ARCHIVES HISTORIQUES
DELACOMMISSION
COLLECTION RELIEEDES
DOCUMENTS "COM"
COM(79)349
Vol.1979/0129

Disclaimer
Conformément aurèglement (CEE,Euratom) n°354/83duConseildu1erfévrier1983
concernant l'ouverture aupublicdesarchiveshistoriques delaCommunauté économique
européenne etdelaCommunauté européenne del'énergieatomique (JOL43du15.2.1983,
p.1),telquemodifiéparlerèglement (CE,Euratom) n°1700/2003 du22septembre 2003
(JOL243du27.9.2003, p.1),cedossierestouvertaupublic.Lecaséchéant,lesdocuments
classifiés présentsdanscedossierontétédéclassifiés conformément àl'article5dudit
règlement.
Inaccordance withCouncilRegulation (EEC,Euratom) No354/83of1February 1983
concerning theopeningtothepublicofthehistoricalarchivesoftheEuropean Economic
Community andtheEuropean AtomicEnergyCommunity (OJL43,15.2.1983, p.1),as
amended byRegulation (EC,Euratom) No1700/2003 of22September 2003(OJL243,
27.9.2003, p.1),thisfileisopentothepublic.Wherenecessary, classified documents inthis
filehavebeendeclassified inconformity withArticle5oftheaforementioned regulation.
InÜbereinstimmung mitderVerordnung (EWG,Euratom) Nr.354/83desRatesvom1.
Februar 1983überdieFreigabe derhistorischen Archive derEuropäischen
Wirtschaftsgemeinschaft undderEuropäischen Atomgemeinschaft (ABI.L43vom15.2.1983,
S.1),geändertdurchdieVerordnung (EG,Euratom) Nr.1700/2003 vom22.September 2003
(ABI.L243vom27.9.2003, S.1),istdieseDateiderÖffentlichkeit zugänglich. Soweit
erforderlich, wurdendieVerschlusssachen indieserDateiinÜbereinstimmung mitArtikel5
dergenannten Verordnung freigegeben.

COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(79)349 final
Brussels -9thJuly1979
EUROPEAN REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT FUND
FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT (1978)
C0MC79)349final

EUROPEAN REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT FUND
Fourthannualreport (1978)
Themodified CouncilRegulation establishing aEuropean Regional
Development Fundrequires that':
"1.Before 1October eachyeartheCommission shallpresent areport
totheCouncil,totheEuropean Parliament andtotheEconomic
andSocialCommittee ontheimplementation ofthisRegulation
duringthepreceding year.
2.Thisreportshallalsocoverthefinancial management ofthe
Fundandtheconclusions drawnbytheCommission forsuper­
visionoftheFund'soperations ."
Thisfourthreportisaccordingly presented bytheCommission on
theoperation oftheFundduring1978.

-1-
CONTENTS POINTS PAGE
ChapterI:INTRODUCTION 1-5 4
ChapterII:THEECONOMIC SITUATION IN1978
ANDTHEOUTLOOK FORTHEFUTURE 6-15 8
-Thegénéralsituation in19786-9 8
-Regional consequences 10-11 9
-Theoutlookfor1979 12-15 11
ChapterIII:FUNDACTIVITY IN1978 16-34 12
-Budgetaspects 18 12
-Applications 19~22 13
-Commitment decisions 23-28 15
-ImpactofFundassistance
onemployment 29~30 17
-Thefinancing ofstudies 31 18
-Complementary character of
Fundactivity andnational
measures 32 T8
-Summaryofthesituation 1975-
1978 33 18
-Promotion ofnewinvestments 34 20
Chapter IV:REGIONAL ANALYSIS OFFUNDACTIVITY 35"89 21
-Geographical concentration 35~36 21
-Fundactivity incertain
priority regions 37-89 22
Chapter V:PAYMENTS ANDCONTROLS 90-97 46
-Payments 90-93 46
-Controls 94~97 48
Chapter VI:COORDINATION ANDPROGRAMMES 98"123 51
-Assessment oftheregional impact
ofCommunity policies 98-107 51
-Theregional impactofother
financial instruments 108~112 51
-Regional development programmes 113-121 55
~Annualstatistical summaries 122-123 58

-2-
POINTS PAGE
ChapterVII:INFORMATION ONFUNDACTIVITY 124-128 59
ChapterVIII:CONCLUSIONS 129-141 61
ANNEXES 64
LISTOFMAPS
1.Unemployment byregionin1978
2.Assistance fromtheRegional Fundin197824

-3-
ANNEXES Page
A.SOCIO-ECONOMIC INDICATORS
Table 1. Trendsinprincipal macro-economi caggreqates
intheCommunity in1978 65
Table2. Forecasts for1979 65
Table3. Trendsininvestment ,1977-1978 66
GraphI. TrendsinGDPpercapita1960-1978 67
GraphII.Appreciation ordepreciation ofthecurrencies
ofMemberStates1974-1978 68
GraphIII.Trendsinregistered unemployment ,1970~1978 69
B.REGIONAL FUNDACTIVITY
Table4. Summaryofaiddecisions in1978 70
Table5. Typesofinvestment financed bytheRegional
Fund-industry andservices 71
Table6. Typesofinvestment financed bytheRegional
Fund-infrastructure 73
Table7. Fundassistance percapita 75
Table8. Regional breakdown ofFundassistance 76
Table9. Budgetsituation 80
Table10. Payments made 81
Table11.Controloperations undertaken 82

-4-
ChapterI:INTRODUCTION
1.TheEuropeanRegionalDevelopment Fundwasestablished inMarch197^P
ThisfourthannualreportdealswithFundactivities during1978.
2.TheFundRegulation provided foritsreexamination bytheCouncil,on
thebasisofaCommission proposal,before 1January1978.(2)
TheCommission presented theCouncilwithaproposal toamendthe
1975regulation on3June1977,withintheframework ofits'Guidelines
forCommunity RegionalPclicy"(3),Theseproposals werelargelybased
onthelessonslearntfromtheearlieryearsofFundactivity asset
outintheconclusions oftheprevious annualreports.
Atitsmeetingof26and27June1978,theCouncil reached anagree­
mentinprinciple onanamendedregulation .Theamendments werethen
thesubjectofaconciliation procedure betweentheCouncil andthe
European Parliament ,atthelatter'srequest,asprovided forinthe
jointdeclaration of4March1975.(4 )Twoconciliation meetings were
held,on24Julyand17October.Theconclusions oftheconcertation
procedure werenot,however,adopted bytheCounciluntil6February
1979;theCounciladoptedtheamending regulation atthesamemeeting£5 )
(1)Regulation EEC724/75oftheCouncilof18March1975establishing a
European Regional Development Fund(OJL.73of21.3.1975V hereinafter
calledtheFundRegulation .
(2)Article 18
(3)OJ161of9.7.1977;Supplement 2/77-Bull.EC.
(4)Jointdeclaration oftheParliament ,theCouncilandtheCommission
(OJC.89of22.4.1975 ).
(5)Regulation (EEC)214/79oftheCouncilof6February 1979,amending
Regulation (EEC)724/75of18.3.1975 (OJL.35of9February 1979).
Theupdatedversionoftheregulation waspublished inOJC.36of
9February 1979.

-5-
3.Themainamendments totheRegulation whichtheCounciladoptedin
principle inJune1978are:
-thecreationofa"non-quota"section oftheFund,whichisnotsubject
tothesystemofnational quotasandcan,ifaporooriate ,beusedoutside
theassisted areasdesignated atnational lev^l.Itwillfinance
specific Community regional development schemes whichareeither
linkedtoCommunity policyinotherfieldssoastohelptheimple­
mentation ofthesepolicies bytakingaccountoftheirregional
aspects,orintended todealwiththestructural consequences of
eventsofparticular seriousness orthespecialproblems offrontier
regions .Itsgreaterflexibility willalsomakeforcloserandmore
fruitful coordination withtheotherCommunity instruments of
financing .Thesizeofthenon-quota partoftheFundwas
fixedat5%oftotalresources ;
-changednational quotastogiveanincrease of2%intheFrench
quota,tobenefit theOverseas Departments .Thenewbreakdown is
asfollows :
Table 1-National quotas
]' .Oldtheoreti-Oldactual INewbreakdown Changeas%
calbreakdown breakdown ofB
1
ΐ(%)(1 (%)(3)
I
!A Β C D
Belgium 1,51
1,49 I1,39 -6,71
Denmark 1,3 1,29 1,20 -6,98
IGermany 6,4 6,34 6,C -5,36
France 15,0 14,87 16,86 +13,38
Ireland I6,0(2)I6,46 6,46
Italy 40,0 40,00 29,39 "1,52
.Luxembourg 0,1 0,10 0,09 -10,00
Netherlands 1,7 1,69 1,58 -6,51
lUnited Kingdom \
I I
I j28,0 |
i27,76
i
j27,03 -2,63
i
100 100 100
1.According tothe1975Fundregulation .
2.Plus6million EUAtobededucted fromthequotasoftheotherFie'iuer
States (exceptItaly),asprovided forinthe1975regulation .
3.Account takenofthedeductions neededtoaddthe6million EUAtothe
Irishquota.
-amoreflexibledefinition oftheinfrastructure qualifying forFund
assistance .ThiswillenabletheFundbettertotakeaccountofthe
needsoftheregionsandofthepriorities ofregionalpolicy.
However,theFundmaynotusemorethan70%ofitstotalresources
toinfrastructure investments ,overathree-year period,although
thislimitdoesnothavetobeappliedtoeachMemberState
individuaIly.

-6-
-anincrease from30%to40Ainthemaximumrateofgrantthe
Fundcangivetoinfrastructure whichisofparticular impor­
tanceforthedevelopment oftheregioninwhichitissituated;
-thepossibility ofmakingaccelerated payments ofupto75%of
theamountofFundaid;
-acertain numberofamendments primarily concerned withsimpli­
fyingprocedures .
Afurtherre-examination oftheregulation istotakeplacebefore
1January 1981.
Theamendedregulation onlytookeffectatthebeginning of1979,so
assistance grantedin1978wasbasedonthe1975regulation .
4.TheFundendowment in1978was581million EUA,anincrease of56%
over1977.In1978,theCommission adopted 330commitment decisions
involving 1600investment projects andrepresenting atotaloutlayof
556million EUA.Since1975,6348projects havebeenapproved,
bringing thetotalamountcommitted upto1486millionEUA.d)
Theamountofaidpercapitaintheregionsassisted ineachcountry
variedbetween 28EUAinIreland and5.9EUAinLuxembourg .(2)Ofthe
556million EUAassistance grantedin1978,33%(1975-78 :34%)
wentonindustrial andservice-sector projects,creating ormaintaining
70000jobs(1975-78 :260000),and67%(1975-78 :66%)oninfra­
structure projects .
Payments of255million EUAweremadein1978,bringing thetotal
payments madesincetheFundbeganto52.3%ofthetotalcommitments .
TheCommission considers thatthispercentage isacceptable ,giventhat
payments fromtheFundareonlymadeafterpaymentofthenational aids
onthebasisofwhichFundcontributions arecalculated andthatthese
national aidsarepaidoutasworkontheprojectprogresses .
5.TheCommission againstresses thefactthattheimpactoftheFund
cannotbejudgedinisolation .Itisonlyoneinstrument ofregional
policyandmustcontribute totheachievement ofawholerangeof
objectives definedatCommunity levelandwhichseekbothtoremedy
thetraditional imbalances betweenregions byimproving thesituation
ofthelessfavoured,andtoprevent newimbalances fromappearing .
TheCommission therefore attaches considerable importance tothereso­
lutiononregional policythattheCounciladoptedatthesametime
astheamendments totheFundregulation (3).Thisresolution ,whichis
(1)ItshouldbenotedthataidfromtheFundisdecided,andthepayments
made,innational currency .Inthisreport,theamountsareexpressed
inEuropean unitsofaccount (EUA).Inviewofthevariable rateof
exchange oftheEUA,inusesince 1January 1978,theseamountsmust
betreatedasonlyapproximate .Amountsrelating totheperiod 1975–
1977havebeenconverted intoEUAattheexchangerateapplicable on
1.1.1978 .
(2)Table7oftheAnnex.
(3)Resolution oftheCouncilof6February 1979ontheGuidelines of
Community Regional Policy (0JC.36of9February 1979).

-7-
basedoncertain ofthemainelements oftheCommission 'sGuidelines on
Regional Policy (1),contains threepoints:
-TheCouncilagreesthattheCommission shoulddrawupaperiodic report
ontheeconomic andsocialsituation oftheregions,onwhichthe
guidelines andpriorities oftheregional policycouldbebasedinthe
comingyears.Thefirstsuchreportwillbepublished in1980.
-ItnotestheCommission 'sintention oftakingmoresystematic accountof
theimplications ofotherCommunity policies fortheregions,inboth
theformulation andimplementation ofthesepolicies .Itexpresses its
intention oftakingaccountoftheseeffects whenmakingitsown
decisions.
-Finally,theCouncilconsiders that,inorderprogressively toachieve
abalanceddistribution ofeconomicactivity throughout theCommunity,
itisessential tocoordinate theregional policies oftheindividual
countries andthatoftheCommunity .Theregional development pro­
grammes whichtheMemberStatessubmitundertheFundRegulation con­
stitutethemostappropriate franework forachieving suchcoordination .
(1)0JC.161of9.7.1977 ;Supplement 2/77-Bull.EC.

ChapterII-THEECONOMIC SITUATION IN1978ANDTHEOUTLOOK FORTHEFUTURE
Theqeneralsituation in1978
6.Although 1978wasadifficult periodandresults werelittlebetter
thanin1977,thereweresignsthattherewouldbeaslightimprove­
mentin1979.Therewerevariousindications ofthispositive trend:
thevolumeofGDPintheCommunity increased by2.6%(asagainst
2.3%in1977)andindustrial production by2.3%(asagainst1.0%).
Theconsumer priceindexwentfromamaximumof13.4%in1975to
9.9%in1977and6.9%in1978.
7.Intheearlymonthsof1978,unemployment reachedrecordlevelssince
thepost-warcrisis,withsome6.3millionpeoplejobless.Thesitua­
tionseemedtohavestabilized laterandtheyearendedwithanaverage
of5,6%oftheworkingcivilian population unemployed ,asagainst an
average5,3%in1977.InJanuary 1979unemployment exceeded eventhe
recordfigureoftheprevious year,toreachalevelof6.5million
persons unemployed .
Unemployment amongwomencontinued toworsen,withanincrease of
180,000 compared with1977,raisingitfrom6.0%to6.5%.Female
unemployment alsocontinued toincrease asaproportion oftotal
unemployment ;itwentupfrom33.1%in1973to42.7%in1978,
reachingparticularly highproportions inBelgium (60.3%),
France (52.7%)andGermany (50.8%).Unemployment amongyoungpeople
alsostayedveryhighalthough therewerefairlywideseasonable
variations attheendofeachacademic yearwhenschoolleavers came
ontothejobmarket.
8.Investments (grossfixedassetformation )increased verylittlein
realterms,showingonlya2.7%riseover1977,whichhadbeena
yearofquasi-stagnation ,withanincrease ofonly1.1%.Therewas
considerable growthinIreland (12.0%)andGermany (6.2%),aslight
improvement inBenelux andtheUnitedKingdom (between1.5%and
3.0%)andalmost noneatallinDenmark (0.6%)andFrance (0.2%).
InItaly,investments declined bysomething like1.7%.
9.So,liketheprevious year,1978wascharacterized bysloweconomic
growth,duetopoordemand,[inallthecountries oftheCommunity
butIreland .Thecountries withthelowestlevelsofdemand were
Denmark,Belgium andtheNetherlands .Theimprovement ofthissitua­
tionwouldrequire anincrease ininvestments andpublicexpenditure ,
soastobringaboutarapidrenewalofthesystemofproduction -
necessaryifitistofitinwiththenewstructure ofbothinternal
andexternal demand.Butinfactratesofinvestment havecontinued
todecline.Investments represented 23.0%ofGDPin1971and20.7%
in1978.Government spending appearstohaveplayedonlyamarginal
(andsometimes evennegative )roleinthetrendinoverall demand,
mostMemberStateshavingtriedtoreducetheirbudget'sdeficits .

-9-
Regional consequences
10.Itisgenerally speaking tooearlytohaveadetailed ideaofthe
consequences ofeconomic trendsintheregionsin1978,butitcan
beseenthatthedifficulties ofregionsheavilydependent onproblem
sectorsofindustry gotworse.Unemployment figuresaretheonly
statistics alreadyavailable onwhichtomakean-assessment ofeconomic
trendsatregional level.
11.Regional unemployment in1978reflected thegeneralsocio-economic
situation described inthepreceding paragraphs .Trendswereas
follows:
-Belgium :Theaveragerateofunemployment was8.4%,withan
increase of8.4%over1977.Ratesincreased inallregionsand,
asinprevious years,thehardesthitprovinces wereLimbourg,
LiègeandHainaut .
-Denmark :Unemployment increased slightly,from5.8%to6.7%of
theworkingpopulation .
-Germany :Therewasaslightdropinunemployment in1978ascom­
paredto1977,from4.0%to3.9%.Upwardordownward changewas
minimal inallregions,although theratesinAurich (Lower
Saxony)andtheSarreremained high.
-France :Theaverage unemployment ratewentupfrom4.9%in1977
to5.3%in1978.Ailtherégionssuffered tosomeextent,although
thehardesthitwereHaute-Normandie >Nord-Pas deCalais,Basse-
Normandie ,Pays-de-la-Loire,Ile-de-FranceandFranche-Comté .
-Ireland :Unemployment continued thedownward trendbegunthe
previous year(9.7%in1977and8.9%in1978).
-Italy:Therewasanincrease inunemployment of0.7%,risingfrom
6.4%in1977to7.1%in1978.Thiswasentirely duetoincreases
intheMezzogiorno regions;inthecentralandnorthern regions,
unemployment ratesremained stableordroppedslightly .
-Luxembourg :Inspiteofaslow,gradualincrease,unemployment
remained at0.8%,verylow.
-Netherlands :Unemployment remained stable (4.4%),although there
wasaslightincrease inLimburg,ZeelandandGroningen .
-UnitedKingdom :Unemployment declinedslightlyin1978(5.7%atthe
endoftheyear);thistrendwaslessmarkedintheassisted regions
(Northern Ireland,theNorthofEngland,Wales,etc.)whereunemploy­
mentwasalreadyveryhigh.

-10-
Unemployment in1978ifVariation aroundthe
rCommunity average (1)unempLoymenT .iniyro j
<§0Variation aroundthe'fCommunity average (1)
«84-9 (1)Estimations basedontheuniform
_1149 définitions oftheCommunity
work-force survey.
>115ζ84,9
85-114,9(1)Estimations basedontheuniform
definitions oftheCommunity
work-force survey.

