CELEX: 51991PC0380
Language: en
Date: 1991-11-15
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) amending Regulation ( EEC ) No 3906/89 in order to extend economic aid to include other countries in Central and Eastern Europe

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                                                         C0M(91) 380 final
                                                         Brussels, 15 November 1991
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                         EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
In September 1991, the Group of Twenty Four industrialised countries,
whose economic assistance to the countries of central and eastern
Europe is coordinated by the Commission, decided to extend such
assistance to Albania, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. The Community's
assistance for economic reconstruction to the countries of central and
eastern Europe is provided for by regulation (EEC) n* 3906/89, as
amended by regulation 2698/90. The attached proposal amends regulation
3906/89 to extend its coverage to Albania and the Baltic states.
The proposed regulation will have no implications for the Community
budget as the assistance to these countries will be financed from funds
already aval I able.
 ---pagebreak---  Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EEC) No 3906/89
        In order to extend economic aid to include other countries
                       In Central and Eastern Europe
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the           European  Economic
Community, and in particular Article 235 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament1,
Whereas the Community and its Member States have decided to make a
concerted effort together with certain third countries in order to
implement measures intended to support the process of economic and
social reform underway in Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland,
Romania and Yugoslavia; whereas for this purpose Council Regulation
(EEC) No 3906/89 of 18 December 1989 2 , as amended by Regulation (EEC)
No 2698/90 of 17 September 1990 3 , lays down the conditions for the
supply of economic and humanitarian aid;
Whereas the representatives of the group of 24 agreed in September 1991
to extend coordinated economic assistance respectively to Albania and
Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia;
Whereas extending the scope of Regulation (EEC) No 3906/89 to include
these countries constitutes an appropriate means of implementing the
commitments undertaken;
Whereas moreover the conditions for such an extension pertain in these
countr ies;
Whereas German unification, achieved on 3 October 1990, means that the
entry "German Democratic Republic" should to be deleted from the Annex
to Regulation (EEC) No 3906/89 listing the countries of Central and
Eastern Europe which qualify for economic aid under the scheme
implemented by this Regulation;
1    Opinion delivered on ....
2    0J No L 375, 23.12.1989, p. 11.
3    0J No L 257, 21.09.1990, p. 1.
 ---pagebreak--- HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
                                  Article 1
 In the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 3906/89,
      the following countries are hereby inserted: "Albania, Estonia, Latvia
      and Lithuania";
      the following entry is hereby deleted: "German Democratic Republic".
                                  Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following        its
publication In the Official Journal of the European Communities.
 it shall apply    with  respect  to  Estonia,  Latvia  and  Lithuania  from
1 January 1Ô92.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in
all Member States.
Done at Brussels,                     1991
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