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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(74)1931final.
Brussels,20November1974
ProposalforaRegulationof"theCouncil
modifyingtheRegulation(EEC)1107/70relativetoaids
grantedinthefieldoftransportbyrailway,roadand
inlandwaterway
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission)
COM(74)1931final

Expositionofobjectives(ïbtives)
.Article4ofRegulation(EEC)1107/70of"theCouncilof4June1970
relativeto-plaidsgrantedinthefieldoftransport "byrail,roadand
inlandwaterwaysprovidesthatuntilthecomingintoforceofcommunity
regulationtakeninconformitywithArticle8oftheDecisionoftheCouncil
(2)of13May1965relativetoharmonization ofcertainprovisionshavinga
"bearingonthecompetitioninthefieldoftransportbyrail,roadand
inlandwaterwrysandwithoutprejudicetotheprovisionsofRegulation
(ESC)II91/69andRegulation(EEC)1192/69oftheCouncilof26June1963^
paymentsbytheStatesandpublicauthorities naybeawardedtorailway
undertakings byreasonofthefailuretorealizeharmonization ,aslaid
downinthesaidArticle8,oftherulesgoverningthefinancialrelations
betweenrailwayundertakings andtheStates,thepurposeofsuchharmoniz­
ationbeingtomaketheseundertakings financially autonomous.Byreason
of/jrticle5paragraph2oftheaforesaidRegulation(EEC)IIO7/7O,these
aids,becauseoftheirspecialcharacter,areexemptfromtheprocedure
/V
1providedforinArticle93paragraph3oftheTreatyanderdcommunicatedto
theCommissionintheformofestimatesatthebeginningofeachyearand
subsequently intheformofareportaftertheendofthefinancialyear.
Theadoption,forthenationalrailwayundertakings ,ofthedecisionofthe
CounciloftakeninconformitywithArticle8oftheDecisionof
13Jfey1965Jhastheconsequencethattheaidsfortheseundertakings pro­
videdunder/article4ofRegulation(EEC)IIO7/7OoftheCouncilareno
longerauthorized.Ontheotherhand,byreasonoftheaforesaiddecision
oftheCouncil,MemberStatesmaygrantaidstotherailwayundertakings
withinthecontextoftheirprogrammesofactivitybyvirtueofArticle5
paragraph 1ofthedecisionandmayalsograntequilibriumsubsidiesby
virtueofArticle15ofthesamedecision.
(1)OJL130of15.6.1970,p.1
(2)OJ88of24.5.1965,P.1500/65
(3)OJL156of28.6.1969

Theseaidshavingasimilarspecificcharactertothoseprovidedforby
Article4ofRegulation(EEC)1107/70»itappearsadvisablebyapplying
Article94oftheTreaty,tomaintainthespecialprocedureofinforming
theCommissionprovidedforinArticle -5paragraph2ofthesemeRegul­
ationandspecifiedintheindentprecedingandtherebytomodifythe
provisionofArticle4ofRegulation(EEC)1107/70*

ProposalforaRegulationoftheCouncil
modifyingtheRegulation (EEC)
relativetoaidsgrantedinthefieldoftransportbyrailway,road
andinlandwaterway/,\
ϊΐ-ίΟϋιΜίλίΙ,03?ΕϋΕΟΡΚΛΤΟΟΙΪ'ΐϋΏΤΙΕδ
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomicCommunity
andparticularly Articles75r.nd94thereof
HavingregardtotheproposaloftheCommission
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheEuropeanParliament
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheEconomicandSocialCommittee
WhereasintheapplicationofArticle4ofRegulation(EEC)1107/70ofthe
Councilof4June1970anduntiltheentryintoforceofcommunityregul­
ationadoptedpursuanttoArticle8oftheDecisionoftheCouncilof13
Iiay1963relativetotheharmonization ofcertainprovisionshavinga
bearingonthecompetitioninthefieldoftransportsbyrailiiray,road
2andinlandwaterways,payments -to-railwayundertakings fromtheStatesand
publicbodiesnaybeawardedbecauseofthefailuretoachieveharmoniza­
tion,aslaiddownintheaforesaidArticle8,ofrulesgoverningthe
financialrelationships betweentherailwayundertakings andtheStates,
thepurposeofsuchharmonization beingtomakethoseundertakings finan­
ciallyautonomous :thatbyreasonofArticle5paragraph2oftheabove-
mentionedregulationtheseaidsareexemptfromtheprocedureprovidedfor
inArticle93paragraph3oftheTreatyandthatdetailsofsuchaids
shouldbecommunicated totheCommissionintheformofestimatesatthe
beginningofeachyearandsubsequently intheformofareportafterthe
endofthefinancialyear.
(1)OJL130of15.6.1970,p.1
(2)OJ88of24.5.1965,p.1500/65

Whereas,followingtheadoptionforthenationalrailwcyundertakingsof
theDecisionoftheCouncilof conformingtoArticle8ofthe
Decisionof13May19^5»theaidstotheseundertakingsprovidedforbytheafo­
rementionedprovisionsarenolongerauthorized ;ontheotherhandthe
MemberStatesmaygranttothesesameenterprisesaidswithintheirpro­
grammesofactivityonthebasisofArticle5paragraph1ofthedecision
oftheCouncilof andalsosubsidiesofequilibriumonthebasis
ofArticle15ofthesamedecision.Itappearsadvisablethatbecauseof
thespecialcharacteroftheseaids,byapplicationofArticle94ofthe
Treaty,tomaintainthespecialprocedureforinformingtheCommission
providedforinArticle5paragraph2ofRegulation(EEC)1107/70ofthe
Council;
WhereasitisconsequentlyrequisitetomodifytheprovisionofArticle4
ofRegulation(EEC)1107/70oftheCouncilof4June1970»
HASPASSEDTHEPRESENTREGULATION
Theonlyarticle
s.
Article4ofRegulation(EEC)IIO7/70oftheCouncilof4June1970is
replacedbythefollowingprovision
M.l.Untiltheentryintoforceofcommunityregulations conformingto
Article8oftheDecisionoftheCouncilof13May19^5concerningthe
railwayundertakings otherthanthoseenvisagedinthefirstarticleof
thedecisionoftheCouncilof relativetotheimprovementof
thefinancialsituationoftherailwayundertalcingsandtheharmonization
oftherulesgoverningthefinancialrelationships betweentheseunder­
takingsandtheStates,andwithoutprejudicetotheprovisionsofRegul­
ation(EEC)1191/69andofRegulation(EEC)1192/69,theprovisionsof
Article3shallnotapplytopaymentsbytheStatesandpublicauthorities
torailwayundertekings madebyreasonofanyfailuretoachieveharmoni­
zationaslaiddowninthesaidArticle8,therulesgoverningthefinancial
relationships betweentherailwayundertakings andtheStates,thepurpose
ofsuchharmonization beingtomakethoseundertakingsfinancially autonomous.

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2.Untiltheentryintoforceoftheprovisionsprovidedforin
Article17oftheDecisionoftheCouncilof relativetothe
improvement ofthefinancialsituationoftherailwayundertakings andthe
harmonization oftherulesgoverningthefinancialrelationships between
theseundertakings andtheStates,theprovisionsofArticle3donot
applytoaidsgrantedwithintherailwayundertakings programmesofacti­
vity"byapplicationofArticle5paragraph1ofthesaiddecisionnorto
theequilibriumsubsidiesgrantedinapplicationofArticle15ofthesame
decision."
Thisregulationisbindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinall
MemberStates.
Doneat ,the FortheCouncil
thePrésident,