-11-
Theoutlook for1979
12.TheEuropean CouncilofApril1978considered itessential thatthe
Community shouldreachanannualrateofgrowthof4.5%bythe
middleof1979.(1)ByaCouncilDecision ofJuly1978,theMember
Statestherefore committed themselves toaccelerating growth,each
according tothepossibilities ofitsowneconomyandbudget (2).
ItalyandIrelandoptedforvariousrestrictive measures tocontain
certainitemsofcurrentexpenditure andtostepuptax,tariff
andcertainothercharges.Denmarkdecidedtoreducedirecttaxation
andFrancetobringinrestrictive measures tocutitsdeficit.
TheUnitedKingdomdecided onaslightacceleration ofitscurrent
expansionist trendandGermanyandtheBeneluxcountries agreedto
bringinstrongmeasures tostimulate theireconomies .
13.Asregards employment ,jobgainsandlossesshouldmoreorless
balanceoutsothat,forCommunity asawhole,therewillbenosub­
stantial changes.Nevertheless ,certainparticularly sensitive
regions,suchasLorraine,willhavedifficulties .
Forecasts for1979suggestthattherewillbeaslightdropinunem­
ployment rateovertheCommunity asawhole,especially inGermany,
IrelandandItaly,thecountries whichshouldseethesharpest
upsurgeinGDP.However,therewillbeasubstantial increase in
unemployment inDenmark and,iftheNetherlands andLuxembourg are
abletoavoidthesamefate,itwillonlybethankstoaverysmall
increase intheworkingpopulation .
14.Thevolumeofinvestments shouldincrease bysome4.5%overthe
Community asawhole.Thisrate,higherthaninprevious years,
shouldbeachieved largelyasaresultofthevariouseffortsall
thegovernments aremakingtostimulate theeconomy.Ireland,
GermanyandItalyinparticular shouldseetheirinvestments increase
atmorethanaveragerate(by9.5%,6.2%and5.6%respectively ).
15.Theriseintheconsumer priceindexhasbeenestimated at6.9%for
1979,thesameasitwasin1978.Thisstability,however,masksan
improvement intheprospects ofcertaincountries,particularly
DenmarkandItaly,andadeterioration incertainothers,particu­
larlyIrelandandtheUnitedKingdom.
(1)President's conclusions (Bull.EC.4-1978)
(2)O.J.L.220of11.8.1978

-12-
ChapterIII:FUNDACTIVITY IN1978
16.Thegeneraleconomicsituation intheCommunity,asindicated inthe
previous chapter,didnotchangefundamentally in1978.Although
therewasaslightpositive trendintheCommunity 'sGDPand
industrial production andasmalldecrease inconsumer prices,there
wasanotherdownturn intheemployment situation .
Thissituation makestheFundthemorenecessary ,whileatthesame
timemakingitstaskmoredifficult ,forinaperiodwhenfewinvest­
mentsarebeingmade,itisparticularly difficult tochannel them
intothepoorerregions.Thisistheeconomic contextinwhichthe
Fund'sactivities in1978shouldbejudged.
17.1978shouldhavebeenthefirstyearofFundactivity underthe
modified Regulation whichtheCounciladopted onthebasisofthe
proposals theCommission putforwardinJune1977.However,delayin
theadoption oftheamendments meantthattherulesfixedinMarch
1975fortheperiod1975-1977remained inforcein1978.
Budgetaspects
18.The1978commitment appropriations fortheFund,included in
Chapter 55ofthegeneral budgetoftheEuropean Communities ,were
decidedaccording tonormalbudgetary procedures andamounted to581
million EUA.Paymentappropriations inthebudgetfor1978were525
million EUA,plus83million EUAbroughtforwardfrom1977.(1)
Table9intheAnnexprovides asummaryofhowthebudgetappropria­
tionswereusedin1978.Itshouldbenotedthat,inanticipation of
thepossible adoption in1978ofthemodifications totheFund
Regulation andtherebyofthecreation ofthenon-quota section and
theapplication ofthenewnational quotasinthequotasection,the
totalappropriations for1978werenotcommitted .Amarginof
43.48million (2)EUAwasstillavailable on31December 1978.Evenif
thishadbeenused,available resources wouldnothavebeenadequate
tofinancealltheprojects approved bytheFundCommittee in1978,
So,decisions relatingto213investment projects (representing
grantsof76million EUA)hadtobecarriedoverto1979.
(1)Chapter Vofthisreport.
(2)including 29MEUAsetasideforthenon-quota section.

Applications
19.Thefirstgrantapplications for1978werereceived inJanuary andthey
continued toreachtheCommission untiltheendofSeptember .Atotal
of371applications ,concerning 1851investment projects,weremade
overtheyear;tothesemustbeaddedafurther 89projects covered
by37applications madebefore1978.SotheCommission lastyear
examined 408applications concerning 1940investment projects .
20.Ofthese408applications ,330concerning 1600projects wereapproved;
nodecision wastakenon340projects .
Detailed figuresoftheapplications aresetoutinthefollowing tables
Table2:Breakdown of1978applications bythetypeofinvestment
TypeofinvestmentAmountofinvestment
millionEUA %
-Industry andservice (projects
ofmorethan10MEUA) 1.804,03 35,05
-Industry andservices (projects
oflessthan10MEUA) 1.082,18 21,02
Sub-tota I 2.886,21 56,07
-Infrastructure (morethan
10MEUA) 1.471,08 28,58
-Infrastructure (lessthan
10MEUA) 721,05 14,01
-Infrastructure inmountain
andhill-farming areas(1) 69,25 1,34
Sub-tota I 2.261,38 43,93
ι
TOTAL 5.147,50 100,00
1.Asdefined inDirective 75/268EECof28.4.1975 onmountain andhill-
farming andcertainless-favoured areas.

-14-
Table3:Projects approved andprojects onwhichnodecision wastaken
MemberState Numberofprojects
submitted in1978
orbroughtforward
fromprevious yearsNumber
projects
financed
in1978Numberofprojects sub­
mittedin1978onwhich
nodecision wastaken
0102030406ΤοΐθI
Belgium 29 28 1 1
Denmark 29 29
Germany 300 I203
I781 9 97
France 539 432 24113033105
Ireland 143 121 119222
Italy 381 326 292101355
Li'ixembourq1 1
Netherlands 6 5 1
UnitedKingdom
I
I512 455 27345 57
TOTAL 1.940I
1.600 11159811448
!340
1.01:industrial projects ofmorethan10MEUA
02:industrial projects oflessthan10MEUA
03:infrastructure projects ofmorethan10MEUA
04:infrastructure projects oflessthan10MEUA
06:infrastructure projects inmountain andhill-farming areas.
21;Thereasonsforthefailuretotakedecisions inrespectof340projects
wereasfollows :
-88projects didnotcomplywiththeformalconditions laiddowninthe
FundRegulation (creating atleast10jobs,investments ofmorethan
50000EUA,etc.).
-4projects werenotaccepted forsectoral reasons (structural over­
capacity ).
-lastly,insufficient commitment appropriations limitedtheCommission 's
possibilities inthecaseof213projects representing grantappli­
cationstotalling 76million EUA.
Someoftheprojects notapproved,however,maybethesubjectofgrants
in1979,particularly thosethatwerenotacceptedforlackofresources
andcouldnowbefinanced outof1979appropriations .(1)
22.Inaccordance witharequesttheCommission madeinpreviousyears,most
MemberStatesappliedforgrantsin1978whichexceededtheirquotaas
thefollowing tableshows:
(1)Of50applications (190investment projects )onwhichtheFundCommitee
hadgivenitsOpinionin1978,39(139projects )wereapproved inJanuary
1979forgrantstotalling 60MEUA.AttherequestoftheFrenchauthori­
ties,the11Frenchapplications carriedoverhavebeensetasidesothat
allFrenchapplications for1979canbedealtwithinasingleallocation
attheendoftheyear.

-15-
fable4:Application foraidaspercentage ofquotaslaiddowninthe
FundRegulation (1)
Germany194
Netherlands 130
UnitedKingdom 117
Ireland 116
France 107
ItaLy 106
Denmark 101
Luxembourg 100
Belgium 84
1.Thesefigures donottakeaccountofcaseswhereshareswereundei–
utilised orexceeded intheprevious year.
Thesurplusofapplications madetheCommission 'schoiceofprojects
easier.InGermany'scaseinparticular ,thehighrateofapplications
wabinpartnecessary tomakeupforacertaindelayintakingupits
quotaovertheperiod1975-1977 .
Grantdecisions
23.In1978,theCommission adoptedthreeseriesofgrantdecisions ,in
May,September andDecember,afterreceiving thenecessary opinions
fromtheFundCommittee andtheRegional PolicyCommittee .Table4
oftheAnnexgives,byMemberStateandbymajorcategory ofinvestment
asdefinedintheFundRegulation ,thenumberofdecisions,thenumberof
projects financed,theamountoftheinvestments concerned andtotal
valueofgrantsapproved fromtheFund.Thedistribution ofgrantswas
asfollows :
Table5:Breakdown ofassistance granted bycategory ofproject
(Inbr?c.<ets :breakdown oftheamountoftheinvestment inquestion )
Industry andservices projects ofmorethan10MEUA
projects oflessthan10MEUA
sub-total17,1%(32,6%)
15,9X(19,9%)
33,0%(52,5%)
Infrastructure projects ofmorethan10MEUA
projects oflessthan10MEUA
infrastructure inmountain
andhillareas
TotaI
ι35.2%(31,4%)
28.3%(14,7%)
3,5%(1,4%)
100,0% (100,0%)

-16-
24.Thistablecallsforthreecomments :
-thereasonwhyindustrial andserviceprojects accounted for52.5%
oftheinvestments financed butonly33.0%ofassistance granted
isthatgrantsforsuchinvestments maynotexceed20%ofinvest­
mentcost(comparedto30%forinfrastructure nor50%ofnational
aidgrantedtotheinvestment .Theyarealsosubjecttoaceiling
linkedtothenumberofjobscreated.
-Infrastructure projects accounted for2/3oftotalaidgranted,a
substantially largerpercentage thanin1977(58.7%).Theimprove­
mentregistered in1977inthisrespect wasnottherefore sustained .
~theproportion ofgrantstoprojectsofmorethan10million EUA
was52.3%thisyear.TheCommission feelsthisissatisfactory ,
bearinginmindthepriorityreferredtointheFundRegulation .
Principal typesofDroiectassisted
Tables 5and6intheAnnexindicate thetypesofinvestment for
whichFundassistance wasgranted.Thesetablesrevealthefollowing
facts:
25.Industry andservices
-Theaverage amountinvested parproject was40.7million EUAfor
projects ofmorethan10million EUAand1.7million EUAfor
smallerprojects .Fundgrantswereequalto39.6%ofnational aid
and6.2%oftotalinvestments inthecaseoflargeprojects and
to47.5%and9.5%respectively inthecaseofsmallerones.
Astoeconomic sectors,thechemicals industry wasintheleadfor
projects ofmorethan10million EUA,followed bythemotor
vehicleindustry,rubberandplastics andnon-metallic minerals .
Asfarassmallprojects wereconcerned,metalconstruction wasin
thelead,followed bythetimberindustry,thefoodindustry,
electrical andelectronic engineering andrubberandplastics .

-17-
26.Infrastructure
-Generally speaking,industrial-estate development waswellinthe
leadhere,representing 60%ofthenumberoflargeprojects and
52.4%ofsmallones.
-Typesofinfrastructure ,however,variedfromoneMemberStateto
anotherinthelightofregionalpriorities andnational policies .
Although mostMemberStates,exceptFrance,puttheemphasis on
industrial estates,itshouldbenotedthat,inDenmark (Greenland),
financing wasalsogiventoportdevelopment andenergysupply
infrastructure .InFrance,particular emphasis wasputonroad
infrastructure andtelephone installations intheless-favoured
mountainareas.(1)InIreland,priority wenttoroad-works ,tele­
communications andthebuildingofadvancefactories *inItaly,
aconsiderable effortwasmadetofinancevarioustypesofpublic
worksinless-favoured mountain areas(1).
-ThelevelofFundassistance averaged 27.7%ofeligible publicexpen­
ditureforprojects oflessthan10million EUAand20.5%forlarge
projects .Thisisbecausecertain MemberStatesdonotinclude in
theirgrantapplications thosepartsofinvestments whichservethe
generalpublic.Furthermore ,inthecaseofcertainlargeprojects,
theCommission alteredtherateofgrant,betweenthelimitsof10%
and30%,totakeaccountofthelinkwiththedevelopment ofindus­
trialorservices-sector activity .Thesechanges weremadeafter
consulting theRegional PolicyCommittee andtheFundCommittee .
Projects onwhichworkhadalready commenced
27.Asthemodified Regulation wasnotineffectin1978,theprovisions
laiddownin,1975-1977werestillinforce.Consequently ,ingranting
Fundassistance ,theCommission hadtotakeintoaccount anyprojects
inrespectofwhichtheMemberStates' ownpayments weremadeafter
1January 1975,eveniftheproject hadbeenstartedorevencompleted
bythen.However,asin1977,theCommission insistedthattheMember
Statesputpriority onprojects forwhichthebulkoftheworkwasnot
duetostartbefore 1978.
28.Itshouldbenotedherethat,although therewerepractically noappli­
cationsfor-completed projects,manyrelatedtoprojects already
underway.Certain MemberStatesnevertheless madeaparticular effort
topresent newprojects .
ImpactofFundassistance onemployment
29.OneofthemainaimsoftheFundisthecreation andmaintenance ofjobs
inregionsthatareheavilydependant onorsufferfromindustrial
changeorstructural underemployment .
(1)WithinthemeaningofDirective 72/268/EEC

Thegeneralincrease inunemployment intheCommunity meansthat
theFundhasaparticularly important roletoplayhere.
30.Inthisconnection ,thefactthatmorethan50AofFund-assisted
investments wereinindustry orservices enabledtheFund,asin1977,
tohaveaconsiderable effectonjobcreation .Morethan70000
jobswerecreatedormaintained inthiswaybyFund-assisted projects
in1978.
Asinprevious years,itwastheprojects oflessthan10million
EUAthatcreated mostjobs(ascompared totheamountoftheinvest­
mentand/ortotheFundcontribution ).Thisisbecause theamount
ofcapitalinvested perunitofworktendstobehigherinbig
projects thaninsmallprojects,whichareoftenmorelabour-intensive .
Financing studies
31.Nostudywasfinanced fromtheFundin1978undertheFund
Regulation ,nosuchhavingbeenreceived .(1)
Complementary character ofFundactivity andnational measures
32.TheCommission stilldoesnothavetheinformation neededtoassess
howfarFundassistance isreallyaddedtonational regional develop­
mentefforts,nortocomplete thedatagiveninprevious annual
reports.(2)Itcantherefore onlyemphasize,onceagain,the
political andeconomic importance oftheprinciple thatFundassis­
tanceshouldbetreatedasadditional ,regardless ofthetypeof
investments inquestion .Itisvitalthat,infuture,andwithin
theframework oftheamended FundRegulation ,MemberStatesprovide
thenecessary details onhowCommunity resources areusedsoas
todemonstrate itscomplementary character .
SummaryofFundactivity,1975-1978
33.Thetablebelowgivesasummaryofactivity,sincetheFund'screation
1.Regionalstudies havenevertheless continued toreceivefinancing
underotherchapters oftheGeneralBudgetoftheEuropean
Communities .
2.Inparticular ,SecondAnnualReport,points36-40

-19-
(1)Table6:Grantsapproved upto31.12.1978
Grantsappro-■Grantsappro ■Total TotaIApprooria -,
Mpmhprvedon1975-vedin1978grants appropri-tionsas%
State 77appropnajtions(mi11ionEUA(approved
(nillionations
avsilableofappro­
priations
(million EUA:
(2)
IEUA)75-78
(mi11ionavailable
on31.12.
I
lAEUA)(3)
I
Β1978
A/B
Belgium 24,23 6,15 30,38 32,52 93
Denmark 17,90 5,58 23,48 25,13 93
Germany 102,42 49,26 151,63 155,25 98
France 185,59 82,63 268,22 268,39 99
Ireland 52,00 35,15 87,15 85,23 102
Italy 291,92 220,33 512,25 513,73 99
Luxembourg 1,62 0,50 2,12 2,17 98
Netherlands 29,01 8,18 37,19 38,39 97
UnitedKingdom 223,77 148,59 372,36 378,45 101
Reserve 5%(3)29,05
lîotal 928,46 556,37 1484,83 1528,31 98
1.Point4,footnote (1)ofthisreport
2.Including commitments cancelled .
3.Including the29.5million EUA(5%ofavailable 1978appropriations )
reserved fornon-quota operations .Seealsopoint18,footnote (2)
ofthisreport.
F.undassistance
Theprinciple features oftheFund'sactivity overitsfouryearsof
existence are:
-6,347projects werefinanced,representing atotalinvestment of
13800miIlionEUA;
-65.7%ofassistance wenttoinfrastructure projects and34.3%to
projects inindustry andtheservices sector;
-projects ofmorethan10million EUAreceived 46.7%ofFundassistance
andsmallprojects 53.3%;
-projects financed inindustry andservices shouldcreateormaintain
254000jobs.

-20-
Promoting newinvestments
34.Duringthecourseof1978theCommission services responsible forthe
Fundintensified theircooperation withtheadministrations ofthe
MemberStatesatbothnational andregional andlocallevels,in
particular inItalyandtheUnitedKingdom,Indeed,theCommission
doesnotseetheroleoftheFundassimplywaitingforMemberStates
tosubmitgrantapplications .Itconsiders thattheFundmustbea
stimulant tonewinitiatives andthespeeding upinvestments already
underway.
Thecontacts developed haveledtothebetterinformation oflocal
andregionalauthorities concerning thepossibilities ofFundhelp
anduncovered numerous investments whichcouldbeplanned andthen
undertaken withFundassistance .TheCommission feelsthatthissort
ofaction,whichwillbetakenfurtherin1979,creates agreater
awareness oftheavailability ofFundresources amongthoseinterested .
Moreover,thisactiveapproach willhelpensurethatFundassistance
isclearlyadditional inrespectoftheinvestments involved .Atthe
sametime,thepromotional aspectoftheapproach,involving action
beforetheMemberStatesubmits agrantapplication ,helpscompensate
inpartforthedisadvantages ofthe"reimbursement "systemcurrently
inuse.

-21-
Chapter IV:REGIONAL ANALYSIS OFFUNDACTIVITY
Geographical concentration
35.Table8intheannexshowstheregionaldistribution ofFundassistance
in1975-1978 .
36.TheFundRegulation statesthatregionsandareaseligible forFund
assistance shallbelimitedtothoseareasaidedbyMemberStates
undertheirownsystemsofregional aid.Togivemaximumimpactto
Fundassistance ,however,priority mustbegiventoinvestments located
innationalpriority areas,takingaccountoftheprinciples of
Community-level coordination ofregional aids.In1978,thesituation
wasasfollows inthe.various MemberStates :
-Belgium,Fundassistance wenttotheareascoveredbytheCommission
Decision of26April1972(1)onaidsgrantedundertheBelgian law
oneconomic expansion of30December 1970.
-Denmark,100%ofFundassistance wenttoGreenland .
~ 59%ofFundassistance wenttoBerlin,tothe
Zonenrandgebiet andtofirstpriority development polesqualifying
for20%aid.
-France^82.7%ofassistance wenttothewestandsouth-west ,
Corsica andtheOverseas Departments .
-Ireland^60%oftheprojects weresituated inthedesignated
areas,mainlyinthewestofthecountry.
-Italy^100%ofFundassistance wenttotheMezzogiorno .
-Netherlands ^Fundassistance wasrestricted totwopriorityareasin
thenorthandsouthofthecountry.
~yDlif^_l^iD2^2!!!z some92%ofassistance wenttoprojects inpriority
areas,namelyNorthern Ireland,theSpecialDevelopment Areasand
theDevelopment Areas.
TheCommission considers thattheattempts toconcentrate Fund
assistance onpriority regionsasdefined bynational systemsofaid
hasingeneral hadsatisfactory results.
(1)O.J.L.105of4.5.1972 .

