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PROPOSAL FORACOUNCILDIRECTIVE
AmendingCouncilDirective68/414/EECof20December1968
imposingonobligationonMemberStatesoftheEECtomaintain
minimumstocksofcradeoiland/orpetroleumproducts»
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission)
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Indigenous Communityproductionofcrudeoilcontributes initselfto
theCommunity'ssecurityofsupply.Adeductionfromtheobligation
tomaintainstocksisthusjustifiable inthecaseofindigenous crude
oil,especially asthiswouldalsoencourageincreasedproduction .
CouncilDirective 68/414/EECof20December1968providesforan
exemptionofupto15%fromthestockingobligation asregards
derivatives ofindigenous crudeoilconsumedbytheproducerMember
State.
Anincreasedexemptionisjustifiable becauseofthepresentand
expectedincreaseinCommunityproductionofcrudeoil,mainlyinthe
BritishsectoroftheNorthSea.
TheCommission proposalisbasedonthreeprinciples :
(a)Thequantitiesofderivatives ofcrudeoilproducedinaMember
StatemaybedeductedfromthestockingobligationoftheMember
Stateinwhichtheyareconsumed.
<b)Aminimumlevelofstocks(equivalentto54daysofconsumption )
istobemaintainedforreasonsofinternalsecurity,allowingfor
therefineries' operational stocks.Thisinvolvesanincreasein
thededuction from15to40%.
(c)ThenormalsupplyflowsofthesecrudesandproductsbetweenMember
Statesshallbemaintainedintheeventofsupplydifficulties .

PROPOSAL FORACOUNCILDIRECTIVE OF,
AmendingCouncilDirective68/4i4/EECof20December1968
imposinganobligation onMemberStatesoftheEECtomaintain
minimumstocksofcrudeoiland/orpetroleumproducts,
THECOUNCIL -'OFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomicCommunity,
andinparticularArticle103thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheEuropeanParliament ;
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheEconomicandSocialCommittee ;
WhereasCouncilDirective68/414/EECof20December1968^,modifiedby
CouncilDirective72/425/EEC°?19Decembre1977»imposestheobligation
tomaintainminimumstocksofcrudeoiland/orpetroleumproductsequivalent
to90days®consumption ;whereasthatpartofinternalconsumption metby
derivatives ofpetroleumproducedindigenously byaMemberStatemaybe
dflrinotoduptoamaximumof15oftheoaidconsumption ;
Whereasnationalproductionofcrudeoilcontributesinitselftothe
Community'ssecurityofsupply;whereasthecurrentindigenousproduction
ofcrudeoilandtheexpectedincreasejustifyanincreaseinthe
exemptionfromtheobligationtomaintainstocksamountingtoupto
4Gfoofconsumption ;
Whereasthesupplyflowsofindigenouscrudeoilandderivatives shouldbe
maintainedbetweenMemberStatesintheeventofdifficulties inthesupply
ofcrudeoilandpetroleumproducts *
1OJL308of23.12.1968
2OJL291of28.12.1972

HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE
Article 1
^a)TheBecond paragraph ofArticle 1ofDirective 68/414EECshall from
31December 1978 "bereplaced bythefollowing wording t
"Thequantities ofthederivatives ofthepetroleum produced ina
Member State naybededucted from theconsuming Member State *sstorage
obligation ,uptoamaximum of40$ofthat State 'sconsumption ".
(b)Thefollowing text shall beadded after thesecond paragraph of
Article 1:
"TheMember States shall ,by31December 1978 ,take alllegal
regulatory oradministrative measures necessary toensure that ,
intheevent ofsupply difficulties ,their supplies toother Member
States ofindigenous crude oilandpetroleum products derived from it,
orfrom the indigenous crude ofanother member state ,shall be
maintained attheaverage quarterly level oftheprevious year .These
supplies may beadjusted inacoordance with decisions which have been
taken atCommunity level ".
Article 2
Asecond paragraph shall beadded toArticle 4ofDirective 68/414/EECwith
effect from 31December 1978 :
"TheMember States shall calculate each year thequantities ofthederivatives
which maybededucted from their obligation tomaintain stocks inaccordance
with thesecond paragraph ofArticle 1andshall notify theCommission of
these quantities and ofthebasis forcalculation by31January ofeach year ".
Article 3
tothe Member States .
Por the Council
The PresidentThis Directive isaddressed
Done atBrussels ,