CELEX: 31975Q0184
Language: en
Date: 1975-03-18 00:00:00
Title: , ECSC, EEC: * Financial Regulation of 18 March 1975 supplementing the Financial Regulation of 25 April 1973 applicable to the general budget of the European Communities

21 . 3 . 75                           Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 73/45
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                                           (Acts whose publication is not obligatory)
                                                         COUNCIL
                                                 FINANCIAL REGULATION
                                                        of 18 March 1975
                 supplementing the Financial Regulation of 25 April 1973 applicable to the
                                       general budget of the European Communities
                                                  (75/ 184/ Euratom, ECSC, EEC)
 THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                          Whereas the provisions of this Financial Regulation
 COMMUNITIES,                                                         must be included in the Financial Regulation of 25
                                                                      April 1973 (4) applicable to the general budget of the
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               European Communities,
 Coal and Steel Community, and in particular Article
 78 (f) thereof ;
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                HAS ADOPTED THIS FINANCIAL REGULATION :
 Economic Community, and in particular Article 209
 thereof ;
                                                                                               Article 1
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
 Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article                  The Financial Regulation of 25 April 1973 applicable
  1 83 thereof ;                                                      to the general budget of the European Communities
                                                                      is hereby supplemented in accordance with the
 Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;                  following Articles.
 Having regard to the Opinion of the European Parlia­
 ment (') ;                                                                                    Article 2
 Having regard to the Opinion of the Economic and
 Social Committee (2) ;                                              Article 1 2 (3) is supplemented by a fifth indent
                                                                     worded as follows :
 Whereas the Council adopted on 18 March 1975 a                           '— a table listing, for the European Regional
 Regulation (3) establishing a European Regional Deve­                        Development Fund :
 lopment Fund ;
                                                                              (a) a statement of commitments and payments
 Whereas it is opportune to fix the particular proce­                             as at 31 December of the preceding year
 dure concerning appropriations and expenditure of                                and as at 1 July of the current year ;
 the said Fund ;
                                                                              (b) a schedule of due dates for estimated
Whereas the realization of the investments to be                                  payments to the end of the current year ;
assisted by the Fund may extend over several years ;
                                                                              (c) estimated payments for subsequent finan­
C ) OJ No C 108, 10 . 12. 1973, p. 51 .
                                                                                  cial years.'
(2) OJ No C 8 , 31 . 1 . 1974, p. 10 .
(3) See page 1 of this Official Journal.                             (4) OJ No L 116, 1 . 5 . 1973 , p. 1 .
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                        Article 3                                Commission may commit itself for the implemen­
Title Xa as set out below shall be inserted after Article
                                                                 tation of the corresponding operations.
115 :
                                                                 Commitment     appropriations which are not used
                                                                 by the end of  the financial year for which they are
                         TITLE Xa
                                                                 shown in the   budget shall remain available during
    Special provisions applicable to the Euro­                   the following  two financial years.
          pean Regional Development Fund
                                                                 3 . Commitment appropriations shall represent
                                                                 the upper limit of expenditure which may be auth­
    Article 115a
                                                                 orized or paid during each financial year to cover
    The provisions of Titles I to VI inclusive and XI            commitments entered into during the same finan­
    of this Financial Regulation shall apply to the              cial year or preceding years.
    European Regional Development Fund save as
    otherwise provided by the special provisions of              Article 115c
    this Title .
                                                                 Decisions to grant assistance through the Fund
    Article 115b
                                                                 taken by the Commission on requests by the
     1 . The budget of the European Communities                  Member States , shall be considered as commit­
    for a financial year shall show under the Title for          ments of expenditure for the Fund.'
    the Fund for the financial year concerned :
    (a) commitment appropriations ; and                                              Article 4
    (b) payment appropriations.
                                                             This Financial Regulation shall enter into force on the
     2. Commitment appropriations shall represent            day following its publication in the Official Journal
     the upper limit of expenditure to which the             of the European Communities.
               This Financial Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all
               Member States .
               Done at Brussels, 18 March 1975 .
                                                                         For the Council
                                                                           The President
                                                                             R. RYAN