-22-
Fundactivity incertainpriority regions
37.AsintheLasttwoannualreports,thissectiondealswithFundassis­
tanceinacertainnumberofregions.Asinthethirdreport,these
regionshavebeenchosenonthebasisofthefollowing criteria :
-inthefirstplace,theregionsincluded inthefiveareasrecognized
ashavingpriority intheCommission 's"Guidelines onRegional
Policy"ofJune1977(1),thatis:
Mezzogiorno (2)Abruzzi
Basilicata
Celabria
Campania
Molise
Apulia
Sardinia
Sicily
.Ireland
.Northern Ireland
.Greenland
.Frenchoverseas departments .
Inthesecondplace,theregionofeachMemberState(Luxembourg
excepted )whichwastheprincipal recipient ofFundassistance in
relation topopulation overtheyears1975-1978,unlessthis
regionwasalreadyincluded intheabovelist.Thisgivesthe
following regions :
.Corsica
.Sarre-WestPalatinate
.South-Limburg
.Wallonia
Theanalysis oftheMezzogiorno comprises asectiononthewholeof
thishugearea,followed bysections oneachoftheadministrative
regionswithinit.Forothercountries,thereisasinglesection on
eachregion.
(1)Supplement 2/77,Bull.EC.
(?)TheMezzogiorno comprises thesouthern andislandpartsofItaly.
Excluded forourpurposes aretheregions (Latium,Marcheand
Tuscany )whichareonlypartlyintheMezzogiorno .

-23-
Thefollowing tablesummarizes Fundassistance inthevariousregions:
Table6:Fundassistance in1975-78
Region Total (million
EUA)Percapita (EUA)
Mezzogiorno : 517,74l
24,82
Abruzzi 25,42 21,06
BasiLicata 14,18 23,13
Calabria 35,87 17,68
Campania 129,31 24,60
Molise 5,29 16,08
Apulia 90,75 24,22
Sardinia 67,49 43,68
Sicily 81,54 16,85
Ireland 89,45 28,60
Northern Ireland 59,43 38,66
Greenland 19,46 393,13
Frenchoverseas departments 21,36 18,01
Corsica 9,07 41,04
Saarland-West Palatinate 7,11 3,90
SouthLimburg 14,15 19,99
Wallonia (1) 13,82 4,31
Asindicated inpoint35,thetotalamountsofFundassistance inall
eligible regionsaresetoutintable8intheAnnex.
1.Assistance perheadofthepopulation isbasedonthetotalpopulation
ofWallonia andnotjustoftheassisted areas.

-24-
S"1 . 1–=-– -p n~] 1GRØNLAND
RegionalFund^^^in^1978
GUYANE GUADELOUPE
MARTINIQUE REUNION SAINTPIERREETil

-25-
38.Each region isanalyzed inthefollowing way,asitwas last year :
-avery short outline oftheeconomic situation oftheregion .
Asthere have been nofundamental changes since 1977 ,this section
contains nomore than abrief reminder ofthe statistical data
that are ofparticular interest fortheregion inquestion .This
istoavoid repeating thedescription (which still holds good except
where thestatistics have been updated )setout inthethird report .
-anoverall indication ofnational andCommunity assistance inrecent
years .TheCommission does not have full ,precise andcomparable
data onnational aid inallthe regions (1).Thefigures are there­
fore often only arough guide .Assistance from theRegional Fund
andother Community financial instruments (2)can,nevertheless ,
beassessed inthe light ofthem (3).
-Abrief analysis ofassistance from theRegional Fund in1978 .
(1)Points 122 and 123
(?) EAGGF :grants from the Guidance Section under regulations 17/64/EEC and
355 /77/EEC .
E13:individual loans (plus take-up ofglobal loans )granted under
article 130 (a)ofthe EEC treaty .
ECSC :loans under articles 54and 56oftheECSC treaty .
(3)Theamount ofexpenditure bynational authorities hasbeen converted
into EUA attheexchange rate obtaining on1.1.1978 (1EUA =
FB/Flux40.3264 ;DKr7.09772 ;DM2.58106 ;FF5.76880 ;£0.640434 ;
Lit .1069.90 ;Fl.2.78405 ). Itshould beemphasized that the
resulting figures should betaken asarough guide only .They do,
however ,give anoverall idea oftherelative importance ofFund
assistance ineach region .

-26-
Mezzogiorno (1)
Basicindicators
39.Population 1977(1000)^
Density 1977.(1nhab..perkm)
Netmiqration 1970-74 <%)
Unemployment firsthalf1978(%)
Percentage ofpopulation working
1977(X)
Employment inagriculture 1977
(%oftotalemployment )
GDPpercapita1975(country =100)
GDPpercapita1975(EEC=100)
Productivity :GDPperemployed person
(country =100)
Productivity GDPperemployed person
(EEC=1C0)19.914
162(country :187)
-0.4(country :0.1)
14,2(country :7.9)
38.9(country :44.2;EEC1975:51
21.7(country :12.9;EEC:7.3)
68.8
41.4
81.2
54.9
National andCommunity assistance
40.Itisnotpossible togiveapreciseindication ofpublicexpenditure on
thedevelopment oftheMezzogiorno .However,theamountofcapital
expenditure bycertainpublicauthorities (2)canbeassessed,very
roughly,fortheperiod1974-1977,whenitamounted tosome10404
million EUA,ofwhichsome4§76million EUAbytheCassaperil
Mezzogiorno .
Itisinrelation totheseroughfiguresthatCommunity assistance in
theMezzogiorno overtheperiodofFundactivity (1975-1978)must
beassessed :
Grants
-Régional Fund
-Agricultural Fund
sectionguidance517MEUA
64MEUA(3)
Prêts
-European Investment Bank
-ECSC1439MEUA(3)
268MEUA(3)
Régional Fundassistance in1978
41.Theassistance provided bytheRegional Fundforeachoftheregionsof
theMezzogiorno isdiscussed inthefollowing pages.However,it
shouldbeemphasized thatthecomparison ,foreachregion,between
Fundcommitments andaidfromthenationalauthorities (inparticular
theCassa)shouldtakeaccountofthefollowing factors.Thechoice
ofprojects tobesubmitted totheFundwasmadebytheItalian Govern­
mentonthebasisofaidforthewholeoftheMezzogiorno andinthe
lightofthetimetobetakentoimplement thevariousprojects .The
actiontakenbythenational authorities intheMezzogiorno involves
runningprojects whichdonotqualify,orwhichonlypartially qualify,
forFundassistance .Itistherefore quitepossible forFundassistance
toagivenregionnottocorrespond totherealsizeoftheeffortthe
nationalauthorities aremakingthere.
(1)Point37,footnote (2)ofthisreport
(2)CassaperilMezzogiorno :allexpenditure otherthanitemswhichcannot
bebrokendownbyregion (e.g.interestratesubsidies ),othercentral
government :expenditure bytheMinistries forAgriculture andPublic
Works;regions :commitments resulting fromprovisional budgets.
(3)Point38,footnote (1)ofthisreport.

-27-
Abruzzi
Basicindicators
42.Population 1977(1000)_
Density 1977(inhab.perkm)
Netmigration 1970-1974 (%)
Unemployment firsthalf1978(%)
Percentage ofpopulation working 1977(%)
Employment inagriculture 1977w.total
employment )
GDPpercapita1975(country =100)
GDPpercapita1975(EEC =100)
Productivity :GDPperemployed person
1975(country =100)
Productivity :GDPperemployed person
1975(EEC=100)
National andCommunity assistance
44.1224
113(country :187)
-0.1(country :0.1)
10.0(country :7.9)
41.4(country :44.2
EEC1975:51.8)
21.2(country :12.9;
EEC:7.3)
75.0
45.1
76.6
51.8
43.Overtheperiod1974-1977,capitalexpenditure bytheItalian
authorities canbeestimated ,veryroughly,at723million EUA,cor­
responding toanaverage 7%ofGDPand34%ofinvestment inthe
region.Ofthisamount,420million EUAwasexpenditure bytheCassa
perilMezzogiorno.d )
Itisinrelation totheseroughfiguresthatCommunity assistance
overthefouryears(1975-1978 )ofFundactivity mustbeseen:
Grants
-Régional Fund
-Agricultural Fund
(Guidance section )
Loans
-European Investment
Bank
-ECSC25MEUA
10MEUA(2)
82MEUA
18MEUA(3)
(2)
Régional Fundassistance in1978
theAbruzzi
Ittotalledregion
7.77millionIn1978,assistance frontheRegional FundfortheAbruzziregion
represented 3.5%ofallassistance toItaly.Ittotalled 7.77mi
EUA,including 2.72million EUA(35.0%)forindustrial activities
and5.05million EUA(65.0%)forinfrastructure .
Industnal activ2ty
Onlysmallprojects,costinglessthan10million EUA,werefinanced .
Therewere16ofthese,representing atotalinvestment of14.85million
EUAandaimingtocreatealmost650jobs.Asfarasthevolumeof
investments wasconcerned ,first-stage processing ofmetalswasinthe
lead,followed bynon-metallic minerals andrubberandplastics .
Infrastructure
Financing wasprovided forsevenprojects oflessthan10million EUA,
representing atotalamountof5.05million EUA.Alltheseprojects
involved thedevelopment ofindustrial zones.
(1)Point40,footnote (2)ofthisreport.
(2)Point38,footnote (2)ofthisreport
(3)Individual loans:62MEUA,including half(9.2million EUA)ofaloan
whichalsoinvolved Molise,andathird(17.3MEUA)ofaloaninvolving
alsoMoliseandLowerLatium;take-upofgloballoans:20MEUA.

-28"
Basilicata
Basicindicators
45.Population 1977(1000)^
Density 1977(inhab.perkm'
Netmigration 1970-1974 (%)
Unemployment ,firsthalf1978(%)
Percentage ofpopulation working 1977
Employaient inagriculture 1977(Atotal
employment )
GDPpercapital 1975(country =100)
GDPpercapita1975(SEC =100
Productivity :GDPperemployed person
1975(country =100)
Productivity :GDPperemployed person
1975(EEC=100)
National andCommunity assistance
46.Overtheperiod1974-1977,capitalexpenditure bytheItalian
authorities canbeestimated veryroughly at685million EUA,corres­
pondingto19%ofGDPand40%ofinvestment intheregion.Ofthis
amount,376million EUAwasexpenditure bytheCassaperil
Mezzogiorno .(1)
Itisinrelation totheseroughfiguresthatCommunity assistance
overthefouryearsofactivity oftheRegional Fund(1975-1978 )
mustbeseen:
Grants
-Régional Fund 22MEUA(2)
-EAGGF (Guidance section ) 14MEUA(3)
Loans
-European Investment Bank 98MEUA(3)(4)
Régional Fundassistance in1978
47.In1978,Regional Fundassistance fortheBasilicata regionrepresented
2.9%ofallFundassistance toItaly.Ittotalled 6.58million EUA,
ofwhich2.27million EUA(34.5%)wenttoindustrial investments and
4.31million EUA(65.5%)toinfrastructure .
48.Onlyoneprojectoflessthan10million EUAwasfinanced,involving
setting upafactorytoproduceconveyorbeltsandsheetrubberinthe
Materaprovince .Thewholeinvestment ,whichcost12.39million EUA
(theFundprovided aidof2.27million EUA)shouldenablealmost600
jobstobecreated .
Infrastructure
TheFundgaveassistance foroneprojectofmorethan10million EUA,
alsocovering Apulia,tocarryoutthefirstphaseofworkon
(1)Point40,footnote (2)ofthisreport.
(2)Including half.(8MEUA)ofgrantsformulti-regional investments alsoinvolving Apulia
(3)Point38,footnote (2)ofthisreport
(4)Individual loans:96MEUA,including half(60MEUA)ofloansinvolving
ApuliaandCalabria too;take-upofgloballoans:2MEUA.618
61(country :187)
-1.1(country :0.1)
18.1(country :7.9)
39.3(country :44.2;
EEC197551.8)
31.6(-country :12.9;
EEC:7.3)
65.3
39.2
65.1
44.0

-29-
channelling waterfromtheRiverSinniinPotenzaandMateraprovinces
Thetotalinvestment cost109.2million EUAandtheFundprovided
6.24million EUAofthis.Financing wasgivenfor14projects ofless
than10million EUA,representing 13.15million EUAinall,towhich
assistance of3.88million EUAwasgiven.Asfarasvolumeof
investments wasconcerned ,industrial zonedevelopment wasatthe
topofthelist,followed byinstallations intouristareas.The
Fundalsoprovided assistance for19infrastructure projects inless-
favouredagricultural andmountain areas(1)totalling 430000EUA.
Calabria
Basicindicators
48.Population 1977(1000) _ 2053
Density 1977(inhabs.perKm.) 136
Metmigration 1970-1974(%) -0.9
Unemployment ,firsthalf1978(%) 13.9
Percentage ofpopulation working 1977(%)34.7
Employment inagriculture 1977(%total
employment ) 25.6
GDPpercapita1975(country =100) 58.3
(EEC =100) 35.1
Productivity :GDPperemployed person
1975(country =100) 73.5
(EEC =100) 49.7
National andCommunity assistance
49.Overtheperiod1974-1977 ,capitalexpenditure bytheItalian
authorities (2)canbeestimated ,veryroughly,at987million EUA,
corresponding to10%ofGDPand32%ofinvestment intheregion.
TheCassaperilMezzogiorno provided 545million EUAofthis.
Itisinrelation totheseroughfiguresthatCommunity assistance
overthefouryearsofRegional Fundactivity 1975-1978 mustbeseen:
Grants
-Régional Fund 36MEUA
-Agricultural Fund(Guidance
section ) 4MEUA(3)
Loans
-European Investmant Bank 123MEUA(3.)(4>
Régional Fundassistance
50In1978,Regional Fundassistance forCalabria represented 5.6%of
allFundassistance toItaly.Ittotalled 12.63million EUA,of..which
1.02million EUA(8.1%)wentonindustrial investment and11.61
million EUA(91.9%)oninfrastructure .
(1)Withinthemeaning ofDirective 75/268/EEC
(2)Point40,footnote (2)ofthisreport
(3)Point'38,footnote (2)ofthisreport
(4)Individual loans:116.4MEUA,including half(57.6MEUA)ofloansalso
including Basilicata ,ApuliaandSicily;take-upofgloballoans:
6.7MEUA.(country :187)
(country :0.1)
(country :7.9)
(country :44.2
EEC1975:51.8 )
(county:12.9;
EEC:7.3)

-30-
Onlyprojects oflessthan10million EUAwerefinanced .Therewere
10ofthese,representing atotalinvestment of5.08million EUAand
expected tocreatemorethan450jobs.Asfarasvolumeofinvestment
wasconcerned,projects inthetimberindustry wereinthelead,
followed bynon-metallic minerals andfoodproducts .
Twoprojects ofmorethan10million EUAwerefinanced,whosetotal
costwas66.76million EUAofwhichtheFundcontributed 11.06million
EUA.Oneprojectinvolved building afastroadintheprovince of
ReggioCalabria andtheotherdeveloping theindustrial zonein
Schiavonea intheCosenzaprovince .TheFundalsoprovided 550,000
EUAfor17projects,mainlyelectricity networks andruralroad
systems,inless-favoured agricultural andmountain areas(1).
Campania
Basicindicators
51.Population 1977(1000)^
Density 1977(inhabs.perkm)
Netmigration 1970-1974 (%)
Unemployment ,firsthalf1978 (.A)
Percentage ofpopulation working .1977C%)
Employment inagriculture 1977(%total
employment )
GDPpercapita1975(country =100)
(EEC =100)
Productivity :GDPperemployed person
(country =100)
(EEC =100)5357
394(country :187)
-0.5(country :0.1)
22.8(country :7.9)
39.6(country :44.2;
EEC1975:51.4)
19.8(country :12.9;
EEC:7.3)
66.7
40.1
81.3
55.0
National andCommunity assistance
52.Overtheperiod1974-1977,capitalexpenditure bytheItalian
authorities (2)canbeestimated,veryroughly,at1680million EUA,
corresponding to5%ofGDPand37%ofinvestment intheregion
theCassaperilMezzogiorno provided 868million EUAofthis.
Itisinrelation totheseroughfiguresthatCommunity assistance
overthefouryearsofFundactivity (1975-1978)mustbeseen:
Grants
-Régional Fund 129MEUA
-Agricultural Fund(Guidance
section ) 8MEUA(3)
Loans
-European Investment Bank 242HEUA(3)(4)
(1)WithinthemeaningofDirective 75/268/EEC
(2)Point40,footnote (2)ofthisreport
(3)Point38,footnote (2)ofthisreport
(4)Individual loans:216MEUA;take-upofgloballoans:26MEUA.

Régional Fundassistance in1978
53.In1978,Regional Fundassistance forCampania represented 30.8%of
allFundassistance toItaly.Ittotalled 69.07million EUA,of
which4.43million EUA(6.4%)wenttoindustrial activity and
64.64million EUA(93.6%)toinfrastructure .
Onlyprojects oflessthan10million EUAwerefinanced .Therewere
20ofthese,representing atotalinvestment of26.9million EUAand
expected tocreatemorethan1000jobs.Asfarasvolumeofinvest­
mentswasconcerned ,projects intherubberandplastics sectorwere
intheleadwithbrewing andelectrical engineering andelectronics
insecondandthirdplaces.
ructure
Financing wasprovided forfourprojects ofmorethan10million EUA.
Twooftheminvolved building waterpurifying systemstocounter
pollution intheBayofNaples,thethircj,watersupplytogreater
Naplesandtheindustrial zonesofNaplesandCaserta,andthe
fourthproviding roadlinkstoindustrial andtourist areasinthe
province ofSalerno.TheFundprovided assistance of63.99million EUA
towards thetotalcostof385.9million EUA.
Afurther 650000EUAwasprovided for22projects,mainlyruralroads,
inless-favoured hill-farming areas(1).
Molise
Basicindicators
54.Population 1977(1000)2 331
Density 1977(inhabs.perkm) 74
Netmigration 1970-1974 (%) -0.2
Unemployment ,firsthalf1978 12.8
Percentage ofpopulation working 1977(%)40.9
Employaient inagriculture .1977(.4total
employment ) 40.0
GDPpercapita1975(country =100) 63.4
(EEC =100) 38.1
Productivity :GDPperemployed person
(country =100) 64.1
(EEC =100) 93.3
National andCommunity assistance
55.Capitalexpenditure bytheItalianauthorities (2)overtheperiod
1974-1977 canbeestimated ,veryroughly,at196million EUA,corres­
pondingto10%ofGDPand29%ofinvestment intheregionOfthis,
theCassaperilMezzogiorno provided 73million EUA.
(1)WithinthemeaningofDirective 75/268/EEC
(2)Point40,footnote (2)ofthisreport.(country :187)
(country :0.1)
(country :7.9)
(country44.2;
(EEC1975:51.8 )
(country :12.9;
EEC:7.3)

-32-
Itisinrelation totheseroughfiguresthatCommunity assistance
overthefouryearssincetheFundwasestablished (1975-78 )mustbe
seen:
Grants
-Régional Fund 7.5MEUA
-Agricultural Fund(Guidance
section ) 0.5MEUA(1)
Loans
-European Investment Bank 32.9MEUA(1)
Régional Fundassistance in1978
56.In1977,Regional Fundassistance forMoliserepresented 0.6%ofall
Fundassistance toItaly.Thefullamount,1370000EUA,wentto
investments .
Noprojects ofmorethan10million EUAwerefinanced in1978.Two
projects oflessthan10million EUA,bothtodowiththedevelopment
ofindustrial zones,werefinanced andtheFundassisted 15projects
(470000EUA)inless-favoured hill-farming areas(3).
Apulia
Basicindicators
57.Population 1977(1000)^
Density 1977(inhabs.perkm)
Netmigration 1970-1974(%)
Unemployment ,firsthalf1978(%)
Percentage ofpopulation working 1977(%)
Employment inagriculture 1977(%total
employment )
GDPpercapita1975(country =100)
(EEC =100)
Productivity :GDPperemployed person
1975(country =100)
(EEC =100)3837
198(country :187)
-0.4(country :0.1)
10.7(country :7.9)
40.3(country:44.2 ;
EEC1975:51.8 )
23.1(country :12.9;
EEC:7.3)
71.7
43.1
77.5
52.4
National andCommunity assistance
58.Capitalexpenditure byvtheItalianauthorities (4)overtheperiod
1974-1977 canbeestimated,veryroughly,at1674million EUA,
corresponding to10%ofGDPand29%ofinvestment intheregion.
TheCassaperilMezzogiorno provided 905EUAofthis.
(1)Point38,footnote (2)ofthisreport
(2)Individual loans:30.4MEUA,including half(9.2MEUA)ofaloan
involving alsoAbruzzi andathirdofoneinvolving Abruzzi and
LowerLatium;take-upofgloballoans:2.5MEUA.
(3)WithinthemeaningofDirective 75/268/EEC
(4)Point40,footnote (2)ofthisreport.

