COMMISSION DECISION of 20 January 1994 establishing an initial list of declining industrial areas concerned by Objective 2 as defined by Council Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88 (94/169/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88 of 24 June 1988 on the tasks of the Structural Funds and their effectiveness and on coordination of their activities between themselves and with the operations of the European Investment Bank and the other existing financial instruments (1), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2081/93 (2), and in particular Article 9 (3) thereof,
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88 provides for, in particular in Article 12 (1), a second programming period from 1994 to 1999;
Whereas Article 9 (3) of the aformementioned Regulation states that the Commission shall, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 17 and on the basis of the criteria laid down in Article 9 (2), establish an initial list for three years of the declining industrial areas concerned by Objective 2, taking into account the national priorities and situations, and in close consultation with the Member State concerned;
Whereas Article 9 (1) of the same Regulation states that the declining industrial areas concerned by Objective 2 shall comprise regions, frontier regions or parts of regions (including employment areas and urban communities);
Whereas Article 9 (2) specifies the criteria to be used to define the declining industrial areas concerned by Objective 2;
Whereas Article 9 (4) states that in establishing the list, the Commission and the Member States shall seek to ensure that assistance is genuinely concentrated on the areas most seriously affected, at the most appropriate geographical level, taking into account the particular situation of the areas concerned;
Whereas Article 9 (5) states that West-Berlin shall be eligible for aid under Objective 2 for the first three-year period referred to in paragraph 6 of the same Article;
Whereas Article 17 of the aforementioned Regulation specifies the procedure to be followed in respect of Committees to assist the Commission in implementing the Regulation;
Whereas Article 27 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 4253/88 of 19 December 1988 laying down provisions for implementing Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88 as regards coordination of the activities of the different Structural Funds between themselves and with the operations of the European investment Bank and the other existing financial instruments (3), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2082/93 (4), sets up an Advisory Committee on the Development and Conversion of Regions, and states that the said Committee shall deliver an opinion on the drawing-up of the list of areas eligible in connection with Objective 2;
Whereas that Committee has delivered a favourable opinion,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
The initial list of declining industrial areas concerned by Objective 2 and covering the period from 1994 to 1996, established pursuant to Article 9 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88, is set out in the Annex.
Article 2
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 20 January 1994.