15. 4. 94 ‘Official Journal of the European Communities No L 97/43 (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COMMISSION COMMISSION DECISION of 28 February 1994 establishing the indicative allocation by Member State of the commitment appropriations from the Structural Funds for Objective 5 (b) as defined in Council Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88 for the period 1994 to 1999 (94/203/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 amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2081/93 (3, and in particular Article 12 (4) thereof, Whereas pursuant to Article 12 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88 and using transparent - procedures, the Commission is to make indicative allocations by Member State of the commitment appropriations from the Struc- tural Funds for Objective 5 (b) taking full account, as previously, of the following objective criteria: national prosperity, regional prosperity, population of the regions, and the relative severity of structural problems, including the level of unemployment and in particular, the needs for rural development; Whereas, after the appropriations to be used for financing the measures undertaken at the initiative of the Commis- sion have been deducted, the funds available for commit- ment from the Structural Funds, expressed in 1994 prices, amount to ECU 6 134 million for the period 1994 to 1999 for Objective 5 (b); () OJ No L 185, 15. 7. 1988, p. 9. () OJ No L 193, 31. 7. 1993, p. 5. Whereas the indicative allocation set out in the Annex hereto satisfies the criteria laid down in Article 12 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88, HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION : Article 1 For the period 1994 to 1999, the indicative breakdown between the Member States of the commitment appropri- ations for the Community Support Frameworks for Objective 5 (b) as defined in Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88 shall be as set out in the Annex. Article 2 This Decision is addressed to the Member States. Done at Brussels, 28 February 1994. For the Commission René STEICHEN Member of the Commission