CELEX: 51993PC0067(01)
Language: en
Date: 1993-03-10
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) amending Council Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88 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

No C 118 / 40                                     Official Journal of the European Communities                                         28 . 4 . 93
                Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Council Regulation (EEC) No 2052 / 88 on the tasks
                of the Structural Funds and their effectiveness and on coordination of their activities between
                themselves and with the operations of the Europeen Investment Bank and the other existing
                                                                financial instruments
                                                                   ( 93 / C 118 / 04 )
                                                           COM(93)67 final — SYN 455
                                               (submitted by the Commission on 12 March 1993)
 THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,                                              aquaculture sector were laid down by Council
                                                                                        Regulation ( EEC ) No 4028 / 86 ( 3 ), as last amended
                                                                                        by Regulation ( EEC ) No 3946 / 92 (4 ); whereas
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                                  finance for these operations comes from a variety of
 Economic Community , and in particular Article 130d                                    budgetary resources, including, in some cases , the
 thereof,                                                                               EAGGF Guidance Section ; whereas it is appropriate
                                                                                        to bring all these resources under a single financial
                                                                                        instrument for fisheries guidance ( hereinafter
 Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,                                    referred to as 'FIFG'); whereas , to the extent that
                                                                                        that single instrument supports the achievement of
                                                                                        the objectives set out in Article 130 A of the Treaty,
 Having      regard      to  the    opinion       of the     European                   assistance from it should be coordinated with that
 Parliament ,                                                                           from the Structural Funds ; whereas all the provisons
                                                                                        governing the Structural Funds should therefore be
                                                                                        extended to that instrument ;
 Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social
 Committee ,
 (1)     Whereas Article 19 of Regulation (EEC ) No                             (6)     Whereas the Structural Funds constitute the chief
         2052 / 88 i 1 ) requires the Council to re-examine this                        means of redressing the socio-economic disturbances
         Regulation on the basis of a Commission proposal                               which the common fisheries policy is likely to create
         before 31 December 1993 ;                                                      in certain coastal areas; whereas, it is consequently
                                                                                        necessary , other than in regions already covered by
                                                                                        Objective 1 , to adjust the eligibility criteria for
 (2)     Whereas the Structural Funds should continue to be                             Objectives 2 and 5 ( b ) to take account of these
         governed until 1999 by the main principles of the                              problems;
         1988 reform ; whereas experience hitherto has
         demonstrated the need for improvements to make
         structural policies more effective;
                                                                                (7 )    Whereas Regulation ( EEC ) No .../ 93 introduces a
 (3)     Whereas Article 1 of Regulation ( EEC ) No 2052 / 88                           temporary cohesion financial instrument through
         lays down the priority objectives for Community                                which the Community makes a financial
         action through the Structural Funds , the European                             contribution to projects relating to the environment
         Investment        Bank     and       the    other    financial                 and to the trans-European transport infrastructure
         instruments ;                                                                  networks in Greece , Spain , Ireland and Portugal ,
                                                                                        provided these countries have a convergence
                                                                                        programme which has been examined by the Council
 (4)     Whereas the Comunity has undertaken a reform of                                designed to avoid an excessive public sector deficit;
         the common agricultural policy entailing structural                            whereas this Regulation is temporary in nature,
         measures , particularly for the promotion of rural                             pending the establishment of the Cohesion Fund
         development ;                                                                  under Article 130 D of the draft Treaty on European
                                                                                        Union and will be re-examined before 31 December
                                                                                        1993 ; whereas the financial instrument for which
(5)      Whereas Community measures for the improvement
         of the conditions under which fishery and                                      provision has been made , as amended if necessary
                                                                                        ( hereinafter referred to as the 'cohesion financial
         aquaculture products are processed and marketed
         were laid down by Regulation ( EEC ) No
                                                                                        instrument'), should be covered by Regulation
                                                                                        ( EEC ) No 2052 / 88 ;
         4042 / 89 ( 2 ); whereas Community measures to
         improve and adapt structures in the fisheries and
(M OJ No L 185 , 15 . 7 . 1988 , p . 9 .                                       ( 3 ) OJ No L 376 , 31 . 12 . 1986 , p. 7 .
( 2 ) OJ No L 388 , 30 . 12 . 1989 , p . 11 .                                  ( 4 ) OJ No L 401 , 31 . 12 . 1992 , p. 1 .
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(8 )    Whereas Objectives 3 and 4 are concerned, on the                    States which benefit from the cohesion financial
         one hand, with combating long-term unemployment                    instrument and in the Community's Objective 1
         and , on the other hand, the occupational integration              regions;
         of young people; whereas these Objectives, for
         whose implementation the ESF is responsible,
         should be clarified by combining them under                 ( 14)  Whereas, in order to improve transparency, there
         Objective 3 , widening the latter to facilitate the                should    be   a  breakdown      of the    commitment
         integration into working life of social categories                 appropriations of the Structural Funds by Member
         excluded from the labour market and introducing a                  State and by each of the Objectives 1 to 4 and 5 (b)
         new Objective 4 to facilitate the adaptation of                    allocated to those objectives, whereby 'full account
         workers to industrial changes and changes in                       should be taken as of now, of national prosperity,
         production systems;                                                regional prosperity , population of the regions, and
                                                                            the relative severity of structural problems, including
                                                                            the level of unemployment and, for the appropriate
                                                                            objectives, the needs of rural development areas';
(9)      Whereas Article 3 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No
         2052 / 88 specifies the tasks of the ERDF; whereas          ( 15)  Whereas, in order to avoid excessive increases in
         these should be extended to support for investment
                                                                            budgetary expenditure in the less prosperous
         in education and health in the Objective 1 regions;                Member States, it is desirable that the levels of
                                                                            Community participation for operations supported
                                                                            by the Structural Funds be modulated and that, in
                                                                            consequence, intervention rates may be increased, in
( 10)    Whereas this Article specifies at paragraph 3 the                  exceptional cases, in these regions ;
         tasks of the ESF; whereas these should be amended
         to take account of the new definition of Objectives 3
         and 4 ;                                                     ( 16)  Whereas, in order to secure effective concentration
                                                                            of assistance, Community measures under Objective
                                                                            2 could cover up to 15 % of the Community
                                                                            population ;
( 11 )   Whereas the European Council of 11 and 12
         December 1992 fixed the resources available for              ( 17) Whereas, in order to ensure better coordination
         commitment by the Structural Funds and other                       between structural assistance under Objectives 2 and
