CELEX: 51983PC0477
Language: en
Date: 1983-07-29
Title: TRANSMITTED TO COUNCIL ON 29/07/83 CONSULTATION BY COUNCIL:

30.8.83                              Official Journal of the European Communities                           No C 232/3
                                                             II
                                                    (Preparatory Acts)
                                               COMMISSION
               Proposal for a Council Regulation on special measures in favour of Greece in the social
                                                           field
                             (Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 29 July 1983)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                      Whereas the Treaty has not provided for specific
COMMUNITIES,                                                     powers of action to this effect,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the
European Economic Community, and in particular                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 235 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                                       Article 1
Having regard to the opinion of the European Par-
liament,                                                         The purpose of this Regulation is to provide, for the
                                                                 period from 1 January 1984 to 31 December 1988,
                                                                 for Community financial support for programmes to
Whereas having regard to the particular charac-                  be drawn up by Greece for;
teristics of the Greek economy from the aspect both
of its state of development and its structures, the
achievement of the objectives provided for in Article            (a) the construction, adaptation and equipment of
2 of the Treaty implies special Community financial                  vocational training centres;
support, particularly in the social field;
                                                                 (b) the construction, adaptation and equipment of
Whereas it is necessary to improve and enlarge the                   centres for the treatment and medical, vocational
vocational training structures in Greece by the con-                 and social rehabilitation of the mentally ill and
struction and equipment of new centres as well as the                the mentally disabled.
adaptation of existing centres and that the special
financial support should be restricted to urban zones
of highest population density in which the European
                                                                                         Article 2
Regional Development Fund cannot assist;
Whereas it is necessary to provide for special financial
                                                                 The programme referred to in Article 1 (a) shall state:
support for the establishment and adaptation of
centres for the treatment and medical, vocational and
social rehabilitation of the mentally ill and the                (a) the number of centres to be set up or adapted and
mentally disabled;                                                   their location;
Whereas the construction, adaptation and equipment               (b) the capacity of each centre in terms of training
of vocational training centres and of centres for the                places and accommodation for trainees;
medical, vocational and social rehabilitation of the
mentally ill and the mentally disabled contribute to
the achievement of Community objectives and the                  (c) the activities planned in each centre;
improvement of Greece's future access to aid from
the European Social Fund;
                                                                 (d) the cost of each centre and the system of
                                                                     financing;
Whereas it is necessary, to ensure a coherent concept
and optimal utilization of resources that the projects
to benefit from the Community financial support                  (e) the duration of the construction or adaptation
form part of programmes;                                             work for each centre;
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(f) the equipment required for each centre;                   In the case of the programme referred to in Article
                                                               1 (a), however, only projects located in zones where
(g) the staffing needs of each centre          including      the European Regional Development Fund cannot
    qualifications and training required;                     intervene shall be eligible for this support.
(h) a definition of the role of each centre in the
    context of vocational training policy;                                             Article 6
(i) the economic and social context in which the
    programme is situated.                                    1.     Financial support may be granted only for
                                                              expense covering:
                        Article 3
                                                              (a) the construction of new centres and the extension
The programme referred to in Article 1 (b) shall state:            and adaptation of existing buildings including the
                                                                   necessary architects' and engineers' fees;
(a) the number of centres to be set up and adapted
    and their location;                                       (b) the equipment of centres;
(b) the capacity of each centre expressed in numbers          (c) preparatory work for the adaptation of the system
    of places for treatment, rehabilitation and                    of treatment and rehabilitation of the mentally ill
    accommodation;                                                 and the mentally disabled;
(c) the treatment and rehabilitation activities planned
    for each centre;                                          (d) on-the-job training for medical, therapeutic and
                                                                   para-medical staff and social workers.
