COMMISSION  DECISION
of 23 December 1985
instituting in the prefecture of Grevena, Greece, a pilot action in preparation for the integrated Mediterranean programmes
(Only the Greek text is authentic)
(86/39/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Whereas the Council has adopted Regulation (EEC) No 2088/85 of 23 July 1985 concerning the integrated Mediterranean programmes (1);
Whereas pilot actions are necessary to test the methods for implementing the integrated Mediterranean programmes in order that such programmes may be implemented as soon as possible after their adoption;
Whereas the pilot actions constitute a coherent set of operations that are compatible with each other and with the regional development programmes; whereas they have intrinsic merits in the context of the Community's policies;
Whereas each pilot action is on a smaller scale than the operational plan of campaign for the integrated Mediterranean programmes;
Whereas the Hellenic Republic has proposed to the Commission that a pilot action be instituted in the prefecture of Grevena, Greece, in preparation for the integrated Mediterranean programmes;
Whereas the pilot action in question concerns an area which exhibits development problems typical of those which the integrated Mediterranean programmes are intended to resolve;
Whereas, in order to ensure its effectiveness, the pilot action in question will be carried out in close cooperation with the competent national, regional and local authorities of the Member State concerned,
A pilot action is hereby instituted in the prefecture of Grevena, Greece, in preparation for the integrated Mediterranean programmes. This pilot action is described in Annex 1.
The implementation of the pilot action shall be reviewed at regular intervals by the Commission in consultation with the Member State concerned so that it may be decided whether, and in which respects, the items set out in Annex 1 should be modified.
The pilot action shall be implemented by means of specific decisions by the Commission on individual operations forming constituent parts of the pilot action. The decisions shall describe the substance of the operations, shall fix the Community's contribution to the financing of each operation and shall define the procedures. The general conditions to be met for such specific decisions to be taken are set out in Annex 2.
Within three months of the completion of all the operations under the pilot action, the Member State concerned shall transmit to the Commission a report in five copies on the lessons to be drawn from the pilot action as a whole for the implementation of the integrated Mediterranean programmes.
A monitoring committee shall be set up by agreement between the Commission and the national, regional and local authorities concerned in the Member State to check on the implementation of the pilot action. Those authorities shall, in consultation with the Commission, take the other administrative measures necessary at each level of administration.
The assistance that the Commission decides upon for the pilot action shall not bind the Community as regards the final selection of the areas in which the integrated Mediterranean programmes are to be carried out.
This Decision is addressed to the Hellenic Republic.