CELEX: 51985PC0453
Language: en
Date: 1985-07-31
Title: AMENDMENT OF THE PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) ON A PROGRAMME OF SUPPORT FOR TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE HYDROCARBONS SECTOR (COM (84) 658 FINAL)

No C 244/6                           Official Journal of the European Communities                             26.9.85
                                                                  II
                                                           (Preparatory Acts)
                                               COMMISSION
           Amendment of the proposal for a Council Regulation on a programme of support for
                               technological development in the hydrocarbons sector (')
                                                        (COM(85) 453 final)
            (Submitted by the Commission to the Council pursuant to the second paragraph of Article 149 of
                                           the EEC Treaty on 13 August 1985)
                                                            (85/C 244/08)
                                             A r t i c l e s 1 to 3 u n c h a n g e d
                                                    Article 4 (Amendment 1)
           Article 4 (2) — Support shall not normally exceed 49 % of the eligible cost of the projects
                             except in the case of projects by small companies involving a Community
                             contribution of less than 200 000 ECU. When determining the amount of the
                             support to be granted, the Commission shall take into account other financial
                             aid for the project received or expected from the Community, national or
                             other sources and the share of the risk borne directly by those responsible for
                             the project.
           Article 4 (4) —   (new— Amendment 2)
                             All contracts for support shall provide for repayment of the Community's
                             contribution in the case of successful commercial exploitation of the project in
                             question.
                                                   Article. 5 (Amendment 3)
           Article 5 (3) — As a general rule preference shall be given to projects in either of the following
                            two categories:
                            (a) projects involving the association of at least two independent companies
                                which are not established in the same Member state;
                            (b) projects promoted by small and medium-sized undertakings, solely, jointly,
                                or in collaboration with large undertakings.
                                             A r t i c l e s 6 to 8 u n c h a n g e d
                                                   Article 9 (Amendment 4)
           Every two years a report shall be made by the Commission to the Council and to the European
           Parliament on the application of tlus Regulation, such a report to include a statement on the
           rate of repayment of subsidies.
                                            A r t i c l e s 10 to 12 u n c h a n g e d
           O Doc. COM(84) 658 final; OJ No L 325, 6. 12. 1984, p. 6.