects: 55 % of the total 
expenditure borne by a public authority or 
equivalent body; 
(b) investment projects in the industrial, craft industry 
and service sectors: 50 % of the public expenditure 
resulting from the grant of investment aid; 
(c) feasibility and environmental impact studies: either 
70 % of their cost or 50 % of the public expenditure 
resulting from the grant of aid in respect of them. 
2. Promotion of improved exploitation of indigenous 
energy potential: 
(a) operations referred to in Article 4 (3) (a): either 
70 % of the cost of surveys or studies or 50 % of the 
public expenditure resulting from the grant of aid in 
respect of them; 
(b) operations referred to in Article 4 (3) (b): 
— 50 % of the public expenditure resulting from 
the grant of aid to businesses, or 
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— aid covering part of the expenditure incurred by 
advisory and technical back-up agencies in 
respect of the provision of services to businesses. 
This aid shall be degressive and shall be granted 
for three years. It shall cover 70 % of 
expenditure in the first year and shall not exceed 
50 % of total expenditure over the three-year 
period; 
(c) operations referred to in Article 4 (3) (c): aid 
covering 50 % of the cost of information and 
publicity campaigns. 
Article 6 
1. All or part of the aid may be in the form of a capital 
grant or an interest subsidy. 
2. The following shall be eligible for Fund assistance in 
respect of operations referred to in Article 5: public 
authorities, local and regional authorities, other bodies, 
businesses or individuals. 
3. The investment projects referred to in Article 4 shall 
match established performances and shall not therefore be 
eligible under Regulation (EEC) No 3640/85. 
4. (a) Aid granted under the Community programme shall 
not be combined with aid provided for in the Fund 
Regulation or in Regulation (EEC) No 2618/80, 
except where this is expressly provided for by the 
Council, including in Regulation (EEC) No 
2088/85; 
(b) Furthermore, the aids referred to in Article 5 (1) (c) 
and (2) may not have the effect of reducing the share 
of expenditure borne by recipient businesses to less 
than 20 % of total expenditure. 
Article 7 
The competent authorities in each of the Member States 
concerned shall, in consultation with the Commission, draw 
up within a period of six months from the entry into force of 
this Regulation an intervention programme satisfying the 
following conditions: 
— it shall contain the particulars referred to in the Annex to 
this Regulation, 
— it shall fall within the framework of the regional 
development programmes referred to in Article 2 (3) of 
the Fund Regulation, — an appropriate share of the Fund's contribution shall be 
earmarked for the least-favoured regions covered by the 
programme, 
— the programme shall comprise regional or local and, 
where appropriate, sectoral sub-programmes depending 
on the operations prescribed in Article 4; the 
sub-programmes shall be extensive enough to warrant 
implementation of the promotional measures provided 
for in Article 4 (3), 
— of the operations provided for in Article 4, priority shall 
be given to the exploitation operations referred to in 
Article 4 (1), 
— of the operations provided for in Article 4 (2), priority 
shall be given to the operations affording the best return 
on investment in terms of energy saving, 
— the Fund's contribution to the promotional measures 
provided for in Article 4 (3) may not exceed 20 % of the 
total contribution to the programme; in addition, the 
Fund's contribution to the surveys and studies provided 
for in Article 4 (3) (a) may not exceed 5 % of the total 
contribution to the progamme. 
Article 8 
1. The duration of the programme shall be five years from 
the date of entry into force of this Regulation. 
2. The intervention programme shall be submitted to the 
Commission for adoption as a programme agreement in 
accordance with Article 13 (1) of the Fund Regulation. The 
Commission shall establish that the programme is 
compatible with Article 44 of the Fund Regulation. 
3. In addition to publication of the decisions concerning 
the grant of Fund assistance for the programme, the 
programme adopted shall be published by the Commission 
for information purposes. 
Article 9 
The amount of Fund assistance may not exceed the amount 
laid down by the Commission when adopting the agreement 
referred to in Article 8 (2). 
Article 10 
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. 
