Council Regulation (EEC, Euratom) No 2157/91 of 15 July 1991 concerning the provision of technical assistance to economic reform and recovery in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC, EURATOM) No 2157/91  of 15 July 1991  concerning the provision of technical assistance to economic reform and recovery in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 235 thereof,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 203 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1),
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (2),
Whereas the European Economic Community and the European Atomic Energy Community have concluded an Agreement on trade and commercial and economic cooperation with the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics;
Whereas the European Council, at its meetings in Dublin and Rome in 1990, expressed its will to back the steps undertaken by the Soviet authorities to bring about the reform and recovery of the Soviet economy; whereas to that end it decided to provide  as soon as possible technical assistance in the fields of public and private sector management training, financial services, energy, transport and foodstuffs distribution;
Whereas that aid should go towards projects that benefit the final recipients in the various republics of the Soviet Union;
Whereas the implementation of such technical assistance should enable conditions favourable to private investment to be established;
Whereas the European Council at its meeting in Rome also stressed the importance of effective coordination by the Commission of the efforts made in the Soviet Union by the Community and its Member States acting individually;
Whereas it is appropriate that the Commission be assisted in the implementation of Community aid by a committee made up of Member States' representatives;
Whereas this technical assistance will be the subject of a practical programme geared to specific projects, and will be eligible for overall support of ECU 400 million in 1991 and a sum yet to be determined in 1992, to be released in tranches as  projects actually materialize;
Whereas the implementation of these operations is such as to contribute to the attainment of the Community's objectives, and the Treaties have not provided, for the adoption of this Regulation, powers other than those of Article 235 of the EEC Treaty  and Article 203 of the EAEC Treaty,