(d) the cost of each centre and method of financing;
(e) the duration of the construction or adaptation            2.    The financial support may not exceed 55 °/o of
    work for each centre;                                     eligible public expenditure on projects relating to the
                                                              programme referred to in Article 1 (a). The financial
(f) the equipment needed for each centre;                     support may not exceed 75 % of eligible public
                                                              expenditure on projects relating to the programme
(g) the staffing needs of each centre         indicating      referred to in Article 1 (b).
    qualifications and training required;
(h) a definition of the role of each centre in the field                               Article 7
    of the treatment and rehabilitation of the
    mentally ill and the mentally disabled;
                                                              1.    Greece shall submit its applications for
(i) the place of the programme in the framework of            assistance to the Commission not later than 31 March
    social and health policy.                                 each year. Such applications shall include all the
                                                              necessary information to enable an assessment to be
                                                              made of the extent to which the projects for which
                        Article 4                             aid is requested conform to the provisions of this
                                                              Regulation and to Community policy objectives
1.    Greece shall communicate to the Commission              within the context of which they are situated as well
the programmes referred to in Article 1 together with         as forecasts of costs and timetables of work and
any subsequent amendments. Greece shall report to             corresponding payments.
the Commission by 30 June each year on the state of
implementation of the programmes.
                                                              2.    The Commission may request additional infor-
2.    The Commission may, for these programmes,               mation necessary for the examination of the projects
make recommendations to Greece.                               for which financial support is requested.
                        Article 5                                                      Article 8
Financial support in the form of a subsidy may be
                                                              1.    The     Commission       shall   decide   on     the
granted in the framework of appropriations provided
                                                              applications for aid in accordance with the procedure
for annually for this purpose in the general budget of
                                                              provided for in Article 12.
the European Communities, for projects for the
construction or adaptation of centres forming part of
the programmes referred to in Article 1, which take           2.     Decisions relating to the grant of aid shall be
account of the recommendations made, where                    published in the Official Journal of the European
applicable, by the Commission.                                Communities.
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                        Article 9                              2.    Within the Committee, the votes of the Member
                                                               States shall be weighted in accordance with Article
 1.    An advance, equivalent to 70 °/o of the aid             148 (2) of the Treaty. The Chairman shall not vote.
agreed shall be paid on confirmation by Greece that
the execution of the project has begun.
                                                                                      Article 12
2.     The Commission shall pay the balance of the aid
on application by Greece in the twelve months                  1.    Where the procedure laid down in this Article is
following completion of the project. Such application         to be followed, the Chairman shall refer the matter to
shall include a general statement of expenditure with         the Committee.
an attestation by Greece as to the factual and
accounting accuracy of this general statement. In             2.    The representative of the Commission shall
paying the balance, the Commission shall take into            submit drafts of decisions to be taken. The
account the information contained in the annual               Committee shall deliver its opinion on the drafts
report referred to in Article 4.                              within a time limit which the Chairman may fix
                                                              according to the urgency of the questions under
                       Article 10                             consideration. An opinion shall be adopted by
                                                              qualified majority in accordance with Article 148 (2)
 1.    The Commission shall ensure that each project          of the Treaty.
is implemented in accordance with the provisions of
this Regulation and of the provisions adopted                 3.    The Commission shall adopt decisions which
pursuant to Article 209 of the Treaty. To this end,           shall apply immediately. However, if these decisions
Greece shall supply the Commission with all infor-            are not in accordance with the opinion of the
mation requested by it and shall take all steps with          Committee, they shall be communicated to the
regard to projects qualifying for financial support to        Council as soon as possible and at the latest within
facilitate necessary supervision including on-the-spot        one month. In that event, the Commission shall defer
checks. Greece shall make available to the                    application of the decisions it has adopted for not
Commission, for a period of five years from the               more than two months from the date of such
payment of the balance referred to in Article 9 (2), all      communication. The Council, acting by qualified
vouchers relating to expenditure.                             majority, may take a different decision within two
                                                              months.
2.     Where a project is not implemented in
conformity with this Regulation on where the
financial aid is not used according to the conditions                                 Article 13
fixed in the decision taken to grant aid, the
Commission may suspend payments still due. In this            The Commission shall report to the Council and to
case, it may decide that sums already paid or still due       the European Parliament on the application of this
are to be allocated, in accordance with the procedure         Regulation not later than 31 December 1992.
laid down in Article 12, to other projects submitted
under this Regulation. If no other project is available
the Commission shall recover the payments made to                                     Article 14
Greece.
                                                             This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
                       Article 11                             following its publication in the Official Journal of the
                                                              European Communities.
1.     A committee is hereby established composed of
representatives of the Member States and chaired by a         This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and
representative of the Commission.                             directly applicable in all Member States.