86/657/EEC: Council Decision of 22 December 1986 amending Decision 85/8/EEC on specific Community action to combat poverty

COUNCIL DECISION
of 22 December 1986
amending  Decision 85/8/EEC on specific Community action to combat poverty
(86/657/EEC)
THE  COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article  235 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1),
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (2),
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (3),
Whereas Decision 85/8/EEC (4) enables the application of a programme of action to combat poverty in  the Community;
Whereas that Decision enabled the implementation of specific Community action covering the period  1985 to 1988 in the Member States;
Whereas, following the accession of Spain and Portugal to the European Communities this current  Community action should be extended to include those two Member States;
Whereas, therefore, specific measures as envisaged in Article 1 of the said Decision should be  implemented to aid underprivileged persons in those two Member States;
Whereas the funds estimated as necessary to implemented the measures referred to in the  aforementioned Decision should be increased in consequence,