L 282/70 Official Journal of the European Communities 20.10.98 COMMISSION COMMISSION DECISION of 29 September 1998 on the approval of the multiregional single programming document for the conversion of the activities of defence in the areas concerned by Objective 2 in France (notified under document number C(1998) 2787) (Only the French text is authentic) (98/586/EC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 4253/88 of 19 December 1988 laying down provisions for imple- menting Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88 as regards co- ordination of activities of the different Structural Funds between themselves and with the operations of the Euro- pean Investment Bank and the other existing financial instruments ('), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 3193/94 (%), and in particular Article 10(1) last subpara- graph thereof, After consultation of the Advisory Committee on the Development and Conversion of Regions, Whereas the programming procedure for structural assist- ance under Objective 2 is defined in Article 9(6) to (10) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88 of 24 June 1988 on the tasks of the Structural Funds and their effective- ness and on coordination of their activities between them- selves and with the operations of the European Invest- ment Bank and the other existing financial instru- ments (%), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 3193/ 94; whereas Article 4(3) of Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88 provides that the Commission may contribute to financing technical assistance; Whereas Article 10(1), last subparagraph, of Regulation (EEC) No 4253/88 foresees that the Commission adopts a single decision on the basis of a single programming () OJ L 374, 31. 12. 1988, p. 1. @) OJ L 337, 24. 12. 1994, p. 11. () OJ L 185, 15. 7. 1988, p. 9. document submitted by the Member State covering the points referred to in Article 8(3) and the assistance from the Funds referred to in the last subparagraph of Article 14(3); Whereas the French Government has submitted to the Commission on 18 April 1997 the multiregional single programming document for the conversion of the activi- ties of defence in the areas concerned by Objective 2 in France; whereas expenditure under this single program- ming document is eligible as from that date; Whereas Article 2, second subparagraph, of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1866/90 of 2 July 1990 on arrange- ments for using the ecu for the purpose of the budgetary management of the Structural Funds (*), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2745/94 (%), stipulates that in the Commission Decisions approving a single programming document, the Community assistance available for the entire period and the annual breakdown thereof shall be set out in ecus at prices for the year in which each decision is taken and shall be subject to indexation; whereas this annual breakdown must be compatible with the progressive increase in the commitment appropria- tions shown in Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 2052/ 88; whereas indexation is based on a single rate per year, corresponding to the rates applied annually to budget appropriations on the basis of the mechanism for the technical adjustment of the financial perspectives; (* OJ L 170, 3. 7. 1990, p. 36. () OJ L 290, 11. 11. 1994, p. 4.