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COMMISSION DECISION
of 20 October 1987
approving an integrated Mediterranean programme for Western Greece and the Peloponnese
(Only the Greek text is authentic)
(88/401/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2088/85 of 23 July 1985 concerning the integrated Mediterranean programmes (1), and in particular Article 7 thereof,
Whereas Greece has presented to the Commission an integrated Mediterranean programme (IMP) for Western Greece and the Peloponnese;
Whereas, in accordance with Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 2088/85, the Western Greece and Peloponnese IMP has been submitted by the Commission in amended form to the Advisory Committee for Integrated Mediterranean Programmes, which has given a positive opinion;
Whereas the Western Greece and the Peloponnese IMP, including its financial plan, may therefore be approved by the Commission;
Whereas the Western Greece and the Peloponnese IMP relates to the period from 1 January 1986 to 31 December 1992;
Whereas the Western Greece and the Peloponnese IMP contains measures which constitute a specific programme of action and which are eligible for assistance from the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund, Guidance Section, by virtue of the second subparagraph of Article 12 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2088/85;
Whereas, in order to ensure its effectiveness, the Western Greece and the Peloponnese IMP will be carried out in successive phases and will be subject to later decisions when the conditions for the grant of the Community contribution have been met;
Whereas the expenditure on the measures constituting the Western Greece and the Peloponnese IMP is estimated at 631 325 000 ECU for the period from 1 January 1986 to 31 December 1992;
Whereas the Community contribution from the special budget heading referred to in Article 11 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2088/85 is estimated at 105 863 000 ECU for that period;
Whereas where a measure is financed partly out of appropriations from a structural fund and partly out of the special budget heading, an advance may be paid from each of these sources, according to the rules applicable to each source,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
The Western Greece and the Peloponnese IMP, in the version submitted to the Commission on 23 July 1986, as subsequently modified after examination by the Commission and following consultation of the Advisory Committee for Integrated Mediterranean Programmes, is hereby approved. The estimates of total expenditure and the estimated contributions from each Community budgetary source are shown in the financial plan of the Western Greece and the Peloponnese IMP.
In so far as the measures are carried out in accordance with the Western Greece and the Peloponnese IMP, within the limits of the overall expenditure estimates and in compliance with the rules and procedures relating to each source of Community financing, the Commissin shall pay the Community contributions specified in the financial plan for the Western Greece and the Peloponnese IMP.
Article 2
The contribution from the special budget heading referred to in Article 11 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2088/85 shall not exceed 105 863 000 ECU in respect of the expenditure to be incurred in the period from 1 January 1986 to 31 December 1992 on measures to be financed in the context of the Western Greece and the Peloponnese IMP estimated at 631 325 000 ECU.
Article 3
Pursuant to Article 15 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2088/85, a first instalment from the special budget heading referred to in Article 11 (2) of that Regulation amounting to 4 032 000 ECU is hereby committed, in accordance with the financial plan of the Western Greece and the Peloponnese IMP.
Article 4
This Decision is addressed to the Hellenic Republic.
Done at Brussels, 20 October 1987.