CELEX: 51977PC0062
Language: en
Date: 1977-03-02
Title: DRAFT FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION on the financing of measures and projects within the context of the Euro-Arab Dialogue (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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     COMMISSION                                                Brussels , 2nd March 1977
        OF THE
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES                                           FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
    General Secretariat
                                    DRAFT  FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION
                              on the financing of measures and projects
                          within the context of the Euro -Arab Dialogue
                          ( submitted to the Council "by the Commission )
          CCM(77 ) 62 final .
 ---pagebreak---           COMMISSION
             OF THE
 EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                                           EURQ^ARAB DIALOaUB
                                   COMMI SSICW PROPOSAL POR A COUNCIL RESOLUTIOK
        Preamble
        1.       $jr its Resolution of 8 February 1977» "the Council authorized the
        European delegation to - the Euro-Arab Dialogue to promise a financial contribution
        which would be charged to the Budget of theEuropean Cezamunities, irrespective
         of what funds might become available from other sources .
•
               . It was stipulated, however, that the amount of this contribution would
       not be decided on 6r notified to the Arab side until the latter had stated
       what its financial commitment would be *
        2.       At the second meeting of the General Committee of the Euro-Arab Dialogue ,
        which was held in Tunis on 1 0-1 2 February, the Arab side undertook to provide
        financial contributions^ in accordance with the Resolution of the Arab Council
       of Ministers ITo ■ 35 – 36 of 15 January 1977» "to the amount of ^15 million . ,
       It was stipulated that this amount would be available for any activity within
       the context of the Euro-Arab Dialogue , with the exception of the projects
       themselves^.
Q 3*             The condition laid down by the Council has thus been satisfied.                                            The
       European side should therefore be enabled to notify the Arab side of the amount
       which it is undertaking to supply .                           To this end, the Commission is submitting
       the attached draft resolution, the sole purpose of which is to supplement the
       Resolution adopted on 8 February 1977*                             . The sum of $5 million (about 4                      million
       u.a. ) has been deemed appropriate .
         See attached extract from the final Communique issued in Tunis .
       o
         See Resolution Ko 35 - 36 of 15 January 1977 and the recommendation of the
         Arab Committee for the Euro-Arab Dialogue .
       ^See attached correspondence.
 Provisional address : Rue de la Loi 200, B– 1 040 Brussels – Téléphoné 35 0040-35 80 40 – Télégraphie address : « COMEUR Brussels » –
                                                      Telex : iCOMEURBRU 21 877 .
 ---pagebreak--- 4.    On the sane occasion, the General Committee of the Euro-Arab Dialogue
decided to set up an ad hoo working party to draft the necessary procedures
for the use of the funds made available by the two sides to the Dialogue .
This working party will report to the Secretariat-General of the Arab League
and to the Commission of the European Communities by 31 July 1977 •
      The next meeting of the General Committee is planned for September.
In the interval the various working committees and expert groups will continue
their work on the definition of measures and projects.    It will not be possible
until later in the year to ascertain what the actual commitments for expenditure
will be during the 1977 budgetary year.
      It should however , be noted that provisional arrangements pending
the establishment of permanent procedures were discussed and
accepted at Tunis as concerns the Agriculture and Rural Development
Committee , having regard to the progress to date by the Specialist
Working Party on the development of the Juba Valley , Somalia .
In consequence , proposals for the commitment of funds for the
launching of feasibility studies from that Committee will probably
be forthcoming at an early date .
 See attached extract from the final Communique issued in Tunis.
 ---pagebreak---                             ' PROPOSAL POR A. COOTCIL RESOLUTICfU ' .
                          ON THE FINANCING OP MEASURES AND PROJECTS
                        WITHIN THE CONTEXT OP THE EURO-ARAB DIALOGUE
The Council ,
Recalling its Decision of 11 February 1974 that "the Community should participate
in the Euro^Arah Dialogue in accordance with the terms of the Treaties,       closely
involving the Member States in the oontext of Political Cooperation and the
Community itself in order to situate Euro-Arab cooperation within the general
political framework1;
Recalling Resolution 439A^ adopted by the European Parliament on ^ April 1976 ,
in which the Parliament expressed its conviction that constructive cooperation
between the European Community and the Arab Vorld was in the interests of both
sides and its hope that the continuing Euro^Arab Dialogue would usker in
negotiations producing concrete and well–balanced results in the fields of
finance , agriculture and industry ! technology , energy and cultural affairs ;
Recalling its Resolution of 8 February 1.977» according to which the amount of
the financial contribution to be charged to the Budget of the European Communities
should not be agreed upon or notified to the Arab side until the latter had
stated what its financial commitment would be ;
Recalling the final joint Communique issued at the second meeting of the General
Committee of the Euro-Arab Dialogue on 12 February 1977 » to the effect that the
financial commitment of the Arab side would amount to ^15 million.
