Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) amending Regulation ( EEC ) No 3906/89 in order to extend economic aid to include other countries in Central and Eastern Europe
Date: 1991-11-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Central and Eastern Europe, aid recipient, economic aid, terms for aid

CŒMISSION  OF  THE  EUBOPEAN  COMMUNITIES 

C0M(91) 380 final 

Brussels, 15 November 1991 

Proposal  for a 

COUNCIL REGULATION  (EEC) 

amending Regulation  (EEC) No 3906/89  in order  to extend 

economic aid to  include other countries in 

Central  and Eastern Europe 

(presented by the Commission) 

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EXPLANATORY  MEMORANDUM 

In  September  1991,  the  Group  of  Twenty  Four  industrialised  countries, 
whose  economic  assistance  to  the  countries  of  central  and  eastern 
Europe  is  coordinated  by  the  Commission,  decided  to  extend  such 
assistance  to Albania,  Estonia,  Latvia  and  Lithuania.  The  Community's 
assistance  for  economic  reconstruction  to the countries  of  central  and 
eastern  Europe  is  provided  for  by  regulation  (EEC)  n*  3906/89,  as 
amended  by  regulation  2698/90.  The attached  proposal  amends regulation 
3906/89  to extend  its coverage  to Albania  and  the Baltic  states. 

The  proposed  regulation  will  have  no  implications  for  the  Community 
budget  as the assistance  to these countries will  be  financed  from  funds 
already aval I able. 

Proposal  for a Council  Regulation amending Regulation  (EEC) No 3906/89 
In order  to extend economic aid to  include other countries 
In Central  and Eastern  Europe 

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 

Having  regard  to  the  Treaty  establishing  the  European  Economic 
Community, and  in particular  Article  235 thereof, 

Having regard to the proposal  from the Commission, 

Having  regard to the opinion of  the European  Parliament1, 

Whereas  the  Community  and  its  Member  States  have  decided  to  make  a 
concerted  effort  together  with  certain  third  countries  in  order  to 
implement  measures  intended  to  support  the  process  of  economic  and 
social  reform  underway  in  Bulgaria,  Czechoslovakia,  Hungary,  Poland, 
Romania  and  Yugoslavia;  whereas  for  this  purpose  Council  Regulation 
(EEC) No 3906/89  of  18 December  19892,  as  amended  by  Regulation  (EEC) 
No 2698/90  of  17 September  19903,  lays  down  the  conditions  for  the 
supply of economic and humanitarian aid; 

Whereas the representatives of  the group of  24 agreed  in September  1991 
to  extend  coordinated  economic  assistance  respectively  to Albania  and 
Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia; 

Whereas  extending  the  scope of  Regulation  (EEC) No 3906/89  to  include 
these  countries  constitutes  an  appropriate  means  of  implementing  the 
commitments undertaken; 

Whereas moreover  the conditions  for  such  an  extension  pertain  in these 
countr ies; 

Whereas German unification, achieved  on  3 October  1990, means  that  the 
entry  "German Democratic  Republic" should  to be  deleted  from  the Annex 
to  Regulation  (EEC)  No 3906/89  listing  the  countries  of  Central  and 
Eastern  Europe  which  qualify  for  economic  aid  under  the  scheme 
implemented  by this Regulation; 

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Opinion delivered on  .... 
0J No L 375, 23.12.1989, p. 11. 
0J No L 257, 21.09.1990, p. 1. 

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 

In the Annex  to Regulation  (EEC) No 3906/89, 

Article 1 

the following  countries are hereby  inserted:  "Albania, Estonia, Latvia 
and Lithuania"; 
the following entry  is hereby deleted:  "German Democratic  Republic". 

Article 2 

This  Regulation  shall  enter  into  force  on  the  third  day  following  its 
publication  In the Official  Journal  of the European  Communities. 

it  shall  apply  with  respect  to  Estonia,  Latvia  and  Lithuania  from 
1 January  1Ô92. 

This Regulation  shall  be binding  in  its entirety  and directly applicable  in 
all Member  States. 

Done at Brussels, 

1991 

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