         structural operations for the period 1993 to 1999 ;                5 (b), the lists of areas eligible under those
         whereas it also fixed the resources in real terms                  Objectives should, as far as possible, be adopted at
         available for commitment under Objective 1 for that                the same time;
         period; whereas those amounts will permit
         commitments under Objective 1 and under the
         cohesion financial instrument to double in the four          ( 18) Whereas, in order to simplify programming
         Member States eligible under that financial                        procedures, there should be provision for the
         instrument, 'so reaching about ECU 85 billion in                   Member States to submit their applications for
         those four Member States for the period 1993 to                    operational programmes at the same time as their
         1999';                                                             development plans and that the number of
                                                                            operational programmes should be limited;
 ( 12)   Whereas, in order to increase the effectiveness of the       ( 19) Whereas measures to speed up the adjustment of
         structural policies, the partnership, including that                agricultural and fisheries structures (Objective 5 (a))
         with the social and economic partners, should be                    should be coordinated with the other Objectives
         strengthened, in application of the principle of                   referred to in this Regulation, particularly as far as
         subsidiarity, through a better definition of the                   programming is concerned;
         responsibilities of each party, monitoring and
         continuous assessment should be developed and
         provision should be made for greater flexibility in          (20)  Whereas Community policy in the field of the
         the implementation of Community structural                         environment is designed to ensure a high level of
         assistance to meet real needs;                                     protection while taking account of the variety of
                                                                             situations in the various regions of the Community;
                                                                             whereas the requirements of environmental
                                                                            protection should form part of the definition and
                                                                             implementation of other Community policies;
 ( 13 )  Whereas the EIB has stated its willingness to                      whereas the Member States should therefore specify
         continue to devote the majority of its resources to                 in the development plans submitted under Objectives
         promoting economic and social cohesion and in                       1 , 2 and 5 , an assessment of the state of the
         particular to developing further loans in the Member               environment and the environmental impact of the
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         operations foreseen as well as the steps they have               In the framework of the review of the common fisheries
         taken to associate their environmental authorities               policy, measures for the adjustment of fisheries
         with the preparation and implementation of the                   structures come under Objective 5 ( a).
         plans;
                                                                                                Article 2
(21 )    Whereas a report on progress in achieving economic
                                                                                                  Means
         and social cohesion should be presented every three
         years ,
                                                                     1 . The Structural Funds, the 'EAGGF Guidance Section',
                                                                     the 'ESF, the 'ERDF, and the FIFG shall contribute, each
                                                                     according to the specific provisions governing its
                                                                     operations, to the attainment of Objectives 1 to 5 on the
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                                        basis of the breakdown given below:
                                                                     — Objective 1 : ERDF, ESF, EAGGF Guidance Section,
     I. OBJECTIVES AND TASKS OF THE STRUCTURAL
                                                                     — Objective 2 : ERDF, ESF,
                             FUNDS
                                                                     — Objective 3 : ESF,
                                                                     — Objective 4 : ESF ,
                            Article 1                                — Objective 5 ( a): EAGGF Guidance Section, and FIFG,
                                                                    —              5 (b):    EAGGF Guidance Section, ESF,
                            Objectives                                             ERDF .
Community action through the Structural Funds, the                   2. The EIB, while performing the tasks assigned to it by
Financial Instrument for Fisheries Guidance (hereinafter            Articles 129 and 130 of the Treaty, shall cooperate in
referred to as the 'FIFG'), the EIB, the cohesion financial          achieving the objectives set out in Article 1 of this
instrument, and other existing financial instruments shall           Regulation in accordance with the procedures laid down in
support the achievement of the general objectives set out in        its Statute.
Articles 130 A and 130 C of the Treaty by contributing to
the attainment of the following five priority objectives:           3 . The other existing financial instruments may contribute
                                                                    each according to the specific provisions governing its
                                                                    operations, to any measure supported by one or more of
1 . promoting the development and structural adjustment             the Structural Funds in connection with one of the
     of the regions whose development is lagging behind             abovementioned five objectives . Where appropriate, the
     (hereinafter referred to as 'Objective 1 ');                   Commission       shall   take   measures  to  enable    these
                                                                    instruments to make a better contribution to the objectives
                                                                    set out in Article 1 .
2. converting the regions, frontier regions or parts of
    regions (including employment areas and urban
    communities) seriously affected by industrial decline                                       Article 3
     (hereinafter referred to as 'Objective 2');
                                                                                           Tasks of the Funds
3 . combating long-term unemployment and facilitating the           1 . In accordance with Article 130C of the Treaty, the
     integration into working life of young people and those        ERDF:
     socially excluded from the labour market, (hereinafter
    referred to as 'Objective 3');                                  — shall have the essential task of providing support for
                                                                         Objectives 1 and 2 in the regions concerned,
4 . facilitating the adaptation of workers to industrial            — in addition, shall participate in the operations of
    changes and to changes in production systems,                        Objective 5 (b).
    (hereinafter referred to as 'Objective 4');                     It shall in particular provide support for:
                                                                    ( a) productive investment;
5 . promoting rural development by:
                                                                    (b) the creation or modernization of infrastructures which
    (a) speeding up       the adjustment of agricultural                 contribute to the development or conversion of the
         structures in the framework of the reform of the                regions concerned;
         common agricultural policy;                                (c) measures to exploit the potential for internally
                                                                         generated development of the regions concerned;
    (b) facilitating the structural adjustment of rural areas
                                                                    (d) investment in operations relating to education and
    (hereinafter referred to as 'Objective 5 (a ) and 5 (b )').          health in regions concerned by Objective 1 .
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The ERDF shall also provide support for studies or pilot              adjustment of agricultural structures and the promotion of
 schemes concerning regional development at Community                 rural development at Community level.
level, especially where frontier regions of Member States
are involved .
                                                                      4. The specific provisions governing operations under
                                                                      each   Structural    Fund    shall   be  laid   down     in  the
                                                                      implementing Decisions adopted pursuant to Article 130 E
2. Pursuant to Article 123 of the Treaty, the ESF shall               of the Treaty. They shall establish in particular the
have the task of improving the workings of the labour                 procedures for providing assistance in one of the forms
market and developing human resources. As a priority, it              defined in Article 5 (2 ), the conditions of eligibility and the
shall provide support for Objectives 3 and 4 throughout the           rates of assistance. Without prejudice to paragraph 5 of
Community and, in addition, shall provide support for                 this Article they shall also establish the arrangements for
Objectives 1 , 2 and 5 ( b ).                                         the monitoring, assessment, financial management and
                                                                      checking of measures and any transitional provisions
                                                                      necessary in relation to existing rules.
