No L 185/12 Official Journal of the European Communities 15. 7. 97 (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COMMISSION COMMISSION DECISION of 12 June 1997 on the approval of the Community support framework for Community structural assistance in the regions concerned by Objective 2 in Spain for the period 1997 to 1999 (Only the Spanish text is authentic) (97/431/EC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to 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 Euro- pean Investment Bank and the other existing financial instruments ('), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 3193/94 (3, and in particular Article 9 (9) thereof, After consultation of the Advisory Committee on the Development and Conversion of Regions and the Committee pursuant to Article 124 of the Treaty, Whereas, in accordance with Article 9 (9) of Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88, the Commission, on the basis of the regional and social conversion plans submitted by the Member States, shall establish, through partnership and in agreement with the Member State concerned, the Community support frameworks for Community struc- tural operations for the regions concerned by Objective 2; Whereas Article 8 et seq. under Title III of Council Regu- lation (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 () OJ No L 185, 15. 7. 1988, p. 9. () OJ No L 337, 24. 12. 1994, p. 11. the operations of the European Investment Bank and the other existing financial instruments (%), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 3193/94, stipulates the conditions for the preparation and implementation of Community support frameworks; whereas Article 8 (3) sets out the content of Community support frameworks; Whereas the Commission has established, by Decision 96/472/EC of 26 July 1996 (%), as last amended by De- cision 97/237/EC (%), the list of declining industrial areas concerned by Objective 2 for the programming period from 1997 to 1999; Whereas the global maximum allocation foreseen for the assistance of the Structural Funds for the Community support framework is composed of resources coming from the indicative allocation of Structural Fund commitment appropriations for the period 1997 to 1999 under Ob- jective 2 resulting from Commission Decision 96/468/EC of 19 July 1996 () and from unused appropriations of ECU 156123356 coming from the operational programmes approved for the programming period 1994 to 1996 pursuant to Commission Decision C (97) 544 of 10 March 1997 amending Decision C (94) 3438 on the approval of the Community support framework for Community structural assistance in the regions concerned by Objective 2 in Spain for the programming period 1994 to 1996; o L 374, 31. 12. 1988, p. 1. o L 193, 3. 8. 1996, p. 54. o L 94, 9. 4. 1997, p. 20. oL 192, 2. 8. 1996, p. 29.