CELEX: 51980PC0134
Language: en
Date: 1980-03-25
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION with regard to contributions to be granted to the European Coal and Steel Community out of the General Budget of the European Communities. (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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                            Proposal for a
                        COUNCIL     DECISION
    with regard to contributions to be granted to the European Coal
    and Steel Community out of the General Budget of the European
                              Communities
          ( submitted to the Council by the Commission )
C0M(80 ) 134 final
 ---pagebreak---                            EXPLANATORY NOTE
         In documents numbers C0M(79)199 final of 4.5.79 and C0M(79)436 final
 of 20.7 . 79 , the Commission has submi tted to Counci I ( for assent ), Parliament
 and the ECSC Consultative Committee a draft Commission decision founded on
 article 95 / ECSC concerning the introduction of special temporary allowances
 to help, iron and steel workers in the framework of the Community Restructuring
 programme .       '
         The nature and justification of the intended special measures are
 explained in detai I in the documents mentioned above . They involve grants
 in respect of early retirement and adjustments in working arrangements and
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         In a parallel communication ( C0M(79)345 final of 20.6.79 ) the Commission
'made proposals for financing these temporary measures by a transfer of 100 MEUA
 from the general budget to the ECSC . Such a transfer would need as its basis
 a Council decision founded on article 235 / EEC .                       N           .
         The Commission entered the 100 MEUA referred to in the preliminary
 draft budget for 1980 ( chapter 54 ^ and Parliament on 7.11.79, by its
 amendment n°36^ restored this appropriation, which had not been retained
 in the draft budget , with figures of 100 MEUA commitment appropriations
 and 30 MEUA payment appropriations .
 ---pagebreak---         The Commission is   ready to adopt the suggestion of effecting the
 transfer to the ECSC by annual slices ^ of a magnitude to be determined by
the budgetary process , but it still holds to the view that one must have
as a legal basis for the opperation a Council decision under article 235 / EEC .
As regards the provision to be made in chapter 54 for 1980 under this new
concept , the Commission considers , after taking into account the amount of
progress    made  in the Council 's discussions on this matter , that the
appropriation of 30 MEUA proposed by Parliament will suffice . But in view of
the operation being a straight payment to the ECSC to finance operations
which will be carried out in accordance with procedures germane
of the treaty of Paris , the Commission sees no point in providing here for
a two-part ( dissociated ) appropriation .
     " The Commission 's new budget proposal for 1980 follows the approach
outlined above in its handling of chapter 54 . " ;
        The Commission accordingly withdraws the proposed decision set out
in document COM<79)345 and instead proposes to the Council to take a decision
in the terms of the draft submitted herewith .
 ---pagebreak---                       PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DECISION
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with regard to contributions to be granted to the, European Coal and Steel
Community         °ut of            ■ the General Budget of the European Communities .
The Council of the European Commumtes ,
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community and
 in particular Article 235 thereof ,
 Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,
  Having regard to the Opinion of the European Parliament ,
. Whereas the difficulties currently facing the Community 's i ron'and' steel
   industry have made it necessary to adopt a programme for the restructuring of
   this sector under the terms of the ECSC Treaty ;                  ,
   Whereas this programme consists of a series of measures to rationalize
   production and raise the productivity of the sector to the level where it
   can compete on the world market ;.
   Whereas this series of restructuring measures necessarily includes social
   policy measures to alleviate the effects on employment ; whereas , in this
   connection , it i s advisable , to extend the range of resettlement aids provided
   for workers in the industry by Article 56(2 ) of the       ECSC
   Treaty ; whereas to this end , the Commission , acting under Article 95 of this
   Treaty with the assent of the Council and after consulting the Consultative
   Committee , has introduced under the programme certain categories of temporary
   special allowances for steelworkers whose jobs will be affected by the
    implementation of the programme ; '                                     ^
 ---pagebreak---  Whereas in the present circumstances the financial means provided for by
 the ECSC Treaty do not provide adequate cover for financing these measures ;
 Whereas the secondary effects of this situation, if not remedied , would be liable
 to aggravate considerably the Community 's 'general employment situation and
 to impair the harmonious development of economic activities , and this would
undermine the achievement of one of the Community 's main objectives ;
Whereas the ECSC should therefore be granted contributions charged to the
General Budg?t of the Communities to allow the Commission to implement
successfully the social measures under the restructuring programme for the
steel industry,
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS :
Article 1
Contributions may be granted to the European Coal and Steel Community ( ECSC )
out of the General Budget of the European Communities in order to cover the
Community 's financing of the special payments provided for by Decision .......
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Article 2
The amount of the contributions provided for in the foregoing Article shall
be determined       under       the annual budgetary procedure .