It shall contribute in particular to:
                                                                      5 . The Council, acting on the basis of the Article 130 E of
(a) combating unemployment;                                           the Treaty, shall adopt the provisions necessary for
                                                                      ensuring coordination between the different Funds, on the
(b) facilitating access to the labour market;                         one hand , and between them and the EIB and the other
                                                                      existing financial instruments, on the other. The
                                                                      Commission and the EIB shall establish by mutual
(c) promoting equal opportunities in the labour market;               agreement the practical arrangements for coordinating the
                                                                      operations.
(d) developing skills, abilities and qualifications, including
     facilitating the adaptation of workers to industrial             The implementing decisions referred to in this Article shall
     changes and to changes in production systems;                    also lay dowm the transitional provisions concerning the
                                                                      integrated approaches adopted under existing rules.
(e) encouraging growth in employment.
The ESF shall provide support for studies and pilot                                              Article 3 a
schemes especially those covering aspects common to
several Member States, which may include the development                                     Task of the FIFG
of labour market activities at Community level .
                                                                      The tasks and specific provisions governing operations
                                                                      under the FIFG , including transitional provisions, shall be
3 . In line with the priorities set out in Article 39 of the          laid down pursuant to Article 43 of the Treaty.
Treaty, assistance from the EAGGF Guidance Section shall
be geared in particular to the following tasks:
                                                                      The provisions governing the Structural Funds under this
(a) strengthening and re-organizing agricultural and                  Regulation and the provisions laid down pursuant to
     forestry structures, including those for the marketing           Article 3 (5 ) shall apply to the FIFG .
     and processing of agricultural and forestry products,
     and helping to offset the effects of natural handicaps on
     agriculture;
                                                                        n. ARRANGEMENTS FOR STRUCTURAL OPERATIONS
(b) ensuring the conversion of agricultural production and
    fostering the development of supplementary acitivities
    for farmers;
                                                                                                  Article 4
(c) helping to ensure a fair standard of living for farmers;
                                                                          Complementarity, partnership, technical assistance
(d) helping to develop the social fabric of rural areas, to
    safeguard the environment, to preserve the countryside            1 . Community operations shall be such as to complement
    (inter alia by securing the conservation of natural               or contribute to corresponding national operations. They
    agricultural resources).                                          shall be established through close consultations between
                                                                      the Commission, the Member State concerned and the
The EAGGF Guidance Section shall also contribute to                   competent authorities and bodies, including the economic
technical assistance and information operations, and                  and social partners, designated by the Member State at
provide support for studies or pilot schemes concerning the           national , regional , local or other level , with each party
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acting as a partner in pursuit of a common goal. These                 3 . In the case of the EIB and the other existing financial
consultations       are   hereinafter   referred    to   as  the       instruments, each observing its own specific rules, financial
 'partnership'. The partnership shall cover the preparation,           assistance shall be provided in one of the following
 financing, monitoring and assessment of operations.                   forms:
                                                                       — individual loans, global loans and framework loans or
 2 . Acting accordance with the provisions of this                         other forms of part-financing specific investment
 Regulation and with the provisions referred to in Article 3               projects or programmes,
 (4) and (5 ), the Commission shall take the steps and
 measures necessary to ensure that Community operations
 are in support of the objectives set out in Article 1 and
 impart to national initiatives an added value.
                                                                       — part-financing of technical assistance or of studies in
 3 . Within the framework of the partnership , the                         preparation for oprerations,
Commission may, in accordance with procedures laid
down in the provisions referred to in Article 3 (4),                   — guarantees .
contribute to the preparation, implementation and
 adjustment of operations by financing preparatory studies
and technical assistance operations locally, in agreement              4. Community assistance shall combine in an appropriate
with the Member State concerned and, where appropriate ,               way assistance in the form of grants and loans referred to
with the authorities and bodies referred to in paragraph               in paragraphs 2 and 3 in order to maximize the stimulus
 1.                                                                   provided by the budgetary resources deployed, making use
                                                                       of existing financial engineering techniques.
4. For each objective, tasks shall be shared between the
Commission and the Member State during the preparation                 5 . An operational programme within the meaning of
of operations in accordance with Article 8 to 11 .                    paragraph 2 (a) shall comprise a series of consistent
                                                                      multiannual measures which may be implemented through
                                                                       recourse to one or more Funds, to one or more of the other
                             Article 5                                existing financial instruments , and to the EIB .
                        Forms of assistance
                                                                      Where a form of assistance involves operations under more
                                                                      than one Fund and / or more than one other financial
 1 . Financial assistance under the Structural Funds, the             instrument, it may be implemented in the form of an
EIB and the other existing Community financial                        integrated approach , the details of which shall be
instruments shall be provided in a variety of forms that              determined by the provisions referred to in Article 3 (5 ).
reflect the nature of the operation to be carried out.
                                                                      Assistance shall be undertaken on the initiative of the
2 . In the case of the Structural Funds and the FIFG,                 Member States or of the Commission in agreement with the
financial assistance shall be provided in one of the                  Member State concerned.
following forms:
(a) part-financing of operational programmes;
                                                                                                 Article 6
( b) part-financing of a national aid scheme including
     repayments ;                                                                      Monitoring and assessment
(c) provision of global grants, as a general rule, managed
     by an intermediary designated by the Member State in             1 . Community operations shall be constantly monitored
     agreement with the Commission and allocated by the               to ensure that the commitments entered into as part of the
     intermediary in the form of individual grants to final           objectives set out in Articles 130 A and 130 C of the Treaty
     beneficiaries ;                                                  are effectively honoured . Such monitoring shall , where
                                                                      necessary, make it possible to adjust operations in line with
(d) part-financing of suitable projects;                              requirements arising during implementation .
(e) support for technical assistance, including the measures
     to prepare, accompany and assess operations, and pilot           The Commission shall periodically inform the Committees
     and demonstration projects.                                      referred to in Article 17 of the implementation of
                                                                      operations.
