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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES
COM(78)576final
Brussels.27October1978
PROPOSAL FORACOUNCILDIRECTIVE
ontheprogrammeforpromotionofdrainageincatchment
areasonbothsidesoftheborderbetweenIrelandand
NorthernIreland
(SubmittedbytheCommissiontotheCouncil)
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
AgricultureintheborderareasbetweenIrelandandNorthernIreland ,is
severelyhandicapped bythesituationasregardsdrainage.
Thestructuralconditions,andhenceagricultural incomesintheseareas
canbeimprovedonlybyregulatingthedrainageconditions.
Intheseborderareastheimprovementofthewatercourses whosecatchment
areaslieonbothsidesofthe,borderbetweenIrelandandNorthernIreland
isofspecialimportance.
Acommonmeasuretocreateadequatearterialdrainageinthecross-border
catchmentareasshouldenableIrelandandNorthernIrelandtoobviatethis
naturalhandicap,withrapidandlastingeffectsonagricultural incomes.
Thedesiredeffectsontheimprovementofproductionstructurescanbe
achievedonlybyacommonprograumswhichencompassesthepartsofthecatch­
mentareassituatedoneithersideoftheborder.TheCommunity'sfinancial
contribution canthereforebeused,onlyinthecontextofaprogrammepre­
sentedjointlybyIrelandandtheUnitedKingdom.

THECOUNCIL OPTHEEUB.0PEM COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theBa»pM »feow-io Comity ,ardin
particular Article 43thereof .
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Having regard totheproposal from &h®Comma ,eaxon ,
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Having regard totheOpinion oftheEuropean Parliament ,
Having regard totheOpinion oftheEconomic andSocial Committee ,
Whereas Article 39(2)(a )oftheTreatyprovides thataccount should hetaken of
thesocial structure ofagriculture andthestructural andnatural disparities
between agricultural regions indetermining thecommon agricultural policy §
Whereas toachieve theobjectives ofthecommon agricultural policy setout
inArticle 39{l)(a )end(b),measures appropriate totheproduction conditions
oftheleaet-favovxsd agricultural zones should "beadopted atCoromvmty level j
Whereas certain regions onboth sides oftheterder between Ireland andNor­
thern Ireland &?einanunfavourable situation asregards agricultural income *
Whereaa action should heconcentrated onabasic a.?peot ofthestructural de­
velopment ofthese regions toensure rapid andlasting effects onagricultural
încomesi
Whereas theagrir.ultura.1 production /conditions inth&ae "border areas are
severely handicapped "bydrainage problems ,&»«tothelack of .enadequate
art -erial drainages
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Whereas Community aid isneeded topromote theestablishment ofanadequate
arterial drainage system inthecatchment areas onboth sides oftheborder .
Whereas theconditions andlimits setoutinArticles 14and -19ofCouncil
Direotive 72/159/EECof17April 1972 onthe modernization offarms
arenotwell suited ,asregards drainage ,tothespecial
structural situation ofthese areas }
Whereas aidfrom Community Funds should berestricted toworks which .serve
toestablish anadequate arterial drainage system forthis entire cross-
border catchment area ;
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Whereas itistherefore necessary toensure coordination asregards theexe­
cution oftheworks ftheir timet able andtheprovision offinancial means
onboth sides ofthe border »
Whereas these objectives should befurthered byacommon measure concerning
theestablishment ofanadequate arterial drainage system incertain catch­
ment areas including .land onboth sides oftheborder between Ireland and
Northern Ireland ,under aspecial programme extending over' several
years *
Whereas itfollows from theforegoing that themeasures referred toconsti­
tute acommon measure within themeaning ofArticle 6ofCouncil Regulation
No(EEC)729/70of21April 1970 onthefinancing ofthecommon agricultural
policy ^\aslastamended byRegulation (EEC)No2788/72
HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE *
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Article 1
Inorder toincrease agricultural incomes inareas along theborder between
Ireland andNorthern Ireland byimproving basic structures inthese areas ,
thus contributing tothemodernization offarms ,acommon measure within
themeaning ofArticle 6(l)ofRegulation (EEC)NO729/70/tobejointly im­
plemented byIreland andtheUnited Kingdom ,shall beintroduced forthepur­
pose ofcoordinating arterial drainage operations incatchment areas whioh
include land onboth sides ofthe border 0
Article 2
loTheconditions andlimits laid down inArtiolesl4(2 )and19(l )a-nd (3)of
Directive 72/159/EECshall notapply todrainage operations forming the
subject ofthis common measure .
2.Thefinancial contributions ofthe Community shall beused only inthe
framework ofajoint programme established byIreland and .theUnited
Kingdom andcovering provision ofarterial drainage incatchment areas
ofcertain border-crossing rivers .This pro­
gramme shall.be submitted totheCommission jointly byIreland andthe
United Kingdom .
3.Theprogramme andanyadjustments thereto shall beexamined andapproved ,
after consultation oftheEuropean Agricultural Guidance andGuarantee
Fund (hereinafter referred toas"theFund ")Committee ,onthefinan­
cial aspects thereof ,inaccordance with theprocedure laid down in
Article 18(2 )and (3)ofDirective 72/159/EEG.
Article 3
Theprogramme referred toinArticle 2shall inparticular include thefol­
lowing information !
–theextent ofthecatchment area where arterial drainage operations are
provided forunder theprogramme ,

