31.1.84 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 27/1 (Acts whose publication is obligatory) COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 214/84 of 18 January 1984 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2615/80 instituting a specific Community measure contributing to the development of certain French and Italian regions in the context of Community enlargement THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro- pean Economic Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 724/75 of 18 March 1975 establishing a European Regional Development Fund ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3325/80 (2), and in particular Article 13 (3) thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commis- sion (3), Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (4), Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (%), Whereas Article 13 of Regulation (EEC) No 724/75 (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Fund Regulation’) provides, independently of the national allocation of resources fixed by Article 2 (3) (a) of that Regula- tion, for participation by the Fund in financing spe- cific Community regional development measures which are in particular linked with Community poli- cies and with measures adopted by the Community, in order to take better account of their regional dimension or to reduce their regional consequences; Whereas, pursuant to that Article, the Council adopted on 7 October 1980 an initial series of Regu- lations instituting specific Community regional (') OJ No L73,21.3.1975, p. I. () OJ No L 349, 23. 12. 1980, p. 10. () OJNoC 15, 19. 1. 1983, p. 10. (*) OJ No C 184, 10. 6. 1983, p. 163. (*) OJ No C 124,9.5. 1983, p. 2. development measures and in particular Regulation (EEC) No 2615/80 (%) instituting a specific Com- munity regional development measure contributing to the development of certain French and Italian regions in the context of Community enlargement, this measure being hereinafter referred to as ‘the specific measure’; Whereas, pursuant to that Regulation and in par- ticular Article 3 thereof, the Commission has approved special programmes relating to the regions of Aquitaine, Languedoc-Roussillon and Midi- Pyrénées and of the Mezzogiorno, respectively, and has at the same time decided to allocate appropria- tions to those programmes; Whereas the Member States concerned have pro- vided the Commission with information on regional problems which might be the subject of a specific Community measure; whereas, as a result of the need to improve economic structures in these regions, the measures laid down in the specific measure in force should be strengthened and sup- plemented; ' Whereas investment in small and medium-sized undertakings (hereinafter referred to as ‘SMUs’) should be encouraged by providing that investment aid already in existence may be reinforced by addi- tional aid chargeable to the Community for a transi- tional period; Whereas it is advisable to step up promotion and investment measures in favour of rural tourism, above all in disadvantaged agricultural areas, to the extent that the Member States concerned draw up appropriate intervention programmes; Whereas economic promotion in the zones con- cerned should be further stimulated by especially active management of the public aids and services available, particularly those provided for under the () OJ No L271, 15.10. 1980, p. 1.