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II 
(Preparatory Acts) 
COMMISSION 
Proposal for a Council Decision implementing Decision 83/200/EEC empowering the 
Commission to contract loans under the New Community Instrument for the purpose of 
promoting investment within the Community 
COM(84) 29final 
(Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 26 January 1984) 
(84/C 48/03) 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN 
COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the 
European Economic Community, 
Having regard to Council Decision 83/200/EEC of 
19 April 1983 empowering the Commission to 
contract loans under the New Community Instrument 
for the purpose of promoting investment within the 
Community ('), and in particular Article 2 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 applications for loans approved by the 
Commission represent over two-thirds of the initial 
tranche of borrowings authorized by Council 
Decision 83/308/EEC (2); 
Whereas it is essential to ensure continuity of action 
for the New Community Instrument in favour of 
investment projects in the fields of energy and infra­
structures and the financing of investment, mainly by 
small and medium-sized undertakings, in industry 
and other productive sectors; 
Whereas a further tranche of borrowing and lending 
in accordance with Decision 83/200/EEC should 
therefore be authorized, for the same fields of 
application as those specified in Decision 83/308/ 
EEC; 
Whereas borrowings of an amount equivalent to 
1,400 million ECU, by way of principal, should be 
authorized, 
(') OJ No L 112, 28. 4. 1983, p. 26. 
(2) OJ No L 164, 23. 6. 1983, p. 31. HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS: 
Article 1 
A tranche of borrowings is hereby authorized for an 
amount which shall not exceed the equivalent of 
1 400 million ECU, by way of principal. 
Article 2 
The proceeds of the borrowing referred to in Article 1 
shall be lent to finance investment projects carried out 
on Community territory which help attain the 
Community's priority objectives in the energy and 
infrastructure sectors, and in the financing of 
investment, principally that of small and medium-
sized undertakings, in industry and the other 
productive sectors. 
Article 3 
The Commission shall decide whether or not projects 
are eligible in accordance with the following priorities 
and guidelines: 
— investment projects, mainly those of small and 
medium-sized undertakings, in industry and 
directly allied services, which are designed in 
particular to promote the dissemination of 
innovation and new techniques and the 
implementation of which contributes directly or 
indirectly to the creation of jobs, 
— the rational use of energy, including energy 
conservation in buildings used as accommodation 
or by the tertiary sector, the replacement of oil by 
other sources of energy in all sectors and infra­
structure projects facilitating such replacement, 
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infrastructure projects which are associated with 
the development of productive activities, which 
contribute to regional development or which are 
of Community interest, such as telecommuni­
cations, including information technology, and 
transport including the transmission of energy, — the projects and their execution must comply with 
the provisions of the Treaty and of secondary 
legislation, in particular with those relating to 
competition, and Community rules and policies 
applicable in the fields in question. 
Proposal for a Council Decision on the conclusion of the Agreement between the 
European Economic Community and the Government of the Republic of Senegal 
amending for the second time the Agreement on fishing off the coast of Senegal, signed 
on 15 June 1979, and of the new Protocol thereto 
COM(84) 38 final 
(Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 27 January 1984) 
(84/C 48/04) 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN 
COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the treaty establishing the European 
Economic-Community, and in particular Article 43 
thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Having regard to the opinion of the European 
Parliament, 
Whereas the Community and Senegal have conducted 
negotiations pursuant to the second subparagraph of 
Article 17 of the Agreement between the Government 
of the Republic of Senegal and the European 
Economic Community on fishing off the coast of 
Senegal (''), as amended by the Agreement signed on 
26 January 1982 (2), to determine the amendments or 
additions to be made to the Annexes or the Protocol 
referred to in Article 9 thereof at the end of the 
second two-year period of application of the 
Agreement; 
Whereas, as a result of these negotiations, an 
Agreement amending Annex I to the abovementioned 
fisheries Agreement and a new Protocol were signed 
on ...; 
Whereas it is in the Community's interest to approve 
the Agreement; 
Whereas the conclusion of the Agreement renders 
nugatory Council Decision ... of 
conclusion of an Agreement in the ... on the 
form of an exchange of letters providing for provisional 
application of the Agreement between the 
Government of the Republic of Senegal and the 
European Economic Community amending for the 
second time the abovementioned Agreement on 
fishing off the coast of Senegal, and of the new 
Protocol thereto, 
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS: 
Article 1 
The Agreement between the European Economic 
Community and the Government of the Republic of 
Senegal amending for the second time the Agreement 
on fishing off the coast of Senegal, signed on 15 June 
1979, and the new Protocol thereto are hereby 
approved on behalf of the Community. 
The texts referred to in the first subparagraph are 
attached to this Decision. 
Article 2 
The President of the Council shall give the 
notification provided for in Article 2 of the 
Agreement (3). 
Article 3 
Decision ... is hereby repealed with effect from the 
date of entry into force of the Agreement. 
0) OJ No L 226, 29. 8. 1980, p. 17. 
(2) OJ No L 234, 9. 8. 1983, p. 9. (s) The date of entry into force of the Agreement will be 
published in the Official Journal of the European 
Communities by the General Secretariat of the Council.