CELEX: 51986PC0432
Language: en
Date: 1986-07-11
Title: AMENDMENTS TO THE PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) INSTITUTING A COMMUNITY PROGRAMME FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF CERTAIN LESS-FAVOURED REGIONS OF THE COMMUNITY BY IMPROVING ACCESS TO ADVANCED TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES ( STAR PROGRAMME )

No C 194/6                             Official Journal of the European Communities                         1.8.86
                                                              II
                                                      (Preparatory Acts)
                                                COMMISSION
           Amendments to the proposal for a Council Regulation instituting a Community programme for
           the development of certain less-favoured regions of the Community by improving access to
                              advanced telecommunications services (STAR programme) (')
                                                     COM(86) 432 final
           (Submitted by the Commission to the Council pursuant to the second paragraph of Article 149 of
                                              the EEC Treaty on 11 July 1986)
                                                       (86/C 194/06)
           1. The ninth recital shall be deleted.
           2. The 10th and final recital shall be replaced by the following:
              'Whereas Community assistance must be provided in the form of multiannual programmes
              drawn up by the competent authorities in the Member States concerned; whereas it is for the
              Commission, in adopting those programmes, to ensure that the operations proposed therein
              are in keeping with this Regulation,'.
           3. Article 6 (2) shall be replaced by the following:
              'The following shall be eligible for Fund assistance in respect of operations referred to in
              Article 5: public authorities, local and regional authorities, other bodies, businesses,
              cooperatives or individuals.'
           4. Article 6 (3) (a) shall be replaced by the following:
              'Aid granted under the Community programme shall not be combined with aid provided for
              elsewhere in the Fund Regulation;'.
           5. The following shall be added to the fifth indent of Article 7:
              'In addition, the Fund's contribution to the studies referred to in Article 4 (2) (a) may not
              exceed 5 % of the total contribution to the programme,'.
           6. The following shall be added to Article 7:
              — where the Community programme concerns regions on either side of a border common
                  to two Member States, the latter shall ensure that the intervention programmes to be
                  implemented are compatible,
              — the drawing-up and implementation of the programme shall be closely coordinated with
                  policies and financial instruments at national and Community levels, and in particular
                  with the European Social Fund, the European Investment Bank and the New
                  Community Instrument.'
           7. In the Annex the following shall be added to point 4 (d):
              'the description must be accompanied by information regarding the national authorities'
              intentions as to the use of resources provided under the Community's other structural
              financial instruments;'.
           0) OJ No C 147, 14. 6. 1986, p. 4.