CELEX: 51987PC0448
Language: en
Date: 1987-09-30
Title: AMENDMENT TO THE PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) ON FINANCIAL SUPPORT WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF A MEDIUM TERM PROGRAMME FOR TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE

No C 288/8                            Official Journal of the European Communities                           28.10.87
           Amendment to the proposal for a Council Regulation on financial support within the framework
                               of a medium term programme for transport infrastructure (')
                                                    COM(87) 448 final
           (Submitted by the Commission to the Council pursuant to Article 149(3) of the EEC Treaty on
                                                     13 October 1987)
                                                      (87/C 288/11)
           The Commission's original proposal is hereby amended as follows:
           1. Amend the Seventh recital to read as follows:
              'Whereas specific financial support to transport infrastructure projects can provide an
              essential financial incitement to projects: on the one hand to the completion of certain
              projects of critical importance for the completion of the Community transport networks and
              the integration of the peripheral regions in the common market, and on the other hand the
              promotion and launching of major projects which have as their objective the cohesion of the
              Community;'
           2. Articles 1 and 2 are replaced by the following:
               'Article 1
              The Community within the limits of the appropriations set aside for this purpose in the
              general budget of the European Communities, and under the conditions set out in the
              following Articles, may grant financial support to undertake transport infrastructure projects
              of Community interest in the framework of a medium term programme which meet the
              following objectives:
              — the integration of areas which, geographically, are either landlocked or situated on the
                  periphery of the Community;
              — the elimination of bottlenecks,
              — the reduction of costs associated with transit traffic in cooperation with any non-member
                   States concerned,
              — the improvement of links on land-sea routes,
              — the improvement of high-quality links between principal urban centres, including high-
                   speed rail links.
              The medium term programme that the Commission shall draw up and revise periodically,
              includes notably:
              — a network of principal links of Community interest,
              — the objectives for the improvement of the network,
              — indications or guidelines concerning the projects of Community interest to be
                   undertaken in the medium term.
              Article 2
              The eligibility for financial support of transport infrastructure projects will be assessed in
              accordance with the following criteria:
              (a) the benefit of the project concerned to the Community, assessed by its contribution to the
                   general and operational criteria set out in Article 1. Among the factors which must be
                   included are:
                   — the importance of present or potential intra-Community international traffic,
           0) OJ No C 288, 15. 11. 1986, p. 6.
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                        — the importance of exchanges between the Community and non-member States on the
                             route involved in the project,
                        — the extent of the project's contribution to the creation of a homogeneous and balanced
                             network within the Community framework, geared to existing and future transport
                             needs;
                   (b) the socio-economic return on the project;
                   (c) whether the project is consistent with other Community measures under the common
                        transport policy or other Community policies and with other national measures given
                        priority in national transport infrastructure plans and projects;
                   (d) the complementarity of the project with other projects undertaken at the national level.'
               3. Add an additional Article 4a which is to read as follows:
                    'Article 4a
                    1.    Each year, no later than the date of submission of the preliminary draft general budget
                   for the next financial year, the Commission shall submit to Parliament and the Council a
                   communication describing the projects in respect of which applications have been received in
                   accordance with Article 4 and which qualify for financial support under the medium-term
                   programme and in the light of the objectives set out in Article 1 and criteria laid down in
                   Article 2.
                   2.     The description referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article includes at least:
                   — the main grounds for qualification under Articles 1 and 2,
                   — the probable scale and nature of the financial support, and
                   — the background information referred to in Article 4.'
               Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 on the common
                                           organization of the market in fruit and vegetables
                                                            COM(87)     480final
                                  (Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 15 October 1987)
                                                              (87/C 288/12)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                                 provides for a system of prices and intervention for a
                                                                         number of products in the fruit and vegetables sector;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community, and in particular Article 43
thereof,
                                                                         Whereas producers and their organizations should be
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and                       made aware of the real needs of the fruit and vegetables
Portugal, and in particular Articles 89 (2) and 234 (3)                  market; whereas this should be achieved, where appro-
thereof,                                                                 priate, by defining a maximum volume of intervention
                                                                         beyond which financial liability should be borne by the
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                       producers and their organizations;
Having regard to the opinion of the European Par-
liament,
                                                                         Whereas, the consequence of the liability of the
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) N o 1035/72 (*), as                     producers and their organizations must be that,
last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2275/87 (2),                         whenever intervention exceeds the threshold, the basic
                                                                         and buying-in prices or the financial compensation or
(') O J N 0 L H 8 , 20. 5. 1972, p. 1.                                   indemnity which is paid in respect of the quantities
O OJ No L 209, 31. 7. 1987, p. 4.                                        bought in are reduced;