CELEX: 51984PC0399
Language: en
Date: 1984-07-09
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC, EAEC ) NO INTRODUCING SUPPLEMENTARY MEASURES TO COVER BUDGETARY REQUIREMENTS IN 1984

No C 193/4                          Official Journal of the European Communities                             21.7.84
                                                            II
                                                    (Preparatory Acts)
                                              COMMISSION
              Amended proposal for a Council Regulation introducing measures to cover budgetary
                            requirements in 1984 given the exhaustion of own resources (')
                                                   COM(84) 399 final
              (Submitted by the Commission to the Council, pursuant to the second paragraph of Article
                                         149 of the EEC Treaty on 9 July 1984)
                                                     (84/C 193/05)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                     Whereas the Member States are bound under Article
COMMUNITIES,                                                    5 of the EEC Treaty and Article 192 of the Euratom
                                                                Treaty to take all appropriate measures, whether
                                                                general or particular, to ensure fulfilment of the
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the
                                                                obligations arising out of these Treaties or resulting
European Economic Community, and in particular
                                                                from action taken by the institutions of the
Article 235 thereof,
                                                                Community and to facilitate the achievement of the
                                                                Community's tasks;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the
European Atomic Energy Community, and in
particular Article 203 thereof,                                 Whereas Article 199 of the EEC Treaty requires all
                                                                items of revenue and expenditure of the Community
                                                                to be entered in the budget and the revenue and
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
                                                                expenditure shown in the budget to be in balance;
Having regard to the opinion of the             European
Parliament,                                                     Whereas the Community should therefore approach
                                                                the Member States for an advance on the payment of
                                                                own resources,
Whereas the own resources granted to the
Communities by the Decision of 21 April 1970 are
insufficient to cover all the requirements necessary to
implement common           policies  and      Community         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
measures for which budgetary cover must be
provided;
                                                                                       Article 1
Whereas the Commission has presented a proposal to
the Council for a Decision granting new own
resources to the Community;                                     The Member States shall make available to the
                                                                Community, on the terms indicated below, a sum not
                                                                exceeding 2 071 467 011 ECU as an advance on the
Whereas this proposal is still being examined;                  Community's own resources, the final amount being
whereas the provisions adopted by the Council cannot            determined on the final adoption of supplementary
enter into force until they have been ratified by the           and amending budget No 1/84. These funds shall be
Member States in accordance with their respective               used exclusively to provide supplementary cover for
constitutional requirements;                                    budgetary expenditure in 1984.
Whereas, in the interval, the Community must raise
the funds required by the present situation;                                           Article 2
                                                                The Commission shall apply to all Member States,
O OJ No C 126, 12. 5. 1984, p. 5.                               which shall contribute to the proposed operation in
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accordance with their share of the Community's                     budgetary requirements           arise and  before    31
uniform VAT base for 1984, viz:                                    December 1984.
         Belgium                              3,45
                                                                                             Article 4
         Denmark                              1,99
         Germany                             28,76                 The funds shall be repaid in eight equal six-monthly
         Greece                               1,53 0               instalments beginning on 30 June 1986.
         France                              22,79
         Ireland                              0,86                                           Article 5
         Italy                               15,33                 The Council, acting by a qualified majority on a
         Luxembourg                           0,25                 proposal from the Commission shall lay down
         Netherlands                          4,99                 detailed rules for implementing this Regulation.
         United Kingdom                      20,05
                                                                                             Article 6
                          Article 3                                This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
The funds shall be made available by the Member                    following its publication in the Official Journal of the
States on the dates indicated by the Commission as                 European Communities.
                                                                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and
(') In the case of Greece, a financial contribution.               directly applicable in all Member States.
               Amended proposal for a Council Decision on the Communities' system of own resources (J)
                                                       COM(84) 384 final
               (Submitted by the Commission to the Council pursuant to the second paragraph of Article
                149 of the EEC Treaty and the second paragraph of Article 119 of the EAEC Treaty on
                                                          10 July 1984)
                                                         (84/C 193/06)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                         Member States by the Communities' own resour-
COMMUNITIES,                                                        ces (2), hereinafter referred to as 'the Decision of
                                                                    21 April 1970,' introduced a Community system of
                                                                    own resources;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the
European Economic Community, and in particular
Article 201 thereof,                                                Whereas the own resources system should be
                                                                    extended while the existing sources of revenue
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                        introduced by the Decision of 21 April 1970 should
European Atomic Energy Community, and in                            be retained, the 1 % limit to the rate applied to the
particular Article 173 thereof,                                     uniform basis for assessing value added tax should be
                                                                    increased;
 Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
                                                                    Whereas customs duties on products within the scope
 Having regard to the opinion of the                 European       of the Treaty establishing the European Coal and
 Parliament,                                                        Steel Community should be included in the
                                                                    Communities' own resources;
 Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and
 Social Committee,                                                  Whereas any Member State bearing an excessive
                                                                    budgetary burden in relation to its relative prosperity
 Whereas the Council Decision of 21 April 1970 on                   should benefit at the appropriate time from a
 the replacement of financial contributions from                    correction;
 O OJ No C 145, 3. 6. 1983, p. 5.                                    (2) OJ No L 94, 28. 4. 1970, p. 19.