Council Regulation (EEC) No 3635/85 of 17 December 1985 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2617/80 instituting a specific Community regional development measure contributing to overcoming constraints on the development of new economic activities in certain zones adversely affected by restructuring of the shipbuilding industry

COUNCIL  REGULATION (EEC) No 3635/85
of 17 December 1985
amending Regulation (EEC) No 2617/80 instituting a specific Community regional development measure contributing to overcoming constraints on the development of new economic activities in certain zones adversely affected by restructuring of the shipbuilding industry
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3634/85 of 17 December 1985 on the establishment of specific Community regional development measures in 1985 (1) and in particular Article 1 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (2),
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (3),
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (4),
Whereas Article 48 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1787/84 of 19 June 1984 on the European Regional Development Fund (5) provides that, subject to the application of Article 45 of the said Regulation, Regulation (EEC) No 724/75 (6), including Title III relating to specific Community measures, is repealed; whereas, however, Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 3634/85 provides that the Council may, until 31 December 1985, in accordance with Article 13 of Regulation (EEC) No 724/75, institute specific Community measures on the basis of proposals submitted by the Commission before 31 December 1984;
Whereas the said Article 13 provides for participation by the Fund in financing specific Community regional development measures which are in particular linked to Community policies and to measures adopted by the Community, in order to take better account of their regional dimension or to reduce their regional consequences;
Whereas, pursuant to that Article, the Council adopted on 7 October 1980 an initial series of Regulations instituting specific Community regional development measurs and, in particular, Regulation (EEC) No 2617/80 (7) as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 217/84 (8), which instituted a measure hereinafter referred to as a 'specific measure';
Whereas pursuant to that Regulation and in particular Article 3 thereof, the Commission has approved special programmes relating to certin zones, one of which is situated in the Federal Republic of Germany, and has at the same time decided to allocate appropriations to those programmes;
Whereas the worsening problems in the shipbuilding industry require that the specific measure be extended to certain zones in France and Italy as well as to other zones in the Federal Republic of Germany, which are characterized by a high dependency on the shipbuilding sector and by major job losses in this industry in recent years; whereas this development is likely to lead to a deterioration of an already difficult socio-economic situation in those zones;
Whereas the Member States concerned have provided the Commission with information relating to regional problems which might be the subject of a specific measure;
Whereas additional financial resources are required to implement the specific measure as extended;
Whereas it is necessary for the Federal Republic of Germany to submit to the Commission an adapted special programme and for the French Republic and the Italian Republic to submit to the Commission a special programme in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 2617/80,