19.7.79 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 183/1 (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COMMISSION COMMISSION DECISION of 15 June 1979 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Decision 77/706/EEC (79/639/EEC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Having regard to Council Decision 77/706/EEC of 7 Navember 1977 on the setting of a Community target for a reduction in the consumption of primary sources of energy in the event of difficulties in the supply of crude oil and petroleum products (1), and in particular Article 5 thereof, Having consulted the Member States in accordance with Article 5§ of the said Decision, Whereas the Council has adopted Regulation (EEC) No 1729/76 of 21 June 1976 concerning the communication of information on the state of the Community’s energy supplies (2); Whereas the Commission has adopted Decision 78/890/EEC of 28 September 1978 applying Council Decision 77/186/EEC on the exporting of crude oil and petroleum products from one Member State to another in the event of supply difficulties (3); Whereas Article 1 (1) of Decision 77/706/EEC provides that where difficulties arise in the supply of crude oil or (1) OJ No L 292, 16. 11. 1977, p. 9. (2) O] No L 198, 23.7. 1976, p. 1. (3) OJ No L 311, 4. 11. 1978, p. 13. petroleum products in one or more Member State, the Commission, acting at the request of a Member State or on its own initiative,” and after consulting the group provided for in Directive 73/238/EEC, may set a target for reducing consumption of petroleum products in the Community as a whole by up to 10 % of normal consumption; Whereas Article 1 (2) of Decision 77/706/EEC provides that, in order to safeguard the unity of the market and to ensure that all energy consumers in the Community bear their fair share of the difficulties arising from the crisis, the Commission shall, on the expiry of a period of two months following the application of Article 1 (1), propose to the Council a new target for reducing consumption by up to 10 % of normal consumption and differentiated according to Member State, following which the quantities saved are to be shared among the Member States; Whereas Article 1 (2) of Decision 77/706/EEC provides that in the event of a larger shortfall the Commission may propose to the Council that the target for reducing consumption exceeds 10% and be extended to other forms of energy; Whereas the sharing-out among Member States of the quantities saved following the application of Article 1 (3) of Decision 77/706/EEC may entail additonal costs, the evaluation and settlement of which are within the competence of the parties involved; whereas, however, the Commission must be able, at the request