Has adopted this Resolution :
The European delegation is hereby authorized to inform the Arab side that the
European Community is able to make a financial contribution of        million
(a"bodt 4 million u.a. ), to be charged to the Community Budget .
 ---pagebreak---        EXTRAIT DU COMMUNIQUE FINAL DE . LA DEUXIME REUNION DE LA COMMISSION GENERALE
       Dy . DIALOGUE EURO-ARABE - TUNIS - 10 au 12 FEVRIER 1977 -
                                                  »
          «                                         #        •
                                                        » "i
 A, FINANCING THE ACTIVITIES OF TH£i DIALOGUE
                                                               ••
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 The General Committee decides to establish an ad hoc group
 w^ich will be responsible for working out the procedures
 necessary for the utilization of the' financial contributions               !
 which the Arab side pledged Itself to make In accordance with
 Resolution No . 3536 of 15 January 1977 adopted by the Arab
^inisters of . Foreign Affairs at the meeting of the Council of
 the League of Arab States         and of a contribution which the
 European side also pledged itself to mak^ with a view tw
 financing preliminary and feasibility studies and other activities
 in the Dialogue .         This group will submit its report to
 the Secretariat-Oeneral of the Le&gtiQ-'of Arab States and to the
European       cocuaiBBirn                         31 July 1 977 at the
 latest .      This report will be examined at the next meeting
 of the General Committee of tie Euro-Arab Dialogue .
 ---pagebreak---                    Résolution adoptée par le Conseil des Ministres
                   Aratjes des Affaires Etrangères le 15 janvier 1977
                   au Caire , au sujet du Dialogue Euro-Arabe .
         Le Conseil des Ministres Arabes des Affaires Etrangères s' est réuni le
15 janvier 1977 *
         Après avoir passé en revue les résultats des réunions arabes et euro-
arabes qui se sont tenues jusqu' ici dans le cadre du Dialogue et examiné ses
perspectives dans ses différents domaines :
          - Affirme que le Dialogue Euro-Arabe qui est né d' une volonté politique
commune vise essentiellement l' instauration entre la Communauté arabe et la
Communauté Européenne des relations spéciales qui contribueraient au resserremen
des liens existant entre les deux parties dans les domaines politique ,
économique , social et culturel .
          - Souligne également que le Dialogue Euro-Arabe a des dimensions
politiques et économiques fondées sur les intérêts réciproques basés sur le
respect de l' indépendance et de la souveraineté de toutes les parties concernées
          Considérant que l' objectif poursuivi par la partie arabe à travers ce
dialogue consiste d' une part à obtenir un appui politique à la cause palesti­
nienne et à la libération des terres arabes occupées et d' autre part à instaurer
avec l' Europe une coopération globale et équilibrée qui contribuerait au
développement du monde arabe dans son intégralité :
          Le Conseil insiste sur la nécessité de poursuivre le Dialogue Euro-Arabe
de le relancer et de le traduire en termes de coopération fructueuse .
         Compte tenu de ce qui précède , le Conseil demande à la Commission Arabe
du Dialogue Euro-Arabe d' oeuvrer à l' intensification du soutien politique de
l' Europe et à l' obtention d' avantages substantiels dans les domaines du
commerce , du transfert de technologie , de la garantie et de la promotion des
investissements et en matière de main-d' oeuvre .
         A cet effet , la Commission arabe doit tenir compte , dans son action , des
positions exprimées par la partie arabe au sein des groupes de travail mixtes .
          Le Conseil adopte la recommandation de la Commission Arabe relative à
l' affectation par le Ponds Arabe de développement Economique et Social d' un
montant au titre de la participation au financement des études .
         - et approuve la proposition formulée par la partie européenne tendant
à la création d' un groupe ad hoc chargé d' étudier et d' arrêter les modalités
d' utilisation des fonds affectés par les deux parties au financement des
études préliminaires , des études de fiabilité et des autres activités du
Dialogue ainsi que de la participation européenne à ce financement .
 ---pagebreak---          Recommandation de la Commission Arabe
              pour le Dialogue Euro-Arabe .
              La Commission Arabe pour la Dialogue Euro-Arabe
lors de sa réunion au Cai?e du 20 au 23 décembre 1976 a fait les
recommandations suivantes , t
- 15 0 Demande au Fonds Arabe du développement économique et social
d' allouer un montant initial de 15 Millions de Dollars au financement
des Etudes préliminaires , des Etudes de fiabilité et des autres
activités du Dialogue . *