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–thenumber ofhectares ofagricultural area whose hydrological conditions
will beimproved asaresult ofarterial drainage ,
-the location ofand timetable for the above works . '-
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-the timetable for the "works ineach catchment area and the coordination
ofoperations onboth sides oftheborder ,
-theestimated costs ofthearterial drainage works foreach catchment area ^
concerned ,
-thefinancial planning andthedistribution ofthis finance during the .
operation oftheprogramme ineach catchment area .
2.Information shall moreover ,beforwarded indicating ifandtowhat extent the
measures under this programme areconsistent with theregional development
programmes .
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Article 4
•1.Expenditure byIreland andtheUnited Kingdom under theprogramme referred to
inArticle 2uptoamaximum of15»1 million u.a .shall beeligible foraid
from theGuidance Section ofthe Fund .
2*TheGuidance Section oftheFundshall reimburse 5Q&of theeligible expenditure
toIreland andtheUnited Kingdom *
Article 5
1*Theduration ofthecommon measure shall befive years starting from the-
date ofapproval oftheprogramme referred toinArticle 2(3 )which shall not
inanycase belater than *1July I98I .
2*Before theperiod referred toinparagraph 1expires ,this Directive shall
bereviewed bytheCouncil acting onaproposal from theCommission *
3«Thetotal provisional Fund share ofthecost ofthecommon measure shall be
8million European units ofaccount fortheentire period *
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Article 6
When theprogramme isapproved inacoordance with Article 2(3),theCom­
mission shall determine ,inagreement with Ireland andtheUnited King­
dom ,themanner inwhich itistobeinformed periodically ofthaprogress
oftheprogramme .Ireland andtheUnited Kingdom shall atthesame time
designate ,Where appropriate ,thebody responsible forthetechnical
execution oftheprogramme .
Article 7
1.Requests forreimbursement shall relate toexpenditure incurred by -
Ireland andtheUnited Kingdom during onecalendar year and shall be
submitted totheCommission before 1July ofthefollowing year .
2oAidfrom theFund shall begranted inaccordance with Article 7{l)of
Regulation (EEC)No729/70.
3.Advance payments maybegranted bytheFond onthebasis ofthe financial
arrangements adopted byIreland andtheUnited Kingdom and inthe light
oftheprogress incarrying out theprogramme .
4«Detailed rules fortheapplication ofthis Article shall beadopted in
accordance with theprocedure laid down inArticle 13ofRegulation (EEC )
No729/70.
Article 8
This Directive isaddressed toIreland andtheUnited Kingdom .
Done at For the Council

FINANCIAL STATEMENT
ΓΆΤΕ»3.10.1978
1.BUSCETLINECONCERNE»t8441CREDITS J
2.actioni■counciIDirectiverelatingtoaprogrammetopromotethedrainageof
catchmentareascommontobothIrelandandNorthernIreland
).legalbasisiArticte6ofRegulation 729/70
4.objectivct.«Toaccelerate andcoordinatethedrainageofcross+border
catchmentareasandtherebytoimprovetheagriculturalproductivity of
thesezones
5.FINANCIAL CONSBQUIMCE
5,0EXPENDITURE-ClUHGEDTOTHEECBUDGET
(REHJIIDS/lWTERVHMTIONS)
-CKARGm)TONATIONALAOainSTR.
-CKAH3EDTOOTHERNATIONAL CROUPS
J.lRECEIPTS
-OWNRESOURCESOfTHEEC
(LEVIES/CUSTOKSDUTIES)
-NATIONALFERZOD0P12H0BTH3CUREENTPINAT1CIAL TEAHFOLLOWING FINANCIAL TEAK
(79)
TEAS..J.?7.9.TEAÉ.. TEAB
5.0.1PLURIAJfNUALPAT7ESBCPECPENDI7URK 0-8MEUA 1/6 2,35
5.1.1PLURIA.WUALPATTERMOflECEXRS ~
5.2KETHOOOFCALCULATION
Seeannex0,8
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6.0FINANCINGPOSSIBLEWITHCREDITSINSCRIBEDINRELEVANTCHAPTER0?CURRENTBUDGETT«5/1
I6.1PIHAliCINCPOSSIBLEBYTRANSFERBETHEOICHAPTERSOFCURRENTBUDGET?TES/
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Calculation ofcopts
Thetotal eligible co'sts arelimited to15,1million ofunits ofaccount
(Green Rate ).
Theexchange rates used inthecalculation are :
_«reenRat© :-UKPound :t0,634204 =1UCV (22.5.78 )
–Irish Pound *fe0,786912 a1UCV (22.5.78 )
-European Rate :-UKPound :fc0,669415 »1UCE (2.10.78 )
•jfish -Pound sfc0,669416 *1UCE (2.10.78 )^
Therate ofreimbursement ofeligible expenditure is50^.
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Itisassumed that thecosts inmillions ofunits ofaccount areequally
divided between the 2Member St?tes . •;
Calculation ofcosts toEAGGF Guidance Section *
( 15,1 χ0,634204 )+(15,1 X0*786912 )*16,028
2 0,669415 2 0,669416
16,028 x50%=8,014 MEUA
Total cost toEAGGF Guidance Section :8MEUA . ;
,Timetable ofcosts /
■MEUA
Year""1Commitment appropriations "jPayment appropriations
1i
| ' 1 '- ;' ! 0/8
Ii
2 1,75 !1,6-
3 2,5 !2,35:!
4 ■ 1,75 * n
5.1. .1,1J
6 | 0,2
Total 8 8