Itisinrelation totheseroughfiguresthatCommunity assistance
overtheperiodsincetheFundwasestablished (1974-1978 )mustbeseen
Grants
-Régional Fund
-Agricultural Fund99MEUA(1)
(Guidance section ) 7MEUA(2)
Loans
-European Investment Bank
-ECSC343MEUA(2)(3)
261MEUA(2)
Régional Fundassistance in1978
59.In1978,Fundassistance toApuliarepresented 23.3%ofallFund
assistance toItaly.Ittotalled 52.15million EUA,ofwhich29.69
million EUA(56>9%)wentonindustrial investments and22.46million
EUA(43.1%)oninfrastructure .
rialactivity
Oneprojectofmorethan10million EUAwasfinanced,involving the
setting upofaplanttoproducedieselmotorsforvehicles inthe
province ofFoggia,atacostof165.0million EUA(towhichtheFund
contributed 28.39million EUA).Thisinvestment wasexpected tocreate
nearly 1650jobs.Sevenprojects oflessthan10million EUAalso
receivedassistance .Theycostatotalof7.6million EUA,were
expected tocreatemorethan600jobsandtheFundgave1.3million
EUAtowards them.Asfarasvolumeofinvestments wasconcerned,the
'metalwork industry wasinthelead,followed bythefoodindustry and
thetimberindustry .
iDli^siructure
Assistance wasgiventofourprojects ofmorethan10million EUA.
OnewasforphasetwooftheRiverSinniwatersupplyschemeinthe
province ofTaranto,twoinvolved developing industrial zonesin
Taranto andFoggiaandthefourthbuilding afastroadlinkingthe
motorway networktoboththeindustrial zonesinFoggiaandthe
Garganotouristarea.Thetotalinvestments cost142.9million EUA
andtheFundcontributed 17.76million EUAtowardsthis.TheFund
alsocontributed tophaseoneoftheRiverSinniwatersupplyscheme,
againaprojectofmorethan10million EUA.Thisfirstphaseinvolved
workinBasilicata too,atatotalinvestment costof109.2million EUA
towhichtheFundcontributed 6.24million EUA.
(1)Including half(8MEUA)ofagrantforamulti-regional projectalso
involving Basilicata .
(2)Point38,footnote (2)ofthisreport
(3)Individual loans:322.6MEUA,including half(50,4MEUA)ofloansalso
including Basilicata andSicily;take-upofgloballoans:20,4MEUA.

-34-
Threeprojects ofLessthan10million EUA,alloftheminvolving the
development ofindustrial estates,werefinanced (totalgrant
3.17million EUA).Finally,8projects inless-favoured hill-farming
areas(1)werefinanced foratotal1.53million EUA.
Sardinia
Basicindicators
60.Population 1977(1000)2 1575
Density1977(inhabs.perkm) 65
Netmigration 1970-1974 (%) -0.2
Unemployment ,firsthalf1978(%)12.7
Percentage ofpopulation workin (%)38.7
Employment inagriculture 1977(%
totalemployment ) 16.2
GDPpercapita1975(country =100)75.1
(EEC =100)45.2
Productivity :GDPperemployed person
1975(country =100) 94.0
(EEC =100) .63.5(country:187)
(country :0.1)
(country :7.9)
(country :44.2;
EEC1975:51.8)
(country :
EEC:7.3)12.9;
National andCommunity assistance
61.Capitalexpenditure bytheItalianauthorities (2)overtheperiod
1974-1977 canbeestimabed ,veryroughly,at1352million EUA,cor­
responding to13%ofGDPand33%ofinvestment intheregion.
TheCassaperilMezzogiorno provided 579million EUAofthis.
Itisinrelation totheseroughfiguresthatCommunity assistance
overthefouryearsofFundactivity (1975-1978 )mustbeseen:
Grants
-Régional Fund 67MEUA
-Agricultural Fund(Guidance
section ) 4MEUA(3)
Loans
-European Investment Bank 177MEUA(3)(4)
Régional Fundassistance in1978
62.In1978,Fundassistance toSardinia represented 8.4%ofallFund
assistance toItaly.Ittotalled 18.75million EUA,ofwhich1.76
million EUA(9.4%)wenttoindustrial activity and16.99million
(90.6%)toinfrastructure .
(1)WithinthemeaningofDirective 75/268/EEC
(2)Point40,footnote (2)ofthisreport
(3)Point38,footnote (2)ofthisreport
(4)Individual loans:164MEUA;take-upofgloballoans:13MEUA.

-35-
Onlyprojects ofLessthan10million EUAwerefinanced ;therewere
nineofthese,representing atotalinvestment of9.4million EUAand
expected tocreatemorethan300jobs.Asfarasvolumeofinvest­
mentswasconcerned,thealcoholic drinkssectorwasinthelead,
followed bytheprocessing ofnon-metallic minerals andthetimber
industry .
Infrastructure_
Twoprojects ofmorethan10million EUAwerefinanced :thedevelop­
mentoftheOristanoindustrial zone,andthebuilding ofadamto
formareservoir intheprovince ofCagliari .Atotalof10.55million
EUAwasprovided towardsthe36.1million EUAwhichtheprojects were
tocost.Financing wasprovided for28projects oflessthan10
million EUA,mainlyconcerned withdeveloping industrial zonesand
touristareas.Thetotalassistance grantedherewas5.34million EUA.
TheFundalsoprovided 1.1million EUAfor45infrastructure projects,
mainlyruralroads,inless-favoured hill-farming areas(1).
Sicily
Basicindicators
Population 1977(100 _ 4.919
Density 1977(inhabs.perkm) 191 (country :187)
Netmigration 1970-1974 (%) -0.5 (country :0.1)
Unemployment ,firsthalf1978(%)14.0 (country :7.9)
Percentage ofpopulation working 35.9 (country :44.2/
EEC1975:51.8)
Employment inagriculture 1977(% 21.9 (country :12.9;
totalemployment ) EEC:7.3)
GDPpercapita1975(country =100)70.6
(EEC =100)42.5
Productivity :GDPperemployed
person (country =100) 89.0
(EEC =100) 60.1
National andCommunity assistance
64.Capitalexpenditure bytheItalianauthorities (2)overtheperiod
1974-1977 canbeestimated ,veryroughly,at3107million EUA,cor­
responding to11%ofGDPand42%ofinvestments intheregion.
TheCassaperilMezzogiorno provided 827million EUAofthisamount.
Itisinrelation totheseroughfiguresthatCommunity assistance
overthefouryearsofFundactivity (1975-1978 )shouldbeseen:
(1)WithinthemeaningofDirective 75/268/EEC
(2)Point40,footnote (2)ofthisreport.

-36-
Grants
-Régional Fund 82PIEUA
-Agricultural Fund
(Guidance section ) 16MEUA
Loans
-European Investment Bank340MEUA(1)(2)
-ECSC 6.5MEUA(1)
Régional Fundassistance in1978
65.In1978,Fundassistance toSicilyrepresented 15.1%ofallFund
assistance toItaly.Ittotalled 33.89million EUA,ofwhich
3.67million EUA(10.8%)wentforindustrial activity and30.22
million EUA(89.2%)toinfrastructure investments .
al_act2yity
Onlyprojects oflessthan10million EUAwerefinanced .There
were21ofthese,representing atotalinvestment of18.6million
EUAandexpected tocreatealmost 1000jobs.Asfarasvolumeof
investments wasconcerned ,non-metallic minerals wereinthelead,
followed byrubberandplastics andthefoodindustry .
I^nfrastructure
Financing wasgiventofourprojects ofmorethan10million EUA,
allinvolving thedevelopment ofindustrial zones(atCatana,
Syracuse andRagusa,andatGelaintheCaltanissetta province).
TheFundprovided 27.78million EUAtowardsthetotalinvestment
costsof133.6million EUA.
Threeprojects forLessthan10million EUAwerefinanced .They
involved road,rail,andwaterworks andreceived atotalof2.44
million EUA.
Ireland
Basicindicators
Population 1977(1000)^ 3192
Density 1977(inhabs.perkm) 45
Netmigration 1970-1974 (%) 0.1(EEC:0.2)
Unemployment ,firsthalf1978(%) 9.5
Percentage ofpopulation working (%) 50.2(EEC1975:
Employment inagriculture 1977(.%oftotal
employment ) 21.7(EEC:7.3)
GDPpercapita1975(EEC=100) 49.2
Productivity :GDPper employed person1975
(EEC=100) 58.7
(1)Point38,footnote (2)ofthisreport
(2)Individual loans:320MEUA,including half(45.2MEUA)
ofloansincluding aswellApuliaandCalabria;take-upofglobal
loans:20MEUA. ....

National andCommunity assistance
67.Overtheperiod1975-1977 ,theIrishauthorities spent470million
EUAongrantsandsome430million EUAonloanstohelpindustry .In
addition,publicinfrastructure investments represented some790
million EUA.
Community assistance ,whichmustbeseeninrelation tothisnational
expenditure ,wasasfollowsovertheperiod1975-1978:
Grants
-Régional Fund 90MEUA
-Agricultural Fund(Guidance
section ) 40MEUA(1)
Loans
-European Investment Bank 274MEUA(1)(2)
-ECSC 2.5MEUA(1)
Régional Fundassistance in1978
68.In1978,theFundprovided 34.95million EUAforIreland,14.91million
EUA(42.7%)ofitforindustrial investment and20.04million EUA
(57.3%)forinfrastructure .
Industrial activity
Twoprojects ofmorethan10million EUAwerefinanced,theFundcon­
tributing 4.34million EUAtoatotalinvestment of454.4million EUA.
Theprojects,whichwereexpected tocreatemorethan1000jobs,
involved thebuilding ofaplanttoproduceperfume andaromatic
products inLouthandanaluminium smelterinLimerick .
Financing wasalsoprovided for25smallerprojects,representing a
totalinvestment of62.1million EUAandexpected tocreatemore
than4100jobs.Asfarasvolumeofinvestment wasconcerned,electrical and
electronic engineering wasinthelead,followed bymetalconstruc­
tion.
Oneprojectformorethan10million EUAwasfinanced .Itinvolved
thedevelopment ofthewaterdistribution networkinthetownand
theportofCork,atatotalcostof44.7million EUA;theFund
contributed 2.99million EUAtowardsthis.
Fundgrantsof13.62million EUAwerealsoprovided for74projects of
lessthan10million EUA,representing atotalinvestment of49.7million
EUA.Involumeofinvestments ,roadworksheadedthelist,followed
(1)
(2)Point38,footnote
Individual loans:(2)ofthisreport
270MEUA;take-upofgloballoans:4MEUA

-38-
bythedevelopment ofindustrial zones,theconstruction ofadvance
factories andtelephone installations .Lastly,19projects (mainly
watersupplynetworks,drainage andtelephone installations )inless-
favouredagricultural areas(1)werefinanced foranamountof
3.43miIlionEUA.
Northern Ireland
Basicindications
69.Population 1977(1000)^
Density 1977(inhabs.perkm)
Netmigration 1970-1974(%)
Unemployment ,firsthalf1978(%)
Percentage ofpopulation working (%)
Employment inagriculture (%oftotal
employment )
Wage/salaryearnersintextile
sector1976(%oftotalemployment )
Wagesalaryearnersinshipbuilding
1976(%totalemployment )
GDPpercapita1975(country =100)
(EEC =100)
Productivity :GDPperemployed
person1975(country =100)
(EEC =100)1538
108(country :229)
-0.6(country :0.1)
10.5(country :5.8)
54.6(country :58.1;
EEC1975:51.8)
10.0(country :2.9;
EEC:7.3)
10.6(country :4.3)
2.1(country :0.5)
82.4
64.4
99.0
69.5
National andCommunity assistance
70.Industry received atotalof348million EUAinnational aidduring
thefinancial years1975/76and1976/77.Official investments
ininfrastructure favouring economic development (andthecivilian
population ingeneral )received atotalofsome670million EUA.
Itisinrelation totheseroughfiguresthatCommunity assistance
intheregionovertheperiod1975-1978 shouldbeseen:
Grants
-Régional Fund 59MEUA
-Agricultural Fund
(Guidance section ) 13MEUA(2)
Loans
-European Investment Bank 28MEUA(2)(3)
Régional Fundassistance in1978
71.In1978,Fundassistance toNorthern Irelandrepresented 14.2%ofall
Fundassistance totheUnitedKingdom.Ittotalled 21.46million
EUA,ofwhich9.53million EUA(44.4%)wenttoindustrial activity
and11.93million EUA(55.6%)toinfrastructure .
(1)WithinthemeaningofDirective 75/268/EEC
(2)Point38,footnote (2)ofthisreport
(3)1individual loanof27.9MEUA,plus300,000 EUAtakenupfroma
globalloan.

-39-
Indust£2ai_açt2yi ty_
Twoprojectscostingmorethan10million EUAwerefinanced,repre­
senting atotalinvestment of51.3million EUAandFundaidof6.7
million EUA;theywereexpected tocreatesome1300andmaintain
500jobs.Theyinvolved converting aneoprenemanufacturing plant
toproducesynthetic rubber,andsetting upafactoryforresearch
andproduction inthefieldofmulti-layer ceramiccondensers .
Bothprojects aresituated inLondonderry .
Aidwasalsoprovided for15projects oflessthan10million EUA.
Theserepresented atotalinvestment of14million EUAandwere
expected tocreate400jobsandmaintain morethan1200.Involume
ofinvestments ,precisioninstrumentmanufacture wasinthelead,
followed bythepaperindustry andthetimberindustry .
Oneprojectofover10million EUAreceived assistance ;thisinvolved
developments atBelfast-Aldergrove airportandcost28.7million EUA,
towhichtheFundcontributed 5.73million EUA.
Eightsmallerprojects wereassisted,representing atotalinvestment
of21.1million EUA,towhichtheFundcontributed 6.2million EUA.
Asfarasvolumeofinvestments wasconcerned,portdevelopment was
inthelead,followed bytelephone installations .
Greenland
Basicindicators
72.Population 1977(1000) 50
Density (inhabs.perKm') 0.1CGenmark (1):118)
Unemployment 1974(/) 8.0approx.
Employment inagriculture /fisheries /
hunting 1970(%) 19.6
Incomepercapita :Greenlanders (EUA)1460
Incomepercapita:Immigrants (EUA)6570
National andCommunity assistance
73.In1975and1976,theMinistry forGreenland invested 72million EUA
inhousing,electricity andtransport andcommunications .Thefigure
wasexpected tobesome60million EUAin1977.
Itisinrelation totheseroughfiguresthatCommunity assistance
toGreenland overthe1975-1978 periodshouldbeseen:
Grants
-Régional Fund 19MEUA
-Agricultural Fund
(Guidance section )0.4MEUA(2)
(1)Excluding Greenland
(2)Point38,footnote (2)ofthisreport.

-40-
74.
75.
76.Loans
-European Investment BankC1) 18,5MUCE
Régional Fundassistance in1978
In1978,thewholeoftheFund'sassistance toDenmarkwentto
Greenland .Ittotalled 5.58million EUAand,asinprevious years,
thefullamountwenttofinanceinfrastructure projects .Therewas
oneprojectformorethan10million EUA,involving building an
airportatGodhab;thiscost11.53million EUA,towhichthe
Fundcontributed 3,46million EUA.Finance wasalsoprovided for
28projects oflessthan10million EUA,representing atotal
investment of7.1million EUA.Asfarasvolumeofinvestments
wasconcerned,portimprovements wereinthelead,followed by
watersupplies,energytransport andtelephone installations .
Frenchoverseas departments
TheRegional Fundhasprovided financial helpforthefollowing
Frenchoverseas departments : ^ ,,
2Net JobsinPopulation Density (inhab.per km)emigration agricul-
(1978) (1978) (1964-■1974)
%(1967%)
Guadeloupe 317.437 178 1,3 28
Martinique 315.885 286 1,5 34
Reunion 488.155 194 0,5 29
Guyane 60.748 0,66 ■•
National andCommunity assistance
Although thefiguressetoutbelowareincomplete ,theygivesome
ideaofhowmuchaidtheFrenchauthorities havechannelled intothe
economic development ofthesefourdepartments :
-specialtaxbenefits forproductive
investments (1976-77 )
-equipment grants (1975-1977 )
-investment ininfrastructure (1974-
1976)17.3MEUA
15.6MEUA
30.7MEUA
Community assistance overthefouryearsofFundactivity (1975-1978 )
hasbeenasfollows (million EUA):
Grants Guadeloupe Martinique Réunion Guyane Total
-Régional Fund 6.76
-Agricultural Fund0.65
(Guidance section)(1 )
-European Develop­
mentFund
Loans
-European Investment 0.70
Bank(1)(2)7.35
4.314.46
1.122.79
0.75
1.55
0.5021.36
6.83
1.55
1.20
(1)Point38,footnote (2)ofthisreport.
(2)Loanmadefromresources oftheEuropean Development Fund.

