CELEX: 51990PC0400(11)
Language: en
Date: 1990-08-31
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DIRECTIVE AMENDING DIRECTIVE 87/167/EEC ON AID TO SHIPBUILDING

No C 248/6                             Official Journal of the European Communities                                    2. 10. 90
                                                          Proposal for a
                                                   COUNCIL DIRECTIVE
                                                              of . . .
                                    amending Directive 87/167/EEC on aid to shipbuilding
                                                         (90/C 248/03)
 THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                                 'SPAIN, PORTUGAL, AND THE TERRITORY
                                                                          OF THE FORMER GERMAN DEMOCRATIC
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                    REPUBLIC.
 Economic Community, and in particular Articles 92 (3) (d)
 and 113 thereof,                                                    .2. The following is added to Article 9(1):
                                                                          'nor in the territory of the former German Democratic
 Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
                                                                          Republic'
 Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament,             3. The following paragraph 4 is added to Article 9:
 Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social                  '4.    Operating aid for shipbuilding and ship
 Committee,                                                               conversion in the former German Democratic Republic
                                                                          may be considered compatible with the common market
Whereas from the date of German unification onwards                       provided that:
Council Directive 87/167/ EEC (1) will apply in the territory             — the shipbuilding industry has undertaken a
of the united Germany;                                                        systematic and specific restructuring programme,
                                                                              including capacity reductions, which can be
Whereas the shipbuilding industry in the former German                        considered capable of allowing it to operate
Democratic Republic will require an urgent restructuring                      competitively,
process; whereas the immediate application of the common
maximum ceiling for production aid may not facilitate this                — the aid is being progressively reduced.'
process, and particular arrangements should be allowed to
enable the shipbuilding industry of the former German
                                                                                                 Article 2
Democratic Republic gradually to complete restructuring
and comply with the aid regime applicable to the Community            This Directive shall apply from the day of German
as a whole,                                                           unification.
                                                                                                Article 3
HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:
                                                                      This Directive is addressed to the Member States.
                          Article 1
Directive 87/167/EEC is hereby amended as follows:                    Done at Brussels, . . .
                                                                                                                For the Council
1. The heading of        Chapter IV is replaced      by the
     following:                                                                                                  The President
(') OJ No L 69, 12. 3. 1987, p. 55.