CELEX: 51991PC0172
Language: en
Date: 1991-05-08
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC, EURATOM ) CONCERNING AID TO ASSIST ECONOMIC REFORM AND RECOVERY IN THE UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS

No C 140/10                           Official Journal of the European Communities                                  30. 5. 91
                                                             II
                                                     (Preparatory Acts)
                                                COMMISSION
             Proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC, Euratom) concerning aid to assist economic reform
                                  and recovery in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
                                                       (91/C 140/08)
                                                    COM(91) 172 final
                                      (Submitted by the Commission on 8 May 1991)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                         the financial perspectives annexed to the interinstitu-
                                                                 tional Agreement of 29 June 1988 ('); whereas the
                                                                 implementation of these operations is such as to
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European            contribute to the attainment of the Community's
Economic Community, and in particular Article 235                objectives, and the Treaties have not provided, for the
thereof, and to the Treaty establishing the European             operations in question, powers other than those of
Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 203           Article 235 of the EEC Treaty and of Article 203 of the
thereof,                                                         EAEC Treaty,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
                                                                 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Having regard      to  the   opinion    of  the   European
Parliament,                                                                               Article 1
                                                                 The Community shall implement an operation to assist
Whereas the European Economic Community and the                  economic reform and recovery in the Union of Soviet
European Atomic Energy Community have concluded an               Socialist Republics (USSR) in accordance with criteria
Agreement on trade and commercial and economic                   laid down in this Regulation.
cooperation with the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics;
                                                                                           Article 2
Whereas the Community and its Member States, at
meetings of the European Council in Dublin and Rome              The budgetary authority shall determine the            funds
in 1990, expressed their will to back the steps undertaken       available for each financial year.
by the Soviet authorities to bring about the reform and
recovery of the Soviet economy, in particular through
technical assistance in the fields of public and private
sector management training, financial services, energy,                                    Article 3
transport and food distribution;                                  1.    The aid referred to in Article 1 shall take the form
                                                                 of technical assistance for the economic reform under
                                                                 way in the USSR, for measures aimed at bringing about
Whereas the Rome European Council also stressed the              the transition to a market economy and for related
importance of effective coordination by the Commission           projects. It shall also cover the the cost of supplies
of efforts undertaken in the USSR by the Community                required for the implementation of these operations.
and individual Member States;
                                                                  2.    The funds referred to in Article 2 shall cover costs
Whereas it is appropriate that the Commission be
                                                                  related to the preparation, implementation and moni-
assisted in the implementation of Community aid by a
                                                                  toring of the execution of these operations.
committee made up of Member States' representatives;
Whereas the funds effectively available will be decided in
 accordance with budget procedure with due regard for             O OJ No L 185, 15. 7. 1988, p. 33.
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  3.    Technical assistance shall cover the fields of publicc      2.    The Commission representative shall present to the
 and private sector management training, financialL1                Committee a draft of the measures to be taken. The
 services, energy, transport and food distribution.                 Committee shall deliver its opinion on the draft within a
                                                                    time limit laid down by the chairman according to the
                                                                    urgency of the matter under consideration. The opinion
 4.     Within these five focal areas, the selection of oper-
                                                                   shall be delivered by the majority which Article 148 (2)
 ations to be financed under this Regulation shall take
                                                                   of the Treaty lays down for the adoption of decisions
 account inter alia of the recipients' preference.
                                                                   that the Council is required to take on a proposal from
                                                                   the Commission. When the committee votes, the votes of
                           Article 4                               the Member States' representatives shall be weighted as
                                                                   specified in the aforementioned Article. The chairman
  1.    Community assistance shall take the form of grants,»        shall not vote.
 which shall be mobilized in instalments in the course off
 implementation of the operations.
                                                                   3.     The Commission shall adopt measures which are
                                                                   immediately applicable. However, should these conflict
 2.    Financing decisions, and any contracts resulting;           with the opinion of the committee, the Commission shall
 therefrom, shall inter alia expressly provide for super-          notify the Council of these measures forthwith. The
 vision by the relevant Commission departments and the;            Commission shall then defer the application of the
 Court of Auditors.                                                measures it has adopted for a period of six weeks.
                                                                   The Council, acting by a qualified majority, may take a
                           Article 5                               different decision within the period laid down in the
                                                                   preceding subparagraph.
 General guidelines shall be laid down in an indicative
 programme covering all the operations referred to inI
 Article 3 (4) and adopted under the procedure provided1           4.     The committee may examine any other question
 for in Article 7 (2) and (3). These general guidelines5           related to the implementation of this Regulation which
 shall define the thrust of Community assistance in the,           may be put to it by its Chairman or the representative of
 focal areas and the procedures for the implementation off         a Member State, and in particular any question relating
 operations.                                                       to the cofinancing and coordination referred to in the
                                                                  following Article.
                           Article 6
                                                                                            Article 8
 1.    The Commission shall implement operations in
                                                                  The Commission shall ensure the effective coordination
 accordance with the indicative programme referred to in
                                                                  of efforts undertaken in the USSR by the Community or
the preceding Article.
                                                                  individual Member States, including the granting of
                                                                  funds to provide emergency supplies for Soviet industry.
2.     The consultants charged with providing technical
assistance shall be recruited under service contracts.'           The Member States shall provide the Commission with
Contracts worth up to ECU 500 000 shall be concluded              any information needed for such coordination.
by direct agreement, those worth from ECU 500 000 to
ECU 3 million by restricted invitation to tender andI
those worth in excess of ECU 3 million by open invi-                                        Article 9
tation to tender. Participation in invitations to tender
                                                                  At the end of each budget year, the Commission shall
and contracts shall be open on equal terms to all natural
                                                                  draw up a progress report on cooperation activities. This
and legal persons of the Member States and the USSR.
                                                                  report shall be transmitted to Parliament, the Council
                                                                  and the Economic and Social Committee.
3.     Taxes, duties and charges shall not be funded by
the Community.
                                                                                           Article 10
                                                                  This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
                           Article 7                              following the date of its publication in the Official
1.     The Commission shall be assisted by a committee           Journal of the European Communities.
of Member States' representatives, chaired by a represen-
tative of the Commission, to be known as the                     This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and
Management Committee for Aid to the USSR.                         directly applicable in all Member States.