14.6.2002 Official Journal of the European Communities L156/1 (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COMMISSION COMMISSION DECISION of 19 June 2000 approving the Community Support Framework for Community structural assistance in the regions falling under Objective 1 or qualifying for transitional support under Objective 1 in Germany (notified under document number C(2000) 1475) (Only the German text is authentic) (2002/418/EC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Com- munity, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999 of 21 June 1999 laying down general provisions on the Structural Funds (1), and in particular Article 15(4) thereof, After consulting the Committee on the Development and Conversion of Regions, the Committee pursuant to Article 147 of the Treaty, the Committee on Agricultural Structures and Rural Development and the Committee on Structures for Fisheries and Aquaculture, Whereas: (1) Articles 13 et seq. of Title I of Regulation (EC) No 1260/ 1999 lay down the procedure for preparing and implementing Community Support Frameworks. (2)  Article 15(1) and (2) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/ 1999 provides that, after consultation with the partners referred to in Article 8 of the Regulation, the Member State may submit to the Commission a development plan containing the information referred to in Article 16 of the Regulation. () OJL 161, 26.6.1999, p. 1. G) Under Article 15(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999, on the basis of the regional development plan submitted by the Member State and within the partnership estab- lished in accordance with Article 8 of that Regulation, the Commission is to draw up a Community Support Framework for Community structural assistance in agreement with the Member State concerned. The German Government submitted to the Commission on 5 November 1999 the regional development plan for the regions fulfilling the conditions for Objective 1 pursuant to Article 3(1) and the regions qualifying for transitional support under Objective 1 pursuant to the first and second subparagraphs of Article 6(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999. The plan contains the information listed in Article 16 of the Regulation, and in particular a description of the priorities selected and an indication of the financial contribution from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), the Euro- pean Social Fund (ESF), the European Agricultural Guid- ance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF) Guidance Section, the Financial Instrument for Fisheries Guidance (FIFG), and the other financial instruments proposed for implementing the plan. The Community Support Framework has been drawn up in agreement with the Member State concerned and within the partnership.