CELEX: 51984PC0029
Language: en
Date: 1984-01-25
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DECISION IMPLEMENTING DECISION 83/200/EEC EMPOWERING THE COMMISSION TO CONTRACT LOANS UNDER THE NEW COMMUNITY INSTRUMENT FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROMOTING INVESTMENT WITHIN THE COMMUNITY

21.2.84                               Official Journal of the European Communities                               No C 48/3
                                                             II
                                                      (Preparatory Acts)
                                                COMMISSION
              Proposal for a Council Decision implementing Decision 83/200/EEC empowering the
              Commission to contract loans under the New Community Instrument for the purpose of
                                      promoting investment within the Community
                                                      COM(84)     29final
                            (Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 26 January 1984)
                                                        (84/C 48/03)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                       HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty              establishing    the
European Economic Community,                                                               Article 1
                                                                  A tranche of borrowings is hereby authorized for an
Having regard to Council Decision 83/200/EEC of
                                                                  amount which shall not exceed the equivalent of
19 April 1983 empowering the Commission to
                                                                   1 400 million ECU, by way of principal.
contract loans under the New Community Instrument
for the purpose of promoting investment within the
Community ('), and in particular Article 2 thereof,
                                                                                           Article 2
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
                                                                  The proceeds of the borrowing referred to in Article 1
Having regard to the opinion of the European                      shall be lent to finance investment projects carried out
Parliament,                                                       on Community territory which help attain the
                                                                  Community's priority objectives in the energy and
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and                  infrastructure sectors, and in the financing of
Social Committee,                                                 investment, principally that of small and medium-
                                                                  sized undertakings, in industry and the other
Whereas applications for loans approved by the                    productive sectors.
Commission represent over two-thirds of the initial
tranche of borrowings authorized by Council
Decision 83/308/EEC (2);
                                                                                            Article 3
Whereas it is essential to ensure continuity of action
for the New Community Instrument in favour of                     The Commission shall decide whether or not projects
investment projects in the fields of energy and infra-             are eligible in accordance with the following priorities
structures and the financing of investment, mainly by              and guidelines:
small and medium-sized undertakings, in industry
and other productive sectors;
                                                                   — investment projects, mainly those of small and
Whereas a further tranche of borrowing and lending                     medium-sized undertakings, in industry and
in accordance with Decision 83/200/EEC should                          directly allied services, which are designed in
therefore be authorized, for the same fields of                        particular to promote the dissemination of
 application as those specified in Decision 83/308/                    innovation     and new techniques and             the
 EEC;                                                                  implementation of which contributes directly or
                                                                       indirectly to the creation of jobs,
Whereas borrowings of an amount equivalent to
 1,400 million ECU, by way of principal, should be
 authorized,                                                       — the rational use of energy, including energy
                                                                       conservation in buildings used as accommodation
                                                                       or by the tertiary sector, the replacement of oil by
 (') OJ No L 112, 28. 4. 1983, p. 26.                                  other sources of energy in all sectors and infra-
 (2) OJ No L 164, 23. 6. 1983, p. 31.                                  structure projects facilitating such replacement,
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      infrastructure projects which are associated with           — the projects and their execution must comply with
      the development of productive activities, which                 the provisions of the Treaty and of secondary
      contribute to regional development or which are                  legislation, in particular with those relating to
      of Community interest, such as telecommuni-                      competition, and Community rules and policies
      cations, including information technology, and                   applicable in the fields in question.
      transport including the transmission of energy,
                Proposal for a Council Decision on the conclusion of the Agreement between the
                European Economic Community and the Government of the Republic of Senegal
                amending for the second time the Agreement on fishing off the coast of Senegal, signed
                                      on 15 June 1979, and of the new Protocol thereto
                                                      COM(84) 38 final
                             (Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 27 January 1984)
                                                        (84/C 48/04)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                       exchange of letters providing for provisional
COMMUNITIES,                                                      application      of   the Agreement        between      the
                                                                  Government of the Republic of Senegal and the
Having regard to the treaty establishing the European
                                                                  European Economic Community amending for the
Economic-Community, and in particular Article 43
                                                                  second time the abovementioned Agreement on
thereof,
                                                                  fishing off the coast of Senegal, and of the new
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                Protocol thereto,
Having regard to the opinion of the European                      HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
Parliament,
Whereas the Community and Senegal have conducted                                             Article 1
negotiations pursuant to the second subparagraph of               The Agreement between the European Economic
Article 17 of the Agreement between the Government                 Community and the Government of the Republic of
of the Republic of Senegal and the European                        Senegal amending for the second time the Agreement
Economic Community on fishing off the coast of                     on fishing off the coast of Senegal, signed on 15 June
Senegal (''), as amended by the Agreement signed on                1979, and the new Protocol thereto are hereby
 26 January 1982 (2), to determine the amendments or               approved on behalf of the Community.
 additions to be made to the Annexes or the Protocol
 referred to in Article 9 thereof at the end of the                The texts referred to in the first subparagraph are
 second two-year period of application of the                      attached to this Decision.
Agreement;
                                                                                             Article 2
 Whereas, as a result of these negotiations, an
 Agreement amending Annex I to the abovementioned                  The President of the Council shall give                 the
 fisheries Agreement and a new Protocol were signed                notification provided for in Article 2 of               the
 on . . . ;                                                        Agreement (3).
 Whereas it is in the Community's interest to approve
                                                                                             Article 3
 the Agreement;
                                                                   Decision . . . is hereby repealed with effect from the
 Whereas the conclusion of the Agreement renders
                                                                   date of entry into force of the Agreement.
 nugatory Council Decision . . . of . . . on the
 conclusion of an Agreement in the form of an
                                                                   (s) The date of entry into force of the Agreement will be
  0) OJ No L 226, 29. 8. 1980, p. 17.                                   published in the Official Journal of the European
  (2) OJ No L 234, 9. 8. 1983, p. 9.                                    Communities by the General Secretariat of the Council.