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COMMISSION DECISION

of 3 May 1990

amending Commission Decision 89/288/EEC establishing an initial list of declining industrial areas concerned by Objective 2 as defined by Council Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88

(90/400/EEC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic 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), and in particular Article 9 (3) thereof,

Whereas, by Decision 89/288/EEC (2) adopted pursuant to Article 9 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88, the Commission adopted an initial list of declining industrial areas concerned by Objective 2 as defined by the said Regulation;

Whereas Article 9 (1) of the aforementioned Regulation states that the declining industrial areas concerned by Objective 2 are to comprise regions, frontier regions or parts of regions (including employment areas and urban communities);

Whereas Article 9 (2) of the aforementioned Regulation specifies the criteria to be used to define the declining industrial areas concerned by Objective 2;

Whereas Article 9 (4) of the aforementioned Regulation states that in establishing the list the Commission must 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 on 17 December 1989 the Commission decided to establish a Community initiative concerning the economic conversion of coal-mining areas (hereafter called 'Rechar') within the meaning of Article 11 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) and Article 3 (2) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 4254/88 of 19 December 1988 laying down provisions for implementing Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88 as regards the European Regional Development Fund (4),

Whereas the Commission has sent the Member States a notice laying down guidelines for operational programmes in the framework of Rechar with they are invited to establish (1),

Whereas certain areas which could be eligible under Rechar fall outside the scope of the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the European Social Fund (ESF);

Whereas Article 17 of Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88 specifies the procedure to be followed in respect of committees to assist the Commission in implementing the Regulation;

Whereas Article 27 of Regulation (EEC) No 4253/88 sets up an Advisory Committee on the Development and Conversion of Regions and states that the said Committee is to deliver an opinion on the list of areas eligible in connection with Objective 2;

Whereas that Committee has given its opinion,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The Annex to Decision 89/288/EEC is hereby amended as follows:

the following areas are added to the initial list of areas eligible under Objective 2:

GERMANY

1.2.3,4 // // // // No (NUTS III) // Level III region // Eligible areas 1.2.3.4 // // // The whole level III region, with the exception of // Only the following areas are eligible within the level III region // // // //

'Areas suffering from decline in vital industrial sectors

1.2.3.4 // // // // // // // // "Gemeinden": // 1 // Recklinghausen // // Datteln // // // // Dorsten // // // // Marl // // // // Oer-Erkenschwick // // // // Waltrop // 2 // Unna // // Kamen // // // // Selm // // // // Werne // 3 // Warendorf // // Ahlen // // // // Drensteinfurt // 4 // Wesel // // Huenxe // // // // Rheinberg // // // // Voerde // 5 // Neunkirchen // // Eppelborn // // // // Illingen // // // // Merchweiler // // // // Schiffweiler // // // // Spiesen-Elversberg // 6 // Saarbruecken // // Grossrosseln // // //

(1) OJ No C 20, 27. 1. 1990, p. 3.

FRANCE

1.2.3,4 // // // // No (NUTS III) // Level III region // Eligible areas 1.2.3.4 // // // The whole level III region, with the exception of // Only the following areas are eligible within the level III region // // // //

'Areas suffering from decline in vital industrial sectors

1.2.3.4 // // // // // // // // "Communes": // 1 // Pas-de-Calais // // Ablain-Saint-Nazaire // // // // Arleux-en-Gohelle // // // // Aumerval // // // // Bailleul-Sir-Berthoult // // // // Brébières // // // // Carency // // // // Corbehem // // // // Dieval // // // // Enquin-les-Mines // // // // Farbus // // // // Fléchin // // // // Floringhem // // // // Fresnoy-en-Gohelle // // // // Izel-lès-Equerchin // // // // Nedon // // // // Nedonchel // // // // Neuville-Saint-Vaast // // // // Neuvireuil // // // // Oppy // // // // Thelus // // // // Willerval // 2 // Moselle // // "Cantons" de Sarreguemines // // // // (ville et campagne)' // // // //

UNITED KINGDOM

1.2.3,4 // // // // No (NUTS III) // Level III region // Eligible areas 1.2.3.4 // // // The whole level III region, with the exception of // Only the following areas are eligible within the level III region // // // //

'Areas suffering from decline in vital industrial sectors

1.2.3.4 // // // // // // // // Administrative area: // 1 // Nottinghamshire // // Ashfield District // 2 // Derbyshire // // Parts of NE Derbyshire District // // // // and of Bolsover District // // // // in Alfreton and Ashfield TTWA // 3 // Warwickshire // // Non objective 2 part of // // // // North Warwickshire // 4 // Lothian // // Midlothian LAD and part of East // // // // Lothian LAD (Wards of East, // // // // Central West and South // // // // Musselburgh, Tranent North, // // // // Tranent Ormiston, Carberry, West // // // // and East Prestonpans and // // // // Cockenzie)' // // // //

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 3 May 1990.

For the Commission

Bruce MILLAN

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ No L 185, 15. 7. 1988, p. 9.

(2) OJ No L 112, 25. 4. 1989, p. 19.

(3) OJ No L 374, 31. 12. 1988, p. 1.

(4) OJ No L 374, 31. 12. 1988, p. 15. // Quierschied' // // // //