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COMMISSION DECISION
of 13 August 1986
instituting in the region of Sicily, Italy, a pilot action in preparation for the integrated Mediterranean programmes
(Only the Italian text is authentic)
(86/451/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Whereas the Council has adopted Regulation (EEC) No 2088/85 of 23 July 1985 concerning the integrated Mediterranean programmes (1);
Whereas pilot actions are necessary to test the methods for implementing the integrated Mediterranean programmes in order that such programmes may be implemented as soon as possible after their adoption;
Whereas the pilot actions constitute a coherent set of operations that are compatible with each other and with the regional development programmes; whereas they have intrinsic merits in the context of the Community's policies;
Whereas each pilot action is on a smaller scale than the operational plan of campaign for the integrated Mediterranean programmes;
Whereas the Italian Republic has proposed to the Commission that a pilot action be instituted in the region of Sicily, Italy, in preparation for the integrated Mediterranean programmes;
Whereas, on 27 August 1985, the Commission decided in principle on a pilot action in preparation for the integrated Mediterranean programmes, which was to be spelt out in detail subsequently and was on that occasion already granted assistance for a priority operation;
Whereas these details can now be established;
Whereas the pilot action must be coordinated with any integrated Mediterranean programme adopted for the same region or area;
Whereas the pilot action in question concerns an area which exhibits development problems typical of those which the integrated Mediterranean programmes are intended to resolve;
Whereas in order to ensure its effectiveness, the pilot action in question will be carried out with the agreement of the national authorities of the Member State concerned and in close cooperation with the responsible regional and local authorities,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
A pilot action is hereby instituted in the region of Sicily, Italy, in preparation for the integrated Mediterranean programmes. This pilot action is described in Annex 1.
Article 2
The implementation of the pilot action shall be reviewed at regular intervals by the Commission in consultation with the Member State concerned so that it may be decided whether, and in which respects, the items set out in Annex 1 should be modified.
In particular, in order to ensure the necessary coordination between this action and the integrated programme proper, the Commission shall assess whether and to what extent it is necessary to include in that programme the operations covered by this Decision that have still not been implemented when the programme comes into force.
If the Commission decides to include in the integrated programme the operations referred to in the preceding paragraph, the date of the Decision in question shall be deemed for financial accounting purposes to be the completion of the pilot action.
Article 3
The pilot action shall be implemented by means of specific decisions by the Commission on individual operations forming constituent parts of the pilot action. The decisions shall describe the substance of the operations, shall fix the Community's contribution to the financing for each operation and shall define the procedures. The general conditions to be met for such specific decisions to be taken are set out in Annex 2.
Article 4
Within three months of the date referred to in the third paragraph of Article 2 or of the completion of all the operations under the pilot action, the Member State concerned shall transmit to the Commission a report in five copies on the lessons to be drawn from the pilot action as a whole for the implementation of the integrated Mediterranean programmes.
Article 5
A monitoring committee shall be set up by agreement between the Commission and the national, regional and local authorities concerned in the Member State to check on the implementation of the pilot action. Those authorities shall, in consultation with the Commission, take the other administrative measures necessary at each level of administration.
Article 6
The assistance that the Commission decides upon for the pilot action shall not bind the Community as regards the final selection of the areas in which the integrated Mediterranean programmes are to be carried out.
Article 7
This Decision is addressed to the Italian Republic.
Done at Brussels, 13 August 1986.