CELEX: 51984PC0161
Language: en
Date: 1984-03-27
Title: AMENDMENTS TO THE PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ON FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR A MULTIANNUAL TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAMME

11.4.84                              Official Journal of the European Communities                                N o C 99/5
                                                                  II
                                                          (Preparatory Acts)
                                                COMMISSION
                Amendments to the proposal for a Council Regulation on financial support for a multi-
                                      annual transport infrastructure programme (')
                                                        COM(84) 161 final
                 (Submitted by the Commission to the Council pursuant to Article 149 (2) of the EEC Treaty
                                                        on 29 March 1984)
                                                             (84/C 99/07)
                                                   Preamble unchanged
                                                 First recital unchanged
 Insert the following recital:                                        Whereas the European Parliament has expressly called
                                                                      for this Regulation on several occasions and, since
                                                                      1982, has approved specific appropriations for this
                                                                      purpose in the Community budget;
                                   Second, third and fourth recitals u n c h a n g e d
 Insert the following recital:                                        Whereas it is essential that the Council adopt
                                                                      definitive rules on Community support for transport
                                                                      infrastructure projects, based on the experience
                                                                      acquired, before this experimental programme expires;
                                          Fifth a n d sixth r e c i t a l s u n c h a n g e d
                                              Articles 1 and 2 unchanged
 Insert the following at the end of Article 3 (1):                    This contribution may not exceed 40 % of the cost of
                                                                      the project except in cases where there is special
                                                                      justification.
Article 3 (2) must be split into two paragraphs as                    2.     Support may be paid to a project under this
follows:                                                              Regulation, even where the Community is already
                                                                      contributing to the project under other arrangements.
                                                                      3.     Under no circumstances may the total financial
                                                                      support given by the Community exceed 70 % of the
                                                                      cost of the project.
                                                   Article 4 unchanged
                                                   Article 5 unchanged
                                                A r t i c l e 6 (1) u n c h a n g e d
 O OJ No C 36, 10. 2. 1984, p. 3.
 ---pagebreak---  No C 99/6                             Official Journal of the European Communities                                          11.4.84
 Indent (c) of Article 6 (2) is to be replaced by the                         (c) Whatever information is needed to evaluate the
following:                                                                        Community interest of the project, using a method
                                                                                  of analysis following the guidelines set out by the
                                                                                  Commission in its report to the Council
                                                                                  on 'Community assistance for transport infra-
                                                                                  structure: the evaluation of "Community interest"
                                                                                  for decision-making' (*);
                                                          A r t i c l e 6 (3) u n c h a n g e d
     A second paragraph is to be added to Article 7, as                           2.      The Commission may also include in the list
     follows:                                                                     projects satisfying the requirements of Article 5,
                                                                                  even if it has received no communication thereon
                                                                                  from a Member State.
                                               A r t i c l e s 8, 9, 10 a n d 11 u n c h a n g e d
                                                         A r t i c l e 12 (1) u n c h a n g e d
      Insert a new Article 12 (2) reading as follows:                              2.      One year after this date at the latest, the
                                                                                   Council shall adopt definitive rules based on the
                                                                                  proposal for a Council Regulation on support for
                                                                                  projects of Community interest in transport infra-
                                                                                   structure (2).
                                  A r t i c l e 12 (2) u n c h a n g e d b u t r e n u m b e r e d 12 (3)
                                                                               C) COM(81) 507 final, 16. 9. 1981.
                                                                               O OJ No C 207, 2. 9. 1976.