CELEX: 51977PC0493
Language: en
Date: 1977-10-14
Title: ALTERATION OF THE Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) concerning Community aid for financing cyclical stocks of hard coal, coke and patent fuel (submitted to the Council by the Commission pursuant to the second paragraph of Article 149 of the EEC Treaty)

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COM (77) 493
Vol. 1977/0156
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                                     COM(77 ) 493 final
                                     Brussels , 14 October 1977
                     ALTERATION OP THE
                     Proposal for a
                 COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC )
          concerning Community aid for financing
          cyclical stocks of hard coal , coke and
                          patent fuel
          ( submitted to the Council "by the Commission
           pursuant to the second paragraph of Article
                      149 of "the EEC Treaty )
 C0KC77 ) 493 final
 ---pagebreak---                                     JUSTIFICATION
         The origmax version nt the proposed Commission Regulation proviiou , in
Article 10 , that the Commission - could modify "by a Regulation
         – the amount of aid per tonne of stocks
         - the lower and upper limits for quantities stocked.
         Under the terms of Article 11 of the original version the Commission
could, under the conditions given in paragraphs 1 and 2 of that Article ,
suppress partly or completely the application of the Regulation .
         During the examination of the text of the two Articles the European
Parliament judged it appropriate :
- that the modifications must be introduced, under the terms of Article 10 ,
   by the Council on the proposal of the Commission and that the European Parlia­
   ment must always be consulted when it is planned, at the end of a calendar
   year , to modify respectively the amount of aid per tonne or the lower and
   upper limits of the quantities stocked}
- that the partial or complete suppression of the Regulation under the terms
   of Article 11 must take place by means of a decision by the Council on a
   proposal by the Commission and after consultation of the European Parliament .
         A favourable response can be given to the Parliament 's wishes ; Articles
 10 and 11 of the original version of the draft Commission Regulation are modi­
 fied as described in Annexe 1 .
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Proposal for a Council Regulation ( EEC ) concerning
   Community aid for financing cyclical stocks of
           hard coal - coke and patent fuel
                       Preamble unchanged
                   Articles 1-9 unchanged
                           Article 10
     ( 1 ) At the end of each calendar year , the Council ,
             deciding with unanimity , acting on a proposal
            ■ from the Commission and having consulted the
              European Parliament , may decide to modify the
              following by means of a regulation :
              - the rate per tonne of aid for stocks
              - the upper and the lower limits for the
                 quantities of stocks .
              Nevertheless , in the meantime and in an emergency ,
              the Council can decide on such modifications on a
              proposal from the Commission .
      ( 2 ) The Commission shall revoke aid unduly granted or ,
              particularly , where granted as a result of inaccurate
              declarations on the part of the applicants .
                            Article 11
      If at the request of a Member State or on its own
      initiative the Commission finds that :
      ( 1 ) the application of this regulation is likely
              to give rise to serious disturbances in the
              common market for coal or difficulties which
              may result in the deterioration of the general
              coal supply , or that
      ( 2 ) appreciate changes are taking place in the
              conditions or volume of intra-Community trade
              on the market for coal because the economic
              conditions which prompted the adoption of
              this resolution have changed ,
      the     Council , on a proposal of the Commission
      and     having consulted the European Parliament ,
      may     decide to suspend , wholly or partially , application
       of    this regulation .
                       Articles 12 - 14 unchanged