19.6.85 Official Journal of the European Communities No C 149/5 
II 
(Preparatory Acts) 
COMMISSION 
Proposal for a Council regulation amending Regulation (EEC) No 1943/81 on a common 
measure to improve the processing and marketing conditions in the cattlefeed sector in 
Northern Ireland 
COM(85) 234 final 
(Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 28 May 1985) 
(85/C 149/07) 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 
Economic Community, and in particular Articles 42 and 
43 thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Having regard to the opinion of the European 
Parliament, 
Whereas the agricultural production sectors which 
depend on animal feed continue to be of vital importance 
for the agricultural economy of Northern Ireland; 
Whereas Article 7 (1) and (2) of Council Regulation 
(EEC) No 1943/81 (') specify an estimated time required 
for carrying out the common measure of four years 
beginning on 1 January 1981, and an estimated cost of 
this measure of six million ECU; 
Whereas the serious problems of the agricultural 
production sectors in Northern Ireland depending on 
animal feed have been solved only in part by the 
common measure referred to in Regulation (EEC) No 
1943/81 and consequently an appropriate extension of 
the time envisaged is necessary; the estimated cost 
requires a corresponding revision; 
Whereas Article 6 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1943/81 
provides that projects which receive aid under Council 
Regulation (EEC) No 355/77 of 15 February 1977 on 
common measures to improve the conditions under 
which agricultural products are processed and 
marketed (2), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 
1932/84 (3), or which may receive Community aid under 
O OJ No L 197, 20. 7. 1981, p. 23. 
(2) OJNo L51, 23. 2. 1977, p. 1. 
C) OJNoL 180, 7. 7. 1984, p. 1. other common measures shall not fall within the scope of 
Regulation (EEC) No 1943/81; whereas during the 
period of extension of this Regulation projects which 
may receive aid under Regulation (EEC) No 355/77 
should also be excluded from aid within the scope of 
Regulation (EEC) No 1943/81, 
HAD ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Article 1 
Regulation (EEC) No 1943/81 shall be amended as 
follows: 
1. Article 6 (2) shall be replaced by the following: 
'2. Projects which may receive Community aid 
under Regulation (EEC) No 355/77 or under other 
common measures within the meaning of Article 6(1) 
of Regulation (EEC) No 729/70 shall not fall within 
the scope of this Regulation.' 
2. Article 7 (1) is replaced by the following: 
'1. The estimated time required for carrying out 
the common measure shall be seven years as from 1 
January 1981.' 
3. Article 7 (2) shall be replaced by the following: 
'2. The estimated cost of the common measure 
financed for the period 1 January 1981 to 31 
December 1987 shall be 10,5 million ECU. This 
amount is for guidance only.' 
Article 2 
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.