-41-
Régional Fundassistance in1978
77.In1978,Fundgrantstotheoverseas departments represented 11%ofall
Fundassistance toFrance.Ittotalled 9.12million EUA,ofwhich
1.15million EUA(12.6%)wenttoindustrial activity and7.97million
EUA(87.4%)toinfrastructure .Thebreakdown wasasfollows :
Guadeloupe 2.74million EUA,Guyane680000EUA,Martinique 3.93million
EUAandRéunion 1.77million EUA.
Onlyprojects under10million EUAwerefinanced;thesenumbered 22,
representing atotalinvestment of11.6million EUA,andshouldcreate
500jobs.Astovolumeofinvestment ,thetimberindustry wasinthe
lead,followed bythefoodindustry andfirst-stage processing ofmetals.
Infrastructure
Oneprojectofover10million EUAwasfinanced,involving building a
wharfintheportofFortdeFranceonMartinique ;theFundcontri­
buted1.41million EUAtowards thetotalinvestment costof11.7million
EUA.
Fivesmallerprojects werealsofinanced,representing atotalinvestment
of6.5million EUAtowhichtheFundcontributed 1.94million EUA.
Twooftheseprojects concerned airportfacilities ,twoothersroadworks
andthelast,portimprovements .
Finally,finance wasprovided for31telephone equipment projects in
less-favoured hill-farming areas(1).
Corsica
Basicindicators
78.
79.Population 1977('000) , 228
Density 1977(inhabitants perkm) 26(country ::97)
Netmigration 1970-1974 (%) 0.6(country ::0.2)
Unemployment ,firsthalf1978(%)0.0(country ::4.9)
Percentage ofpopulation working 45.5(country ::54.9;EEC
1977(%)
Employment inagriculture (%of 12.2(country ::9.7;EEC
totalemployment )
National andCommunity assistance51.8)
7.3)
In1976,Francespent770000EUAongrantsfordirectlyreproductive
investments anddecentralization allowances inthisregion,plus
288000EUAintaxbenefits .Some19million EUAofpublicfundswere
investment in1975ininfrastructure development involving general and
transport facilities ,including anaerodrome andworks,inless-favoured
andmountain areas.
(1)WithinthemeaningofDirective 75/268/EEC.

-42-
TheCommission hasnootherdetails,butcompared totheseroughfigures,
theCommunity contribution seemsrelatively high.Overtheperiod
1975-1978 itamounted to:
Grants
-Régional Fund 9.07MEUA
-Agricultural Fund(Guidance Section) 0.96MEUA(1)
Régional Fundassistance in1978
80.In1978,Fundassistance toCorsicarepresented 2.2%ofallFund
assistance toFrance.Ittotalled 1.82million EUA,allofwhichwent
t0IDlE^structure .Grantswereapprovedfor15projects,allunder
10million EUA,representing atotalinvestment of6.25million EUA.
Twelveoftheseprojects involved roadworks,twoothersairport
improvements andthelastone,portdevelopment .
Sarre-West Palatinate
81.Thisprogramme region (Regionale Aktionsprogramme )coversthewholeof
theSarreandanadjacent areaofsouthern Rhineland-Palatinate .
Basicindicators
Population 1975C000) 2 1831
Density 1975(inhabitants perkm) 271
Unemployment 1975(%) 6.5
Employment incoalmining1960(%) 32
1975(%) 14
"inironandsteel1975(%) 24
GDPpercapita1972(country =100) 82
National andCommunity assistance
82.Theamountprovided bytheGermanauthorities forthedevelopment of
thisregionovertheperiod1976-1979 totals335million EUA.
Thesefigures mustbeborneinmindwhenjudging Community assistance
overtheperiod1975-1978 :
Grants
-Régional Fund 7.1REUA
-Agricultural Fund(Guidance Section ) 2.7MEUA(1)
Loans
-European Investment Bank 10.6MEUA(1)(2)
-ECSC 82MEUA(1)
(i;Point38,footnote (2)ofthisreport.
(2)Allindividual loans.

-43-
Régional Fundassistance m1978
83.In1978,theFundgave8.7%ofitsassistance toGermanytothisregion.
Totalaidwas4.24million EUA,ofwhich2.62million EUA(61.8%)went
toindustry and1.62million EUA(38.2%)toinfrastructure .
Twoprojects ofmorethan10million EUAwerefinanced,costing atotal
of21.7million EUA,ofwhichtheFundcontributed 990000EUA.One
projectconcerns extending atyrefactoryandtheotherarubbergoods
factory.Together theyshouldcreate170jobs.Grantswerealso
provided for24projects oflessthan10million EUA.Theserepresented
atotalinvestment of36.3million EUAandshouldcreatemorethan600
jobsandmaintain 700more.Involumeofinvestments ,electrical and
electronic engineering headedthelist,followed bynon-metallic minerals
andmetalgoods.
Infrastructure
Oneprojectofmorethan10million EUAwasfinanced,withaninvestment
costof12.5million EUA;theFundgrantamounted to840000EUA.
Thisprojectinvolved extending mechanical andbiological wastepurifying
installations .Inaddition,threesmallerprojects involving the
development ofanindustrial estateroadworksandtheprovision of
touristfacilities ,withatotalinvestment costof2.6million EUA,also
received Fundgrants.
SouthLimburg
84.TheSouthLimburgrestructuring region (Herstructurer ingsgebied Zuid-
Limburg )coversthesouthernpartoftheDutchprovince ofLimburg.
Basicindicators
Population 1975C000) ^
Density 1975(inhabitants perkm)
Unemployment 1976(%)
Employment incoalmining1965(%)
1973(%)
National andCommunity assistance
85.Expenditure bythenationalauthorities tohelptheSouth-Limbourg
restructuring regionamounted overtheperiod1975-1978toaround
61million EUAforregional investment aidsand29million EUAfor
infrastructure improvements .TheCommunity'scontribution overthe
sameperiodmustbeseenbesidethesefigures.Itamounted to:708
775(country :402)
8.9(Country :5.7)
17.6
3.1

-44-
Grants
-Régional Fund 14MEUA
Loans
-ECSC 4.8MEUA(1)
Régional Fundassistance in1978
86.In1978,Fundassistance tothisregionrepresented 67.5%ofallFund
assistance totheNetherlands .Ittotalled 5.25million EUA,allof
whichwentforindustrial investments .Twoprojects ofmorethan
10million EUAwerefinanced,representing atotalinvestment of
77.53million EUAandexpected tocreatemorethan400jobs.Both
projects concerned extensions topolyethylene production plants.
Walloma
Basicindicators
87.Population 1977(1000)
Density 1977(inhabitants perkm)
Unemployment >1sthalf1978(%)
Percentage ofpopulation working 1977(%)
GDPpercapita1974(country =100)km')3224(2)
191(country :322)
9.2(country :8.5)
47,1(country :48.5)
87.2(EEC:51.S)
National andCommunity assistance
88.NotallpartsofWallonia areeligible forregional aid(3).Overthe
period1975-1977,theeligible areasreceived 239million EUAof
assistance forindustrial investments undertheBelgian lawoneconomic
expansion,andpublicinvestment inthedevelopment ofindustrial sites
amounted to66million EUAin1974-1976 .Itisnotpossible toassess
howfarotherofficial investments ininfrastructure contributed to
economic development ,butwedoknowthatin1976investment intransport
infrastructure aloneamounted to317million EUAinWallonia asawhole.
Itisinrelation totheseroughfiguresthatCommunity assistance to
Wallonia overtheperiod1975-1978 shouldbeseen:
Grants
-Régional Fund
-Agricultural Fund(Guidance Section )14MEUA
17MEUA(1)
Loans
-European Investment Bank
-ECSC9.5MEUA(1)(4)
43MEUA(1)
(1)Point38,footnote (2)ofthisreport.
(2)Totalpopulation .Thepopulation intheareaswhichreceivedassistance
issome1.6million.
(3)Point36ofthisreport
(4)Take-upofagloballoan18MEUA.

-45-
Régional Fundassistance in1978
89.In1978,Fundassistance forWallonia represented 37.9%ofallFund
grantsinBelgium .Ittotalled 2.33million EUA,ofwhich
I.39million EUA(59.7%)wenttoindustry and940000EUA(40.3%)to
infrastructure .
Oneprojectofmorethan10million EUAwasfinanced .Itinvolved
extensions toacarassembly plantintheHainautprovince atacostof
II.1million EUA,towhichtheFundcontributed 1.19million EUA.
Thisinvestment isexpected toprovidealmost700jobs.Oneproject
oflessthan10million EUAwasalsoassisted .Representing an
investment of2.63million EUA,itinvolves extending awholesale firm
intheprovince ofNamurandshouldcreatemorethan100jobs.
£ture
TheFundprovided assistance forsevenprojects oflessthan10million
EUA,representing atotalinvestment of3.57million EUA.Allthese
projects involved developing industrial zones.

-46-
Chapter V:PAYMENTS ANDCONTROLS
Payments
90.Totalpayments in1978amounted to255million EUA,whichcompares with
the275million EUAin1977(1).Onthebasisofpayments expressed
innational currencies ,52.3%oftotalcommitments in1975-1978 were
paidout.
Table8belowshowsthesituation asregards payments ineachofthe
MemberStates.Table10intheAnnexgivesdetailsofpayments toeach
MemberStatein1978brokendownbyyearofcommitment .
Table8:Payments in1978
1975-1977 Commitments Payments as
Member commitments 1978 1978 madebut %of
State notpaidoutcommitments payments notpaidatcommitments
at31.12.1977 31.12.1978 end1978
MEUA MEUA MEUA MEUA %
Belgium 12.98 6.15 5.97 13.16 56.6
Denmark 5.80 5.58 1.38 9.99 57.3
Germany 45.83 49.26 42.18 52.91 64.0
France 98.60 82.63 40.65 140.57 47.6
Ireland 22.77 35.15 20.46 37.46 57.0
Italy 119.48 220.33 78.53 261.28 48.9
Luxembourg 0.68 0.50 0.21 0.96 54.4
Netherlands 14.22 8.18 6.48 15.93 57.0
United
Kingdom 83.94 148.59 59.03 173.49 53.4
Total 404.29 556.36 254.89 705.76 52.3
91.Theproportion ofcommitments paidoutbytheendof1978,i.e.52.3%,
compares with56.5%achieved attheendof1977.Therateofpayments
forItaly,theUnitedKingdom andDenmarkfelloffconsiderably ,
althoughthiswaspartlyoffsetbyasubstantial increase inBelgium,
Germany andtheNetherlands .
92.Paymentapplications in1978amounted to264.76million EUAinall,a
slightly largerfigurethanforpayments actually made(254.89million
EUA).Thepayments madewerepartlycovered bypaymentappropriations
notusedin1977andcarried overinto1978(83.08million EUA)and
partlybypaymentappropriations underthe1978budget (171.81million I
(1)Converted fromtheoldunitofaccount (u.a.)tothenewEuropean unit
ofaccount (EUA)attheaverageratefor1977.Seealsopoint4,
footnote 1.

/
-47-
Payments fromtheFundremainbelowtheLevelofthepayment
appropriations inthebudget.Thesituation isasfollows :
Table9:Paymentappropriations
Year Paymentappropriations Payments made
1975 150MUA 90.67 MUA
1976 300MUA 277.33 MUA
1977 400MUA 372.51 MUA
1978525MEUA 254.89 MEUA
The353million EUAremaining attheendof1978hasbeencarriedover
into1979andaddedtothe483million EUA(1)paymentappropriations
forthisyear,giving836million EUAinall.Thiswillcertainly be
morethanthepayments requested in1979.
93.AsfarastherateofpaymentfromtheFundisconcerned,itshouldbe
remembered that,aspointedoutinpreviousreports,theCommission
dependsentirely onthetimingofworkontheprojects andtherateat
whichthe'MemberStatesmaketheirownpayments .
Theamountcarriedoverfrom1978to1979(353million EUA)was
largelytheresultofanoverestimation ofpaymentappropriations needed
for1978andafallingoffinrequests forpayment duetothedelay
inadopting theamendments totheFundRegulation .Thebudgetary
authority infactreducedtheamountofcommitment appropriations inthe
preliminary draftbudgetfor1978from750million EUAto581million EUA
without makinganycorresponding reduction inpaymentappropriations ,
whichstayedat525million EUA.Furthermore ,thedelayinadopting the
amendments totheFundRegulation (whichshouldhavebeendonebytheend
of1977)certainly causedtheMemberStatestodelaysubmitting bothgrant
applications andpaymentrequests .Consequently ,overhalfofthe1978
budget (304millionoutof599million EUA)hadtowaituntilDecember
tobecommitted ,withtheresultthatveryfewrequests forpaymentcould
bemadefromthatinstalment during1978.Thedelayinadopting the
amendments totheRegulation alsoprevented theintroduction in1978of
thesystemofaccelerated payments (whichcangoupto75%ofthesum
committed provided atleast30%ofthecorresponding national expenditure
hasbeenpaidout).
Itshouldalsobeaddedthatthetendency ofMemberStatestosubmit
morenewprojects hashaditseffectonratesofpayment,thefirst
payments onentirely newprojects beingfarsmallerthanthoseonold
projects forwhichtheMemberStatesthemselves havealreadypaidout
substantial amounts .
(1)Preliminary draftsupplementary andrectifying budget No1/1979.

-48-
Overthefouryearsofactivity oftheFund,theaveragerateofpayments
hasbeen25%intheyearofcommitment ,35%inyeartwoand15%and10%
inyearsthreeandfour.Therateasfrom1979isexpected tobe25%,
45%,10%and10%.Thisestimate takesaccountoftheintroduction of
thesystemofaccelerated payments,butalsoofanincreasing numberof
newprojects beingsubmitted,forwhichtheMemberStatesarerarelyin
aposition torequest paymentbeforethesecondyearafterthegrantis
approved .
Controls
94.Asfarascontrolactivities areconcerned ,inaccordance withtheFund
Regulation ,theCommission continued topursuethesameaimsasin
previous years(1).
Regarding on-the-spotchecks,1978sawaconsiderable efforttokeepto
thetargetofinspecting 10%ofassisted projects .Todosowould
haveinvolved inspecting in1978aloneasmanyinvestments asinthe
threeprevious yearstogether .TheCommission submitted aprogramme of
inspection alongtheselines,requesting atleastonecheckineachof
theMemberStates.Thebreakdown ofinspections carriedout(byMember
State,bytypeofinvestment andbyyear)isgiveninTable10below:
Table10:Numberofinvestment projects inspected sincetheFundwas
setup
IMemberState Industry j[]Infrastructur e
i Total
1975197619771978 ]||1975197619771978
Belgium 2ii
ii-8 3 13
Denmark 6 2i
I'I
1 ί17 2 27
France 61326!i
i
i777 66
Germany 1629i
i
i56I21 68
Ireland 543i-i410 63 35
Italy 431219!
I5
I71926 95
Luxembourg II
I 1 1 2
Netherlands ~I
ι ιi-
■3 1 4
UnitedI ι
! !!
Kingdom iJ1432,
ι26 63138 148
92348108!ΓΪΓ
I6471100
Total 188 270 458
(1)Points67-69ofthethirdannualreport.

-49-
95.In1978,208on-the-spotchecksweremade,moreorLessdoublethe
figurefortheprevious year(119in1977,87in1976and44in1975).
Thiswaspartlyduetoanincrease inassistance fromtheFundand
partlytocertaininspections beingcarriedoverfrom1977to1978(1).
Theproportion ofprojects onwhichcheckshavebeenrunsincethe
establishment oftheFundinalltheMemberStatesrosein1978to9.6%
ofprojects financed overthe1975-1977 period (asagainst 9.3%in1977).
Ofthe108industrial projects onwhichcheckswererun,12were
investments ofmorethan10million EUA.Infrastructure project
inspections dealtwith16investments ofmorethan10million EUAand
84ofless,17ofthemsituated inmountain areas.Table11inthe
Annexgivesthebreakdown ofchecksundertaken inthevariousregions
oftheCommunity .
TheCourtofAuditors wasinvolved infouroftheinspection visitsin
Italy,Germany,theUnitedKingdom andFrance.
96.Although theon-the-spotchecksrevealed noirregularities inthe
strictsenseoftheterm,oneortwopointsdocallforcomment.
InFrance,Commission officials havenotsofarbeenallowedtovisit
industrial projects (2).Thisquestion isstillthesubjectof
discussion withtheFrenchauthorities ,buttheundertaking they
accepted attheendof1978shouldmeanthattheprovisions oftheFund
Regulation inthisfieldcanbeprogressively appliedin1979.
AtacheckcarriedoutinDenmark,itwasdiscovered thatcertain
equipment included inanindustrial investment aidedbytheFundhad
beeninstalled onthepremises ofasub-contractor oftheinvestor
concerned ,outsidetheregionseligible forFundassistance .This
problem wassolvedbytheaidbeingrepaid.
ChecksataFund-assisted industrial investment inItalyrevealed that
machines thatwereanintegral partoftheaidedinvestment werenoton
thepremises .Itappearedthatmostofthemhadbeentransferred to
otherfactories belonging tothesamefirm.InIreland,Fundaidfor
oneproject wasfoundtoincludepayingcompensation toalocal
authority whichsuffered alossofrevenueasaresultofthenew
investment .Inboththesecases,discussions arebeingheldwiththe
MemberStateconcerned toclarifythesituation andifnecessary to
requestpartialreimbursement oftheassistance provided .
(1)Point71ofthe1977annualreport.
(2)Point72ofthe1977annualreport.

I
-50-
97.Theseproblems apart,thechecksweremainlyanopportunity topoint
outmaterial errorswhichtheMemberStateshadmadeinpreparing their
applications ,particularly forprojects presented duringtheearly
stagesoftheFund:
-InGermany,theofficialexpenditure setoutinthecompletion
reports oftendiffered fromtheactualfigures.Insomecases
theactualfigures werelowerorincluded expenditure madepriorto
1975andsumswronglypaidouthadtoberecovered .TheCommission
hascontacted theGermanauthorities withaviewtodetecting any
othercasesofthiskind.ItwasclearthattheMemberStatein
question hadmadeanefforttoremedythissituation in1978.
-Thecheckshaverevealed that,inseveral MemberStates,thedata
transmitted totheCommission withthegrantapplication wasnot
alwayscomplete ortotallyaccurate .Thesamewastrueofthe
completion reports.Inmanycasesprojects submitted forFundgrant
asseparate investments constituted infactonlyartificial stagesin
thefinancing ofmuchbiggerinvestments ,thewholeofwhichcould
havebeensubmitted asasinglelargeprojectforassistance from
theFund.
-Afurtherproblemisthatofensuring thattheCommission isinformed
ofcaseswherethenational aidonwhichtheFundgrantwascalculated
isrepaidbytherecipient afterthecompletion reportissentoff.
TheCommission willensurethattherelevant provisions oftheamended
Regulation arestrictly respected bytheMemberStates.

