Officia^.^ /*/*• • l"I Journa"V l"I cISS N16 0378-69866 Volume 25 of the European Communities 3 J-*1982 English edition Information and Notices Contents I Information Commission ECU 1 State aids (Articles 92 to 94 of the EEC Treaty) Notice given in accordance with the first subparagraph of Article 93 (2) of the EEC Treaty to parties concerned other than Member States regarding an alternative aid scheme in favour of the textile and clothing industries in Belgium 2 Commission communication under Article 9 (9) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3286/80 of 4 December 1980 3 Commission communications under Article 115 of the EEC Treaty 3 II Preparatory Acts Commission Proposal for a Council Regulation on an interim common measure for restucturing the inshore fishing industry and aquaculture 4 Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Council Regulation (EEC) No 370/82 of 15 February 1982 concerning the management and control of certain catch quotas for 1982 for vessels flying the flag of a Member State and fishing in the Regulatory Area defined in the NAFO Convention 7 III Notices Commission Notice of standing invitation to tender for the sale of skimmed-milk powder for feeding to pigs and poultry 9 3. 7. 82 Official Journal of the European Communities No C 166/1 (Information) COMMISSION ECU (•) 2 July 1982 Currency amount for one unit: Belgian and United States dollar 0 958191 Luxembourg franc con. 45 • 1500 Swiss franc 2 00789 Belgian and Spanish peseta 106 647 Luxembourg franc fin. 49-2750 Swedish krona 5 86269 German mark 2 • 36098 Norwegian krone 6 05385 Dutch guilder 2-61011 Canadian dollar 1 23367 Pound sterling 0-552271 Portuguese escudo 80 2964 Danish krone 8 • 16618 Austrian schilling 16 6270 French franc 6-55211 Finnish markka 4 53033 Italian lira 1326-86 Japanese yen 244 914 Irish pound 0-685303 Australian dollar 0 939219 Greek drachma 66-2834 New Zealand dollar 1 29136 The Commission has installed a telex with an automatic answering device which gives the conversion rates in a number of currencies. This service is available every day from 3.30 p.m. until 1 p.m. the following day. Users of the service should do as follows: — call telex number Brussels 23789; — give their own telex code; — type the code 'cccc' which puts the automatic system into operation resulting in the transmission or the conversion rates of the EUA; — the transmission should not be interrupted until the end of the message, which is marked by the code 'ffff. Note: The Commission also has an automatic telex answering service (No 21791) providing daily data on calculation of monetary compensatory amounts for the purposes of the common agricultural policy. (') Council Regulation (EEC) No 3180/78 of 18 December 1978 (OJ No L 379, 30. 12. 1978, p. 1). Council Decision 80/1184/EEC of 18 December 1980 (Convention of Lome) (OJ No L 349, 23. 12. 1980, p. 34). Commission Decision No 3334/80/ECSC of 19 December 1980 (OJ No L 349, 23. 12. 1980, p. 27). Financial Regulation of 16 December 1980 concerning the general budget of the European Communities (OJ No L 345, 20. 12. 1980, p. 23). Council Regulation (EEC) No 3308/80 of 16 December 1980 (OJ No L 345, 20. 12. 1980, p. 1). Decision of the Council of Governors of the European Investment Bank of 13 May 1981 (OJ No L 311, 30. 10. 1981, p. 1). No C 166/2 Official Journal of the European Communities 3. 7. 82 STATE AIDS (Articles 92 to 94 of the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community) Notice given in accordance with the first subparagraph of Article 93 (2) of the EEC Treaty to parties concerned other than Member States regarding an alternative aid scheme in favour of the textile and clothing industries in Belgium 1. Having initiated the procedure provided for in the first subparagraph of Article 93 (2) in respect of the above aid, the Commission hereby gives notice to all parties concerned other than Member States to submit their comments within six weeks of the date of this notice to: Commission of the European Communities, 200, rue de la Loi, B-1049 Brussels. 2. The aid would be introduced alternatively to the existing aid scheme in favour of the textile and clothing industries in Belgium. The differences of the existing aid scheme and the proposed alternative plan are tabu­ lated as follows: Existing aid scheme Proposed alternative plan Form of aid: of the investment cost — minimum 30 % should be loans amounting to 50 °/o of the covered by private partici­ investment with an interest relief pation of up to seven percentage points — maximum 45 % should be for up to five years covered by State participation or in the share capital of the capital prime of equivalent value if enterprise an enterprise is totally self- — maximum 30 °/o should be financing the investment covered by loans at the market rate of interest with an interest relief of seven percentage points for up to five years, Prior notification for the sub- in all cases, if the enterprise only if sectors : employs more than 50 persons. — the amount of investment is (i) — ready-to-wear for men, larger than Bfrs 200 million, — women's tights and stock­ or ings, — if the enterprise employs more — combed wool spinning; than 500 persons. (ii) — carpets, — woven pile fabrics, — woven cotton terry fabrics and toilet and kitchen linen. The Commission considers that the alternative aid is incompatible with the common market within the meaning of Article 92 of the Treaty. 