EUR-Lex - 31979D0136 - EN

ARTICLE 1

THE FOLLOWING ARTICLE SHALL BE INSERTED IN DECISION 74/120/EEC :

" ARTICLE 4A

AT TWO-AND-A-HALF YEAR INTERVALS , COINCIDING EVERY OTHER TIME WITH THE EXAMINATION OF MEDIUM-TERM ECONOMIC POLICY PROGRAMMES AND STARTING IN 1980 ON THE OCCASION OF THE THIRD ANNUAL EXAMINATION REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 4 , THE COUNCIL , AFTER CONSULTING THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE , SHALL EXAMINE A PERIODIC REPORT ON THE SITUATION AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS IN THE REGIONS OF THE COMMUNITY DRAWN UP BY THE COMMISSION IN CLOSE COLLABORATION WITH THE REGIONAL POLICY COMMITTEE .

ON THE BASIS OF THIS REPORT , THE COUNCIL SHALL DISCUSS THE PRIORITIES AND GUIDELINES PROPOSED BY THE COMMISSION . "

ARTICLE 2

THIS DECISION IS ADDRESSED TO THE MEMBER STATES .

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 6 FEBRUARY 1979 .

FOR THE COUNCIL

THE PRESIDENT

J . FRANCOIS-PONCET

( 1 ) OJ NO C 161 , 9 . 7 . 1977 , P . 10 .

( 2 ) OJ NO C 266 , 7 . 11 . 1977 , P . 35 .

( 3 ) OJ NO C 292 , 3 . 12 . 1977 , P . 13 , AND OJ NO C 84 , 8 . 4 . 1978 , P . 2 .

( 4 ) OJ NO L 63 , 5 . 3 . 1974 , P . 16 .