CELEX: 51988PC0369
Language: en
Date: 1988-06-23
Title: AMENDMENT TO THE PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) INSTITUTING A COMMUNITY PROGRAMME TO ASSIST THE CONVERSION OF SHIPBUILDING AREAS ( RENAVAL PROGRAMME )

No C 201/4                              Official Journal of the European Communities                                       2. 8. 88
                                                               II
                                                       (Preparatory Acts)
                                                  COMMISSION
              Amendment to the proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) instituting a Community
                    programme to assist the conversion of shipbuilding areas (Renaval Programme) (')
                                                      COM(88) 369 final
              (Submitted by the Commission pursuant to Article 149 (s) of the EEC Treaty on 28 June 1988)
                                                         (88/C 201/05)
                          Article 1                                             their economic development, such losses
                                                                                resulting in a serious aggravation of unem-
A new recital is inserted after the citations:                                  ployment in these areas.
    'whereas Title V of the Treaty provides in particular
                                                                           (b) The Community programme shall also
    for the strengthening of economic and social
                                                                                concern areas satisfying all the following
    cohesion'.
                                                                                criteria:
                          Article 2                                             — the average rate of unemployment must
                                                                                    have been above the recorded Community
A new recital is inserted after the third recital:                                  average in the last three years,
    'whereas the Community should support the effort                            — the percentage          share    of    industrial
   which must be made to replace jobs lost as a result of                           employment in total employment must
    restructuring through the development of new                                    have equalled or exceeded the Community
    sources of appropriate employment in other sectors in                           average in any reference year since 1975
    the regions affected'.                                                          (inclusive),
                                                                                — there must have been an observable fall in
                          Article 3                                                 industrial employment compared with the
                                                                                    reference year chosen in accordance with
A new recital is inserted after the tenth recital:                                  the preceding indent,
    'whereas, in view of the Community nature of these
                                                                                provided that they also satisfy the sectoral
    programmes, it is particularly desirable for the
                                                                                criteria stated in (a) above.
    European Parliament to be properly informed of the
    content and implementation of the programmes of                        The areas shall correspond or belong to a NUTS
    assistance specified in Article 7 of this Regulation'.                 level III territorial unit; the Community
                                                                           programme may be extended to adjoining areas
                           Article 4                                       satisfying the criteria stated in (a) or (b) above.'
Article 3 paragraph 1 of the proposal for a Regulation is
                                                                                                Article 5
replaced by the following:
                                                                   Article 6 (2) of the proposed Regulation is replaced by
    '1 (a) The Community programme shall concern
                                                                   the following:
            areas which have experienced substantial job
            losses in shipbuilding in the past three years             '2.     The following shall be eligible for Fund
            and not earlier than 1 January 1984, or which              assistance in respect of operations referred to in
            are currently experiencing or threatened with              Article 4: public authorities, local and regional auth-
            such losses, whenever this sector determines               orities, regional development corporations, other
                                                                       bodies, businesses, cooperatives or self-employed
O OJ No C 291, 31. 10. 1987.                                           persons carrying on a productive activity.'