CELEX: 51984PC0715(02)
Language: en
Date: 1984-12-14
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION AMENDING REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 219/84 INSTITUTING A SPECIFIC COMMUNITY REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT MEASURE CONTRIBUTING TO OVERCOMING CONSTRAINTS ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES IN CERTAIN ZONES ADVERSELY AFFECTED BY RESTRUCTURING OF THE TEXTILE AND CLOTHING INDUSTRY

18. 3. 85                           Official Journal of the European Communities                               No C 7 0 / 3
               Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EEC) No 219/84 instituting a
               specific Community regional development measure contributing to overcoming constraints on
               the development of new economic activities in certain zones adversely affected by restructuring
                                             of the textile and clothing industry
                                                     COM(84) 715 final
                          (Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 21 December 1984)
                                                        (85/C 70/02)
 THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                          Whereas the Member States concerned have provided
                                                                   the Commission with information relating to regional
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             problems which would be a suitable subject for a specific
 Economic Community,                                               measure;
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 724/75               Whereas additional financial resources are required to
 of 18 March 1975 establishing a European Regional                 implement the specific measure so extended;
 Development Fund( 1 ), as last amended by Regulation
 (EEC) No 3325/80 ( 2 ), and in particular Article 13 (3)          Whereas it is necessary for the Federal Republic of
 thereof,                                                          Germany to present to the Commission a special
                                                                   programme in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No
 Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
                                                                   219/84,
 Having regard      to the opinion     of the     European
 Parliament,
                                                                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
 Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social
 Committee,                                                                                 Article 1
 Whereas Article 13 of Regulation (EEC) No 724/75                 The following point (g) is added to Article 2 (2) of
provides, independently of the national allocations of             Regulation (EEC) No 219/84:
 resources fixed by Article 2 (3) (a) of that Regulation,
 for participation by the Fund in financing specific                  '(g) in the Federal Republic of Germany: the
 Community regional development measures which are, in                      Arbeitsmarktregionen of Ahaus, Steinfurt and
particular, linked with Community policies and with                         Fulda, as well as the assisted zones in the
measures adopted by the Community in order to take                          Arbeitsmarktregion of Bayreuth'.
 better account of their regional dimension or to reduce
their regional consequences;
                                                                                            Article 2
Whereas, pursuant to that Article, the Council adopted
on 18 January 1984 a second series of Regulations                 The duration of the special programme to be presented by
instituting specific Community regional development               The Federal Republic of Germany shall be five years from
measures and, in particular, Regulation (EEC) No                  the 60th day following that of the entry into force of this
219/84 (3), the measure instituted by that Regulation             Regulation.
being hereinafter referred to as 'the specific measure';
 Whereas, pursuant to that Regulation, and in particular                                   Article 3
Article 3 thereof, the Commission has approved special
programmes relating to certain zones and has at the               Expenditure arising from the special programme which
same time decided to allocate appropriations to these             is incurred from the day of entry into force of this
programmes;                                                       Regulation shall be eligible.
Whereas the worsening problems in the textile and
clothing industry require that the specific measure be                                     Article 4
extended to zones in the Federal Republic of Germany
which meet the criteria as adopted in Article 2 (1) of            This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
Regulation (EEC) No 219/84;                                       following its publication in the Official Journal of the
                                                                  European Communities.
D OJNoL 73, 21. 3. 1975, p. 1.
(2) OJ No L 349, 23. 12. 1980, p. 10                              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and
(3) OJ No L 27, 31. 1. 1984, p. 22.                               directly applicable in all Member States.