^oC^^l^ C^tttci^l]onrn^iotrn^^iirooc^nCornrnnnin^ ^t.t^ ^ 
The intervention programme, broken down, where appropriate, by region and comprising the particulars hstedin 
Article^of the Fund Regulation and some further particulars,shall be drawn up on the basis of the following 
outlined 
1. general information 
m^ aconcise analysis ofthe situation and prospects in the energy field and the interrelationship between them 
and the socio-economic situations 
^ a brief description of measures adopted to meet energy needs, indicating the bodies responsible^ 
^ the amount of expenditure incurred in previous years and that forecast for the period covered by the 
programmed 
^. ^ptoitation of local energy resources and efficient use of energy 
^ an analysis of the situation and prospects in both these fields andadescnption of measures adopted and 
existing aid schemes, indicating the average amount of public expenditure involved each year. 
^ in relation to the operations referred to in Article^O^^^^ 
^ forecasts for investment in alternative and renewable energies ^solarandwind energy, biomass 
including urban waste,smallscalehydropower and geothermalenergy^,location of projects,and 
information on their technical advancement and economic feasibility^ 
m^ forecasts for exploitation of small deposits of peat and lignite, defined in the content of the present 
Regulation as being those deposits or group of deposits in the same basin with an annual production 
of less than ^OeoOro tonnes oil equivalents location and average annual production of each site^ 
investments needed and average cost per tonne oil equivalent produced^ 
^ forecasts fonnvestments in energy saving and oil substitution,broken down bytechnological sector, 
and information on their economic feasibility^ 
^ details ofhow experience gained from the demonstration projects partfinanced by the Community 
under Regulation ^F^C^o^^e^^^ has been taken into accounts 
^ forecasts relating to feasibility studies and environmental impact studies^ 
^ expected results,in quantified form,of measures to improve the energy situation^supphes and cost^ 
and the socioeconomic situation ^particularly employment and technology transfers^ 
^. promotion at local and regional levels of improved exploitation of energy potential 
^ an analysis of the situation and needs in this field andadescnption of studies,surveys or promotional 
campaigns undertaken and of existing aidschemes for advisory services and technical backup,indicating 
the average amount of public expenditure involved each year^ 
^b^ operations referred to in Article^tO^ 
^i^ a programme for carrying out surveys and studies^ 
^ forecasts for the granting of aid to businesses in connection with advisory services and technical 
backup, indicating the expected results with regard to theproduction and use ofthe plant, 
equipment and processes associated with the exploitation of local energy resources and with the 
efficient use of energy^ 
^iii^ forecasts relating to the organisation of information and publicity campaigns^ 
^. The programme asawhole 
^a^ summary of objectives' 
^ timetabled 
^ estimates of the volume of public expenditure connected with the programmers implementation, 
including an annual breakdown of such expenditure for each of the operations envisaged andaclear 
indication of the various national and Community sources of financed 
^ in so far as this information has not been identified with sufficient accuracy in the regional development 
programme,adescnption of the existing or future public measures which it is intended to implement 
alongside the special programmed 
31. 12. 85 Official Journal of the European Communities No C 358/17 
(e) an indication of the authorities or bodies responsible for carrying out the various parts of the programme 
and the coordination arrangements; 
(f) details of the Commission's involvement in the programme follow-up; 
(g) arrangements for publicizing ERDF aid, the purpose being to make potential beneficiaries and trade and 
industry aware of the opportunities offered by the programme and of the role played by the Community, 
as well as to inform the public at large of the ERDF contribution towards the region's economic 
development. 
Amended proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) laying down implementing rules for Regulation 
(EEC) No 3331/82 on food-aid policy and food-aid management (') 
COM(8S) 857 final 
(85/C 358/05) 
Annex I is hereby amended as follows: 
'ANNEX J 
The quantities referred to in Article 1 to be made available annually: 
— for cereals: 
(a) an initial instalment of 927 700 tonnes; 
(b) a second instalment of up to 232 300 tonnes, 
— for milk powder: 
a maximum of 108 600 tonnes, 
— for butteroil: 
a maximum of 28 700 tonnes, 
— for sugar: 
a maximum of 11 000 tonnes, 
— for vegetable oil (seed oil and olive oil): 
a maximum of 9 100 tonnes, 
— for other products: 
quantities totalling not more than 211 700 tonnes cereal equivalent, 
— food aid in the form of the above products totalling not more than 546 900 tonnes of cereal equivalent to be 
kept in reserve for food emergencies.' 
(») O] No C 250, 2. 10. 1985, p. 7.