Acting by a qualified majority on a proposal from the
Commission and in cooperation with the European                       2. In order to gauge their effectiveness, Community
Parliament, the Council may introduce other forms of                  structural operations shall be the subject of continuous
assistance of the same type.                                          assessment designed to highlight their impact with respect
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to the objectives set out in Article 1 and to analyse their         majority on a proposal from the Commission and after
effects on specific structural problems.                            consulting the European Parliament to establish a new list
                                                                    to apply for the following period.
3 . The procedures for monitoring and assessing
Community operations shall be established by the
                                                                    4 . The Member States shall submit to the Commission
provisions referred to in Article 3 (4) and (5) and, in the
case of the EIB, in the manner provided for in its Statute.         their regional development plans. These plans shall include
                                                                    in particular:
                           Article 7
                                                                    — a description of the current situation with regard to
                                                                        disparities and development gaps, the financial
                  Compatibility and checks                              resources deployed and the main results of operations
                                                                        undertaken in the previous programming period,
                                                                        particularly those in receipt of Community structural
1 . Measures financed by the Structural Funds or receiving              assistance ,
assistance from the EIB or from another existing financial
instrument shall be in keeping with the provisions of the
Treaties, with the instruments adopted pursuant thereto             — a description of an appropriate strategy to achieve the
and with Community policies, including those concerning                 objectives under Article 1 , the regional development
the rules on competition, the award of public contracts and             priorities selected, their specific objectives, quantified
environmental protection.                                               where they lend themselves to quantification, and the
                                                                        expected impact, as well as the corresponding
                                                                        operations; an ex-ante assessment of these different
2. Without prejudice to the Financial Regulation, the                   elements,
provisions referred to in Article 3 (4) and (5) shall lay down
harmonized rules for strengthening checks on structural             — an assessment of the environmental situation of the
operations. They shall be adjusted to reflect the special               region concerned and its expected development with
nature of the financial operations concerned. The                       regard to the strategy and operations foreseen above
procedures for carrying out checks on operations                        and the arrangements made to associate the
undertaken by the EIB shall be as set out in its Statute.               environmental authorities in the preparation and
                                                                        implementation of the operations foreseen in the
                                                                        plans,
        m. PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE SPECIFIC                      — a financial table summarizing the national and
                         OBJECTIVES                                     Community financial resources devoted to each
                                                                        regional development priority, as well as an indication
                                                                        of the use to be made of assistance available under the
                           Article 8                                    Funds, the EIB and the other financial instruments in
                                                                        implementing the plans.
                          Objective 1
 1 . The regions covered by Objective 1 shall be regions at         The Member States may submit overall regional
NUTS level II whose per capita GDP, on the basis of the             development plans for all their regions included in the list
figures for the last three years, is less than 75 % of the          referred to in paragraph 2, provided that such plans
Community average.                                                  comprise the features listed in the first subparagraph .
The figures for the five new German Lander and eastern
Berlin shall not be included in the calculation of the              Member States shall also submit the plans referred to in
Community average.                                                  Article 10 and Article 11 ( 1 ), for the regions concerned.
                                                                    The elements of the plans referred to in Article 10 and in
                                                                    Article 11 ( 1 ) may also be included in the regional
Northern Ireland, the five new German Lander, eastern
                                                                    development plans of the regions concerned.
Berlin, and the French overseas departments shall also be
concerned by this Objective as shall other regions whose
per capita GDP is close to that of the regions referred to in
the first subparagraph and which have to be included                In order to expedite the examination of applications and
within the scope os Objective 1 for special reasons.                the implementation of action, the Member States shall,
                                                                    wherever possible , include with their plans applications for
                                                                    operational programmes and other forms of assistance that
2. The list of regions concerned by Objective 1 is given in         they cover.
Annex I.
3 . The list of regions shall be applicable for six years from      5 . The Commission shall examine the proposed plans and
1 January 1994. The Commission shall review the list in             the other information referred to in paragraph 4 to
good time in order for the Council, acting by a qualified           determine whether they are consistent with the objectives
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of this Regulation and with the provisions and policies             (a) the average rate of unemployment recorded over the
referred to in Articles 6 and 7 . On the basis of all the plans         last three years must have been above the Community
referred to in paragraph 4, it shall establish, through the             average;
partnership referred to in Article 4 ( 1 ) and in agreement
with the Member State concerned, the Community support              (b) the percentage share of industrial employment in total
framework at the relevant geographical level for                        employment must have equalled or exceeded the
Community structural operations, in accordance with the                 Community average in any reference year from 1975
procedures referred to in Article 17 .                                  onwards;
                                                                    (c) there must have been an observable fall in industrial
The Community support framework shall cover in                          employment compared with the reference year chosen
particular:                                                             in accordance with point (b).
— the ex-ante assessment of the development objectives,
     quantifying where it lends itself to quantification, the       In addition, on receipt of a reasoned request from a
     progress to be achieved during the period concerned            Member State, Community assistance may, subject to the
     compared to the current situation and the priorities           provisions of paragraph 4 below, also extend to:
     adopted for Community assistance,
                                                                    — adjacent areas satisfying criteria (a) to (c) above,
— the forms of assistance,
                                                                    — urban communities with an unemployment rate at least
— the indicative financing plan, with details of the amount              50 % above the Community average which have
     of assistance and its source,
                                                                        recorded a substantial fall in industrial employment,
— the duration of the assistance.
                                                                    — areas which have recorded substantial job losses over
                                                                        the last three years or are experiencing or are
The Communty support framework shall provide                            threatened with such losses in industrial sectors which
coordination of Community structural assistance towards                  are vital to their economic development, including
those of the Objectives referred to in Article 1 which may              those losses brought about by industrial changes and
be pursued in a particular region.                                      changes in production systems, with a consequent
                                                                        serious worsening of unemployment in those areas,
The Community support framework may, if necessary, be               — areas, especially urban areas, with severe problems
revised and adjusted, on the initiative of the Member State             linked to the regeneration of large numbers of derelict
or of the Commission in agreement with the Member State,                industrial sites,
in the light of relevant new information and of the results
obtained during implementation of the operations                    — other       industrial    or    urban    areas    where      the
concerned .
                                                                        socio-economic impact of restructuring of the fisheries
                                                                        sector, assessed on the basis of objective criteria,
At the duly substantiated request of the Member State                   justifies it.
concerned, the Commission shall adopt the distinct
Community support frameworks for one or more of the
                                                                    3 . As soon as this Regulation has entered into force, the
plans referred to in paragraph 4 .
