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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES
COM(77 )493final
Brussels ,14October 1977
ALTERATION OPTHE
Proposal fora
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC )
concerning Community aidforfinancing
cyclical stocks ofhard coal ,coke and
patent fuel
(submitted totheCouncil "bytheCommission
pursuant tothesecond paragraph ofArticle
149of "theEECTreaty )
C0KC77 )493final

JUSTIFICATION
Theorigmax version nttheproposed Commission Regulation proviiou ,in
Article 10,that theCommission -could modify "byaRegulation
–theamount ofaid per tonne ofstocks
-thelower andupper limits forquantities stocked .
Under theterms ofArticle 11oftheoriginal version theCommission
could ,under theconditions given inparagraphs 1and 2ofthat Article ,
suppress partly orcompletely theapplication oftheRegulation .
During theexamination ofthetext ofthetwoArticles theEuropean
Parliament judged itappropriate :
-that themodifications must beintroduced ,under theterms ofArticle 10,
bytheCouncil ontheproposal oftheCommission and that theEuropean Parlia­
ment must always beconsulted when itisplanned ,atthe endofacalendar
year ,tomodify respectively the amount ofaidper tonne orthe lower and
upper limits ofthequantities stocked }
-that thepartial orcomplete suppression oftheRegulation under theterms
ofArticle 11must take place bymeans ofadecision bytheCouncil ona
proposal bytheCommission andafter consultation oftheEuropean Parliament .
Afavourable response canbegiven totheParliament 'swishes ;Articles
10and11oftheoriginal version ofthedraft Commission Regulation aremodi­
fied asdescribed inAnnexe 1.

Annex i
ProposalforaCouncilRegulation (EEC)concerning
Communityaidforfinancingcyclicalstocksof
hardcoal-cokeandpatentfuel
Preambleunchanged
Articles1-9unchanged
Article10
(1)Attheendofeachcalendaryear,theCouncil,
decidingwithunanimity,actingonaproposal
■fromtheCommission andhavingconsultedthe
EuropeanParliament,maydecidetomodifythe
followingbymeansofaregulation :
-theratepertonneofaidforstocks
-theupperandthelowerlimitsforthe
quantitiesofstocks.
Nevertheless,inthemeantimeandinanemergency,
theCouncilcandecideonsuchmodifications ona
proposalfromtheCommission.
(2)TheCommissionshallrevokeaidundulygrantedor,
particularly,wheregrantedasaresultofinaccurate
declarations onthepartoftheapplicants.
Article11
IfattherequestofaMemberStateoronitsown
initiativetheCommission findsthat:
(1)theapplication ofthisregulationislikely
togiverisetoseriousdisturbances inthe
commonmarketforcoalordifficulties which
mayresultinthedeterioration ofthegeneral
coalsupply,orthat
(2)appreciatechangesaretakingplaceinthe
conditionsorvolumeofintra-Community trade
onthemarketforcoalbecausetheeconomic
conditions whichpromptedtheadoptionof
thisresolutionhavechanged,
theCouncil,onaproposaloftheCommission
andhavingconsultedtheEuropeanParliament,
maydecidetosuspend,whollyorpartially,application
ofthisregulation.
Articles12-14unchanged