CELEX: 51988PC0533
Language: en
Date: 1988-10-07
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) AMENDING REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1975/82 ON THE ACCELERATION OF AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT IN CERTAIN REGIONS OF GREECE

18. 11. 88                               Official Journal of the European Communities                                                No C 294/5
                                                                 II
                                                         (Preparatory Acts)
                                                    COMMISSION
              Proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) amending Regulation (EEC) No 1975/82 on the
                             acceleration of agricultural development in certain regions of Greece
                                                        COM(88) 533 final
                                       (Submitted by the Commission on 18 October 1988)
                                                           (88/C 294/05)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                             p r o g r a m m e or to supply the necessary funding; w h e r e a s ,
                                                                     therefore, the d u r a t i o n of the c o m m o n measure should
                                                                     be extended by one y e a r and the C o m m u n i t y ' s financial
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
                                                                     contribution should be increased, in o r d e r to achieve the
Economic Community, and in particular Article 43
                                                                     aims of the p r o g r a m m e as nearly as possible, while
thereof,
                                                                     taking a c c o u n t of the fact t h a t in the light of the reform
                                                                     of the structural Funds the emphasis must be placed on
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                   the less-developed regions of the C o m m u n i t y ;
Having regard       to   the    opinion    of   the  European        W h e r e a s the d u r a t i o n of the c o m m o n measure was set at
Parliament,                                                          five years beginning on 29 July 1983, the d a t e on which
                                                                     the p r o g r a m m e was first a p p r o v e d ; w h e r e a s the o n e - y e a r
                                                                     extension to the d u r a t i o n of the c o m m o n measure will
Whereas, in accordance with Council Regulation (EEC)
                                                                     therefore run from 29 July 1988 to 28 July 1989;
N o 1975/82 ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
No 3157/87 (2), Greece implemented a programme of
works and other activities for the development of the                W h e r e a s the increase in the C o m m u n i t y ' s financial
mountain and hill and less-favoured areas of 22 nomoi                contribution should be varied t o t a k e a c c o u n t of the
which was approved by Commission                      Decision       needs of the different sectors involved in the p r o g r a m m e
83/387/EEC( 3 );                                                     and the priorities of the C o m m u n i t y ; w h e r e a s that
                                                                     contribution should therefore be increased to 70 % in
                                                                     the case of rural infrastructure, the development of stock
Whereas Article 16 (2) of the said Regulation provides               rearing        (cattle,       sheep     and     goats)         and    forestry
that before the expiry of the common measure the                     improvement measures, and to 60 % in the case of
Council must decide, on a proposal from the                          irrigation, the i m p r o v e m e n t of facilities for agricultural
Commission, whether the measure should be extended;                  training a n d land improvement,
Whereas the implementation of the programme has
encountered difficulties caused particularly by certain              HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
changes in priorities, the limited financial resources
available under the budget of the Member State
                                                                                                         Article 1
concerned and administrative problems; whereas, as a
result of these difficulties, implementation has fallen well         Regulation (EEC) No 1975/82 is hereby amended as
behind schedule;                                                     follows:
Whereas this situation made it necessary to revise the               1. In Article 16 (1) the words 'five years' are replaced by
initial programme, and this revision was approved by                      the words 'six years'.
Commission Decision 88/. . . ./EEC;
                                                                     2. Article 18 is amended as follows:
Whereas it became apparent that this revision would not
be sufficient to make up the backlog of work under the                    (a) The following subparagraph is added to para-
                                                                                 graph 2:
(') OJ No L 214, 22. 7. 1982, p. 1.                                              'However, for expenditure incurred from 29 July
(2) OJ No L 301, 24. 10. 1987, p. 3.                                             1988 onwards, the Fund shall reimburse the
(3) OJ No L 222, 13. 8. 1983, p. 43.                                             Greek Government the following percentages of
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      its actual expenditure, while observing the                               laid down in Article 21, of an adjustment of the
      maximum eligible amounts laid down in the first                           programme referred to in Article 1 (4) alter the
      subparagraph:                                                             limits set in the first subparagraph of paragraph 2,
      — 70 % for the work referred to in Article 4.                             but without exceeding the estimated cost specified
           However, this amount may not exceed 60 %                             in Article 16 (3).
           of the total cost of the investment,
      — 70 % for the measures and work referred to                                                  Article 2
           in Articles 10 (1) and 14 (1),
                                                                        This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
      — 60 % for the work and measures referred to                      following its publication in the Official Journal of the
           in Articles 6, 8 and 12(1).'                                 European Communities.
  (b) Paragraph 2a is replaced by the following;:
      '2a.     The Commission may on the occasion of                    This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and
      the approval, in accordance with the procedure                    directly applicable in all Member States.
              Recommendation for a Council Decision on the conclusion of a Protocol to the Agreement
             establishing an Association between the European Economic Community and the Republic of
              Malta consequent on the accession of the Kingdom of Spain and the Portuguese Republic to the
                                                              Community
                                                         COM(88) 582 final
                                     (Submitted by the Commission on 20 October 1988)
                                                            (88/C 294/06)
             THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
              Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in
             particular Article 238 thereof,
              Having regard to the recommendation from the Commission,
             Having regard to the assent of the European Parliament ('),
             Whereas the Protocol to the Association Agreement between the European Economic
             Community and the Republic of Malta (2) signed at La Valetta on 5 December 1970 should be
              approved, in order to take into account the accession of the Kingdom of Spain and the
             Portuguese Republic to the Community,
             HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
                                                                Article 1
             The Protocol to the Association Agreement between the European Economic Community and
             the Republic of Malta consequent on the accession of the Kingdom of Spain and the
             Portuguese Republic to the Community is hereby approved on behalf of the Community.
             The text of the Protocol is attached to this Decision.
             (') Opinion published in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
             (2) OJ No L 61, 14. 3. 1971, p. 1.