66/740/EEC: Council Decision of 22 December 1966 on Community aid for the Italian Republic towards the granting of assistance to sulphur mine workers affected by dismissal and of a number of scholarships for their children

COUNCIL DECISION of 22 December 1966 on Community aid for the Italian Republic towards the granting of assistance to sulphur mine workers affected by dismissal and of a number of scholarships for their children (66/740/EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 235 thereof;
Having regard to Protocol No III on sulphur 1 annexed to the Agreement of 2 March 1960 on the determination of part of the Common Customs Tariff in respect of the products in List G contained in the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community;
Having regard to the Decision of 25 September 1962 of the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States, meeting in the Council, setting up a Liaison and Action Committee for the Sulphur Industry in Italy 2;
Having regard to the Report of 15 November 1963 from that Committee;
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission;
Having regard to the Opinion of the European Parliament;
Having regard to the Opinion of the Economic and Social Committee;
Whereas Member States have recognised, in Protocol No III annexed to the Agreement on the determination of part of the Common Customs Tariff in respect of the products in List G contained in the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, that fixing a nil duty for crude sulphur raises special problems for the Italian sulphur industry;
Whereas those problems make it necessary to reorganise that industry in Italy ; whereas such reorganisation is a direct result of the establishment of the common market;
Whereas the Italian Government has drawn up the programme of rationalisation referred to in the Report of the Liaison and Action Committee for the Sulphur Industry in Italy and has undertaken to put it into effect, so that the isolation of the sulphur market may be ended;
Whereas the reorganisation measures entail the closing down of certain sulphur mines or a restriction in their production and, as a result, the dismissal of a number of workers;
Whereas sulphur mine workers must, owing to the circumstances set out in Protocol No III, enjoy special protective measures ; whereas, to that end, the workers employed by the Italian sulphur mining industry on 30 June 1963 must receive certain financial assistance ; whereas, moreover, Protocol No III provided for specific aid for the children of such workers;
Whereas, in these circumstances, Community action is necessary ; whereas the Treaty has not made provision for all appropriate powers to that end;