CELEX: 51983PC0121
Language: en
Date: 1983-03-07
Title: AMENDMENT OF THE PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) ON LOANS FOR PROJECTS COVERED BY EXPLORATION PROGRAMMES FOR NON-ENERGY MINERAL RAW MATERIALS WITHIN THE TERRITORIES OF THE MEMBER STATES

19.3.83                              Official Journal of the European Communities                                     No C 75/5
                Amendment to the proposal for a Council Regulation on loans for projects covered by
                exploration programmes for non-energy mineral raw materials within the territories of
                                                          the Member States (*)
                (Submitted   by the Commission to the Council pursuant to the second paragraph of
                                       Article 149 of the EEC Treaty on 9 March 1983)
In July 1982 the Commission transmitted to the                             After consulting Parliament, which on 14 January
Council document COM(82) 415 final (doc. Council                           1983 discussed the proposal and voted on various
8884/82) containing a draft Council Regulation on                          amendments, the Commission is now submitting to
loans for projects covered by exploration programmes                       the Council, pursuant to the second paragraph of
for non-energy mineral raw materials within the                            Article 149 of the EEC Treaty, a proposal for
territories of the Member States.                                          amendments to some of the articles in the draft Regu-
                                                                           lation:
   TEXT ORIGINALLY PROPOSED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE                          TEXT AMENDED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN
                  EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (')                                                       COMMUNITIES
                                           P r e a m b l e and r e c i t a l s u n c h a n g e d
                                                       Article 1 unchanged
                           Article 2                                                               Article 2
Contracts must be concluded with one or more                               Contracts must be concluded with one or more
natural persons who are nationals of Community                             natural persons who are nationals of Community
Member States or with a legal person constituted in                        Member States or with a legal person under public or
accordance with the legal requirements in force in the                     private law constituted in accordance with the legal
Member States.                                                             requirements in force in the Member States.
                                             Second paragraph unchanged
                                                 A r t i c l e s 3 to 5 u n c h a n g e d
                           Article 6                                                               Article 6
                                             P a r a g r a p h s 1 and 2 u n c h a n g e d
3.    The Commission and the Court of Auditors                             3.     The Commission and the Court of Auditors
shall have access at all times to the accounts relating                    shall have access at all times to the accounts relating
to the programme. They shall be empowered to carry                         to the programme. They shall be empowered to carry
out on the spot checks and documentary inspections                         out on-the-spot checks and documentary inspections
in such a way as to monitor the execution of the                           in such a way as to monitor the execution of the
contract and, in particular, the progress made in                          contract and, in particular, the progress made in
implementing the programmes.                                               implementing the programmes, they shall ensure that
                                                                           their checks and inspections do not hinder the
                                                                           scheduled work.
(') Full text: see OJ No C 203, 6. 8. 1982, p. 2.
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   TEXT ORIGINALLY PROPOSED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE                    TEXT AMENDED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN
                  EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES                                                     COMMUNITIES
4.    The person(s)      applying   for   a    loan        shall    4.      The persons(s)    applying    for  a  loan    shall
undertake:                                                          undertake:
— to contribute to the programme the remainder of                   — unchanged
    the necessary funds,
— not to reduce the amount of its (their) partici-                  — unchanged
    pation to below the level of that participation at
    the time when the application was made without
    the prior agreement of the Commission,
— to implement the project in the shortest time                     — to implement the project in the shortest time
    possible in line with the objectives established and                 possible in line with the objectives established and
    not to interrupt or abandon the project without                      not to interrupt or abandon the project without
    the prior agreement of the Commission,                               consulting the Commission,
— should the programme result in the extraction of                  — unchanged
    raw materials, to give priority to supplies to the
    Community in the form of either source materials
    or processed products at least in proportion to the
    financial assistance granted by the Community,
— not to dispose in any matter whatsoever, in                the    — unchanged
    four years following termination                 of      the
    programme, of the results of programmes                  for
    which assistance has been granted under                 this
    Regulation without the prior agreement of                the
    Commission.
                                            A r t i c l e s 7 to 11 u n c h a n g e d