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Proposai for a
COUNC IL DECISION
toapply the Council Regulation (EEC)
establishing aEuropean Regional
Development Fund toFrench overseas
departments
(submitted ,totheCouncil bythe Commission )
CCO (5)62final

1. The question ofapplying the provisions ofthe European Regional
Development Fund toFrench overseas departments was raised within the
Council inthe course ofwork onthe proposal for aRegulation establishing
this Fund presented "bythe Commission tothe Council on31July 1975 *
2. The French overseas departments are part ofthe Community.' The
provisions ofthe Treaty establishing the European Economic Community
pursuant toArticle 227(2 )areeither applicable intheir case onentry
into force oftheTreaty inthelight ofparagraph 2(l)ofthat Article
andtheprovisions thereih listed orapplicable following adecision of
the Council acting byunanimity vote onaproposal from the Commission in
cases where all other provisions ofthe Treaty abovementioned have tobe
applied .This isthe case with the provisions adopted onregional policy
pursuant toArticle 235 of "the E.E.C ,Treaty .
3. Since the European Regional Development Fund issuch astopromote
the economic and social advancement ofFrench overseas departments with
regard towhich the Community institutions have assumed acommitment
pursuant toArticle 227(2)(3 ),the Commission attaches totheir
communication aproposal for aDecision toapply tiieFfionnb iivfis grndat ion
(EEC:)r^B±aMisMti]gpaCEiJ2ifopiaaogeèit>i[ai fesfè 1opnrentì Funfc to-FSara^fciesmre rscas

Proposal for aCouncil Decision
toapply the Council Regulation :^ 3
establishing' aEuropean :Regional
Development .Pimdv^or-JPfoncJi -loSroBsxjaS :.departntents .
THE COUNCIL OPTHE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard tothe Treaty establishing the European Economic
Community and inparticular Article 227thereof ,
Having regard tothe proposal ofthe Commission ,
Whereas ,pursuant toArticle 227 (2)(2),theconditions ?under
which the provisions ofthe Treaty other than those listed inparagraph
•2(l)ofthat Article aretoapply toFrench overseas departments ,shall
bedetermined bythe Council and inparticular the provisions governing
the European Regional Development Fund adopted pursuant toArticle 235
ofthe Treaty ,
Whereas the contributions ofthe European Regional Development Fund are
such astopromote the economic and social advancement ofthose departments
HAD DECIDED ASFOLLOWS ; J
Article 1. ^
Regulation (EEC)No ofthe Council of ..establishing a
European Regional Development Fund and provisions adopted inapplication
ofthis Regulation shall apply tothe French overseas departments .

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Article 2.
This Decision shall bepublished intheofficial Journal ofthe
European Communities ,section "Legislation 1_".
This Decision shall enter into force onthe date ofentry into
force ofRegulation (EEC)No ofthe Council of
establishing aEuropean Régional Development Fund ,
Done atBrussels , For the Council
The Président