CELEX: 51990PC0400(10)
Language: en
Date: 1990-08-31
Title: PROPOSAL AMENDING THE PROPOSAL FOR A SEVENTH DIRECTIVE ON AID TO SHIPBUILDING CURRENTLY UNDER DISCUSSION IN THE COUNCIL

2. 10. 90                               Official Journal of the European Communities                               No C 248/5
              Proposal amending the proposal for a Seventh Directive on aid to shipbuilding currently under
                                                   discussion in the Council
                                                        (90/C 248/02)
Pursuant to Article 149 (3) of the EEC Treaty the                                           Article . . .
Commission amends its proposal of . . . as follows:
                                                                    1.   Chapter II of this Directive shall not be applicable in
Whereas, from the date of German unification onwards, the          the German Democratic Republic.
present Directive will apply in the territory of the united
Germany;
                                                                    2.   Operating aid for shipbuilding and ship conversion in
                                                                   the German Democratic Republic may be considered
Whereas the shipbuilding industry in the German                    compatible with the common market provided that:
Democratic Republic will require an urgent restructuring
process; whereas the immediate application of the common           — the industry has undertaken a systematic and specific
maximum ceiling for production aid may not facilitate this             restructuring programme, including capacity reduction,
process; whereas particular arrangements should be allowed             which can be considered capable of allowing it to operate
to enable the German Democratic Republic's shipbuilding                competitively after the end of 1992,
industry to restructure gradually and to comply with the aid
regime applicable to the Community as a whole.                     — the aid is progressively reduced.