CELEX: 51984PC0383
Language: en
Date: 1984-07-09
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC, EURATOM ) INTRODUCING SUPPLEMENTARY MEASURES TO COVER BUDGETARY REQUIREMENTS IN 1985

25.7.84                              Official Journal of the European Communities                                  No C 196/5
                                                            II
                                                     (Preparatory Acts)
                                              COMMISSION
              Proposal for a Council Regulation introducing reserve measures to cover requirements in
                  1985 should the new decision to increase own resources not enter into force in time
                                                    COM(84) 383 final
                             (Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 9 July 1984)
                                                      (84/C 196/09)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                      of the Community to be entered in the budget and
COMMUNITIES,                                                     the revenue and expenditure shown in the budget to
                                                                 be in balance;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the
European Economic Community, and in particular                   Whereas the Community should therefore approach
Article 235 thereof,                                             the Member States for an advance on the payment of
                                                                 own resources,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the
European Atomic Energy Community, and in
particular Article 203 thereof,                                  HAD ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                                          Article 1
Having regard to the opinion of the             European         If the decision on the Community's new own
Parliament,                                                      resources does not enter into force on 1 October
                                                                 1985, the Member States shall make available to the
Whereas the own resources granted to the                         Community, on the terms indicated below, a sum not
Communities by the Decision of 21 April 1970 are                 exceeding 1 912 653 843 ECU as an advance on the
insufficient to cover all the requirements necessary to          Community's own resources, the final amount being
implement common policies and                 Community          determined on the final adoption of the 1985 budget.
measures;                                                        These funds shall be used exclusively to provide sup-
                                                                 plementary cover for budgetary expenditure in 1985.
Whereas the Commission has presented a proposal to
the Council for a decision granting new own                                                 Article 2
resources to the Community;
                                                                 The Commission shall apply to all Member States,
Whereas this decision should enter into force on 1               which shall contribute to the proposed operation in
October 1985 following its adoption by the Member                accordance with their share of the Community's
States    in    accordance     with   their     respective       uniform VAT base for 1985, viz.:
constitutional requirements;
                                                                           Belgium                              3,27
Whereas, should this decision not be adopted in time,                      Denmark                              2,02
a way must be found of balancing the budget and, as                        Germany                             28,78
a reserve measure, of raising the additional finance                       Greece                               1,55 O
required by this situation;                                                France                              22,31
                                                                           Ireland                              0,88
Whereas the Member States are bound under Article
5 of the EEC Treaty and Article 192 of the Euratom                         Italy                               14,74
Treaty to take all appropriate measures, whether                           Luxembourg                           0,26
general or particular, to ensure fulfilment of the                         Netherlands                          4,85
obligations arising out of these Treaties or resulting                     United Kingdom                      21,34.
from action taken by the institutions of the
Community and to facilitate the achievement of the
Community's tasks; whereas Article 199 of the EEC
Treaty requires all items of revenue and expenditure              (l) In the case of Greece, a financial contribution.
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                       Article 3                                                      Article 5
The funds shall be made available by the Member              The Council, acting by a qualified majority on a
States on the dates indicated by the Commission              proposal from the Commission, shall lay down
as budgetary requirements arise and             before       detailed rules for implementing this Regulation.
31 December 1985.
                                                                                      Article 6
                                                             This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
                                                             following its publication in the Official Journal of the
                       Article 4                             European Communities.
The funds shall be repaid in eight equal six-monthly         This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and
instalments beginning on 30 June 1986.                       directly applicable in all Member States.