                                                                    Commission shall, in accordance with the procedure laid
                                                                    down in Article 17 and on the basis of paragraph 2 above,
6 . Assistance in respect of Objective 1 shall be                   establish an initial list of the areas referred to in paragraph
predominantly in the form of a limited number of .                  1.
operational programmes.
                                                                    4. In establishing the list and in defining the Community
7. The provisions for implementation of this Article shall          support framework referred to in paragraph 9 below, the
be specified in the provisions referred to in Article 3 (4) and     Commission shall seek to ensure that              assistance is
(5 .                                                                genuinely concentrated on the areas most seriously
                                                                    affected, at the most appropriate geographical level, taking
                                                                    into account the particular situation of the areas
                           Article 9                                concerned. Member Staes shall supply to the Commission
                                                                    all information which might be of assistance to it in this
                          Objective 2                               task .
1 . The declining industrial areas concerned by Objective 2
shall comprise regions, frontier regions or parts of regions        5 . Western Berlin shall be eligible for aid under this
(including employment areas and urban communities).                 Objective for the first three-year programming period
                                                                    referred to in paragraph 6 .
2. The areas referred to in paragraph 1 must represent or
belong to a NUTS level III territorial unit which satisfies all     6 . The list of areas shall be reviewed by the Commission
the following criteria :                                           periodically . However, the assistance granted by the
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Community in respect of Objective 2 in the various areas                the ex-ante assessment of the conversion objectives,
listed shall be planned and implemented on a three-yearly               quantifying, where its lends itself to quantification, the
basis .                                                                 progress to be achieved during the period concerned
                                                                        compared to the current situation and the priorities
                                                                        adopted for Community assistance,
7 . Three years after the entry into force of the list referred
to in paragraph 3 , the criteria laid down in paragraph 2               the forms of assistance,
may be altered by the Council, acting by a qualified
majority on a proposal from the Commission and after                    the indicative financing plan, with details of the amount
consulting the European Parliament.                                     of assistance and its source,
                                                                        the duration of the assistance .
8 . The Member States shall submit their regional and
social conversion plans to the Commission . Those plans             The Community support framework may, if necessary, be
include in particular:                                              revised and adjusted, on the initiative of the Member State
                                                                    concerned or of the Commission and in agreement with the
— a description of the current situation, the financial             Member State in the light of relevant new information and
     resources deployed and the main results of operations          of the results obtained during implementation of the
     undertaken in the previous programming period,                 operations concerned.
     paticularly those in receipt of Community structural
     assistance ,
                                                                    10. Assistance in respect of Objective 2 shall be
— a description of an appropriate strategy to achieve the           predominantly in the form of a limited number of
     objectives under Article 1 , the conversion priorities         operational programmes.
     selected for the areas concerned, quantifying the
     progress anticipated, where this lends itself to               11 . The arrangements for implementation of this Article
     quantification, and the expected impact with respect to        shall be specified in the provisions referred to in Article 3
     the current situation, in relation to the financial
                                                                    (4) and ( 5 ).
     resources deployed, as well as the corresponding
     operations; an ex-ante assessment of these different
     elements,
                                                                                              Article 10
— an assessment of the environmental situation of the
     region concerned and its expected development with                                   Objectives 3 and 4
     regard to the strategy and operations foreseen above
     and the arrangements made to associate the                     1 . Objective 3
     environmental authorities in the preparation and
     implementation of the operations foreseen in the
     plans,                                                         The Member States concerned shall submit to the
                                                                    Commission plans for operations to combat long-term
— an indication of the use to be made of assistance                 unemployment and to facilitate the integration into
     available under the Funds, the EIB and the other               working life of young people and social categories excluded
     financial instruments in implementing the plans.               from the labour market ( Objective 3 ).
                                                                    These plans shall include in particular:
In order to expedite the examination of applications and
the implementation of action, the Member States shall               — a description of the current situation, the financial
include with their plans applications for operational                   resources deployed and the main results of operations
programmes and other forms of assistance that they                      undertaken in the previous programming period,
cover .
                                                                        particularly those in receipt of Community structural
                                                                        assistance,
9 . The Commission shall examine the proposed plans to              — a description of an appropriate strategy to achieve the
determine whether they are consistent with the objectives               objectives under Article 1 , the priorities selected for the
of this Regulation and with the provisions and policies                 implementation of Objective 3 (quantifying the
referred to in Articles 6 and 7. It shall establish , through           progress to be achieved where this lends itself to
the partnership defined in Article 4 ( 1 ), in agreement with           quantification), and the expected impact compared to
the Member State concerned and in accordance with the                   the current situation in relation to the financial
procedures referred to in Article 17, the Community                     resources deployed, as well as the corresponding
conversion support framework for Community structural                   operations ; an ex-ante assessment of the different
operations.                                                             elements,
                                                                    — an indication of the use to be made of assistance
The Community support framework shall cover in                          available under the ESF — where appropriate, in
particular:                                                             conjunction with assistance from the EIB or other
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    existing Community financial instruments — in                       regions may be included in the regional development
    implementing the plan.                                              plans referred to in Article 8 (4).
The Commission shall establish, for each Member State               2. In order to expedite the examination of applications
and for the individual plans submitted to it through die                and the implementation of action, the Member States
partnership referred to in Article 4 ( 1 ), in agreement with           shall, wherever possible, include with their plans
the Member State concerned and in accordance with die                   applications for operational programmes and other
procedures set out in Article 17 , the Community support                forms of assistance that they cover.
framework for the attainment of Objective 3 .
                                                                    3 . The Commission shall examine the proposed plans to
                                                                        determine whether they are consistent with the
                                                                        objectives of this Regulation and with the provisions
2. Objective 4                                                          and policies referred to in Articles 6 and 7 . The
                                                                        Commission shall draw up the Community support
                                                                        frameworks .
