Council Regulation (EEC) No 2083/93 of 20 July 1993 amending Regulation (EEC) No 4254/88 laying down provisions for implementing Regulation (EEC) No 2052/898 as regards the European Regional Development Fund

COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 2083/93 of 20 July 1993 amending Regulation (EEC) No 4254/88 laying down provisions for implementing Regulation (EEC) No 2052/898 as regards the European Regional Development Fund
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN  COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 130e thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1),
In cooperation with the European Parliament (2),
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (3),
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 2081/93 (4) amends 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 (5); whereas Regulation (EEC) No 2082/93 (6) amends Regulation (EEC) No 4253/88 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); whereas Regulation (EEC) No 4254/88 (8) should therefore also be amended;
Whereas Article 3 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88, in the regions concerned by Objective 1, extends the scope of the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) to investment in the field of education and health; whereas the contribution of ERDF  assistance, as part of its regional development role, to the establishment and development of trans-European networks in the areas of transport, telecommunications and energy infrastructures as well as to the establishment of more favourable  environmental conditions, particularly in the Objective 1 regions, and to increasing capacity in the regions in the area of research and technological development to enable themn to participate more fully in the Community's multiannual framework  programmes should be specified; whereas according to Article 7 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 792/93 of 30 March 1993 establishing a cohesion financial instrument (9), no item of expenditure may benefit both from that instrument and from the ERDF;
Whereas the principles and objectives of sustainable development are set out in the Community programme of policy and action in relation to the environment and sustainable development as laid down in the Council resolution of 1 February 1993 (10);
Whereas the regional partnership should be strengthened by including the economic and social partners, in accordance with Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88;
Whereas, in order to incraese the effectiveness of regional policies, there should be increased flexibility in the implementation of the Community's regional assistance particularly by extending the forms of assistance which may apply to Community  initiatives;
Whereas Article 12 of Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88 provides for allocations per Member State for each of the Objectives 1 to 4 and 5 (b) of the commitment appropriations of all the structural funds; whereas, as a result, the last subparagraph of Article  3 (2) and Article 13 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 4254/88 may be deleted,