No L 73/8 Official Journal of the European Communities 19. 3. 83 COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 625/83 of 15 March 1983 establishing specific measures of Community interest relating to energy strategy 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 Commis- sion ('), Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (3), Whereas the Ministers for Foreign Affairs reached certain conclusions on 26 October 1982 ; Whereas the Community has defined an energy strategy designed notably to reduce dependence on imports of energy products, particularly oil ; Whereas it is necessary to establish specific measures of Community interest relating to energy strategy and involving financial contributions from the Community to measures and projects in the fields of energy research and technology, energy production, energy conservation, energy supply security measures and the more rational use of energy in the Federal Republic of Germany and in the United Kingdom ; Whereas the total amount of the Community contri- butions necessary for the said specific measures is esti- mated at 400 million ECU for the measures and projects executed in the United Kingdom and at 210 million ECU for the measures and projects executed in the Federal Republic of Germany ; Whereas the measures and projects must be specified and supported by the information required in order to retain only those which are of Community interest in the field to which they relate; Whereas the Treaty has not provided for the specific powers of action required to this end, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 Specific measures of Community interest relating to energy strategy are hereby established in 1983 in the Federal Republic of Germany and in the United () OJ No C 35, 8. 2. 1983, p. 6. () O] No C 68, 14. 3. 1983, p. 70. Kingdom. The Community shall make a financial contribution under this Regulation amounting to an estimated 400 million ECU in favour of the United Kingdom and to an estimated 210 million ECU in favour of the Federal Republic of Germany. The latter amount will be adjusted to take account of the conclu- sions reached by the Ministers for Foreign Affairs on 26 October 1982. Should the adjustment provided for in the second subparagraph of Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 2744/80 (%), as amended by Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 624/83 (%), encounter major difficulties, the former amount, in favour of the United Kingdom, can also be adjusted to take account of the conclusions reached by the Ministers for Foreign Affairs on 26 October 1982. Furthermore, the amounts referred to in this Article will be adjusted in the same way as the adjustment provided for in point 9 of Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 2744/80, as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 624/83. Article 2 1. The specific measures of Community interest shall be implemented by means of financial assistance for the implementation of projects and measures which fall, in compliance with the energy policy defined by the Community, within the framework of energy strategy and relate to one or more of the following fields : — interconnection of networks for the transport of gas and electricity in the Community, — research, development and experimental projects in the non-conventional thermal field, — production of electricity from conventional thermal, nuclear and hydroelectric energy; combined heat and electricity systems, — participation in the bringing into production of crude oil and natural gas deposits, — increasing the storage capacity of crude oil and natural gas, — projects for new technologies, in particular, for the use of solid fuels; — measures ensuring the supply energy. () OJ No L 284, 29. 10. 1980, p. 4. (*) See page 6 of this Official Journal.