CELEX: 51973PC1231
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Date: 1973-07-25
Title: AMENDEMENTS TO THE PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF COMMUNITY CONTRACTS (Presented by the Commission to the Council pursuant to the second paragraph of Article 149 of the EEC Treaty)

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                                                           COM(73)1231 final
                                                           Brussels , 25 July 1973
                                AMENDEMENTS TO THE
                     PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION PIT THE
                      IMPLEMENTATION OP COMMUNITY CONTRACTS
             (Presented "by the Commission to the Council pursuant
                 to the second paragraph of Article 149 of the
                                   EEC Treaty)
  COM(73) 1231 final
 ---pagebreak---                             iUŒJïïMaïTS TO TH3
PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ON THE IMPLEflEffTATIOir OF COMMUNITY
                                CONTRACTS
Introduction , first and second recitals remain the same .
Insert , after the second recital , the following!
" Whereas technological development can contribute to social progress"
Fourth , fifth and sixth recitals remain the same .
The seventh recital is replaced by the following!
" MEREAS , nevertheless , in the field of technological development
"cooperation "between undertakings established in different Member
" States , in compliance with the rules of competition as laid down
" in the Treaty , is a factor in the faster and more secure development
"of European industry and consequently constitutes the indispensable
" complement to the efforts performed at the national level ; and
"whereas the introduction of Community machinery is the most suitable
" way of supporting' projects undertaken on a cooperative' basis by •
"undertakings , ' in particular those of medium size , established
" in more than one Ilember State j "
The eighth recital is replaced by the following?
" WHEREAS, in viev; of the experience acquired in the various Member
"States , Community backing for the fulfilment of technological
"development projects in industry should take the form mainly of
"loans covering, in most cases , only part of the cost of development
"and repayable if the results of such projects are used for profit ;
"and whereas such loans , while they enable the undertakings >
"concerned to assume the exceptional technological and financial
"risks entailed in.' this stage cSf the industrial innovation process ,
" leave part of the £isk to be underwritten by such undertakings and
"involve their liability in the choice and proper performance of
" such projects ;."                   ,     ;
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 Ninth , -tenth, eleventh and twelfth recitals remain the same .
 First Article remains the same .
 The first paragraph of Article 2 is replaced "by the following:
 "Community contracts are intended for the development of new
 "products or processes and the significant improvement of existing
" products or processes"
 The second paragraph of Article 2 remains the same .
 Article 3 is amended as follows :
 "Projects conforming at one and the same time to the following
" criteria may "be awarded Community contracts :
"( a) Their aim shall he to create or launch a new product or process
"       or a product or process significantly improved in relation to
"       existing ones ; a product or process is deemed to "be new until
"       such time as it is made or marketed in the Community.
"(h) They shall bo of a sufficiently important- general interest ,
"       e.g.;, by meeting an important economic and social need either
"       for the first time or in an appreciably improved form and/or by
"       holding out the prospect of a subtantial increase in
"       productivity".
Indents c ), d), e ) and f) of Article 3 remain the same.
The first paragraph of Article 4 remains the same .
The second paragraph of Article 4 is replaced by the following:
"Projects submitted in these fields by undertakings shall comply
" with the criteria set out in Article 3 of this Regulation.
" In the case provided for in the preceding subparagraph , however ,
" cooperation among undertakings established in different Member
" States of the Community shall not be required".
  Articles 5 to 12 inclusive remain the same .
  The first paragraph of Article 13 remains the same .
  The second paragraph of Article 13 is amended as follows :
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 "In the case of a cooperative project , the under takings concluding
 "a Community contract shall j ointly and severally assume responsibility
" for the performance of the contract .      They shall also appoint a
" single correspondant , who she,11 he responsible for coordinating
 " the administrative aspects of the contract and for maintaining
 " contacts with the Bank".
 The third and fourth paragraphs of Article 13 remain the same .
Article 14 remains unchanged .
The first and second paragraphs of Article 15 remain the same .
The third paragraph of Article 15 is replaced "by the following?
" If , on the expiry of a period of three years after the date of the
 " first loan repayment tinder the contract , this obligation has not
 "been observed , the Bank may require the contracting undertakings to
" grant licences on commercial terms to such persons or undertakings
" in the Community as may apply for them".
A fourth paragraph is added to Article 15 and reads as follows ;
" Infringements committed by undertakings which have concluded
' 1 Community contracts , raid , where applicable , doc i sions taken by
" the Bank against the defaulting undertakings , shall be included
" in the General Report of the Commission."
The fifth paragraph of Article 15 remains the same .
Articles 16 to 20 remain the same
Article 21 is replaced by the following!
" The Commission shall include in the General Report on the activities
" of the Communities a report on the application of this Regulation"#
Article 22 remains the same .