CELEX: 51987PC0388(02)
Language: en
Date: 1987-07-30
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DECISION CONCERNING A CONTRIBUTION TO THE EUROPEAN COAL AND STEEL COMMUNITY FROM THE GENERAL BUDGET OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES TO FINANCE MEASURES CONNECTED WITH THE RESTRUCTURING OF THE STEEL INDUSTRY

10.10. 87                             Official Journal of the European Communities                           No C 272/'lb
                                                        ANNEX IV
              Proposal for a Council Decision concerning a contribution to the European Coal and Steel
              Community from the general budget of the European Communities to finance measures
                                   connected with the restructuring of the steel industry
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                         schemes and measures to promote re-employment which
                                                                 will continue to dominate social support measures for
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European            steel workers;
Economic Community, and in particular Article 235
thereof,                                                         Whereas the resources provided for by the ECSC Treaty
                                                                 are not sufficient to fund these measures; whereas, until
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,               such time as reform of the structural funds under Article
                                                                 130D of the EEC Treaty makes it possible to ease the
Having regard      to  the  opinion   of   the   European        burden on the ECSC budget, an exceptional contribution
Parliament,                                                      from the general budget of the Communities will be
                                                                 needed for this purpose in 1988;
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and                 Whereas the secondary effects of the situation, if not
Social Committee,                                                remedied, could aggravate the Community's general
                                                                 employment situation and impair the harmonious
Whereas the difficulties currently facing the Com-               development of economic activity, thereby jeopardizing
munity's steel industry have made it necessary to adopt a        attainment of one of the Community's main objectives;
new restructuring programme under the Treaty
establishing the European Coal and Steel Community;              Whereas the Commission has submitted a request for an
                                                                 exceptional contribution of 50 million ECU from the
Whereas this programme consists of a series of measures          general budget of the Communities to enable it to
to rationalize production and raise productivity to a level      implement the proposed special social support measures,
where the industry can compete on the world market, in
accordance with the General Objectives for Steel —               HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
1990 within the meaning of Article 46 of the ECSC                                         Sole article
Treaty;
                                                                 An exceptional contribution of 50 million ECU is hereby
Whereas this restructuring will lead to extensive job            granted to the ECSC from the general budget of the
losses; whereas special social support measures are              European Communities to cover Community financing
therefore needed to alleviate the consequences for the           of social support measures in the steel industry in 1988.
work-force; whereas it has proved necessary in this              The volume of appropriations to be transfered annually
respect to apply Article 56 (2) (b) of the ECSC Treaty           shall match the payments to be made by the ECSC as
and to provide support in particular for early retirement        and when the measures are implemented.