CELEX: 51987PC0202
Language: en
Date: 1987-04-27
Title: AMENDMENT TO THE PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DECISION MODIFYING COUNCIL DECISION 83/624/EEC CONCERNING A PLAN FOR THE TRANSNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE SUPPORTING INFRASTRUCTURE FOR INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER

No C 137/8                               Official Journal of the European Communities                                 22. 5. 87
                                                    COMMISSION
              Amendment to the Proposal for a Council Decision modifying Council Decision 83/624/EEC
              concerning a plan for the transnational development of the supporting infrastructure for
                                             innovation and technology transfer (')
                                                        COM(87) 202 final
              (presented by the Commission to the Council pursuant to the second paragraph of Article 149 of the
                                                   EEC Treaty on 27 April 1987)
                                                         (87/C 137/09)
O OJ No C 335, 30. 12. 1986, p. 14.
                      ORIGINAL PROPOSAL                                                   AMENDED PROPOSAL
                                                     Preamble unchanged
whereas it is vital to the future of the Community, firstly,        whereas it is vital to the future of the Community, firstly,
to improve the general environment for enterprises with             to improve the general environment for enterprises,
a view to fostering their capacity for industrial                   especially SMEs, with a view to fostering their capacity
innovation and commercial dynamism and, secondly, to                for industrial innovation and commercial dynamism and,
ensure that the best use of the dimension afforded by the           secondly, to ensure that the best use of the dimension
common market is made by the Member States and more                 afforded by the common market is made by the Member
particularly by the enterprises themselves, in order that           States and more particularly by the enterprises
they might develop in a competitive, unified and free               themselves, in order that they might develop in a
market,                                                             competitive, unified and free market,
whereas at the meeting of the Heads of State or                     whereas at the meeting of the Heads of State or
Government held in Luxembourg on 2 and 3 December                   Government held in Luxembourg on 2 and 3 December
1985, the Community set itself the objective of                     1985, the Community set itself the objective of
strengthening the scientific and technological foun-                strengthening the scientific and technological foun-
dations of European industry and encouraging the                    dations of European industry and encouraging he
development of its international competitivity, in                  development of its international competitivity, in
particular by supporting small and medium-sized                     particular by supporting small and medium-sized
enterprises, in their technological research and                    enterprises, in their technological development work and
development work and in their efforts to cooperate with             in their efforts to cooperate with one another trans-
one another,                                                        nationally at Community level,
                                          T h i r d and fourth recitals u n c h a n g e d
whereas the first two annual progress reports on the                whereas the first two annual progress reports on the
implementation of Council Decision 83/624/EEC (*) are               implementation of Council Decision 83/624/EEC (') are
encouraging,                                                        encourgaing, even though there still do not exist more
                                                                    detailed analyses of that experience,
(*) OJ No L 353, 15. 12. 1983, p. 15.
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                        ORIGINAL PROPOSAL                                                  AMENDED PROPOSAL
                                      Sixth, seventh and eighth recitals u n c h a n g e d
whereas it would therefore be expedient to extend the                whereas it would therefore be expedient to extend the
plan to 31 December 1988 with the new title of                       plan in the meantime to 31 December 1988 with the new
'Strategic Programme for Innovation and Technology                   title of 'Strategic programme for Innovation and
Transfer — definition phase' (SPRINT Programme),                     Technology Transfer — definition phase' (SPRINT
and it would be appropriate to fix an updated list of                Programme), and it would be appropriate to fix an
priority actions for the same period,                                updated list of priority actions for the same period,
                                                                     whereas it is necessary to include the subject matter of
                                                                     this decision in the coordinated Community programme
                                                   Tenth recital unchanged
                                               Articles and Annex u n c h a n g e d
                Proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) amending Regulation (EEC) No 729/70 on the
                financing of the common agricultural policy as regards the system of advance payments in the
                         Guarantee Section of the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund
                                                        COM(87) 212 final
                                   (presented by the Commission to the Council on 6 May 1987)
                                                           (87/C 137/10)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                             Whereas there may be large disparities between these
                                                                     two accounting operations, which makes it more difficult
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               to manage the Community's budgetary appropriations
 Economic Community, and in particular Article 43                     and the Community funds held by the Member States;
 thereof,
 Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                  Whereas there should be a stage-by-stage changeover to
                                                                      a system whereby the authorities and bodies designated
 Having regard to the opinion of the European Par-                    for the purpose validate the payment of the said
 liament,                                                             expenditure but the latter is paid by the Commission
                                                                      after it has been charged to the Community budget;
 Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 729/70 on the
 financing of the common agricultural policy (x), as last             Whereas, at a first stage, the said expenditure should be
 amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3769/85 (2),                          charged to the Community budget, on the basis of the
 introduced a system whereby budgetary funds earmarked                monthly statements of expenditure actually incurred,
 to cover the expenditure of the Guarantee Section of the             instead of on the basis of forecasts;
 European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund
  are made available to the authorities and bodies
                                                                      Whereas,      consequently, Member States must make
 designated to pay out such expenditure;
                                                                      available   to the designated authorities and bodies the
 Whereas, under this system, the said expenditure is                  necessary    funds for paying such expenditure until the
  charged to the budget of the European Communities, in               latter has  been charged to the budget in this way;
  the first instance, on the basis of the forecasts made by
 the Member States and whereas the accounting entries                 Whereas, as a second stage, the said statements should
  relating to the expenditure actually incurred by the                be forwarded to the Commission by electronic
  designated authorities and bodies are made at a later               transmission on a more frequent basis, thus enabling
  stage, the sums initially charged to the budget being               expenditure to be charged to the budget more rapidly
  adjusted as necessary;                                              and at shorter intervals;
                                                                      Whereas the settlement of the said expenditure by the
  O OJ No L 94, 28. 4. 1970, p. 13.                                   Commission does not remove the need for clearing the
  O OJ No L 362, 31. 12. 1985, p. 17.                                 annual accounts of the Member States;