CELEX: 51988PC0853
Language: en
Date: 1989-01-06
Title: AMENDMENTS TO THE PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) ON STRUCTURAL IMPROVEMENTS IN INLAND WATERWAY TRANSPORT

No C 31/14                           Official Journal of the European Communities                                       7. 2. 89
             Amendments to the proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) on structural improvements in
                                               inland waterway transport (')
                                                    COM(88) 853 final
             (Submitted by the Commission under Article 149 (3) of the EEC Treaty on 23 December 1988)
                                                        (89/C 31/10)
             O OJ No C 297, 22. 11. 1988, p. 13.
             The Commission proposal of 3 May 1988, as set out in COM(88) 111 final, is hereby amended
             as follows:
                       INITIAL TEXT                                                        AMENDMENTS
                                      1. The eleventh recital is amended as follows:
Whereas as part of the proposed system, social measures           Whereas as part of the proposed system, social measures
should be taken to help workers who wish to leave the             should be taken to help workers and inland waterway
inland waterway industry or to retrain for jobs in                 carriers who wish to leave the inland waterway industry
another sector;                                                   or to retrain for jobs in another sector;
                             2. The first indent of Article 1 (2) is replaced by the following:
2.    The system shall comprise:                                  2.     The system shall comprise:
— measures to reduce structural overcapacity by means             — measures to reduce structural overcapacity by means
    of scrapping schemes;                                              of coordinated Community scrapping schemes;
                                       3. Article 5 (1) is replaced by the following:
1.    Any owner scrapping a vessel for which a contri-             1.     Any owner scrapping a vessel for which a contri-
bution has been paid shall receive a scrapping premium            bution has been paid shall receive a scrapping premium
from the Fund to which his vessel belongs in so far as the        from the Fund to which his vessel belongs in so far as the
financial means are available. Subject to the conditions          financial means are available, subject to the conditions
set out in Article 6. This scrapping premium shall be              set out in Article 6. This scrapping premium shall be
granted only in respect of vessels which the owner proves         granted only in respect of vessels which the owner proves
form part of his active fleet.                                    formed part of his active fleet in the year prior to the
                                                                   application for a scrapping premium.
                                       4. The last indent of Article 6 (3) is deleted.
                                5. The first indent of Article 6 (6) is amended as follows:
6.    The Commission shall take the decisions referred to          6.    After consulting the Member States and the organiz-
in paragraphs 1 to 5 after consulting the Member States            ations representing inland waterway carriers at Community
and the organizations representing inland waterway                 level, the Commission shall set a target date for achieving a
carriers at Community level.                                       substantial reduction in overcapacity and shall take the
                                                                   decisions referred to in paragraphs 1 to 5.
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                        INITIAL TEXT                                                           AMENDMENTS
                                           6. Article 7 is replaced by the following:
                          Article 7                                                              Article 7
Without prejudice to the provisions of the Treaty on aids           Without prejudice to the provisions of the Treaty on aids
and to the rules adopted in implementation thereof, the              and to the rules adopted in implementation thereof, the
Member States concerned may make advance payments,                  Member, States concerned               shall make      advance
in the form of loans, to the Fund set up in their territory.        payements, in the form of loans, to the Fund set up in
The sums granted in this way shall be repaid free of                their territory, so that a coordinated scrapping scheme can
interest by the Fund, according to a predetermined                   start operating immediately. The sums granted in this way
schedule.                                                           shall be repaid, free of interest by the Fund, according to
                                                                    a predetermined schedule.
                             7. The last subparagraph of Article 8 (1) is amended as follows:
These conditions shall not apply to vessels which the               These conditions shall not apply to vessels for which the
owner proves were under construction on the date on                  owner proves that:
which the scrapping scheme was instituted.
                                                                     (a) construction was underway on the date on which the
                                                                          scrapping scheme commenced;
                                                                    (h) work is in progress on at least 20 °/o of the steel weight
                                                                          or 50 tonnes;
                                                                    (c) delivery and commissioning is to take place within six
                                                                          months of the date referred to in subparagraph (a)
                                                                         above;
                       8. In Article 8, the following new paragraph 2 is added after paragraph 1
                                                                    2.      The restrictions set out above shall also apply to any
                                                                    increase in inland waterway capacity brought about by
                                                                    lengthening cargo vessels or replacing the engines of pusher
                                                                    craft.
                                     9. In Article 8, paragraph 2 becomes paragraph 3.
                             10. In Article 11 (3), 'Article 8 (2)' is replaced by 'Article 8 (3)'
                                   11. In Article 11, the following paragraphs are added:
                                                                    4.     Existing national scrapping schemes shall be brought
                                                                    into line with Community scrapping arrangements.
                                                                    5.      Two years after this Regulation enters into force, the
                                                                    Commission shall draw up a report evaluating the effect of
                                                                    these measures and report to the European Parliament.