91/241/EEC: Commission Decision of 13 March 1991 on the establishment of the Community support framework for Community structural assistance in the five new Länder and Eastern Berlin in the Federal Republic of Germany (Only the German text is authentic)

COMMISSION DECISION  of 13 March 1991  on the establishment of the Community support framework for Community structural assistance in the five new Laender and Eastern Berlin in the Federal Republic of Germany  (Only the German text is authentic)   (91/241/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3575/90 of 4 December 1990 concerning the activities of the Structural Funds in the territory of the former German Democratic Republic (1), and in particular Article 2 (4) thereof,
Whereas, in accordance with Article 2 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 3575/90, the Commission shall establish a Community support framework as provided for in Article 8 (5) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88 of 24 June 1988 on the tasks of the Structural  Funds and their effectiveness and on coordination of their activities between themselves and with the operations of the European Investment Bank and the other financial instruments (2) and in Articles 8 (3) and 11 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 4253/88  of 19 December 1988 laying down provisions for implementing Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88 as regards coordination of the activities of the different Structural Funds between themselves and with the operations of the European Investment Bank and the other  existing financial instruments (3);
Whereas, in accordance with those provisions, the Community support framework shall cover in particular the priorities, the forms of assistance, the indicative financing plan, with details of the amount of assistance and its source, and the duration of  the assistance;
Whereas the German Government submitted to the Commission on 19 December 1990 the development plan referred to in Article 2 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 3575/90 in respect of the five Laender and Eastern Berlin belonging to the territory of the former  German Democratic Republic and eligible for Community structural assistance in accordance with the said Regulation;
Whereas the plan submitted by the Member State includes a description of the main priorities selected and an indication of the use to be made of assistance under the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), the European Social Fund (ESF), the European  Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF), the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the other financial instruments in implementing the plan;
Whereas this Community support framework has been established in agreement with the Member State concerned through the partnership defined in Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88;
Whereas the EIB has also been involved in the preparation of the Community support framework in accordance with Article 8 of Regulation (EEC) No 4253/88; whereas it has declared its readiness to help implement this framework on the basis of the  estimated loan arrangements indicated in this decision and in accordance with the provisions of its Statute;
Whereas the Commission is prepared to examine the possibility of the other Community lending instruments contributing to the financing of this framework in accordance with the specific provisions governing them;
Whereas this decision is consistent with the opinion of the Advisory Committee on the Development and Conversion of Regions and of the European Social Fund Committee and in accordance with the opinion of the Committee on Agricultural Structures and  Rural Development;
Whereas, in accordance with Article 10 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 4253/88, this decision is to be sent as a declaration of intent to the Member State;
Whereas, in accordance with Article 20 (1) and (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 4253/88, the budgetary commitments relating to the contribution from the Structural Funds to the financing of the operations covered by the Community support framework will be  made on the basis of subsequent Commission decisions approving the operations concerned,