Chapter VI-COORDINATION ANDPROGRAMMES
Assessment oftheregional impactofCommunity policies
98.Although theRegional Fundisanecessary instrument forpromoting a
betterbalanceofeconomicactivity intheCommunity ,itcannotbe
effective inisolation .Theeconomic effectiveness ofitstransfers
ofresources dependstoalargeextentonthepossibility ofmaintaining ,
restructuring anddeveloping activities intheproblemregions-
possibilities whichmayvaryaccording tothewaycertain Community
policies areimplemented .TheCommission ,awareofthelimitations of
financial transfers alone,intendstherefore extending itsregional
policybyassessing andtakingaccountoftheeffectontheregionsof
itsmainpolicies whenthesearebeingworkedoutandimplemented .
Theimportance ofanalysing theregional impactofthesepolicies becomes
evenmoreimportant withthecreation ofthe"non-quota "sectionofthe
Fund,linkedtoCommunity policies andthemeasures introduced underthem,
soastotakeaccountoftheirregional dimension and,wherenecessary ,
reducetheiradverseeffects ontheregions.
InNovember 1978,theCommission againagreedthatitwasnecessary for
allCommunity policies tomakeanactive,effective contribution ifthe
regional problems weretobesolved (1).AndbyitsResolution of
6February 1979,theCouncilalsoagreedtotakeaccountoftheregional
consequences ofCommunity policies initsowndecisions .
99.Itwaswiththisinmindthat,in1978,theCommission extended the
procedure forassessing theregional impactofcertainofitspolicies .
Methodsvaryaccording tothepolicyfieldinvolved .Insomecases,
agricultural andfisheries policies andexternal tradepolicy,forexampl
studiesareunderwayorplamsiwithaviewtoenablingtheCommission to
takegreateraccountofregional consequences whendrawing upits
proposals .Inothers,suchasthestructural aspectoftheagricultural
andsocialpolicies,ithasalreadyprovedpossible totakespecial
accountoftheirregional dimension .Lastly,concerning industrial
policyandcompetition ,analyses oftheregional impactaremoredifficult
becauseofthecomplexity oftheproblems,involving theeffectsofthe
international division oflabourandtheneedforeconomic redevelopment
incertainareas.Itisparticularly difficult todevisepolicies that
takeaccountofindustrial imperatives ,andoftheproblems of
competition ,localemployment andregional development .
100.Forsomeyearsnow,thestructural aspectsofagricultural policyhave
gradually putgreateremphasis ontheneedtohelptheregionswiththe
biggeststructural problems .In1978,variousspecifically regional
measures wereadopted bytheCouncil,particularly apackageofmeasures
intheMediterranean partsofItalyandFranceandaseriesofdrainage
worksinIreland,including cross-frontier projects .
Becauseofthisevergreaterregional emphasis,theshareoftheGuidance
SectionoftheAgricultural Fundallocated totheless-favoured regions
increased substantially between 1975and1977,atrendwhichisexpected
C1)Bull.EC11-1979 .

tocontinue inthecomingyears.Furthermore ,theoverallresources
available totheGuidance Sectionwillhaveincreased from325million
EUAin1977to507millioninthedraftbudgetfor1980.
101.Initsvarious communications totheCounciloftheapplications from
Greece,Portugal andSpain(1)tojointheCommunity,theCommission
hasalsotakenaccountoftheregional consequences ofenlargement for
boththepresent Community andthethreecandidates .Thepointsin
question canbesummarised asfollows :
-Theaccession ofGreece,Portugal andSpainwillincrease the
diversity andgravityoftheCommunity'sregional problems .For
example,the1to6gapinlevelsofGDPperheadinthepresentCommunity
willbe1to12afterenlargement .
-Although enlargement willbringeconomic benefits tothealreadyrich
regionsoftheNine,certainlessprosperous regions,particularly
thoseontheMediterranean andespecially theMezzogiorno andthe
threeFrenchregionsalongtheSpanishfrontier,willfindit
difficult tocountertheeffectofcompetition fromthenewMembers.
Mediterranean agriculture willbeparticularly badlyhit.
-Consequently ,theCommunity'sregional policyanditslong-term
structural instruments mustbereinforced ,soastohelpthese
economically weakerregions.Todothis,adequatefinancial resources
willbeneededatCommunity level,aswi11adaptationstoawhole
rangeofCommunity policies,soastomobilizeallpossibilities of
growthintheadversely regionsaffected .
102.Inordertogetabetterideaoftheeffectsofenlargement onthe
Mediterranean regionsof'LheCommunity,theCommission isfinancing
jointlywiththeItalian andFrenchgovernments respectively ,two
studies ontheeffectscfenlargement ontheItalianregionsin
question,withparticular reference totheMezzogiorno ,andonthe
southern partofFrance,especially thethreeregionsalongthe
Spanishborder.Thesestudiesshouldmakeitpossible totakethe
problems oftheaffected regionsintoaccountinthenegotiations with
Spain,sothatthetransition canbeeasedandtheregionsinvolved
betterprepared .
103.Asfarasemployment policyisconcerned,initsstatement tothe.
Tripartite Conference of9November 1978(2),theCommission stressed
theneedtoconsider regional policynotasaseriesofresource-
transfer measures butasanactivepolicyofgrowthaimedatmobilizing
anddeveloping thereserves ofproductive capacity anddemandinthe
regions,therebycontributing toreducing .unemployment inareas
whereitishigh.
(1)Generalconsiderations concerning theproblems ofenlargement ,andallied
documents (supplements 1/78,2/78,3/78-Bull.EC);Opinions onthe
Greek,Portuguese andSpanishmembership applications (supplements 2/76,
5/78,9/78-Bull.ECrespectively ).
(2)Bull.EC11/78.

-53-
104.Initsproposals forthecommonfisheries policy,andinthecontextof
thenew200mileeconomic zones,theCommission provided forparticular
attention tobepaidtotheless-favoured regionsandzonesdependant
firstandforemost onfishing.Italsomadeprovision forspecific
structural measures tohelpcoastalfishing,whichtendstobe
concentrated inless-favoured maritime areas.
105.Inrecentyears,therecession andthechangesinworldeconomic
structures havehadtheireffectonanincreasing numberofsectorsof
industry whicharenowfacedwithproblems ofcompetitiveness and/or
over-capacity .Thesesectorsincludecertainbranches ofthetextile
andclothing industry,footwear,shipbuilding ,oilrefining andthe
ironandsteelindustry .Specialattention isgiventoregional
problems intheproposals theCommission hasmadetoremedythe
problems ofcertainofthesesectors .
106.Competition policy,implying apermanent dialogue onthenational systems
ofregional andotheraid,alsohassignificant implications forthe
regions.Ofparticular importance wastheCommission 'scommunication
toMemberStatesin1978ontheprinciples itwouldbeapplying to
present andfuturenational systemsofaidtotheregions (1).Oneof
thecriteria involved herewasthatregional aidgrantedinareaswhich
receiveassistance fromtheRegional Fundshouldfitintotheregional
development programmes provided forintheFundRegulation .
107.Finally,theotherCommunity policies whichhaveasubstantial effect
ontheregionsare:
-transport policy,including -thecoordination ofinfrastructure projects of
Community interest,particularly infrontier regions,theroleof
supporttariffs,andthepublicserviceobligation tomaintaintrans­
portnetworks inunderpopulated areas;
-energypolicy,particularly theproblems ofcoal-mining areasand
theexploitation ofCommunity oilandgasresources ;
-environment policy,whichcouldhaveamajoreffectonthesitingof
certainprojects inthefutureandonlong-term landuse.Of
specialimportance hereisthepreparation ofecological mapsto
provideinformation onthesuitability ofthedifferent partsofthe
Community forparticular activities ,andofadirective onbringing
incommonprinciples fortheassessment ofeffects onthe
environment .
Theregional impactofotherfinancial instruments
108.Acertainnumberofoperations developed in1978putgreateremphasis
ontheuseofCommunity financial instruments toprovidehelpforthose
regionsthat,inviewoftheirproblems ofdevelopment orconversion ,
needitmost.
(1)0JC31of3.2.1979 .

-54-
109.Asmentioned earlier (1),thenewmeasures whichtheCounciladopted
in1978onthestructural aspectsofagricultural policywill
considerably heighten theeffectoftheGuidance Sectionofthe
Agricultural Fundonthelessprosperous regionsoftheCommunity in
comingyears.
110.Initscommunication totheCouncil in1977onthereformofthe
SocialFund,theCommission emphasized theimportance oftheFund's
role,particularly asregardsextending vocational training intrhe
lessdeveloped regions,andindicated itsintention toassesseach
yeartheregional impactoftheFund.TheamendedSocialFund
Regulation adoptedinDecember 1977provides thatatleast50%ofaid
granted hadtobechannelled intotheless-favoured regionseligible
forassistance fromtheRegional Fund,andthattherateofSocialFund
grantinpriority regions (Mezzogiorno ,Ireland,Northern Ireland,
Greenland andtheFrenchoverseas departments )couldgoupto55%
insteadof50%.Thelatestfigures showthatgrantsfortheless-
favoured regions,asaproportion ofoverallSocialFundassistance ,
wentupfrom73%in1976,to76%in1977andto79.5%in1978.
111.On18December,theCommission transmitted areportonconversion
policytotheECSCConsultative Committee ;thissummarized bothwhat
hadhappened overprevious yearsandcurrentproblems whichhavebecome
particularly seriousincertainsteelregions.Inordertohandlethe
largenumberofredundancies intheironandsteelindustry overthe
comingtwoyears,theCommission hasdecidedtoaccelerate andrein­
forceitspolicyofindustrial conversion ,whichwillobviously have
toaccompany thechangestotheironandsteelindustry .Inparticular ,
theCommission amendedthearrangements forusingECSCconversion loans
soastomakethemmoreattractive ,particularly tosmallandmedium-
sizedbusinesses .Withthesameaiminview,itdecidedtorationalize
andspeedupthewayallitsfinancial instruments areused,andto
concentrate them,inacoordinated manner,ontheregionsworsthitby
steelredundancies .Thevalueofconversion loansgrantedagainwent
upin1978,reaching 200million EUA(ofwhich113million EUAwaspaid
beforetheendoftheyear).Thesefigures comparewiththe120million
EUAgrantedin1977andthe62million EUAin1976.
112.LoansfromtheEuropean Investment BankwithintheCommunity totalled
1966million EUA,ofwhich74%(1458million EUA)wenttoregional
development projects .Thiswasasubstantial increase over1977when ,
loansamounted to1401million EUA,ofwhich69%or964million EUA
wenttoregional development .
(1)Point100ofthisreport.

-55-
Regional development programmes
113.Regional development programmes providetheframework fortheFund's
activity andtheirrolehasbeenstrengthened bytheamendedRegulation .
Liketheoriginal version,theamendedRegulation stipulates that
projects financed bytheFundhavetofitintoaregional development
programme,soastoensurecoherence betweennational andCommunity
measures .Thenewrulesgiveabroaderdefinition ofinfrastructure
investments thatareeligible forFundassistance andtherefore
increase theimportance ofprogrammes intheexamining ofgrant
applications inthisarea.Theyalsostipulate thattheprogrammes
mustenabletheCommission todetermine thepriority areasforassistance
fromtheFund.
TheamendedRegulation furtherprovides,inaddition toregular
updating ofprogrammes ,fortheMemberStatestoprovide anannual
information statement toup-date theprogrammes andanannual
statistical summaryindicating howresources fromtheFundwereused
theprevious year.
114.TheCouncilresolution ontheguidelines forregional policyalso
acknowledges theroleofprogrammes asthemostappropriate framework
forpropercoordination oftheMemberStates'regionalpolicies and
thatoftheCommunity .Theyprovideinfactbothananalysis ofthe
needsandproblems oftheregionseligible forFundassistance andan
indication ofthetargetsset^andthemeasures andresources usedbythe
MemberStatesforthedevelopment oftheirleast-favoured regions.
115.Theoriginal FundRegulation laiddown31December 1977asthefinal
dateforpresentation ofregional development programmes .Allthe
programmes forregionseligible forFundassistance werereceived by
thisdate,sofromearly1978onwards,allapplications wereexamined
inthelightoftheseprogrammes .Previously theannualinformation
statements hadbeenusedforthispurpose .Theprogrammes underline
theseriousproblems ofemployment thattheeconomiccrisishadmade
moreacuteandwhichwillbecomestillmoredifficult tosolvebecause
ofthelargenumbersofyoungpeoplecomingontotheemployment
marketoverthenexttenyears.
116.The1975Regulation provided fortheCommission toexaminethe
programmes andconsulttheRegional PolicyCommittee onthem.This
consultation tookplacein1978and,inJuneandOctober,theCommittee
issuedopinions whichweretransmitted totheCommission andthe
Council.TheCommission hasjustpresented acommunication^t0t"e
Councilcontaining ,inaddition toitsownOpinion,acomparative
analysis oftheprogrammes andrecommendations forimproving them,in
linewiththecommonoutlineforregional development programmes worked
outbytheRegionalPolicyCommittee in1976(2).Furthermore ,when
itdrewupitsrecommendations ,theCommission boreinmindthatthe
programmes shouldbebothaframeofreference forapplications for
Fundgrantsandaninstrument forthecoordination ofnational and
Community regional policies .
OJL143of12.6.79
(2)OL!C69of24.1.1976 .

-56-
TheCommission alsotookintoaccountthefactthattheexamination of
theprogrammes ,incloseliaisonwiththenationalauthorities ,on
severaloccasions ledtheMemberStatestoamplify them,andthatthey
constitute afirstattemptatformulating Community-based regional
development programmes ,implying innovations andmajoralterations to
national practices .Itconsiders thattheprogrammes makeiteasier
tojudgetheinvestments submitted forFundassistance ,butthattheir
furtherdevelopment isrequirediftheyaretoconstitute aprecise
enoughframeofreference forsuchassessments .
117.Therecommendations coveredthefollowing points.Thesocio-economic
analysis shouldtakegreateraccountoftheregional implications of
national andCommunity policies insuchsectorsasexternal trade,
industrial restructuration ,energy,agriculture ,regional planning,the
environment andvocational training .Thisisparticularly important
as,initsresolution onCommunity regionalpolicy,theCouncil
expressed theintention oftakinggreateraccountoftheregionaleffect
ofitspolicies .Furthermore ,thespecific Community measures tobe
financed bythenon-quota partoftheFundundertheamended Fund
Regulation ,intended tomakeiteasiertotakeregional considerations
intoaccountinCommunity policy,ortoattenuate anynegativeeffects,
require amoreaccurate assessment ofwhattheseeffectsare.
118.Majorproblems wereencountered indefining andquantifying the
development aimsforeachregion,andvariousapproaches weretriedin
thedifferent programmes .Asfarasemployment targetsareconcerned,
theCommission recommends thatemployment deficitfiguresfor198
bedrawnupforeachregion.Regarding infrastructure provision ,it
suggests thataccount betakennotonlyofstrictly regional infra­
structure butalsoofnationalinfrastructure thatisimportant forthe
regions.Italsoproposes tobringoutthelinkbetweeninfrastructure
objectives andthedevelopment prospects oftheregion.
119.Onthesubjectofdevelopment measures,theCommission recommends that
theMemberStatesincludeintheirprogrammes ,alongside themeasures
directly concerned withdeveloping theregions,anyothernational or
Community measures thathaveasignificant regional impact.They
shouldalsogiveaclearerdescription ofthemeasures andtheareas
considered ashavingpriority soastomakeiteasiertodefinethe
priorities whichtheCommission mustadoptundertheamended Fund
Regulation .
120.Asfarasfinancial resources areconcerned,theCommission recommends
thattheprogrammes contain moredetailed information onthetransfers
betweenthevariouslevelsofgovernment andonfinancing ofregional
andlocalorigin.Itfurther recommends that,incaseswhereitdoes
notexistalready,multiannual programming beintroduced inthefield
ofinfrastructure investment and,toensuregreatercoherence between
theactivity ofthevariousfinancial instruments oftheCommunity,
thatmorepreciseinformation beprovided ontheuseofcontributions
fromthem.

-57-
121.Finally,theCommission makesanimportant generalrecommendation :
sincetheprogrammes havetobeusedtocoordinate nationalregional
policies,theMemberStatesshouldpresent,inadditiontotheir
programmes forregionseligibleforFundassistance ,programmes for
otherregionsor,failingthis,information onanymeasurestakento
promote abetterspatialbalanceofeconomicactivities .
Annualstatistical summaries
122.According tothe1975Regulation ,stillineffectin1978,the
Commission shouldhavereceived theannualstatistical summaries by
1April;infactthisinformation hasalwayscomeinlongafterthe
prescribed date.Thestatistical summaries covering 1977wereeven
laterinarriving,doubtless becauseofanticipation oftheamended
Regulation whichextended thedeadline to1October.Onlytwocountries ,
Belgium andDenmark,sentintheir1977summaries before 1October 1978.
123.Thestatistical summaries for1977remaininadequate inmanyways,in
particular thoseforFrance,ItalyandtheUnitedKingdom .The
Commission conseauently didnothaveavailable therequired data
"indicating byregiontheresultsachieved duringtheprevious yearas
aresultofactiontakenineachregion'nor'thoseresultstowhichthe
Fundhascontributed "(1).Theregional datarequested concerninthe
mainthreetopics-investments aided,expenditure committed andjobs
createdormaintained ,distinguishing betweennational aidandassistance
fromtheRegional Fund.Theresultsofstepstakentomonitorthe
effectiveness oftheschemesfinanced shouldalsobesupplied .Thedata
received isfarfromcomplete ;itisill-assorted anddifficult to
compare .Thenational authorities mustmakeanefforttorectifythis
sothataproperassessment oftherealimpactofregional policycanbe
carried out.
Withobviousreservations ,thedatathatcanbederived fromthe
Statistical summaries (summarised 'intable11)givesaroughidea
ofthecontribution toregional development maaebytheMemberStates'
regional policies .
(1)Article 6oftheoriginal FundRegulation .

-58-
Table11:Effectofregional assistance in19^5-1977 (1)
(onthebasisoftheannualstatistical summaries )
MemberStateAidedinvestment (2)CosttotheStateJob-creation
forecasts
(E)MEUA
(A)%ofail
investment (3)
(B)MEUA
(C)%of(A)
(D)
Belgium 3331.8 8.0 452.7 13.6 28817
Denmark (4) 174.0 0.9 24.9 14.3 7006
Germany 10605.4 3.9 388.1 3.7 561382(5)
France 2.125.5 !!1.0 243.5 11.7 102.958
Ireland 1516.0 27.5 394.3 26.0 63282
Italy 1358.9 14.2 313.0 23.0 60786
(1977)(7)
Luxembourg 148.5 25.4 4.8 3.3 1535
(1976-77 )
Netherlands 525.η0.9 99.0 19.0 5889
UnitedKingdom13296.q23.81816.6 21.0l""
1Converted intoEUAattherateofexchange ineffecton1.1.1978 .
2.Investments inreceiptofregional development aid.
.3!Grossfixedassetformation (asdefinedinnational accounting system).
4Investments completed orbeingimplemented .
5Jobscreated (191010)andmaintained (370372).
6'Overseas departments excluded .
7.The1975and1977statistical summaries forItalydonotprovidedata
givingacomparable pictureforthewholeoftheperiod1975-1977 .
Caoitalgrantsonlytakenintoaccount.

