CELEX: 51989PC0062
Language: en
Date: 1989-03-02
Title: Amendment to the Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (ECSC, EEC, EURATOM) implementing the Decision of 24 June 1988 on the system of the Communities' own resources (presented by the Commission in accordance with Article 149(3) of the EEC Treaty and the second subparagraph of Article 119 of the Euratom Treaty)

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                                                                Brussels ,   2 March 1989
                              Amendaient to the
                               Proposai for a
                   COUNCIL REGULATION ( ECSC , EEC , EURATOM )
 implementing the Decision of 24 June 1988 on the system of the Communities'
                               own resources
             ( presented by the Commission in accordance with
             Article 149(3 ) of the EEC Treaty and the second
           subparagraph of Article 119 of the Euratom Treaty )
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Explanatorv mémorandum
On 22 September 1988 the Commission sent the Council a proposal for a
Regulation implementing the Decision of 24 June 1988 on the system of the
Communities' own resources . 1 This Regulation is to replace Council
Regulation ( ECSC , EEC , Euratom ) No 2891 /77 of 19 December 1977 , as
amended by Council Regulation ( ECSC , EEC , Euratom ) No 1990 / 88 of
30 June 1 988 .
The Council has consulted Parliament and the Court of Auditors on this
proposal . The Court of Auditors gave its opinion og 17 November 1988 ;
Parliament adopted its opinion on 13 December 1988 .
The Commission is proposing the following amendments to its initial
proposal in the light of Parliament 's opinion :
1 . Parliament wants to impose on Member States a requirement to inform
the Commission not only of their rules for establishing and making
available own resources but also those for the collection of these
resources .
The Commission considers that precise information about all the national
provisions for the collection of own resources could make it easier to
inspect these resources and proposes that Article 4(1 )( b ) be amended as
requested by Parliament .
2 . Parliament proposes that the accounts for own resources kept by each
Member State should be broken down by type of resource according to the
Commission 's nomenclature .
The Commission is in         agreement with Parliament 's proposal .   It is
essential that the Member States break down their accounts of own
resources   in accordance with the combined nomenclature^of the European
Communities which entered into force on 1 January 1988 if they are to
provide the detailed information which the Commission needs in order to
be able to compare estimates with outturns and improve its methods for
forecasting own resources .
The Commission therefore proposes that Article 6(1 ) be amended as
suggested by Parliament .
 ^OJ C 255, 1 . 10.1988 .
 ZOJ L 336 , 27.12.1977 .
 ^OJ L 176 , 7.7.1988 .
 ^OJ C 313 , 8.12.1988 .
 50J C 12 , 16.1.1989 .
 6Council Regulation ( EEC ) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 ; OJ L 256 , 7.9.1987 .
 ---pagebreak--- 3.  Parliament is a strong advocate of tougher measures to combat fraud
and irregularities affecting own resources .
It accordingly proposes that the Member States should not only provide
the Commission with a regular summary of frauds and irregularities of
major importance but should at the same time be required to report any
shortcomings in the monitoring arrangements and state what measures have
been taken to avoid any repetition of such cases of fraud and
irregularities .
The Commission is entirely in agreement with Parliament : it therefore
proposes that appropriate provisions be added to Article 6(3 ).
A. In its concern to safeguard the Communities' financial interests ,
Parliament recommends that the Member States be obliged to apply for
prior authorization from the Commission when , in exceptional cases , they
intend to abandon the recovery of certain amounts of own resources for
reasons other than force maieure .
The Commission shares Parliament 's concern ; it would add that the
prior-authorization requirement would ensure that all Member States are
treated equally .
It is therefore proposed that Article 17(2 ) be amended as requested by
Parliament .
5 . The Commission proposes to amend Article 18(5 ) as requested by
Parliament to specify the frequency and contents of the Commission
reports .
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                                   Proposai for a
                   Council Régulation ( ECSC , EEC , EURATOM ) .
implementing the Decision of 24ownJune     1988 or^c the system of the Communities'
                                        resources
1 .   Article 4(1 )( b > is amended to read as follows :
"( b ) of its laws , regulations , administrative provisions and accounting
       procedures for establishing and collecting own resources and making
       them available to the Commission ."
2.    Article 6(1 ) is amended to read as follows :
"1 . Accounts for own resources shall        be kept by the Treasury of each
Member State or by the body appointed        by each Member State . These
accounts shall be broken down by type        of resource in accordance with the
combined nomenclature of the European        Communities provided for by Council
Regulation ( EEC ) No 2658/87                   '
3.    The following is added to the final subparagraph of Article 6(3 ):
" and shall indicate any shortcomings in the monitoring arrangements and
the measures taken to avoid any repetition of such cases of fraud and
irregularities . "
4.    Article 17(2 ) is amended to read as follows :
" Member States shall be freed from the obligation to place at the
disposal of the Commission the amounts corresponding to established
entitlements solely if , for reasons of force maieure . these amounts have
not been collected .
Moreover , in exceptional cases , the Commission may authorize Member
States not to make these amounts available to it if , after a detailed
examination of the relevant details of the case , it is found that
recovery is definitively impossible , for reasons beyond their control .
Cases involving amounts of over 10 000 ECUs must be mentioned in the
report referred to in paragraph 3 ."
5.    Article 18(5 ) is amended to read as follows :
" 5 . The Commission shall report to Parliament and to the Council every
three years on the progress made in adapting national laws and
regulations and on the functioning of the inspection arrangements ."
V)J C 255 , 1 . 10.1988 , P.5 .
20J L 256 , 7.9.1987 , P-1 .