The Member States concerned shall submit to the
Commission plans for operations designed to facilitate the
adaption of workers to industrial change and to changes in              Each Community support framework shall cover in
production systems ( Objective 4 ).                                     particular:
                                                                        — an ex-ante assessment of the planned objectives,
These plans shall include in particular:                                    quantifying, where it lends itself to quantification,
                                                                            the progress to be achieved during the period
— a description of the current situation and of likely                      concerned compared to the current situation and
    changes in jobs and occupations,        stressing needs in              the specific priorities adopted for Community
    terms of initial and further vocational training,                       assistance ,
— a description of an appropriate strategy to achieve the               — the forms of assistance,
    objectives under Article 1 , the priorities selected for the
    implementation of Objective 4 ( quantifying the                     — the indicative financing plan, with details of the
    progress to be achieved where this lends itself to                      amount of assistance and its source,
    quantification), and the expected impact compared to
    the current situation in relation to the financial                  — the duration of the assistance.
    resources deployed, as well as the corresponding
    operations; an ex-ante assessment of the different
    elements,
                                                                        The Community support framework may, if necessary,
                                                                        be revised and adjusted on the initiative of the Member
                                                                        State or of the Commission in agreement with the
— measures adopted to involve the competent authorities
                                                                        Member State in the light of new information and of
    and organisations at the appropriate levels in the
                                                                        the results obtained during implementation of the
    preparation and implementation of operations featuring              operations concerned.
    in the plan,
— an indication of the use to be made of assistance
                                                                    4. Assistance in respect of Objectives 3 and 4 shall be
    available under the ESF — where appropriate, in                     predominandy in the form of a limited number of
    conjunction with assistance from the EIB or other                   operational programmes.
    existing Community financial instruments — in
    implementing the plan.
                                                                    5. The arrangements for implementation of this Article
                                                                        shall be specified in the provisions referred to in Article
The Commission shall establish, for each Member State                   3 (4) and ( 5 ).
and for the individual plans submitted to it through the
partnership referred to in Article 4 ( 1 ), in agreement with
the Member State concerned and in accordance with the
                                                                                               Article 11
procedures set out in Article 17, the Community support
framework for the attainment of Objective 4.
                                                                                            Objective 5 (a)
                                                                    1 . The Member States shall submit their plans for
3 . Common provisions                                               operations under Objective 5 ( a) to the Commission. The
                                                                    plans shall be drawn up at the appropriate geographical
                                                                    level (national or regional) and shall distinguish between:
1 . The plans shall distinguish between the information
    relating to regions covered by Objective 1 and the rest         — operations concerning agricultural structures and those
    of the territory. The information relating to Objective 1           concerning fisheries structures,
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— information concerning the Objective 1 regions, that                 (a) in the case of the Objective 1 regions, operations under
      concerning the Objective 5 (b) areas and that                         Objective 5 (a) shall be integrated into the Community
      concerning the rest of the territory.                                 support frameworks drawn up pursuant to Article 8
                                                                            ( 5 ), a distinction being made between those relating to
                                                                            agricultural structures and those relating to fisheries
                                                                            structures ;
 Information concerning the Objective 1 regions may also
 be included in the regional development plans referred to in          (b) in other cases, a Community support framework for
 Article 8 (4).
                                                                            agricultural structures and a Community support
                                                                            framework for fisheries structures shall be drawn up for
                                                                            each Member State; the Community support
 If operations in respect of Objective 5 (a) are submitted as               framework for agricultural structures shall distinguish
part of a number of plans presented by the same Member                      between operations to be implemented in the Objective
 State, the Member State shall provide the Commission with                  5 (b) areas and those for rest of the territory.
 a summary for agricultural structures and a summary for
 fisheries structures covering all assistance under Objective 5
 ( a) to be implemented on its territory.                              The Community support frameworks shall include:
                                                                       — the measures selected for Community assistance ,
 2. The plans referred to in paragraph 1 shall include:                — the forms of assistance,
— a description of the existing situation , the financial              — the indicative financing plan, with details on the
      resources deployed , and the main results of the                      amount of assistance and its source,
      operations undertaken hitherto which received
      Community structural assistance,                                 — the duration of the assistance .
— a description of the measures selected for the
      adjustment of agricultural and fisheries structures,             The Community support framework may, if necessary, be
                                                                       revised and adjusted on the initiative of the Member State
      quantifying, where it lends itself to quantification, the
                                                                       or of the Commission in agreement with the Member State
      progress anticipated and the expected impact,
      compared to the current situation, in relation to the            in the light of relevant new information and of the results
      financial resources deployed as well as the                      obtained during implementation of the operations
                                                                       concerned .
      corresponding operations; an ex-ante assessment of
      these different elements,
                                                                       4. The arrangements for implementation of this Article
— an assessment of the environmental situation and its                 shall be specified in the provisions referred to in Article 3
      expected development with respect to the measures and            (4) and (5 ).
      operations foreseen above; the arrangements made to
      associate    the   environmental     authorities   in  the
      preparation and implementation of the operations
      foreseen in the plans ,                                                                      Article 11 a
— an indication of the use to be made of assistance                                              Objective 5 (b)
      available under the Funds, and the other financial
      instruments in implementing the plans.                           1 . The rural areas outside Objective 1 regions that may
                                                                       receive Community assistance under Objective 5 (b) are
                                                                       those      which    have   a   low   level   of socio-economic
In order to expedite the examination of applications and               development assessed on the basis of gross domestic
the implementation of action , the Member States shall                 product per inhabitant and also satisfy at least two of the
include with their plans applications for operational                  following three criteria :
programmes and other forms of assistance that they
cover .                                                                ( a) high share of agricultural employment in total
                                                                            employment;
                                                                       (b) low level of agricultural income, notably as expressed
3 . The Commission shall examine the proposed plans to                      in terms of agricultural value added by agricultural
determine whether they are consistent with the objectives                   work unit (AWU);
of this Regulation and with the provisions and policies
referred to in Articles 6 and 7 . In accordance with the               (c) low population density             and / or  a   significant
procedures referred to in the provisions laid down pursuant                 depopulation trend.
