COMMISSION DECISION
of 6 June 1990
on the establishment of the Community support framework for  Community structural
assistance in the region of the Federal Republic of Germany concerned by  Objective 5 (b),
namely Nordrhein-Westfalen
(Only the German text is authentic)
(90/562/EEC)
THE  COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) N° 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 existing financial instruments (1),  and in particular Article 11 (3) thereof;
Whereas Commission Decision 89/426/EEC (2) defined the rural areas eligible for Community  assistance under Objective 5 (b) as defined in Council Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88;
Whereas in Nordrhein-Westfalen certain areas have been selected to benefit from Community  assistance under Objective 5 (b);
Whereas, in accordance with Article 11 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88 the Commission, on the  basis of rural development plans submitted by the Member States, shall establish, through  partnership and in agreement with the Member State concerned, Community support frameworks for  Community structural operations;
Whereas in accordance with the fourth subparagraph of Article 11 (3) of the abovementioned  Regulation the Community support framework shall cover in particular the development 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 Title III, Article 8 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 4253/88 of 19 December 1988 laying down  provisions for implementing Regulation (EEC) N° 2052/88 (3) sets out the conditions for the  preparation and implementation of the Community support framework;
Whereas, in accordance with Article 11 (3) of Regulation (EEC) N° 2052/88, the Federal Government  submitted to the Commission on 22 August 1989 two rural development plans for Nordrhein-Westfalen;
Whereas the plan for the rural areas of Nordrhein-Westfalen submitted by the Federal Government  include a description of the main development priorities selected and of the corresponding  measures, and an indication of the use to
be made of assistance under the European Regional  Development Fund (ERDF), the European Social Fund (ESF), the Guidance Section of the European  Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF) and the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the  other financial instruments of the Community in implementing the plans;
Whereas the Community support framework has been established in agreement with the Member State  concerned through the partnership as defined in Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88;
Whereas this Decision is in accordance with the opinion
of the Committee on Agricultural Structures  and Rural Development; whereas the Committee provided for in Article 124 of the Treaty has been  consulted;
Whereas in accordance with Article 10 (2) of Regulation (EEC) N° 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) N° 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,
The Community support framework for Community structural assistance  in the rural areas of Nordrhein-Westfalen concerned by Objective 5 (b), covering the period 1  January 1989 to 31 December 1993 is hereby approved.
The Commission declares that it intends to contribute to the implementation of this Community  support framework in accordance with the detailed provisions thereof and in compliance with the  rules and guidelines for the Structural Funds and other existing financial instruments.
The Community support framework includes the following essential information:
(a)
statement of specific priorities for joint action by the Community and the Member State:
- diversification, reorientation and adjustment of agriculture,
- development and diversification of non-agricultural sectors,
- development of human resources,
- environmental protection, nature conservation and preservation of the countryside;
(b)
an outline of the forms of assistance to be provided primarily in the form of operational  programmes;
(c)
an indicative financing plan at 1989 constant prices, specifying for the whole period the total  appropriations to provide budgetary assistance from the Community for both the implementation of  new measures covered by the priorities in (a) and multiannual measures under way or
decided, before  the adoption of this Community support framework, broken down as follows:
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This declaration of intent is addressed to the Federal Republic of  Germany.