3.7.82 Official Journal of the European Communities No C 166/3 Commission communication under Article 9 (9) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3286/80 of 4 December 1980 By virtue of Article 9 (1) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3286/80 of 4 December 1980 on import arrangements in respect of State-trading countries ('), the Commission has adopted the following changes to the import arrangements applied in Italy with regard to Czechoslovakia and Romania with effect from 1 July 1982: — exceptional opening, for 1982, of quotas for the import of: Czechoslovakia: — aluminium alloy waste recast into ingots containing less than 97 • 5 % aluminium (Common Customs Tariff subheading 76.01 ex A): 1 000 tonnes, Romania: — insulators of porcelain (type CA 125) (Common Customs Tariff subheading 85.25 ex A): Lit 280 million. (') OJ No L 353, 29. 12. 1980, p. 1. Commission communications under Article 115 of the EEC Treaty By Decision dated 1 July 1982 the Commission has authorized the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to woven fabrics of cotton, falling within heading No 55.09 of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in South Korea and Pakistan and in free circulation in the other Member States. The said Decision is applicable from 1 July 1982 to 30 November 1982. By Decision dated 1 July 1982 the Commission has authorized the French Republic not to apply Community tratment to woven fabrics of man-made fibres (discontinuous or waste), falling within subheading 56.07 A of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in South Korea and the People's Republic of China and in free circulation in the other Member States. The said Decision is applicable from 1 July 1982 to 31 October 1982. No C 166/4 Official Journal of the European Communities 3. 7. 82 II (Preparatory Acts) COMMISSION Proposal for a Council Regulation on an interim common measure for restructuring the inshore fishing industry and aquaculture (Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 11 June 1982) THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1852/78 of COMMUNITIES, 25 July 1978 on an interim common measure for restructuring the inshore fishing industry (6), as last 7 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2992/81 ( ), has European Economic Community, and in particular ensured the financing by the Fund, until 31 December Article 43 thereof, 1981, of investment projects designed to develop inshore fishing or aquaculture; whereas this measure was intended, first and foremost, to help regions Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, experiencing particular difficulties in developing production structures in the sectors in question; Having regard to the opinion of the European Par­ liament ('), Whereas, pending a decision on the structural measures to be implemented as a whole as part of a Whereas Article 9 (2) of Council Regulation (EEC) common fisheries policy, such a measure should be No 101/76 of 19 January 1976 laying down a continued during 1982; common structural policy for the fishing industry (2) provides that common measures may be decided Whereas a contribution from the Fund in the form of upon, for the attainment of the objectives mentioned a capital subsidy not exceeding 25 % of the total in paragraph 1 of that Article in so far as they relate investment is an appropriate contribution to this to the objectives set out in Article 39 (1) (a) of the investment; Treaty; whereas these common measures may be financed by the Guidance Section of the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund, herein­ Whereas some regions of the Community find after referred to as 'the Fund', under Article 1 (3) of themselves at a disadvantage from the point of view Council Regulation (EEC) No 729/70 of 21 April of revenues and under-employment both in the 1970 on the financing of the common agricultural fishing industry and elsewhere; whereas structural policy (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) development measures in these regions should be No 3509/80 (4); strenghtened; Whereas action in restructuring inshore fishing is Whereas deadlines should be laid down for necessary