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II 
(Preparatory Acts) 
COMMISSION 
Proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) amending Regulation (EEC) No 1975/82 on the 
acceleration of agricultural development in certain regions of Greece 
COM(88) 533 final 
(Submitted by the Commission on 18 October 1988) 
(88/C 294/05) 
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, in accordance with Council Regulation (EEC) 
No 1975/82 ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) 
No 3157/87 (2), Greece implemented a programme of 
works and other activities for the development of the 
mountain and hill and less-favoured areas of 22 nomoi 
which was approved by Commission Decision 
83/387/EEC(3); 
Whereas Article 16 (2) of the said Regulation provides 
that before the expiry of the common measure the 
Council must decide, on a proposal from the 
Commission, whether the measure should be extended; 
Whereas the implementation of the programme has 
encountered difficulties caused particularly by certain 
changes in priorities, the limited financial resources 
available under the budget of the Member State 
concerned and administrative problems; whereas, as a 
result of these difficulties, implementation has fallen well 
behind schedule; 
Whereas this situation made it necessary to revise the 
initial programme, and this revision was approved by 
Commission Decision 88/. .. ./EEC; 
Whereas it became apparent that this revision would not 
be sufficient to make up the backlog of work under the 
(') OJ No L 214, 22. 7. 1982, p. 1. 
(2) OJ No L 301, 24. 10. 1987, p. 3. 
(3) OJ No L 222, 13. 8. 1983, p. 43. programme or to supply the necessary funding; whereas, 
therefore, the duration of the common measure should 
be extended by one year and the Community's financial 
contribution should be increased, in order to achieve the 
aims of the programme as nearly as possible, while 
taking account of the fact that in the light of the reform 
of the structural Funds the emphasis must be placed on 
the less-developed regions of the Community; 
Whereas the duration of the common measure was set at 
five years beginning on 29 July 1983, the date on which 
the programme was first approved; whereas the one-year 
extension to the duration of the common measure will 
therefore run from 29 July 1988 to 28 July 1989; 
Whereas the increase in the Community's financial 
contribution should be varied to take account of the 
needs of the different sectors involved in the programme 
and the priorities of the Community; whereas that 
contribution should therefore be increased to 70 % in 
the case of rural infrastructure, the development of stock 
rearing (cattle, sheep and goats) and forestry 
improvement measures, and to 60 % in the case of 
irrigation, the improvement of facilities for agricultural 
training and land improvement, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Article 1 
Regulation (EEC) No 1975/82 is hereby amended as 
follows: 
1. In Article 16 (1) the words 'five years' are replaced by 
the words 'six years'. 
2. Article 18 is amended as follows: 
(a) The following subparagraph is added to para­
graph 2: 
'However, for expenditure incurred from 29 July 
1988 onwards, the Fund shall reimburse the 
Greek Government the following percentages of 
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its actual expenditure, while observing the 
maximum eligible amounts laid down in the first 
subparagraph: 
— 70 % for the work referred to in Article 4. 
However, this amount may not exceed 60 % 
of the total cost of the investment, 
— 70 % for the measures and work referred to 
in Articles 10 (1) and 14 (1), 
— 60 % for the work and measures referred to 
in Articles 6, 8 and 12(1).' 
(b) Paragraph 2a is replaced by the following;: 
'2a. The Commission may on the occasion of 
the approval, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 21, of an adjustment of the 
programme referred to in Article 1 (4) alter the 
limits set in the first subparagraph of paragraph 2, 
but without exceeding the estimated cost specified 
in Article 16 (3). 
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third 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. 
Recommendation for a Council Decision on the conclusion of a Protocol to the Agreement 
establishing an Association between the European Economic Community and the Republic of 
Malta consequent on the accession of the Kingdom of Spain and the Portuguese Republic to the 
Community 
COM(88) 582 final 
(Submitted by the Commission on 20 October 1988) 
(88/C 294/06) 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in 
particular Article 238 thereof, 
Having regard to the recommendation from the Commission, 
Having regard to the assent of the European Parliament ('), 
Whereas the Protocol to the Association Agreement between the European Economic 
Community and the Republic of Malta (2) signed at La Valetta on 5 December 1970 should be 
approved, in order to take into account the accession of the Kingdom of Spain and the 
Portuguese Republic to the Community, 
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS: 
Article 1 
The Protocol to the Association Agreement between the European Economic Community and 
the Republic of Malta consequent on the accession of the Kingdom of Spain and the 
Portuguese Republic to the Community is hereby approved on behalf of the Community. 
The text of the Protocol is attached to this Decision. 
(') Opinion published in the Official Journal of the European Communities. 
(2) OJ No L 61, 14. 3. 1971, p. 1.