1.5.93 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoC121/7
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(PreparatoryActs)
COMMISSION
ProposalforaCouncilRegulation(EEC)amendingCouncilRegulation(EEC)No4254/88of
19December1988layingdownprovisionsforimplementingRegulation(EEC)No2052/88as
regardstheEuropeanRegionalDevelopmentFund
(93/C121/07)
COM(93)124final—SYN457
(SubmittedbytheCommissionon7April1993)
regions,fortheimplementation ofthemultiannual
frameworkprogrammesinthefieldofresearchand
technological development shouldbespecified;
whereasaccordingtoArticle7ofRegulation(EEC)
No.../93establishingthecohesionfinancial
instrument,aprojectmaynotbenefitsimultaneously
fromtheFundandfromtheERDF;
3.Whereastheregionalpartnershipshouldbestrength­
enedbyincludingtheeconomicandsocialpartners,
inaccordancewithArticle4ofCouncilRegulation
No2052/88;THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticle130e
thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
IncooperationwiththeEuropeanParliament,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheEconomicand
SocialCommittee ,
1.WhereasCouncilRegulation(EEC)No.../93of...
1993amendsRegulation (EEC)No2052/88of
24June1988onthetasksoftheStructuralFundsand
theireffectiveness andoncoordination oftheirac­
tivitiesbetweenthemselvesandwiththeoperationsof
theEuropeanInvestmentBankandtheotherexisting
financialinstruments(');whereasCouncilRegulation
(EEC)No.../93,of...1993amendsRegulation
(EEC)No4253/88layingdownprovisionsfor
implementing Regulation (EEC)No2052/88as
regardsthecoordinationoftheactivitiesofthe
differentStructuralFundsbetweenthemselvesand
withtheoperationsoftheEuropeanInvestmentBank
andtheotherexistingfinancialinstruments(2);
whereasCouncilRegulation(EEC)No4254/88of
19December 1988shouldthereforealsobe
amended(5);
2.WhereasArticle3(1)ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)
No2052/88,intheregionsconcernedbyObjective 1,
extendsthescopeoftheERDFtoinvestmentinthe
fieldofeducationandhealth;whereasthecontri­
butionofERDFassistancetotheestablishment and
developmentoftrans-European networksintheareas
oftransport,telecommunications andenergyinfra­
structuresandaswellastotheestablishment ofmore
favourableconditions,particularlyintheObjective 14.Whereasinordertoincreasetheeffectiveness of
regionalpoliciesthereshouldbeincreasedflexibility
intheimplementation oftheCommunity'sregional
assistanceparticularlybyextendingtheformsof
assistancewhichmayapplytoCommunityinitiatives;
5.WhereasArticle12ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No
2052/88providesforallocationsperMemberState
foreachoftheObjectives 1to4and5(b)ofthe
commitmentappropriations oftheStructuralFunds;
whereas,inconsequence ,thelastsubparagraph of
Article3(2)andArticle13ofCouncilRegulation
(EEC)No4254/88maybedeleted,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Regulation (EEC)No4254/88isherebyamendedas
follows:
1.thefirstindentofpoint(b)ofArticle1isreplaced
by:
'—intheregionsdesignatedunderObjective 1,
investmentcontributingtoincreasingeconomic
potential,development ,structuraladjustmentof
theseregionsaswellasthatcontributingtothe(')OJNoL185,15.7.1988,p.9.
OOJNoL374,31.12.1988,p.1.
(')OJNoL374,31.12.1988,p.15.

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establishment anddevelopment oftrans­
Europeannetworksintheareasoftransport,
telecommunications andenergyinfrastructures;';
2.points(d)and(e)ofArticle1becomepoints(g)and
(H);
3.thefollowingnewpoint(d)isaddedtoArticle1:
'(d)intheregionsdesignatedunderObjective 1,
andparticularlyinareaswheretheneedis
demonstrated ,investmentinthefieldofhealth
andeducationcontributingtotheirstructural
adjustment;';
4.thefollowingnewpoint(e)isaddedtoArticle1:
'(e)measuresinthefieldofresearchandtechno­
logicaldevelopment ,includingthosecontri­
butingtotheimplementation ofthe
Community'smultiannual framework
programmes ;apartfrom,however,measures
linkedtothelabourmarketandthedevel­
opmentofhumanresources;';
5.thesecondsubparagraphofArticle2(2)isdeleted;
6.inthefourthsubparagraphofArticle2(2)'fora
periodoffiveyears'isreplacedby'foraperiodof
sixyears';
7.inthefourthsubparagraphofArticle2(2)thelast
sentenceisdeleted,
8.thesecondsubparagraphofArticle2(3)isdeleted;9.inthethirdsubparagraph ofArticle3(2)'to
establishoperationalprogrammes'isreplacedby'to
establishrequestsforassistance';
10.thelastsubparagraphofArticle3(2)isdeleted.
11.thefollowingparagraph3isaddedtoArticle6:
'3.Inaccordancewiththethirdsubparagraphof
Article5(5)ofRegulation (EEC)No2052/88,
globalgrantsmaybeundertakenontheinitiativeof
theMemberStatesoroftheCommission ,in
agreementwiththeMemberStateconcerned .
Commission initiativesintheframeworkofthetasks
assignedtotheERDFbyArticle3(1)ofthesaid
Regulationshallconcerntheobjectivesreferredtoin
Article3(2)ofthisRegulation.';
12.inArticle9'theMemberStateconcernedandthe
competentauthoritiesdesignatedbythelatter,'is
replacedby'theMemberStateconcernedandthe
competentauthoritiesandbodies,includingthe
economicandsocialpartners,designatedbythe
MemberState,';
13.Article13isdeleted.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalofthe
EuropeanCommunities .
ProposalforaCouncilRegulation(EEC)amendingRegulation (EEC)No4255/88of
19December1988layingdownprovisionsforimplementingRegulation(EEC)No2052/88as
regardstheEuropeanSocialFund
(93/C121/08)
COM(93)124final—SYN457
(SubmittedbytheCommissionon7April1993)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticles126and
127thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheEuropean
Parliament ,1.WhereasCouncilRegulation(EEC)No.../93of
...1993hasamendedRegulation (EEC)No
2052/88of24June1988onthetasksofthe
StructuralFundsandtheireffectivenessandoncoor­
dinationoftheiractivitiesbetweenthemselvesand
withtheoperationsoftheEuropeanInvestment
Bankandtheotherexistingfinancialinstruments(');
whereasCouncilRegulation (EEC)No.../93of
...1993hasamendedRegulation (EEC)No
4253/88layingdownprovisionsforimplementing
Regulation (EEC)No2052/88asregardscoordi­
nationoftheactivitiesofthedifferentStructural
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheEconomicand
SocialCommittee, <'>°JN°Ll85.<5-7-l988'P9