31984R2125

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COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 2125/84

of 23 July 1984

amending Regulation (EEC) No 1971/83 on the granting of financial support for pilot industrial projects and demonstration projects relating to the liquefaction and gasification of solid fuels

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, by Regulation (EEC) No 1971/83 (4), the Community granted, in 1983, financial support for pilot industrial projects and demonstration projects relating to the liquefaction and gasification of solid fuels; whereas the Council nevertheless indicated its willingness, in order to avoid an interruption in this programme, which will contribute in the future towards the implementation of the Community's energy strategy, to place the programme in a multiannual context;

Whereas under these conditions it is necessary to renew the programme for 1984 and 1985,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Sole Article

Regulation (EEC) No 1971/83 is hereby amended as follows:

1. Article 8 is replaced by the following:

'Article 8

The amount of new appropriations estimated necessary to be granted for the period 1983, 1984, 1985 under this Regulation totals 50 million ECU.

The amounts constituting the financial support to be granted pursuant to this Regulation have been entered in the general budget of the European Communities.'

2. Article 9 is replaced by the following:

'Article 9

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

It shall apply until 31 December 1985.'

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 23 July 1984.

For the Council

The President

J. O'KEEFFE

(1) OJ No C 261, 6. 10. 1982, p. 3.

(2) OJ No C 304, 22. 11. 1982, p. 263.

(3) OJ No C 326, 12. 12. 1982, p. 15.

(4) OJ No L 195, 19. 7. 1983, p. 1.