CELEX: 51988PC0141
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Date: 1988-04-15
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION on financial support for Portugal for a specific industrial development programme (PEDIP) (submitted by the Commission)

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                                      COM(88 ) 141 final
                                      Brussels , 15 April 1988
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 ---pagebreak---                                 Proposai for a
                              COUNCIL REGULATION
              on financial support for Portugal for a specific
                  industrial development programme ( PEDIP )
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ,
and In particular Articles 128 and 235 thereof ,
Having regard to Council Decision 63/ 266/ EEC of 2 April 1963 laying down1
general principles for Implementing a common vocational training policy ,
and In particular the tenth principle thereof ,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission , 2
Having regard to the Opinion of the European Parliament , 2
Having regard to the Opinion of the Economic and Social Committee , 4
Whereas a specific programme for the development of Portuguese industry
( hereinafter referred to as " PEDIP ") has been prepared , In close
collaboration between Portugal and the Commission , which
contains a set of measures , Including vocational training measures ,
designed to promote such development ,
Whereas the PEDIP should help to achieve the Community 's objectives
concerning economic and social cohesion , by Identifying four priority areas
for the development of Portuguese Industry ;
Whereas the European Council meeting in Brussels on 12 and
13 February 1988 endorsed the principle of community assistance for the
PEDIP , and whereas the European Council agreed on the principle of
allocating to the PEDIP , over and above support from the structural Funds
and Community loans , additional budgetary resources amounting to
500 million ECU for the period from 1988 to 1992 ;
Whereas provisions should be laid down for the use of these additional
resources ;
1 OJ No 63 , 20.4.1963 , P . 1338 / 63 .
2 OJ No C
3 OJ No C
4 OJ NO C
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Whereas , In order to simplify management of these resources , which should
be made the responsibility of the Commission , the Commission should be able
 to apply the appropriate measures In respect of the rates of Community
assistance , the procedures for the commitment, payment, and recovery of
Community assistance , and the monitoring of the measures for which assistance
ha * been at located ;
Whereas , In respect of the measures Included In the PEDIP , with the
exception of vocational training measures , the Treaty contains no specific
powers required ;
HAD ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                     Art I c le 1
     Financial assistance from the Community Budget for Imp lementat Ion of
     the PEDIP sha 1 1 be provided , over and above support from the structural
     Funds , by means of additional resources established In the annual
     budget procedure .
     These additional resources shall be used In accordance with this
     Regulat Ion .
                                     Art le le 2
The additional resources referred to In Article 1 shall be ueed to
Implement the PEDIP by contributing to :
           faster Improvement of basic Industrial Infrastructure ( priority
          area number 1 )
          stronger foundations for basic and further vocational training
          facilities for     careers
                             careers     In Industry ( priority area number 2 )
                                         in
          the financing of productive Investment ( priority area number 3 )
          productivity tastes ( priority area number 4 ),
either separate ly/ or to supplement measures by one or more of the
structural Funds , In order to support measures falling within at least one
of these priority development areas .
When allocating resources , priority shall bo given to projects falling
within areas 3 or 4 .
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                                   Article 3
On the basis of consultation between Portugal and the
Comm I S9 Ion :
1 .  Portugal shall submit to the Commission applications for
     financial support from the Community for the measures referred to In
    Article 2 . These applications shall be accompanied by all the
     Information needed to check that the measures are In conformity with
     this Regulation , with the objectives of the PEDIP and with Community
    policies , and by the financial estimates and Indicative timetables for
    carrying out the work and effecting the corresponding payments .
2.  The Commission shall examine the applications In order to check that
    they are In conformity with this Regulation and shall decide on the
    grant of the additional resources referred to In Article 1 .
Decisions concerning the grant of this assistance shall be published In the
Official Journal of the European Communities .
                                   Article 4
For the management of the additional resources referred to In Article 1 and
depending on the nature of the measure , the Commission may apply the
appropriate provisions concerning the rate of Community assistance , the
procedures for the commitment , payment and recovery of Community assistance
and the auditing of the measures receiving this assistance .
The rate of Community assistance to the selected measures under the
PEDIP may not exceed 75% of the total cost of the measure , whatever the
form of the financial assistance .
The Community may cover 100% of the total cost of the preparatory studies ,
pilot measures and technical assistance measures carried out upon the
Commission 's initiative .
                                   Article 5
Measures funded under this Regulation shall be In conformity with the
Treaties and with the acts adopted pursuant thereto and with the objectives
of Community policies , In particular as regards the competition rules , the
award of public contracts and the protection of the environment .
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                                    Art le le 6
      The Commission shall be kept constantly Informed of the Implementation
      of the measures receiving Community assistance under the PEDIP .
      Portugal shall take all measures necessary to ensure
      that the Commission receives such Information and In order to
      facilitate monitoring by Portugal itself or
      Implemented on the basis of Articles 206a and 289 of the Treaty .
      Moni tori ng  may take the form of on-site Inspections or verifications .
                                    Art Icle 7
The Commission shall send the Council a report on the Implementation of
this Regulation on 1 June 1990 for the preceding period and a final
 report on the PEDIP      by the end of 1993 at the latest . These reports
shalt Include an account of all the development measures Implemented ,
detail the expenditure incurred and assess their effects .
                                    Article 8
Th 1 3 Regulation shall enter Into force the day following that of 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 .
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