CELEX: 51988PC0412
Language: en
Date: 1988-07-27
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) AMENDING REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 815/84 ON EXCEPTIONAL FINANCIAL SUPPORT IN FAVOUR OF GREECE IN THE SOCIAL FIELD

No C 209/6                             Official Journal of the European Communities                                    9. 8. 88
                                                              II
                                                      (Preparatory Acts)
                                                 COMMISSION
              Proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) amending Regulation (EEC) No 815/84 on
                            exceptional financial support in favour of Greece in the social field
                                                     COM(88) 412 final
                                      (Submitted by the Commission on 27 July 1988)
                                                        (88/C 209/05)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                          HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                                       Article 1
Economic Community, and in particular Article 235                 Regulation (EEC) No 815/84 is hereby amended as
thereof,                                                          follows:
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                1. In Article 1 '31 December 1988' is replaced by '31
                                                                     December 1991'.
Having regard       to  the   opinion   of   the  European        2. In Article 12 '31 December 1992' is replaced by '31
Parliament,                                                           December 1995'.
                                                                  3. The following Article is inserted:
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and
Social Committee,                                                     'Article 5 (a)
                                                                     Notwithstanding Article 5 (1), financial support may
Whereas, given that the rate of implementation of the                 also be granted for projects included in the
programmes referred to in Article 1 of Council Regu-                 programme referred to in Article 1 (b) in cases where
lation (EEC) No 815/84 (') is slower than was originally             suitable public land or buildings are not available for
estimated, the period of validitiy of that Regulation                 expenditure to cover the acquisition of sites for
should be extended without affecting the overall amount               construction or of existing buildings for the purposes
of financial assistance;                                             of extension and/or renovation, excluding land or
                                                                     buildings in public ownership. The Community inter-
Whereas, in order to ensure that the objectives of                   vention rate shall be that specified at Article 5 (2).'
Community assistance are achieved through the most
                                                                  4. The following Article is inserted:
efficient possible implementation of the programmes, and
in order to make optimal use of national and                          Article 11 (a)
Community resources, stringent assessment, monitoring
and supervision methods should be applied, and technical              1.    Before 1 December 1988 the Greek authorities
assistance offered to Greece in the areas concerned;                 shall set up a commitee to monitor the programmes
                                                                     referred to in Article 1, the composition of which
                                                                     shall be agreed with the Commission, which shall be
Whereas the procedures laid down with regard to                      represented on it. The terms of reference of the
committees under Article 10 of Regulation (EEC) No                   committee shall be to monitor and assess the
815/84 should be amended;                                            implementation of the programmes. It shall adopt its
                                                                     own rules of procedure; it may be assisted in its task
Whereas under certain conditions it is appropriate to                by experts designated jointly by Greece and the
permit the financing of expenditure relating to the                   Commission. The committee shall submit a progress
aquisition of sites or buildings for projects forming part           report on the implementation of the programmes to
of the programme referred to in Article 1 (b) of Regu-               the Commission at least three times a year.
lation (EEC) No 815/84,                                               2.    Before 1 February 1989 the Greek authorities,
                                                                     with the agreement of the Commission, shall set up a
                                                                     monitoring system based on a harmonized procedure
                                                                     for the compilation and dissemination of information
(')OJ No L 88, 31. 3. 1984, p. 1.                                    relating to the implementation of the programmes.
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   3.     Notwithstanding Article 5 (1), expenditure to               The representative of the Commission shall     submit to
   cover the cost of technical assistance, assessment and             the committee a draft of the measures to       be taken.
   monitoring of projects receiving Community support                 The committee shall deliver its opinion on    the draft,
   may also be granted financial assistance. The nature               within a time limit which the chairman may     lay down
   and practical details of these operations shall be                 according to the urgency of the matter, if     necessary
   defined jointly by Greece and the Commission.                      by taking a vote.
   Notwithstanding Article 5 (2), Community financing
   of such operations may amount to 100 °/o of eligible               The opinion shall be recorded in the minutes; in
   expenditure; the total amount shall not exceed 2 % of              addition, each Member State shall have the right to
   the amount referred to in Article 4 (1). The procedure             ask to have its position recorded in the minutes.
   set out in Article 11 and the date referred to in Article         The Commission shall take the utmost account of the
   6 (1) shall not apply to these operations, which shall             opinion delivered by the committee. It shall inform
   nonetheless be communicated for information to the                 the committee of the manner in which its opinion has
   committee referred to in Article 10.'                              been taken into account.'
5. Article 10 is replaced by the following:                                                  Article 2
    'Article 10                                                  This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
                                                                  following that of its publication in the Official Journal of
   The Commission shall be assisted by a committee of             the European Communities.
   an advisory nature composed of the representatives of
   the Member States and chaired by the representative           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and
   of the Commission.                                             directly applicable in all Member States.