CELEX: 51983PC0583
Language: en
Date: 1983-10-06
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DECISION CONCERNING A CONTRIBUTION TO THE EUROPEAN COAL AND STEEL COMMUNITY FROM THE GENERAL BUDGET OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES

N o C 290/6                          Official Journal of the European Communities                                 26. 10. 83
    11. Governments should, where necessary, adapt                  16. Due account should also be taken of the
        labour law and social legislation and practice                  conditions in the labour market and the two
        to facilitate the introduction of innovatory                    sides of industry should be recommended to
        working time arrangements and the recruit-                      consider negotiating lower ceilings for
        ment of new workers.                                            overtime which would come into effect at
                                                                        times of particularly high unemployment.
    12. Governments should reinforce their efforts to
                                                                    17. Paid overtime ceilings should in general be
        promote      geographical    and     occupational               reduced in the same proportion as individual
        mobility, especially through training and                       working hours.
        retraining, to ensure that labour market
        rigidities and bottlenecks to not obstruct the              18. Consideration should be given to measures to
        job-creating effects of the reduction and reor-                 protect the interests of the low paid for whom
        ganization of working time.                                     systematic paid overtime has in fact become
                                                                        part of normal income.
    13. Bearing in mind that the public sector is the
        biggest employer, public authorities have a             THE COUNCIL INVITES THE MEMBER STATES:
        particular responsibility to set an example to          — to inform the Commission regularly of developing
        the private sector in the matter of the                     policies and practices in this area and in any case
        reduction and reorganization of working time                to report comprehensively to the Commission
        linked with job creation, in particular for                within one year of the adoption of this
        young people.                                               recommendation and annually thereafter on
                                                                    measures taken for its implementation, with a
B. The stricter limitation of systematic overtime                  view to the further development of Community
                                                                    policy on working time,
    14. The recognized need for flexibility in certain          — to study in particular the possibilities for reducing
        production processes and certain types of                   the amount of work performed by individuals
        undertaking is no justification for systematic              during the whole period of their working life,
        overtime.                                                  which could be combined with other objectives
                                                                    such as the improvement of the level of training,
    15. Time worked beyond normal hours should                      the sharing of parental responsibilities and the
        increasingly be compensated by time off in                  introduction of flexible retirement; and to inform
        lieu.                                                       the Commission of their findings.
              Proposal for a Council Decision concerning a contribution to the European Coal and
                       Steel Community from the general budget of the European Communities
                                                   COM(83) 583 final
                           (Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 11 October 1983)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                     Whereas the Community must achieve the energy
COMMUNITIES,                                                    objectives it has set itself and, in particular, implement
                                                                a balanced solid fuels policy;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the
European Economic Community, and in particular
Article 235 thereof,                                            Whereas the Community needs a competitive and
                                                                secure coal production capacity;
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
                                                                Whereas achievement of this objective calls for
Having regard to the opinion of the European                    restructuring and modernization of the Community
Parliament,                                                     coal industry;
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Whereas, without an increase in investment and                 Whereas, if this situation is not remedied, the
research activities, modernization and above all               Community's objective of diversified and secure
restructuring of the coal industry will inevitably result      energy supplies could be jeopardized; whereas this
in job losses; whereas support measures should be              situation would impede the harmonious development
envisaged to alleviate the consequences of these job           of economic activities in the Community and, in
losses; whereas full use must therefore be made of the         particular, a return to a more              satisfactory
range of redeployment and conversion aids provided             employment situation;
by Article 56 (2) of the ECSC Treaty for workers in
the coal industry;                                             Whereas an exceptional temporary contribution of
                                                               180 million ECU should therefore be made to the
Whereas restructuring and modernization measures               ECSC out of the general budget of the European
should form part of a multiannual programme;                   Communities for 1984, 1985 and 1986;
Whereas Parliament in its resolution of 16 December
                                                               Whereas the Treaty has not provided the necessary
1982 (*) on the crisis in the coal industry in the
                                                               powers,
Community called on the Council to take appropriate
decisions as a matter of urgency to establish a
European coal policy as an integral part of the                HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
Community's overall energy policy;
                                                                                       Article 1
Whereas, at its meetings of 21 April and 11 July
1983, the Council reaffirmed its determination to              The European Coal and Steel Community may be
develop a Community strategy for the production and            granted contributions out of the general budget of the
utilization of solid fuels;                                    European Communities to ensure the Community
                                                               financing of activities relating to the programme for
Whereas in the present circumstances the resources             restructuring and modernization of the coal industry.
provided for by the ECSC Treaty are not enough to
fund these measures;
                                                                                       Article 2
                                                               The amount of the contributions referred to in Article
(») OJ No C 13, 17. 1. 1983, p. 88.                            1 shall be fixed under the budgetary procedure.