CELEX: 51975PC0118
Language: en
Date: 1975-03-19
Title: DRAFT RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL ON FIXING A SHORT-TERM OBJECTIVE TO REDUCE OIL CONSUMPTION (submitted by the Commission to the Council)

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 COM(75)118 Final                              Brussels . 19 March 1975
                 DRAFT RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL
                               ON
    FIXING A SHORT-TERM OBJECTIVE TO REDUCE OIL CONSUMPTION
          ( submitted by the Commission to the Council )
C0M(75 ) 11 » Final
 ---pagebreak---                SHORT TERM OBJECTIVE   TO REDUCE OIL CONSUMPTION
                            EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
 1 . During the discussion of the Council on 13th February 1975 "the need to
      reduce oil consumption in the Community in short term has been generally
      accepted . However , the size of the savings to be achieved and the way in
      which it should done raised certain problems . The Commission therefore pro­
      posed to study these questions with the experts of Member States and to sub­
      mit the results to the Council 's next session on 23rd April .
 2 . After these various contacts and discussions and taking account of the
      proposals put forward in particular by the French and the Belgian delegations
      in the energy groups the attached resolution is proposed. While the figures
     have not been substantially changed , the presentation has been modified .
 3 . So the reduction of oil consumption is compared with the year 1973 ( 552 mt ),
      the last year for which accurate statistics are available . According to the
     estimates based on the latest figures gives by the Member States , a reduction
     in consumption during 1974 and 1975 is assumed,leading to an internal con­
     sumption level of 500 mt in 1975 *
4 * This reduction of some 52 mt is due mainly to three factors : the economic
     situation , the effect of the price increases for oil and the first results
     of the measures to save energy introduced in certain Member States . In
     total , they result in a reduction of around 9 $ in 1975 for "the Community as
     a whole , compared to the 1973 level .
5 » This reduction seems to be largely due to the present weak economic situation
     (growth of GNP 1,8 % in 1974 and 1,5 % in 1975 ) andto the high oil prices .
     The results of energy saving measures ( including those concerning prioes such
     as supplementary taxation of oil products by the Governments ) can be evaluated
     for the Community as a whole as 15 Mt for 1975 t whioh is 3 $ of the internal
     oil consumption .
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6 . As to the measures implemented or designed to achieve these reductions in
    oil consumption , the choice between them and their intensity of application
    depends on the economio and social intensity of each of the Member States ,
    but they must all be directed towards a common objeotive . That is why the
    Commission intends   to give clear form to the Member States' commitment by a
   resolution .                                  • < "•  ;      ^                .<
 ---pagebreak---                                 DRAFT RESOLUTION OP THE COUNCIL
                       ABOUT FIXING SHORT TERM OBJECTIVES FOR
                               REDUCING OIL CONSUMPTION
The Council of the European Communities ,
In view of the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ,
In view of the Commission * s draft .
 Considering the resolutions of the Council of the 17"th December 1974
 concerning the objectives for 1985     a Community energy policy and
the programme of Community action in the field of the rational use of
energy ,
 Considering that the reduction in the growth of the inland consumption
of energy through measures for the rational utilization of energy savings
which do not compromise economic and social objectives , is one of the
objectives of the Community energy policy ,
Considering that the Community can , through a reduction in oil imports ,
alleviate the burden on the balance of payments resulting from the present
level of the price of oil ,
Considering that it is therefore essential to establish an objective for
the reduction of oil consumption in the Community,
Considering that measures can be taken by the Nember States in order to
ensure the realisation of this objectivej
Considering that the Community should have the possibility to fix itself
similar objectives for the future ,
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approves the objective of bringing internal oil
consumption in the Community down to $00 mt in
1975 » which is to say a reduction of 9 % compared
to 1973 ,                                                 '
asks Member States to follow up the effort already
underway in this matter so as to achieve this objective ,
takes note of the various measures that the Commission
considers it generally possible to adopt , and which
could be implemented by the Member States according to
their particular situation ,
asks the Commission to send to the Council a report on
the achievement of this objective and on the measures
taken by Member States ,
asks the Commission to present the Council with a proposal
for short term objectives for reducing the internal
consumption of oil in 1976 and requests that it receive
this proposal in time for it to deoide upon it before the
end of the month of June 1975 *