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EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
Secretoria!COM(80)876final
Brussels,19December1980
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Communication fromtheCommission totheCouncil
Requestforassent,pursuanttoArt.562a)oftheECSCTreaty
tograntingagloballoantotheScottishDevelopment Agency,
UnitedKingdom
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Communication totheCouncil
Subject:Requestforassent/pursuanttoArt.562a)oftheECSCTreaty
tograntingagloballoantotheScottishDevelopment Agency,
UnitedKingdom.
I.THEINTERMEDIARY FINANCIAL AGENCY N0.316
Applicant
Registeredoffice
Parentcompanyof
applicant
II.BENEFICIARIES•ScottishDevelopment Agency(S.D.A.)
«
**
:Glasgow,Scotland.
TheAgencytsasemi-public bodyestablished by
Statutein1975/76.Itisformallyaccountable tc
Parliament,whichinpracticemeanstotheSecretery
ofStateforScotlandandthenceto.theTreasury.
Besidestheprovisionoffinancetobusinesses in
Scotland/theAgency'sbasicfunctionsembraceth«
attractionofinvestment/theprovisionandmainten­
anceoffactoriesandindustrialestates/employment
creationandtheimprovement oftheenvironment .
Usingitsnetworkoflocalbusinessdevelopmenturit
andspecialtaskforcesforassistance inthere­
deployment ofpersonnel/theagencywillpasson
thegloballoantosmallandmedium-sized firmsfor
thecreation .andexpansionofactivities. |
Field.ofactivityofthe
beneficiaries tIndustrial andserviceactivities .
sicnoloddrets:RutdeloLoi200,8*1040Bry$$els–Téléphoné350040*356040–Telegrophieoddrest:«COMEURBrusseU•–
Telex:«COMEURBRU 21877*

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111•IH§_PROJ ECT
Procédure
TheCommissionwillmakefc5M(about9.11MEUA)availabletothe
ScottishDevelopment Agency(S.D.A.).Theloanwill,withinthree
years,bedisbursedtotheScottishDevelopment Agency(S.D.A.)in
severaltranchesinconformitywithsub-loansapprovedforeligible
projects.Theintermediary agencywillsubmiteachindividual
projecttotheCommissionforapproval.
Thedecisionrelatingtoindividualsub-loanswillbetakenin
accordancewiththecriteriaandobjectivespublishedbythe
Commission (O.J.No.C178/2of27thJuly,1977andO.J.No.C82/8
of29thMarch,1979).
TheScottishDevelopment Agency(S.D.A.)willreporttotheCommission
everysixmonthsontheusetowhichthegloballoanhasbeenput;
itwillalsoreportannuallyonthere-employment ofex-ECSCworkers
infirmsfinancedthroughthegloballoan.
Globalamountofinvestment :Atleastt10M(abcut18.2MEUA)
IV.THEREGION
Projectlocation Thegloballoanwillapplytoallareas
ofScotlandwhichareaffectedbythe
run-downincoalandsteel.
Unemployment rate AsperAugust1980:
Central
DumfriesandGalloway
Fife
Lothians
Strathclyde9.2%
9.8%
9.9%
8.2%
13.2%
Nationalaidstatusof
projectarea Assistedareas.
TheECSCindustryhasbeenanimportantsourceofemploymentinthearea.

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V.CONFORMITY WITHART.56OFTHEECSCTREATY
ECSCredundancies in
projectareaSince1975joblosseshavetotalled9,250
locatedasfollows:
1)Glasgow(Tollcross,Cambuslang )3,750
2)NorthLanarkshire (Motherwell,Wishaw,
Hamilton,Bellshill) 4,500
3)GarnockValley 1,000
CurrentlyBritishSteelhasafurtherrationa .
isationreviewinhandwhichmayleadtomorej
joblossesfromthe17,500nowemployedbyj
BritishSteelinScotland. i
Jobcreationofproject
TrainingAtleast455jobssuitableforformerECSC
workers.
ThroughManpowerServicesCommission and
loanbeneficiaries .
TheCommissionconsidersthattherequestcomplieswithArt.562a)
oftheECSCTreaty.
VI.GL0BAL_L0AN
Loanrequested
Loangranted
Interestrebatet5M
TheCommission hasapprovedaloan
Offc5M (about9.11MEUA)
orequivalent totheabovementioned
companyinaccordance withArt.56
operatingpolicies(O.J.No,C82/8
of29March,1979).
3%pointsperyearforfiveyearson
9.1MEUA.
Jobbasisofinterestrebate:455
VII.COUNCILASSENTBcsseasiatsiia
TheCommissioninvitestheCounciltogiveItsassenttotheforegoing
decision.