CELEX: 51986PC0275
Language: en
Date: 1986-05-28
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DECISION AMENDING DECISION 85/8/EEC ON SPECIFIC COMMUNITY ACTION TO COMBAT POVERTY

N o C 151/4                                  Official Journal of the European Communities                                17.6.86
                                                                    II
                                                            (Preparatory Acts)
                                                      COMMISSION
                Proposal for a Council Decision amending Decision 85/8/EEC on specific Community action to
                                                             combat poverty
                                                           COM(86) 275 final
                                     (Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 2 June 1986)
                                                             (86/C 151/06)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                                Whereas, following the accession of Spain and Portugal,
                                                                        this Community action at present in progress should be
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                   extended to involve those two new Member States;
Economic Community, and in particular Article 235
                                                                        Whereas, therefore, specific measures as envisaged in
thereof,
                                                                        Article 1 of Decision 85/8/EEC should be implemented
                                                                        to aid disadvantaged persons in those two Member
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
                                                                        States;
Having regard to the opinion of the European Par-                       Whereas the funds estimated as necessary to implement
liament,                                                                the measures referred to in the aforementioned Decision
                                                                        should be increased in consequence,
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and
Social Committee,                                                       HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
                                                                                                Sole Article
Whereas Council Decision 85/8/EEC (') enables the
application of a programme of action to combat poverty;                 In Article 2 of Decision 85/8/EEC, the first paragraph is
                                                                        hereby replaced by the following:
Whereas that Decision enabled the implementation of                         'The funds estimated as necessary to implement the
specific Community action covering the period 1985 to                       measures referred to in Article 1 amount to 29
1988 in 10 Member States;                                                   million ECU for four years (1985 to 1988).'
(l) O J N o L 2 , 3. 1. 1985, p. 24.