to Article 3 ( 5 ), the Commission shall draw up through the
partnership defined in Article 4 ( 1 ), in agreement with the
Member State concerned, the programming of Objective 5                Assessment of the eligibility of areas according to the above
(a) in the following way:                                             criteria shall take into account socio-economic parameters
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  which indicate the seriousness of the general situation in          — a description of the current situation , the financial
  the areas concerned, and how it is developing.                          resources deployed and the main results of operations
                                                                          undertaken in the previous programming period,
                                                                          particularly those in receipt of Community structural
                                                                          assistance,
  2 . In addition, on receipt of a reasoned request from a
  Member State, Community assistance may also be
  extended to other rural areas with a low level of                   — a description of an appropriate strategy to achieve the
  socio-economic development, if they are affected by one or              objectives under Article 1 , the rural development
  more of the following criteria :                                        priorities selected for the areas concerned, quantifying,
                                                                          where it lends itself to quantification , the progress
                                                                          anticipated and the expected impact, with respect to the
                                                                          current situation in relation to the financial resources
                                                                          deployed, as well as the corresponding operations; an
                                                                          ex-ante assessment of these different elements,
  — the peripheral nature of areas or islands in relation to
      major centres of economic and commercial activity in           — an assessment of the environmental situation of the area
      the Community,                                                      concerned and its expected development with regard to
                                                                          the strategy and operations foreseen above and the
  — the sensitivity of the area to developments in agriculture            arrangements made to associate the environmental
      especially in the framework of the reform of the                    authorities in the preparation and implementation of
      common agricultural policy, assessed on the basis of the            the operations foreseen in the plans,
      trend in agricultural incomes and the size of the
      agricultural labour force,                                     — an indication of the use to be made of assistance
                                                                          available under the different Funds, the EIB and the
 — the structure of agricultural holdings and the age                     other financial instruments in implementing the plan,
      structure of the gainfully employed agricultural labour
      force,
                                                                     — any link with the consequences of reform of the
                                                                          common agricultural policy and the review of the
 — the pressures exerted on the environment and on the
                                                                          common fisheries policy .
      countryside,
 — the situation of areas within mountain or less-favoured
      areas classified pursuant to Article 3 of Directive            To expedite the examination of applications and
      75 / 268 / EEC ,                                               implementation of assistance, Member States shall include
                                                                     with their plans applications for operational programmes
 — the socio-economic impact on the area , as measured by            and other forms of assistance that they cover.
      objective criteria, of the restructuring of the fisheries
      sector .
                                                                     6 . The Commission shall examine the proposed plans to
 3 . As soon as this Regulation has entered into force, the          determine whether they are consistent with the objectives
 Commission shall establish the list of eligible areas in            of this Regulation and with the Provisions and policies
 accordance with the procedure foreseen in the provisions            referred to in Articles 6 and 7. It shall establish, through
laid down pursuant to Article 3 ( 5 ). Member States shall ,         the partnership referred to in Article 4 ( 1 ), in agreement
 in respect of the areas which in their view should benefit          with the Member State concerned and in accordance with
 from assistance under Objective 5 (b), provide the                  the procedures referred to in Article 17 , the Community
 Commission with such information as may help it in this             support framework for rural development.
task . On the basis of that information and of its overall
assessment of the proposals submitted, the Commission
shall determine which areas are eligible.
                                                                     The Community support framework shall cover in
                                                                     particular :
4 . In selecting rural areas and in programming assistance
from the Funds, the Commission shall take care to ensure             — the ex-ante assessment of the rural development
that assistance is effectively concentrated on areas suffering           objectives, quantifying, where it lends itself to
from the most serious problems of rural development.                     quantification, the progress to be achieved during the
                                                                         period concerned compared to-the current situation and
                                                                         the rural development priorities adopted for
5 . The Member States concerned shall submit their rural
                                                                         Community assistance,
development plans to the Commission. Those plans include
in particular:                                                       — the forms of assistance,
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— the indicative financing plan, with details of the amount        Funds permits a doubling of commitments in real terms
      of assistance and its source,                                under Objective 1 and the financial instrument for cohesion
                                                                   between 1992 and 1999 .
— the duration of the assistance .
The Community support frameworks may, if necessary, be             5.
revised and adjusted on the initiative of the Member State
concerned or of the Commission in agreement with the
Member State in the light of relevant new information and
of the results obtained during implementation of the
operations concerned.                                              6 . The Commission shall make allocations per Member
                                                                   State for each of the Objectives 1 to 4 and 5 (b) of the
                                                                   commitment appropriations of the Structural Funds taking
The Community support frameworks under Objective 5 (b)             account of national prosperity, regional prosperity,
shall indicate for information the operations concerning the       population of the regions, and the relative severity of
adjustment of agricultural structures under Objective 5 (a)        structural problems, including the level of unemployment
to be implemented in the areas eligible under Objective 5          and, for the appropriate Objectives, the needs of rural
( b).                                                              development.
7 . Assistance under Objective 5 (b) shall be
predominantly in the form of a limited number of                   7. For the period referred to at paragraph 2, 10 % of
operational programmes.                                            commitment appropriations for the Structural Funds shall
                                                                   be devoted to funding assistance undertaken on the
                                                                   initiative of the Commission according to Article 5 (5 ).
 8 . The arrangements for implementation of this
paragraph shall be specified in the provisions referred to in
Article 3 (4) and (5 ).                                            8 . For the purpose of their inclusion in the general budget
                                                                   of the European Communities, the sums indicated at
                                                                   paragraphs 2 and 3 and at Annex II shall be amended
                  IV. FINANCIAL PROVISIONS                         before each annual budgetary procedure to reflect price
                                                                   changes in the Community.
                            Article 12
                Fund resources and concentration                                               Article 13
 1.
                                                                                 Differentiation of rates of assistance
                                                                   1 . The Community contributions to the financing of
                                                                   operations shall be differentiated in the light of the
2. Commitment appropriations for the Structural Funds              following:
and the FIFG shall be ECU 141 471 million ( 1992 prices)
from 1994 to 1999 .                                                — the seriousness of the specific, notably regional or
                                                                        social , problems to be tackled,
The annual breakdown of these appropriations is shown in           — the financial capacity of the Member State concerned,
Annex II .
                                                                        taking into account in particular the relative prosperity
                                                                        of that State and budgetary constraints arising from the
3 . A considerable proportion of budgetary resources shall              implementation of convergence programmes,
be concentrated on the less-developed regions covered by
Objective 1 .                                                      — the special importance attaching to measures with a
                                                                        Community perspective,
Commitment appropriation for these regions shall be ECU            — the special importance attaching to measures with a
96 346 million ( 1992 prices) from 1994 to 1999.                        regional perspective,
The annual breakdown of these appropriations is shown in           — the particular characteristics of the types of measure
Annex II .                                                              proposed.
All operations under Objectives 1 to 5 to assist the regions       2. Such differentiation shall take account of the planned
covered by Objective 1 shall be taken into account for this        link between grants and loans, as referred to in Article 5
purpose.
                                                                   (4).