-59-
Chapter VII-INFORMATION ONFUNDACTIVITY
124.Asalreadyindicated inthesecondannualreport,theCommission takes
theviewthatinformation onFundactivity mustbeaswidelydistributed
aspossible,andthisforthreereasons.First,publicopinionhasa
righttobeinformed abouttheuseofCommunity funds-whichcomefrom
theEuropean taxpayer.Second,Regional Fundgrants,whicharegiven
forconcreteprojects inapreciselocation,areparticularly suitable
fordrawingthepublic'sattention toCommunity activity ;thisisof
increasing importance inthecontexttotheEuropeanelections .Third,
theFundRegulation (1)inanycaserequires thatinvestors mustbe
informedthatpartoftheaidtheyreceive comesfromtheCommunity,
thatappropriate publicity isassuredforinfrastructure ,andthatfull
listsofaidedprojects mustbepublished intheOfficial Journal.
In1978,theCommission continued todevelopthefourinformation
operations usedinprevious yearsofFundactivity,thenatureofthe
information givenoutremaining thesubjectofagreements withthe
individual MemberStates.
TheCommission againconcludes that,ofthefouroperations ,itis
pressinformation andon-sitepublicity hoardings thathavethegreatest
impactonpublicopinion,particularly intheMemberStateswhichpermit
projects tobeidentified individually (i.e.inIreland,Italyandthe
UnitedKingdom,thethreeprincipal beneficiaries oftheFund).
Information inthepress
125.Aftereachofthethreegrantallocations ,theCommission issuedapress
communique ,regionalstatistics ofgrantsawarded andlistsofprojects
financed;thecontentoftheselistsvariesaccording totheagreements
withthedifferent MemberStates.Thismaterial isdistributed very
widelybytheCommission officesintheMemberStates.Certain Member
Statescontinue toruntheirownpresspublicity measures foreach
allocation aswell.
Information hoardings
126.Alreadyin1975alltheMemberStatesagreedtoputuphoardings onthe
sitesofmajorinfrastructure projects indicating thattheworkwas
partlyfinanced bytheRegional Fund.Anincreasing numberofsuch
hoardings arenowinplace,particularly inItalyandtheUnited
Kingdom,butformostMemberStatesdetailedinformation isnot
available.
(1)Article 14(Article 10oftheamendedRegulation ).

-60-
Publication intheOfficiai Journal
127.Thelistsofprojects financed underthegrantallocations of
January,AprilandJuly1977werepublished inApril1978(1).
Thosecovered bythedecisions ofDecember 1977appeared onthelist
published inFebruary 1979(2).Theprojects approved intheseries
ofthreedecisions in1973willbepublished inasinglenumberof
theOfficial Journal whichisbeingprepared atthemoment.
Whilelistsdistributed inthepressvaryfromoneMemberStateto
thenext,thosepublished intheOfficial Journalare,asinthe
past,presented toastandard pattern.
Informatio ntoinvestors
128-Informing theinvestors concerned byFundgrantscontinues tobe
carriedoutbyletters fromtheCommission .Thesearesentdirect
totheinvestors exceptinthecaseofFrance,wheretheygoviathe
national authorities responsible .
(1)OJC99of24.4.1978 .
(2)OJC38of12.2.1979 .

-61-
Chapter VIII-CONCLUSIONS
129.Inviewofthedelayinadoptingtheamendments totheRegulation ,the
Fundcontinued tobeadministered in1978according tothe1975
Regulation ,asitwasduringthefirstthreeyearsofactivity .The
lessonsthatcanbelearntfromlastyeardifferlittletherefore from
thoseofprevious years.Theyaresummarised asbelow.
130.Attheadministrative level,theaverageperiodoftimebetween
receiptofgrantapplications andcommitment decisions was
maintained generally speaking atthreemonths.However,inviewof
theeverincreasing numberofapplications andthegapsinthedata
supplied bycertain MemberStates,theCommission oftenhadconsiderable
difficulties tocopewith.Thesimplified procedures provided forin
theamendedRegulation shouldhelpovercome theseproblems tosome
extent.
131.Theresources available totheFundin1978amounted to581million EUA.
Althoughthiswasaconsiderable increase overtheprevious year,it
wasstillnotenoughtoallowtheCommission toassistalleligible
projects forwhichapplications weremade.Approval of190investment
projects,onwhichtheFundCommittee gaveitsOpinionin1978,hadto
becarriedoverto1979.(139ofthesewereapproved inJanuary 1979
forgrantstotally 60million EUA;oneMemberStatepreferred thatits
projects shouldbeheldovertoalaterallocation .)Itisinfact
clearthattheMemberStates,particularly thosewiththeworstregional
problems,wouldhavesubmitted moreapplications iftheFundhadbeen
bigger.
132.Underthe1975FundRegulation ,MemberStates'paymentapplications are
directlytiedtotheirownaidpayments fortheparticular project,
andindirectly toprogress ofworkontheprojectitself.TheCommission
alsonotesthattheMemberStatesarepresenting anincreasing numberof
newprojects forFundassistance ,whichimplies aslowing upoftherate
ofpayments .Itmusttherefore acceptthefactthatthevolumeof
payments madebytheendof1978(52.5%ofgrantsapproved overthe
period1975-1978 )couldnotbeexceeded .Itregrets,however,thatthe
realtransfer ofresources totheregionsconcerned hasbeensoslow.
Thepossibility ofaccelerated payments,provided forintheamended
Regulation ,shouldhelpeasethisproblemin1979.
133.Asinthepast,theCommission hastoinsistontheimportance of
complementarity between Fundassistance andnational expenditure on
regional development .Respectofthisprinciple istheonly
guarantee ofagenuineincrease intotalaidavailable totheregions
inquestion .

-62-
134-.TheCommission notesthat,asin1975,1976and1977,noneofthe
MemberStatestookadvantage ofthepossibility provided bytheFund
Regulation ofobtaining aidintheformofinterest-rate subsidies on
loansfromtheEuropean Investment Bank.Thiswouldinfacthave
boostedtheimpactofboththesefinancial instruments ,ontheonehand
byproviding easiercreditforacertainnumberofinvestors,andon
theotherbymobilizing ,viatheFund,greaterresources forregional
development .
135.Theamended FundRegulation andtheCouncilResolution ontheGuide­
linesforCommunity Regional Policyprovidefortheregional development
programmes toplayagreaterrole.Theymusttherefore ,asthe
Commission stressed initscommunication totheCouncil -,be
regularly updated andcompleted byadditional material .Thisisvital
iftheprogrammes aretobecomenotjusttheframeofreference forthe
assessment ofFundgrantapplications ,buttheinstrument ,asprovided
bytheCouncilResolution ,ofthecoordination oftheMemberStates'
regionalpolicies .
136.Astotheannualstatistical summaries ,whichareintended toenable
theCommission toassesstheeconomic impactofFundassistance ,it
shouldbenotedthatthesedocuments arestillnotdetailed enoughfor
thispurpose andthattheyweresentinevenlaterin1978thanin
1977.
137.TheCommission againfoundthattherewereonlyaveryfewapplications
concerning theservices sector.Itregretsthis,asitfeelsthatthe
services sector,andtourisminparticular ,canandmustplayan
extremely important partindeveloping manyregions.Thismatteris
stillthesubjectofdiscussions intheRegional PolicyCommittee .
138»TheCommission stresses yetagainthegreatimportance ofinformation
ontheRegional Fund.Theconcrete andlocalised natureofFund
activity makesitofspecialinterest topublicopinion.Thisisofparticular importance inthecontextofdirectelections .The
Commission feelsitisessential thatcertain MemberStatesagreeto
extendtheinformation theyprovide onassistance fromtheRegional
Fund.Thisinformation obviously hasfargreatereffectifitis
possible toshowthecomplementary natureoftheFundandifthe
projects financed canbeidentified individually .
139..Theamended FundRegulation wasadoptedinFebruary 1979.Themost
important aspectsofthenewFundarethenon-quota sectonandthe
moregenerous ratesofgrantforinfrastructure investments .In
administering theFundin1979,theCommission willmakethegreatest
possible useofthisnewflexibility sothat,whileincreasing the
Fund'ssupportfortheMemberState'sregional development efforts,
theCommunity canatthesametimefaceuptothenewregional problems
stemming fromtheeconomiccrisisandalsoensuretheimplementation
ofitspolicies inotherfieldswithoutcreatingdifficulties forthe
lessfortunate regions.Thislastisataskforwhichithasto
acceptaparticular responsibility .

-63-
140.Indeed,theFundisonlyonefacetofregional policy,whichisbyits
natureconcerned witheverything whichaffectstheregions.Itmust
notbejudgedoutofcontext.Itsimpacthastobeassessed together
withtheregional impactoftheotherfinancial instruments andpolicies
oftheCommunity .Theexperience of1978,asthatofearlieryears,
onlygoestounderline theimportance ofthisoverallapproach .The
Commission willtherefore continue itsefforts toachieve acloser
coordination ofallthefinancial instruments andtoensurethatallthe
mainCommunity policies makeanappropriate contribution toclosingthe
gapsbetweentheCommunity'sregions.

-64-
ANNEXES Page
A.SOCIO-ECONOMIC INDICATORS
Table 1. Trendsinprincipal macro-economie aggregates
intheCommunity in1978 65
Table2. Forecasts for1979 65
Table3. Trendsininvestment ,1977-1978 66
GraphI. TrendsinGDPpercapita1960-1978 67
GraphII.Appreciation ordepreciation ofthecurrencies
ofMemberStates 1974-1978 68
GraphIII.Trendsinregistered unemployment,1970"1978 69
B.REGIONAL FUNDACTIVITY (1)
Table4. Summaryofaiddecisions in1978 70
Table5. Typesofinvestment financed bytheRegional
Fund-mdustry andservices 71
Table6. Typesofinvestment financed bytheRegional
Fund-infrastructure 73
Table7. Fundassistance percapita 75
Table8. Regional breakdown ofFundassistance 76
Table9. Budgetsituation 80
Table10. Payments made 81
Table11.Controloperations undertaken 82
(1)Point4,footnote (1)ofthisreport

-65- ANNEX
Te^:–Trendsinprincipal macro-economic aggragates intheCommunityin1978(1)
I
i
!j
i
i Current balance
MemberStateGDP Unemployment 1Consumer ofpayments
(voLume)rate(3)prices (2)(1000 -MEUA)
%(2)CI978averaqd
%%
Belgium 2.3 S«3 4^0n«U)-0-1
Denmark 0-8 6-7 9>3 -1.2
Germany 3-1 3.9 2.6 6-4
France 3.2 5*0 8.8 3o
Ireland 6-0 8.9 8.G -0-2
Italy 2m6 7.0 12.7 4-9,,*
Luxembourg 32 0,3 Id 0.0
Netherlands 29 4.2 4-6 -09
UnitedKingdom 2~ 5,7 8·ό 0.4
Community 3-C 5-5 6"9
I12»7
Table2:Forecasts for1979(5)
GDP
iMemberState(volume)Unemployment rateConsumer prices
%(2) 1979(3)
%
%
Belgium 2-5 2-5 4.1
Denmark 2-8 6-9 8*0
Germany 4'0 3.5 3.5
France 3'4 5<4 8.5
Ireland 4-0 7.8 10.5
Italy 4-9 6-7 13.8
Luxembourg 2-3 0.9 4-5
Netherlands 1-9 4,3 5»0
UnitedKingdom 2..2 5>7 10,0
Community 2-5i
5-4 IT>6
(1)Points6-9ofthisreport.
(2)changeoverprevious year.
(3)Registered unemployed as%oftheworkingpopulation .Asdefinitions arenotuni­
form,unemployment ratesshouldnotbecompared asbetweencountries .
(4)Belgium andLuxembourg together .
(5)Points12-15ofthisreport.

-66-ANNEX
Table3:Trendininvestments -Grossfixed-asset formation (1)
(.%changeoverprevious year)
1977 1978 1979
volume value volume value volume
Belgium 0.8 8Λ G9 9.4 1.5
Denmark "3.5 4-5 0>3 6.1 1A
Germany 3,5 7,5 ó.3 11."5 6.3
France 0.5 10.7 0.»7 12.8 2.3
Ireland 8.0 26,5 12.C 18o8 9,5
Italy '4.0 23.6 "04 17.2 5,6
Luxembourg 3.1 11...8; 5,.4 6.7 1.9
Netherlands 7.5 15,0 3.4 9.6-1,0
UnitedKinqdom -4.1 8.2 2.8 11,8 2.7
Community 1-1 10(3 3,0 12,0 3.9
(1)Points8and14ofthisreport.

-67- ANNEX
GraphI-IndicesofGDPinEUApercapitaatcurrentprices (1,2)
(base:EEC=100)
150yr
140l^^––––––-
50""""" IRL
40l :
606162636465666768697071727374757677787980
(1)Point6ofthisreport.
(2) ,1979:forecasts .

GraphII-Appreciation ordepreciation ofthecurrencies ofMemberStates1974-1978
(weightedvariation,according tothestructure ofexports,asapercentage ofthefirstquarterof1972)
_Λ
IMIIIIIIII|IIII||iMIIlIlIIIIIIIIIiIIIIItIIIIilII||IIi|IIIIIIIIIII|II|III|IIIIIII!IIIIII|I|IIIII80
70 70
60 60
D
50 : ––/ -50
40 7^-^ 40
30 --–WL 30
^£
-50 5Q>
2
m
|'IIIIIlIlI'I''lI'I''l''I''I''I'''''|''l''llIl''|''I'IlI'I'I|H'MI■IIII|M'IIIMIII|IIIMIIIII■|CQX
1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981

GraphIII-Registered unemployed as%ofactivepopulation (1)
1968-1978(monthlyaverages )
(1)Points7,10,11and13ofthisreport
ΤΓ I1IIIIIIII τ"
"i~tir; i–iiiiiimi~rr"tÅ i–11iiiiiiI"'
,jjm*\i- ~^■~~~■~ Niîf *Ss|rr^_.j-.j||1
07012747078707274767B70727476787072747678707274767B>0'"274767«70U7476787012747678?07i74!\>B°
■■I I»
BELGlE BELGIQUE DANMARK BRDEUTSCHLAND FRANCE IRELAND ITALIA LUXEMBOURG NEOERLAND UNITED KINGDOM ^
I 2
mx

TABLE4
SUMMARY OFAIDDECISIONS IN1978,BYMEMBER STATEANDBYMAINCATEGORY OF-INVESTMENT (1)
Key:
A:Industrial andservice investments of10MEUAormore
B:Industrial andservice investments ofunder10MEUA
C:Infrastructure investments of10MEUAormore
D:Infrastructure investments ofunder10riEUA
E:Infrastructure investments inhill-farming areas(2)
Member
ïStateNumberofaiddecisions (inbrackets
numberofinvestment projects )(3)Investment involved
(MEUA)Aidgranted
(MEUA)
A BI'ί0«LJTotal A Β C D ETotal_ IΒ C D ETotal
Belgium 1
d)1
d)2
(26)4
(28)11.07 2.63 17,83 31.531,190,20 4,76 6,15
Denmarkι
(D5
(28)6
(29)11.53 7.06 18,59 3.462,12 5.58
Germany 7
(7)28
(136)2
(2)24
(58)61
(203)188.05309,47 25,2479.30 602,0610,40 15,27i 4*7118,881 49.26
France 10
(10)61
(192)4
(4)19
(125)12
(101)106
(432)220.84299.02 71,9589,7127,57
I709,09 !7,8421.8418.2526.438,2782.63
Ireland 2
(2)2
(25)1
(1)4
(74)2
(19)11
(121)454,18 61.89 44.2749,2212.05621.61 4.35l
10,60 3,0113.74 3.4535.15
Italy 2
(2)10
(113)19
(19)19
(66)7
(126)57
(326)182.34
I111,26943,81100.73 17.09135x2329.84 19.34140,20 26.284,67
^220,33
jLuxembourg1
(1)1
(1)9.53 9,53 0.50 0,50
'Netherland s2
(2)1
(3)I
I3
(5)77.54 8.88 86,425.52 2.66|8.18
I
'United
Kingdom14
(14)15
(68)11 1
(11)40
(360)1
(2)81
(455)414.30
\h50.48419,48344,26j9,76
!,1335,2836,22 21.0226,2062.36|2.79 1
I1148,59
38
(38)117|
(535)j38
(38)|115
K741)22
(248)ï330
[(1600)15481.32934.75
i1516.28|706.5266.474772,34 95.36 88.27I !
195,83157,73 ;
j19/18556,36
I330
(1600)4.772,34 5'56,36
(1)Point23ofthisreport.
(2)Withinthemeaning oeDirective 75/268/EEC.
(3)Forprojectsof10million EUAormoreincolumns AandC,eachdecisionrelatestoasingleproject.

Table 5.1;TYPES OFINVESTMENT FINANCED BYTHEREGIONAL FUND IN1978 :
INDUSTRY AND SERVICES (1)
Type asdefined inthe
Fund RegulationTotal
investment
(MEUA )National aid
involved
(MEUA )Number ofprojects andmain sectors ofactivity
concerned
/
I
projects of
10MEUA or
more
Industry
and ^
servi ces
projects ofless
than 10MEUA
» ' - i ■i. .I . .1548.32
934.75243.07
185.8638<of s
*/hich
535 J
of >
whieh I
t
I
I
i v/
1mining &processing ofmetallic ores
5non-metallic minerals
13chemicals
•art ificialSsynthetic fibres
1metal goods
2mechanical engineering
1electrical 8electronic engineering
6motor manufacture andspares
3food ,drinks &tobacco
^5rubber &plastics
/ i
16metal production 8first-stage processing ^
41non-rretal lieminerals
38chemicals
84metal goods
37mechanical engineering
49electrical 8electronic engineering
29motor manufacture andspares
3other transport equipnent
11precision ,optical 8similar instruments
55food ,drinks &tobacco
11textiles
13footwear 8clothing
56timber 8furniture
24paper ,printing ,publishing ^
2
47rubber &plastics x
21miscellaneous industries &services
Totals2483.07 428.93 573projets
(1)Point 25ofthis report

Table5.2:TYPESOFINVESTMENT FINANCED BYTHEREGIONAL FUNDIN1975-1978:INDUSTRY ANDSERVICES (1)
TypeasdefinedintheFund
RegulationTotal
investment
(MEUA)National aid
involved
(MEUA)Numberofprojects andmainsectorsofactivity concerned
projects of
10MEUAand
more4115.99
Industry .
and
services663.82
projects ofLess
than10MEUA3471,86 640.57
Totals7587.85 1304-39123
of
which1mining &processing ofmetals
8production 81st-stsge processing ofmetals
9non-metallic minerals
31chemicals
2artificial 8synthetic fibres
4metalgoods
11mechanical engineering
10electrical 8electronic engineering
18motormanufacture andspares
1othertransport equipment
12food,drink8tobacco
1textiles
2footwear 8clothing
1timber &furniture
4paper,printing,andpublishing
7rubber &plastics
^1financial institutions
60production &first-stage processing ofmetals
161non-metallic minerals
109chemicals
i282metalgoods
!184mechanical engineering
206electrical &electronic engineering
!84motormanufacture andspares
053j^othertransport equipment^\41precision,opticalandsimilarinstruments
.,174food,drink8tobaccolch ....61textiles
63footwear 8clothing
158timber 8furniture
107paper,printing andpublishing
150rubberandplastics
61catering andhotels
|114miscellaneous industries 8services2
of
whieh
2176projets
(i)Point25ofthisreport .

