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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Brussels ,14th January /1980
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REQUEST FORASSENT ,SUBMITTED UNDER PARAGRAPH 2OFARTICLE 54
OFTHE ECSC TREATY ,TOAUTHORIZE THEGRANTING OFLOANS TO
BENEFICIARIES OTHER THAN UNDERTAKINGS ,FORTHE FINANCING OF
HOUSING FOR PERSONS EMPLOYED INTHE INDUSTRIES OFTHE ECSC
(Communication from the Commission tothe Council )
COM (80)3final

-1- V/863/79-EN
1.Since 1955 »"theECSC High Authority and-after themerger oftheexecutive
bodies -theCommission oftheEuropean Communities ,hasteen active in
thefield offinancial aidfortheconstruction ,modernization ,and ina
fewinstances thepurchase ,ofdwellings foremployees oftheECSC industries .
Toensure thecontinuity ofthese measures ,theCommission decided ,on
29June 1979 (*)» "tolaunch a9"thprogramme ofaidtofinance ECSC low-oost
housing .
Thecontinuation ofthis action ,toprovide forthehousing requirements
ofemployees oftheECSC industries ,corresponds tothewishes expressed
"bytheEuropean Parliament andtheemployers' andworkers' organizations
which have ,onseveral occasions (**) requested ,that Community activity
inthefield offinancial aidforlow-cost housing should becontinued and
intensified .
2.TheECSC 'sownfunds drawn from the "special reserve "aresupplemented
"byother resources toincrease their effectiveness .These additional
resources aremobilized onthefinancial markets .Inpractice ,theECSC
either floats loans ontheopen market toobtain funds forloans itgrants ,
orinstructs banks andfinancial establishments tomake loans directly or
indirectly totheprime contractors .TheusebytheECSC offunds supplied
from thecapital market ,which arecombined with resources from the
"special reserve "toincrease thevolume ofaid ,requires -inaccordance
with thesecond paragraph ofArtiole 54oftheECSC-Treaty -the assent of
theCouncil ,because theloans aregenerally made toborrowers other than
,"undertakings "within themeaning ofArticle 80oftheTreaty jECSC housing
programmes areusually carried outbyhousing associations orother specia­
lized bodies .-
3.Thetable setoutinAnnex Itothis note provides asummary ofthemeasures
taken bytheECSC inrelation tothefinancing oflow-cost housing upto
1stJanuary 1979 •Annex IIprovides aresound oftl»eproposals oftheCommis­
sion oftheEuropean Communities under paragraph 2ofArticle 54ofthe
ECSC andtheassents given bytheCouncil forthegranting ofloans under
the8earlier programmes oflow-cost ECSC housing . «
(*)Launching ofaninth programme tobecarried outover 5years in
twotranches t1979/1981 and1982/1983 '
(**) Inparticular ,resolution oftheECSC Consultative Committed : rl.
session of19«9»1978 .

7863/79-
4.TheCommissionestimatesthatforthefirstin*talcisu*ofthispregiajrcae,
theECSCwillgrantfinancialaidamountingtoamaximumof1?0millionu.a.
ofwhich30millionwillbedrawnfromitsownfunds{specialreserve)and
afurther90millionmobilizedonthecapitalmarkets .,
5.Therefore,theCommissionherebyrequeststheassentoftheCouncil,under
thesecondparagraphofArticle54oftheECSCTreatytoauthorizethe
grantingofloanstoatotalof120millionunitsofaccounttobeneficiaries
otherthanundertakings asdefinedintheECSCTreaty,inthecontextof
thefirsttrancheofthe9thprogrammeofaidforthefinancingoflow-cost
housingforminersandworkersintheironandsteelindustry*

C0UNTRYSummerytableofthefinancialaidprogrammefor
housingforpersonsemployedintheECSCindustries
EstimatedFigures:1.1.1980V/863/79-EN
Armer.I
Millionu.a„
BELGIUM
DANEMARK
GERMANY
FRANCE
IRELAND
ITALY
LUXEMBOURG
NETHERLAND
UNITEDKINGDOMNumber
of
dwellings
(1)
8.321
678
96.845
33.639
259
.8.532
1.284
6.141
9.594Construction
cost
103,77
11,47
1.350,67
400,79
3,65
124,61
27,67
.78,54
57,93Ν
ECSC AID
Spécialreserve
10,87
1,70
80,31
43,99
0,93
24,60
4,35
9,02
,14,05Loanfunds <
23,04
13,24
0,43
24,71
1,70
2,14Otherresour-Financingf rora
.ces
Aothersourcesi
2,30
0,72
159,50
23,71
0,77
11,18
3,36
8,47
11,9667^56
9,05
1.097,02
372,66
1,95
64,12
18,26
58.91
31.92
TOTAL 165.293 2.159,10 189,82 65,26 221,97 1.722.05
(1)alreadyfinanced,underexamination,orstilltobesubmittedforfinancingfromtheECSCfundslistedinthis
table.
(2)Theseareotherressourcesmobilizedby,theECSC,

Recital ofprevious ASSENTS given on "thesubject oflow-cost ECSC housing MITE ?:.
Programmes –E.C.S.C. low–cost JRequests forassent 1Assents given "bytheCouncil I Amounts
housing I
Τ'Π· .programme 3February 1955 I21March 1955 (23rd session ) 25mio *τχ·& «
|2nd
■3rdprogramme 3April 1956 3May 1956 (32nd session ) 30mio .u«E «
programmeI20May 1958 16June 1958 (51st session ) 40mio *u.a .
-4th programme 12April 1961 16May 1961 (74th session ) 45mio.U*&r «
ï'ytÏL •orogramme 1June 1962 17July 1962 (83rd session ) 75mio *u.a *
!6th programme 13January 1966 7March 1966 (l03rd session ) 60mio *u.a *
Ifth
) "7'thprogramme /1stinstalment 2March .1970 25-26 May1970 (ll3rd session ) 30mio *UêSl *
programme /2ndinstalment 3April 1973 18-19 June 1973 (247^session ) j60mio*u.a .
;8'-fch programme /1stinstalment I19March 1975 28-29 April 1975 (339th session ) 75mio*u.a »
!8th programme /2ndinstalment 6May 1977 18July 1977 (463rd session )120 mio *u.a*(*)
f:•)Theamount ofloans granted under the2ndinstalment ofthe8thprogramme hasnotyetreached theceiling of120mio*u.a
authorised bytheCouncil .