4. For the four Member States eligible for the cohesion            3 . The Community contribution granted by the Funds
financial instrument, the Commission shall ensure that the         and the FIFG in respect of the various objectives listed in
increase in commitment appropriations for the Structural           Article 1 shall be subject to the following ceilings:
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— a maximum of 75 % of the total cost and, as a general             the Council or by the Commission on the basis of the
    rule, at least 50 % of public expenditure in the case of        existing rules governing the Funds before the entry into
    measures carried out in the regions eligible for                force of this Regulation.
    assistance under Objective 1 ; when the regions are
    located in a Member State concerned by the cohesion
    financial instrument the Community contribution may,            2. Applications for assistance from the Funds towards an
    in exceptional and duly justified cases, rise to a              operation which are submitted under the provisons
    maximum of 85 % of the total cost,                              applying before the entry into force of this Regulation shall
                                                                    be considered and approved by the Commission on the
— a maximum of 50 % of the total cost and, as a general             basis of those provisions.
    rule, at least 25 % of public expenditure in the case of
    measures carried out in the other regions.
                                                                    3.
The minimum rates of assistance laid down in the first
indent shall not apply to revenue-bearing investment.
                                                                    4.
4 . Preparatory studies and technical assistance measures
undertaken on the initiative of the Commission may be
financed at 100 % of total cost in exceptional cases.
                                                                    5.
5 . The arrangements for implementation of this Article,
including those concerning public funding of the operations
concerned, and the rates applied to investment generating
revenue, shall be laid down in the provisions referred to in
Article 3 (4) and ( 5 ).                                            6 . The provisions referred to in Article 3 (4) and ( 5) shall
                                                                    lay down specific transitional provisions relating to the
                                                                    implementation of this Article, including provisions to
                                                                    ensure that aid to Member States is not interrupted pending
                                                                    the establishment of the plans and operational programmes
                   V. OTHER PROVISIONS
                                                                    in accordance with the new system and that grant of
                                                                    assistance for projects granted assistance before 1 January
                                                                    1989 shall be finally concluded no later than 30 June
                                                                    1995 .
                           Article 14
         Combination and overlapping of assistance
                                                                                              Article 16
1 . For any given period, an individual measure or
operation may benefit from assistance from only one Fund                                       Reports
or the FIFG at at time .
                                                                    Within the framework of Articles 130 A and 130 B of the
2. An individual measure or operation may benefit from              Treaty, before 1 November of each year the Commission
assistance from a Fund or other financial instrument in             shall submit to the European Parliament, to the Council
respect of only one of the objectives set out in Article 1 at a     and to the Economic and Social Committee a report on the
time, unless otherwise permitted by the provisions referred         implementation of this Regulation during the >preceding
                                                                    year .
to in Article 3 (4 ) and ( 5 ).
3 . Any territory may be eligible for assistance under only         In this report, the Commission shall in particular indicate
one of the Objectives 1 , 2 or 5 (b ).                              what progress has been made towards achieving the
                                                                    objectives set out in Article 1 and in concentrating
                                                                    assistance as required by Article 12.
                           Article 15
                                                                    The Commission shall submit a report at three-yearly
                    Transitional provisions                         intervals to the European Parliament, the Council, the
                                                                    Economic and Social Committee on the progress made
                                                                    towards economic and social cohesion and the contribution
1 . This Regulation shall not affect multiannual                    of the Funds, the FIFG, the cohesion financial instrument,
operations, including the adjustment of Community                   the EIB and the other financial instruments. The report
support frameworks and forms of assistance, approved by             shall, if necessary, make proposals with regard to
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Community policies affecting economic and social                                     VI. FINAL PROVISIONS
cohesion. The first report shall be produced no later than
31 December 1996 .
                                                                                            Article 18
                             Article 17                                                  Implementation
                            Committees                             The Commission shall be responsible                for    the
                                                                   implementation of this Regulation.
1 . In implementing this Regulation, the Commission shall
be assisted by four committees dealing respectively with:
                                                                                            Article 19
— Objectives 1 and 2:
                                                                                          Review clause
     — advisory committee composed of representatives of
         the Member States;
                                                                   On a proposal from the Commission, the Council shall
— Objectives 3 and 4:                                              re-examine this Regulation before 31 December 1999 .
     — committee under Article 124 of the Treaty;
                                                                   It shall act on the proposal in accordance with the
— Objective 5 (a):                                                 procedure laid down in Article 130 D of the Treaty.
     — management             committee   composed        of
         representatives of the Member States (adjustment of
         agricultural structures),                                                          Article 20
     — management             committee   composed        of                             Entry into force
         representatives of the Member States (adjustment of
         fisheries structures);                                    This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
                                                                   following its publication in the Official Journal of the
— Objective 5 ( b):
                                                                   European Communities .
     — management committee referred to under Objective
         5 ( a) first sub-indent.
2. Provisions setting out the arrangements for the
operations of the Committees referred to in paragraph 1
and measures concerning the tasks of those Committees in
the framework of management of the Funds shall be
adopted in accordance with Article 3 (4) and (5 ), and the         This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly
second subparagraph of Article 3a.                                 applicable in all Member States.
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                                                              ANNEX I
                                            REGIONS CONCERNED BY OBJECTIVE 1
            Belgium:                 Hainaut .
            Germany:                 Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Ost-Berlin, Sachsen, Sachsen-Anhalt,
                                     Thüringen.
            Greece:                  the entire country.
            Spain:                   Andalucía, Asturias, Cantabria, Castilla y Léon, Castilla-La Mancha, Ceuta y
                                     Melilla, Comunidad Valenciana, Extremadura, Galicia, Islas Canarias, Murcia.
            France:                  French overseas departements, Corse.
            Ireland :                the entire country.
            Italy:                   Basilicata, Calabria, Campania, Molise, Puglia, Sardegna, Sicilia.
            Portugal:                the entire country.
            United Kingdom:          Highlands and Islands, Merseyside, Northern Ireland.
                                                             ANNEX 11
                            COMMITMENT APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE PERIOD 1994 TO 1999
                                                                                                ECU million ( 1992 prices)
                                                1994       1995     1996       1997       1998       1999    1994-1999
            Structural Funds and FIFG          20135      21 480   22 740     24 026     25 690    27 400      141 471
            of which Objective
            1 regions:                         13 220     14 300   15 330     16 396     17 820     19 280      96 346