Table6.1:TYPESOFINVESTMENT FINANCED BYTHEREGIONAL FUNDIN1978:INFRASTRUCTURE (1)
Typeasdefined inthe
FundRegulationTotal
investment
(MEUA)Amountofinvest­
menttakeninto
consideration ^?)
(MEUA)Numberofprojects andmaintypesofinfrastructure concerned
(
i/
I23Generalservicestoindustrial estates (roads,railways,water
purification 8supply,drainage,etc.)
II
1Portdevelooment
projects ofmore
than10MEUA1516.28 971.5438
of
which!9
I3Roadworks
Airportdevelopment
i
ι
ι
iiI2
/
I7miscellaneous infrastructure (energyproduction ,telecommuni­
cations )
i
i
ί
ιSitepreparation forindustrial estates
Infra­
structurei
1388
23Generalservices toindustrial estates (roads,watersupplies,
drainage etc.)
Advance factories
projects ofless
than10MEUA706.52 575.84741
of
whieh{'42
154
41
5
:81Tourist infrastructure
Roadworks
Portdevelopment
Airport development
itiscellaneousinfrastructure (energyproduction ,télécommuni­
cations etc.)
projects in
hiIl-farming
\areas66.47 64.49
1248
of
which^248
IGeneralservices (roads,watersupplies etc.)
Totals 2289.27;1611.87j1027projects
(1)Point26gfthisreport
(2)incalculating Fundassistance

Table6.2:TYPESOFINVESTMENT FINANCED BYTHEREGIONAL FUNDIN1975-1978 :
INFRASTRUCTURE
TypeasdefinedintheFund
RegulationTotal
investment
(MEUA)Amountofinvest­
menttakeninto
consideration (2)
(MEUA)Numberofprojects andmaintypesofinfrastructure concerned
projects of10
MEUAormore
Infra-)
structuré
<1projects ofless
than10MEUA
projects inhill-
farmingareas
Totals3.899.61
2068.89
220.94 ι2487.93
1655.48
205123
of
whieh
2.991
of
which
1057
of
whieh82Generalservices toindustrial estates (roads,railways,
watersupply,drainage etc.)
9Portdevelopment
3Energysupply
14Roadworks
5Airportdevelopment
10Miscellaneousmfrastructure (energyproduction )
31Purchase oflandforindustrial use
144Sitepreparation forindustrial estates
1.571Generalservicestoindustrial estates (roads,watersupply,
drainage etc.)
407Advancefactories
124Touristinfrastructure (energyproduction )
276Roadworks
148Portdevelopment
28Airport development
!262MiscelLaneousinfrastructure (energyproduction ,telecommuni
'cationsetc.)
i
f
^1.057Generalservices (roads,watersupplies etc.)
i
6189-44 4348.414171projets
(1)Point26ofthisreport
(2)calculating Fundassistance

TABLE:FUNDASSISTANCE PERCAPITA-1975-1978(1 )
Totalpopu­
lation 1977
(1000)Population of
Régional Fundareas1977
(1000)Aidgranted
MemberStatemillion EUAEUA
percapitaEUApercapita |
inassisted area:
Belgium 9«830 3234 30*39 3,1Γ
Denmark 5088 637 23.63 4.6 37-1
Germany 61396 23259 152,71 2.5 6.6
France 53078 17000 269.82 5,1 15.9
Ireland 3192 3192 83.43 26,.1 26.1
Italy 56462 20700 512.,25 9*1 24.7
Luxembourg 357 3572.13 5,9 5.9
Netherlands
UnitedKing-
dom13857
560012291
2576037.45
374.282„7
6,716.3
14.5
Community 256261 96430 1486..30
'5*8 15-4
(1)Point4ofthisreport

TABLE8:REGIONAL BREAKDOWN OFFUNDGRANTS 1975-1978:MEUA(ROUNED FIGURES )(1)
(Inbrackets :numberofinvestment projects involved )
[7!Industry,craft jr~ III.Infrastructure
andservices Infrastructure inhill-farming IV.TOTALS
areas i
Total Total TotaliTotalITotal Total Total TotalI
197875-78197875-78197875-78197875-78
BELGIQUE /BELGIE
vlaanderen 3,82(19)116*30(83) 3-82(19 )16.30(83 )
Wallonie 1.39(2)5,94(18 )i0.94(7)5-96(37 ) 1-92(1)2.33(9)13-82(56)I
Correction (decommitments 1.39(2)5.94(18)j4.76(26 )22.26(120 ) 1.92(1)|6.15(28)30.12(139 )
Sexchange ratevariations )
0^8
Total I
I6,15 |30-601
DANEMARKi
Grönland 5.58(29 )119.i46(136 ) 5.58(29 )19.46(136 )
Autresrégions 2,53(27 ) 1-41(1) 3.94(28 )
Correction (decommitments 2.53(27 )5.58(29)20.87(137 )_ I5,58(29)23,40(164 )
&exchange ratevariations )!0.13
TotalI........L5:58 I[»«_□
DEUTSCHLAND
Schieswig-Holstein 1.50(18 )8.06(61)7.15(20 )15.45(56 ) 8.65(38 )23.51(117 )
Orer.en 0.15(1) 0,23(2) 0.38(3)
tliedcrsachsen 1.94(19)11.30(82 )5.89(16)16.55(68 ) 7.83(35 )27.85(150 )
■;ordrhein-Westf alen 4.29(40 )7.43(74 )0.28(1)0.28(1) 4,57(41)7,71(75)
Hessen 1,33(9)4.80(52 )165(4)7.19(27 ) 2.78(13 )11,99(79 )
Pheinland-Pfat » 8.21(8)14.56(106 ) 2.24(22 ) 8.21(8)16.80(128 )
baarland 2.62(26 )10.85(79 )1.62(4)4.78(18 ) 4.24(30 )15,63(97 )
Oayern 4.41(18)13,71(87 )6,70(12)22.22(91 ) 11.11(30 )35.93(178 )
laden-Württembfrg 1,03(5)3.21(27 )0.31(3)2.23(16 ) 1.34(8)5.44(43)
berlin5-85(3) 5.35(3)
25.33(143 )74,07(569 )23.40(60 )77,02(304 ) 48.73(203 )151.09(873 )
Correction (decommitments 8exchange ratevariatio ns)
I[0.53 0.62
Total !L J JI
49,26 >
ΐ7Τ·Ι·ΐΐ·ΐΤΐ· -?152,71
(1)Point35andpoint4,footnote (1)ofthisreport

Table8(continuation 1)I.Industry,craft
andservices!
!II.InfrastructurcIII.Infrastructure
inhill-farmingiIv*TOTALS
I|areas i
FRANCE
AlsaceTotal|
1978 ITotal
75-78|Total
j1978Total
75-73Total
1978Total
75-78|Total
!1978
ljTotalI
I75-78J
1.40(15 )2.72(25 )i
0.05(1)0.05(1)1.45(16 )2.77(26 )
Aquitaine I1.54(15 )9.60(33 )3.44(30)9.62(47 )0.29(11 )0,29(11)5.27(56 )19.51(91 )
Auvergne j3–14(9)4.49(20 )0.25(3)20.85(12 ) 0.71(1)3.39(12 )26.05(33 )
basse-NormandI * 0.84(5)3.68(19)2.04(6)3.13(10) 2.88(11)6.81(29)
bourgogne 0,51(8) 0.51(8)
Bretagne 4.44(31 )7.86(57 )13.02(2 )52.78(16 ) 17.64(33 )60.64(73 )
Centre I0.93(6)0,93(6) 093(6)0.93(6)
Champagne 0,68(3)1,33(8) 0.68(3)1.33(8)
Corse 1.82(15 )9.07(46 ) 1,82(15)9.07(46)I
Franche-Comte 0,01(1) 0.01(1)
Haute-Normandie 0.27(2) 0.27(2)
Languedoc-Roussi lion !0.99(5)3,33(19 )3.64(1)8,19(29 )0.75(21 )1.06(22 )5.38(27 )12.58(70 )
Limousin 0,80(8)2,13(18 )2.60(9)13,78(29 )1.78(31 )3,06(32)5.18(48 )18.97(79 )I
Lorraine 5.03(32 )20.87(71 )I
t5.03(32 )20.87(71 )
Midi-Pyrénées 1.77(9)5.17(30 )4.68(15)10.29(45 )0.08(3)1.52(6)6.53(27 )16.98(81 )
Ilord-Pas-de-Calais 4-87(17)13.30(46 ) 4.87(17 )13.30(46 )
Fays-de-la-Loire 0.52(6)6.15(43 )6.05(26 )11.70(57 ) 6.57(32 )17.85(100 )
Picardie 0.18(3)0.59(7) 0.18(3)0.59(7)
Poitou-Charente 0,99(11 )3.76(31 )3.61(16 )10-08(33 ) 4.60(27 )13.84(64)I
Provence-Côte d'Azur 0.04(2) 0.04(2)
Rhone-Alpe » 0.41(5)3-82(24 ) 0.70(3)0.70(3)1,11(8)4,51(27)
Guadeloupe 0.53(11 )3.28(50 )1.19(1)2.46(14 )1,02(9)1.02(9)2,74(21 )6,76(73)
Guyane 0.14(3)1.83(11 )0.22(1)0,64(4)0.32(4)0.32(4)0.68(8)2.79(19)I
Martinique 0,11(3)2,35(22 )1.49(2)2,67(14 )2.33(11 )2.33(11 )3.93(16 )7.35(47)
Réunion 0.37(5)1.74(34 )0.45(2)1.77(7)0,95(7)0.95(7)j1,77(14)|4.46(48)I
29.68(2C2 )99.75(587 )44.68(129 )157.03(363 )8,27(101 )12.01(107 )82.63(432 )268,79(10571
Correction (decommi tments&eI
xchange ra
ltevariations) 1.03I
Total L,JLL_J ;J82.63 t269.82j

Table8:(continuation 2)I.Industry,craft
andservices II*InfrestructureIII.Infrastructure
inhill-farmingi1V^TOTALS
areasι
IRELANDTotal
1978Total
75-78Total
I1978
ITotal
75-78Total
|1978
iTotal
75-78Total
1978Total
75-78
I
Donegal (1) (5) (2) (21) (5) (11) (8) (37)
NorthWest (i) (3) (2) (10) (2) (6) (5) (19)
West (1) (20) (11) (30) (6) (17) (18) (67)
KidMest (4) (12) (2) (17) (1) (2) (7) (31)
SouthWest (13) (9) (23) (3) (10) (12)(46)I
SouthEast (5) (13) (10) (30) (15) (43)
Midlands (4) (14) (6) (27) (1) (4) (11) (45)
East (4) (13) (5) (25) (9) (38)
NorthEast (7) (17) (6) (15) (1) (3) (14) (35)
Projetsmultirégionaux (1) (22) (26) (22) <">
Correction (decommitments
&exchange ratevariations )14,91(27 )40,56(111 )16.61(75 )38,86(224 )3.43(19 )10.65(53 )34.95(121 )
0.2090-07(388 )
6.64
Total I
l35.15F'4.3.J
ITALIA
Abruzzi / 2.72(16 )9.77(59 )5.05(7)15.23(23 ) 0.42(14 )7.77(23 )25.42(96 )
basilicata 2.27(1)5.30(14)3.88(14)5.52(21 )0.43(19)3.36(117 )6.58(34 )14.18(152 )
Calabria 1.02(10)2.09(14 )11.06(2 )27.96(8 )0.55(17 )5.82(199 )12.63(29 )35,87(221 )I
Caroama 4.43(20 )26.81(112 )63.99(4 )97.88(38 )0.65(22 )4.62(191 )69.07(46 )129.31(341 )I
Friuli-Venezia Giulia 7.61(22) 2.82(63 ) 10.43(84 )
Lazio 4.70(30)23,53(75 )8.28(9)19.28(15 ) 1.52(27 )12.98(39 )44.33(117 )I
Marche 2,92(10 )2.77(2)I4.45(9) 0.08(3)2.77(2)7.45(22)I
noUse 1.80(6)0.90(2)1.36(5)0,47(15 )2.13(67 )1.37(17 )5,29(78)
Puglia 29.69(18 )47.32(70 )20,93(7 )39.94(20 )1,53(8)3.49(71 )52.15(23 )VU.75(161)
Sardegna 1.76(9)5.15(24 )15.89(30 )59-42(30 )1.10(45 )2.92(64 )18.75(84 )67.49(150 )
Sicilia 3.67(21 )10.59(52 )30.2?(7)69.80(25 ) 1.15(14 )33.89(28 )81.54(91 )
Toscana 0.48(2) 0.43(2)
Projets mult1régionaux
(Làsilicdta-Puglia ) 6.24(1)15.69(2) 6.24(1)15.69(2 )
jSO-làtvsTh6(418)I1169.21(85)Ib*4.14(250)4.73(126 )1
28.33(830 )224.20(326 )1528.23(1518 »
Correction (decommitments Sexchange ratevariations ) 3.87 15.98
Total J |^220.33I51225j

Table8(continuation 3)
I.Industry,craft
andservices II.InfrastructureIII.Infrastructure
inhill-farming
areas j'1
IV.TOTALS
I '
Total
1978Total
75+76+77+78Total
1978Total
75+76+77+73Total
1978Total
75+76+77+78Total
1978Total I
75+76+77+78 !
I
LUXEMBOURG 0.50(1)2,13(3) 0.50(1)2,13(3)
NEDERLAND
Noord-Neder land 2.66(3 )22,51(13)II-
\2,66(3)22.51(13 )
Limburq 5»52(2)5-52(2 ) 8-63(6 ) 5,52(2)14-15(8 )
Correction (decommitments &
exchange ratevariations )5-52(2)5,52(2)2.66(3)31.14(19)
I
ι8,18(5)36.66(21 )
0.53
Total |8,18
I■■ ι
37,19j
UNITED KINGDOM
N.England 5-06(8)36.86(100 )22,97(123 )61.79(388 ) 28.03(131 )98.65(488 )
N.W.England 20.10(8 )29,66(48 )9,82(69 )24.29(266 ) 29.92(77 )53,95(314 )
Yorkshire &Humberside 1,15(2)3,91(29 )5,21(46 )11,28(197 ) 6,36(48 )15.19(226 )
E.Midlands 0.19(1)0,47(9)0.27(6)1,29(33 ) 0.46(7)1,76(42 )
S.W.England 1.05(4)1,85(22 )0.76(9 )3,05(73 ) 1.81(13 )4.90(95 )
Scotland 9.64(28 )35.98(89 )24.76(37 )57,02(273 )2.93(2)7.89(48 )37.33(67 )100-89(410 )
Wales 10.78(14 )20.06(73 )15,31(72 )39.91(373 ) 26.09(86 )59.97(446 )
N.Ireland 9,53(17 )28.72(55 )11,93(9 )30,00(89 ) 0.71(18 )21.46(26)59-43(162 )
W.Midlands 002(2) 0.02(2)
57,50(82 )157.51(425 )91.03(371 )228.65(1694 )2.93(2)8.60(66 )151.46(455)394.76(21851
Correction (decommitments 8exchanc 3eratevariations )2.87 22.48
Total L.I....148.59 374.28I

Table 9 :BUDGET SITUATION (1)
9.1 Use ofcommitment aDDroDriations (MEUA )
Appropriations available for 1978 Appropriations used in1978Appropriations
unused at31.12.78
1978 budgetBrought forward
from 1977TotalCommitments 1978 Aused
581 ,00 •18.83 599,83 556.36 92,75 43-48
I
00ο
I
9.3 Trend incommitments(MEUA )
1975-1977 commit­
ments unpaid at
1.1.19781978 Commitments1975-77 commitments
unpaid at31.12.78 plus
1978 commitmentsPayments
in1978Commitments
unpaid at31.12.78 From sums brought
forward from 1977From 1978
appropriationsTotal
|404,2918.83 537.53 556*36 960.65 254,89 705.76
(1)Point 18pfthis report
mxm9-2usemade ofpayment appropriations (MEUA )
Appropriations available in1978 Payments made in1978 IAppropriations unused at31.12.1978 I
Brought for­
ward from
13111978budgets ||Total
iFrom sums
brought for­
ward from1977From 1978
appropriation : TotalFrom sums brought
forward from 1977From 1978 appropria­
tions
83.08 525.00 608 .08 83.08 171.81 254.89 353.19

Table10:PAYMENTS (1)
Member
StateCommitments
1977unpaid
31.12.771975-
on1978
Comnitments1978PaymentsCommitments
madebutunpaid
at31.12.78Payments as%
ofcommitments
Fromsumscommitted inTotal
75 76 77 78
MEUAI
I%MEUA %MEUA MEUA MEUA MEUA MEUA % MEUA end1978I
lend1977
Belgium 12.985 36.147 1 1.401 4.569 5.970 2 13-162 56.6 46.3
1Denmark 5.797 15,576 10.126 0.790 0.467 1,383 1 9.991 57.3 67,5
Germany 45.832 1149,259 90.621 1.621 25-342 14,599 42.183 17 52.909 64.0 53.1
IFrance 98.594 2482.626 15 1.09516.910 13.918 8.722 40.646 16140.573 47.6 46.1
IIreland 22.770 635.149 60.635 3.403 5.128 11.294 20.460 837.458 57,0 46.9
Italy 119.481 30220.328 .402.653 11.393 21.69942.785 78.530 31261.278 48.9 56.2
ILuxembourg 0.676 0.501 0.212 0.212 0.965 54.4 58,9
INetherlands 14.219 48.184 1 2.792 3.683 6.475 215.928 57.0 58.2
IUnitedKingi 83.938 21148.589 270.566 10.749 21,61626.102 59-033 23173.495 53.4 6?.,5
Idom
ICommunity 404,292 100556.359 100 5.696 49.-059 96.635 103.502 254,892 100 705.759 52.3 56.5
(1)Point91ofthisreport
i»
mx

-82- ANNEX
(1)Table11:INSPECTION VISITSCARRIED OUTOVERTHEPERIOD1975-1978
Country andregionI Numberofprojectsinspected
1978 1975 ■-1978
Industry Infrastructure Industry Infrastructure
IVlaanderen 3 11
Walonie 2
Belgique:2 11
IGroenland 19
INordjylland 2 7
IViborg 1
Danemark 2 8 19
Schleswig-Holstein 8 9 8f10
Niedersachsen 1 4
Hessen 5 2 8 5
Rhennland-Pfalz 9 3 9 3
SaarLand 4 3 4 3
Bayern 3 4 6 7
IDeutschland 29 21 36 32
Aquitaine ]11 1 11 1
Auvergne 5 4
IBasse-Normandie 2
Bretagne 2
Languedoc-Roussi lIon 10 2 10 2
Limousin 5 4 5 4
ILorraine 6
IMidi-Pyrénées 8 3
PaysdelaLoire 3
France 26 7 45 21
IDonegal ] 4
INorthWest 1 1
IWest 1 1
MidWest 1 5
ISouthWest I 3 6
ISouthEast 1
IMidlands 2 2
IEast I 3 1 3
INorthEast I 2 1
^Ireland I ......f ""I
(DPoint95°fthisreport.

-83- ANNEX
Table11:INSPECTION VISITSCARRIED OUTOVERTHEPERIOD1975-1978(1 )
Country andregionNumberofprojects inspected
1978 1975-1978
Industry Infrastructure Industry Infrastructure
IAbruzzi3 3
IBasiLicata 3 4
!Calabria 3 5
ICampania 5 10 5 14
ILazio 6 3 6 4
IMarche 1 2
IMolise 4
IPuglia 6 1
ISardegna 4 9 6 12
Sicilia 4 4 5 8
IItalia 19 26 38 57
ILuxembourg 1 2
IGroningen j 2
ILimburg 1
IFriesland 1 1
INederland1 "*4
INorthern England | 6 7 9 24
INorthWestEngland 5 12 7 25
IYorkshire &Humberside 2, 5
ISouth-West England 6 8 6 8
IScotland 6 3 29
IWales 6 4 11 9
INorthern Ireland 9 1 9 1
IUnitedKingdom 32 38 47 101 I
COMMUNITY 108 100 188 270