94/834/EC: Commission Decision of 15 December 1994 approving the Community support framework for Community structural measures to improve the processing and marketing conditions for agricultural and forestry products in Italy, Non-objective 1 Regions, in respect of Objective 5a (Only the Italian text is authentic)

COMMISSION DECISION of 15 December 1994 approving the Community support framework for Community structural measures to improve the processing and marketing conditions for agricultural and forestry products in Italy, Non-objective 1 Regions, in  respect of Objective 5 (a) (Only the Italian text is authentic) (94/834/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 866/90 of 29 March 1990 on improving the processing and marketing conditions for agricultural products (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2843/94 (2), and in particular Article 7 (1) thereof,
Whereas the common measure is extended to forestry products by Council Regulation (EEC) No 867/90 (3);
Whereas on 28 April 1994 the Italian Government submitted to the Commission the plan for the structural improvement of the various product sectors which is referred to in Article 2 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 866/90;
Whereas the plan submitted by the Member State, supplemented by additional information forwarded on 4 and 13 October 1994, meets the conditions and contains the information laid down in Article 1 (1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 860/94 of 18 April  1994 on plans and applications for aid in the form of operational programmes from the Guidance Section of the EAGGF for investments for improving the processing and marketing conditions for agricultural and forestry products (4);
Whereas the Community support framework has been drawn up in agreement with the Member State concerned within the partnership as defined in Article 4 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88 of 24 June 1988 on the tasks of the Structural Funds and their  effectiveness and and on coordination of their activities between themselves and with the operations of the European Investment Bank and the other existing financial instruments (5), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2081/93 (6);
Whereas, pursuant to Article 10 (2) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 4253/88 of 19 December 1988 laying down provisions for implementing Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88 as regards coordination of the activities of the different Structural Funds between  themselves and with the operations of the European Investment Bank and the other existing financial instruments (7), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2082/93 (8), this Decision is sent as a declaration of intent to the Member State;
Whereas, pursuant to Article 20 (1) and (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 4253/88, as amended, the budgetary commitments relating to the Structural Funds' contribution to the financing of the measures covered by the Community support framework will be the  result of specific Commission decisions approving the measures concerned;
Whereas the second paragraph of Article 2 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1866/90 of 2 July 1990 on arrangements for using the ecu for the purposes of the budgetary management of the Structural Funds (9), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 402/94 (10),  provides that in Commission decisions approving Community support frameworks the Community assistance decided upon for the entire period and the annual breakdown thereof are to be set out in ecus, at prices for the year in which each decision is taken,  and are to be subject to indexation; whereas that annual breakdown must be compatible with the progressive increase in commitment appropriations as set out in Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88 as amended; whereas the indexation is to be based on a  single rate per year corresponding to tfhe rates applied annually to the Community budget on the basis of the mechanisms for technical adjustment of the financial perspectives;
Whereas, during the implementation of the Community support framework, the Member State will ensure that the individual projects included therein will conform with the selection criteria for investments for improving the processing and marketing  conditions for agricultural and forestry products currently in force, in application of Article 8 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 866/90;
Whereas Article 9 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 4253/88 states that the Member States will supply the Commission with appropriate financial information to verify that the principal of additionality is complied with; that this verification should be made  for the whole of the Objective 5 (a) measures in each Member State concerned; that the analysis of the information supplied or still to be supplied by the Italian authorities does not yet allow this verification and therefore must be continued within  the framework of partnership; that final verification of the respect of the principal of additionality is essential for the continuation of the award of EAGGF aid to the measures which are the subject of the present Decision;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee on Agricultural Structures and Rural Development,