No L 33/6 Official Journal of the European Communities 10. 2. 96 COMMISSION DECISION of 15 November 1995 on the approval of the single programming document for Community structural assistance in the region of Burgenland concerned by Objective 1 in Austria (Only the German text is authentic) (96/117/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 implementing Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88 as regards coordination of activities of the different Structural Funds between themselves and with the operations of the European Investment Bank and the other existing financial instruments ('), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 3193/94 (?), and in particular Article 10 (1) last subparagraph thereof, After consultation of the Advisory Committee on the Development and Conversion of Regions, the Committee pursuant to Article 124 of the Treaty and the Management Committee on Agricultural Structures and Rural Development, » Whereas the programming procedure for structural assistance under Objective 1 is that defined in Article 8 (4) to (7) of 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 European Investment Bank and the other existing financial instruments (*), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 3193/94; whereas, however, the last subparagraph of Article 5 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 4253/88 foresees that in order to simplify and to speed up programming procedures, Member States may submit in a single programming document the information required for the regional development plan referred to in Article 8 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88 and the information required in Article 14 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 4253/88; whereas in Article 10 (1) the last subparagraph of Regulation (EEC) No 4253/88 foresees that in that case the Commission adopts a single decision in a single document 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); ('} OJ No L 374, 31. 12. 1988, p. 1. () OJ No L 337, 24. 12. 1994, p. 11. () OJ No L 185, 15. 7. 1988, p. 9. Whereas the Austrian Government has submitted to the Commission on 20 April 1995 the single programming document referred to in Article 5 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 4253/88 for the region of Burgenland; whereas this document contains the elements referred to in Article 8 (4) and (7) and Article 10 of Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88 as well as Article 14 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 4253/88; whereas expenditure under this single programming document is eligible pursuant to Article 33 (2) second subparagraph of Regulation (EEC) No 4253/88, as from 1 January 1995; Whereas the single programming document submitted by this Member State includes a description of the priorities selected and the applications for assistance from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), the European Social Fund (ESF), and the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGEF), Guidance Section, as well as an indication of the planned use of the assistance available from the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the other financial instruments in implementing the single programming document; Whereas, in accordance with Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 4253/88, the Commission is charged with ensuring, within the framework of the partnership, coordination and consistency between assistance from the Funds and assistance provided by the European Investment Bank (EIB} and the other financial instruments, including the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) and the other actions for structural purposes; Whereas the EIB has been involved in the drawing up of the single programming document in accordance with the provisions of Article 8 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 4253/88, applicable by analogy in the establishment of the single programming document; whereas it has declared itself prepared to contribute to the implementation of this document in conformity with its statutory provisions; whereas, however, it has not yet been possible to evaluate precisely the amounts of Community loans corresponding to the financial needs; Whereas Article 2 second subparagraph of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1866/90 of 2 July 1990 on arrangements for using the ecu for the purpose of the