CELEX: 51982PC0132
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Date: 1982-03-18 00:00:00
Title: Recommendation for a COUNCIL DECISION amending Decision 70/552/EEC on the rules applicable, in the fields of export guarantees and finance for export, to certain sub-contracting in other member countries of the European Communities or in non-member countries (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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                                                        COM(82)132 final
                                                        Brussels , 18 March 1982
  ,   ,•                           Recommendation for a
            y                        COUNCIL DECISION
^. amending Decision 70/552/ EEC on the rules applicable, in the fields
\e> of export guarantees and finance for export , to certain sub-contracting
 in other member countries of the European Communities or in non-member
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                     ( submitted to the Council by the Commission )
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                      EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1 . The Council Decision of the 16 December 1970 is based on the principle
    of the incorporation in national systems of 'ub-contracts emanating from
    other member states , and in particular , the automatic inclusion of these in the
    insurance cover granted to the principal contractor in his own country . On the
    other hand as concerns financing , the decision envisages only non-
    discrimination on a reciprocal basis .
2 . In practice in almost all cases insurance and finance are arranged
    in the same country . Hence, incorporation in the insurance cover         should
    generally lead      also to inclusion in the financing .
    Insurance and finance should be treated in exactly the same way . The
    concepts of non-discrimination and reciprocity currently applied are not
    sufficiently precise and      can give rise to interpretations
    which risk destroying the general purpose of the decision .
3 . It is therefore proposed to amend the decision in order to
    a)    eliminate the concept of reciprocity as / egards financing ;
    b) introduce clearly the automatic incorporation of a sub-contract
        in the financing which may be made available to the principal
        cont ractor ;
    c ) define the concept of non-discrimination which , within the
        limits fixed by the decision, will stipulate that the same
        terms will be offered to the principal contractor irrespective
        of whether national subcontracts or subcontracts originating
        from another member state are incorporated .
 ---pagebreak---                Recommendation for a
               / COUNCIL DECISION
 amending Decision 70/ 552 / EEC on the rules
 appl icab le, in the fields of export guarantees and finance
for export , to pertain sub-contracting in other member countries
of the European Communities or in non-member countries .
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic
Community and in particular Article 113 ,
having regard to the Recommendation from the Commission ,
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                                              (1)
      Whereas Council Decision 70/ 552 / EEC      fixes certain rules applicable ,
      in the fields of export guarantees and finance for export , to certain
      sub-contracting in other Member States of the European Communities or in
      non-member countries ,
      Whereas the growing interdependence of the economies of the Member States
      makes it necessary to reinforce cooperation and to improve common solutions
      to particular problems which arise , in the field of sub-contracting , through
      export guarantees and finance for export ,
      HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
                                        Article 1
      Decision 70/ 552 / EEC is hereby amended as follows :
      Article 1
 1.   The first Article is replaced by the following text :
      The detailed rules applicable in each Member State to the automatic inclusion
      of sub-contracts with parties in other member countries of the European
      Communities or in non-member countries in the cover and the finance which may
      be granted to the principal contractor are defined in the provision set out
      in the Annex to this Decision .
2.    Point 3 of section II of the Annex is replaced by the following text :
      The sub-contracts incorporated in the cover to be made available to the
      principal contractor according to the procedure referred to above shall be
      incorporated automatically in the finance which may be made available to
      the principal contractor .
3.    The following point 4 is added to section II of the Annex :
      Within the limits fixed by , this Decision , the cover and finance offered to
      the principal contractor will be made available under the same conditions ,
      irrespective of whether national subcontracts or to sub-contracts originating
      from another Member State are incorporated .
( 1 ) OJ No L 284, 30.12.70, p. 59
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                               Article 2
This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the
Official Journal of the European Communities .
                               Article 3
This Decision is addressed to the Member States .
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