18. 3. 85 Official Journal of the European Communities No C 70/3 
Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EEC) No 219/84 instituting a 
specific Community regional development measure contributing to overcoming constraints on 
the development of new economic activities in certain zones adversely affected by restructuring 
of the textile and clothing industry 
COM(84) 715 final 
(Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 21 December 1984) 
(85/C 70/02) 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 
Economic Community, 
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 724/75 
of 18 March 1975 establishing a European Regional 
Development Fund(1), as last amended by Regulation 
(EEC) No 3325/80 (2), and in particular Article 13 (3) 
thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Having regard to the opinion of the European 
Parliament, 
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social 
Committee, 
Whereas Article 13 of Regulation (EEC) No 724/75 
provides, independently of the national allocations of 
resources fixed by Article 2 (3) (a) of that Regulation, 
for participation by the Fund in financing specific 
Community regional development measures which are, in 
particular, linked with Community policies and with 
measures adopted by the Community in order to take 
better account of their regional dimension or to reduce 
their regional consequences; 
Whereas, pursuant to that Article, the Council adopted 
on 18 January 1984 a second series of Regulations 
instituting specific Community regional development 
measures and, in particular, Regulation (EEC) No 
219/84 (3), the measure instituted by that Regulation 
being hereinafter referred to as 'the specific measure'; 
Whereas, pursuant to that Regulation, and in particular 
Article 3 thereof, the Commission has approved special 
programmes relating to certain zones and has at the 
same time decided to allocate appropriations to these 
programmes; 
Whereas the worsening problems in the textile and 
clothing industry require that the specific measure be 
extended to zones in the Federal Republic of Germany 
which meet the criteria as adopted in Article 2 (1) of 
Regulation (EEC) No 219/84; 
D OJNoL 73, 21. 3. 1975, p. 1. 
(2) OJ No L 349, 23. 12. 1980, p. 10 
(3) OJ No L 27, 31. 1. 1984, p. 22. Whereas the Member States concerned have provided 
the Commission with information relating to regional 
problems which would be a suitable subject for a specific 
measure; 
Whereas additional financial resources are required to 
implement the specific measure so extended; 
Whereas it is necessary for the Federal Republic of 
Germany to present to the Commission a special 
programme in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 
219/84, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Article 1 
The following point (g) is added to Article 2 (2) of 
Regulation (EEC) No 219/84: 
'(g) in the Federal Republic of Germany: the 
Arbeitsmarktregionen of Ahaus, Steinfurt and 
Fulda, as well as the assisted zones in the 
Arbeitsmarktregion of Bayreuth'. 
Article 2 
The duration of the special programme to be presented by 
The Federal Republic of Germany shall be five years from 
the 60th day following that of the entry into force of this 
Regulation. 
Article 3 
Expenditure arising from the special programme which 
is incurred from the day of entry into force of this 
Regulation shall be eligible. 
Article 4 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day 
following its publication in the Official Journal of the 
European Communities. 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and 
directly applicable in all Member States.