25. 2. 94 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 54/9 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 402/94 of 23 February, 1994 . amending Regulation (EEC) No 1866/90 on arrangements for using the ecu for the purposes of the budgetary management of the Structural Funds 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 imple- menting Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88 as regards coordi- nation of the activities of the different Structural Funds between themselves and with the operations of the Euro- pean Investment Bank and the other existing financial instruments ('), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2082/93 (%), and in particular Article 22 thereof, After consultation of the Committee for the Development and conversion of Regions and the Committee refered to in Article 124 of the Treaty, Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1866/90 () should be amended so as to permit sufficient flexibility in the implementation of the method of indexation applied in respect of the Structural Funds; whereas, therefore, neither the plans for financing Community support " frameworks and the single programming document nor the amount of the grants decided upon and their finan- cing plans should continue to give rise to indexation ; Whereas, on the other hand, the Community assistance available for the entire period should be calculated in a manner compatible with the progressive increase in the commitment appropriations shown in Annex II to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88 of 24 June 1988 on the tasks of the Structural ds and their effective- ness and on coordinat‘iy:n/ol/ﬁﬁe:j:tivities between them- selves and with the opérations of the European Invest- ment Bank and the other existing financial instru- ments (), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2081/93 (%) ; whereas this assistance, set out in the deci- sions approving the Community support frameworks, in the single programming document and in decisions offe- ring Community initiatives to the Member States, must therefore be indexed ; () OJ No L 374, 31. 12. 1988, p. 1. () OJ No L 193, 31. 7. 1993, p. 20. () OJ No L 170, 3. 7. 1990, p. 36. () OJ No L 185, 15. 7. 1988, p. 9. () OJ No L 193, 31. 7. 1993, p. 5. Whereas the new system should apply immediately ; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee on Agricultural Structures and Rural Develop- ment and the Standing Management Committee on Fisheries Structures, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 Regulation (EEC) No 1866/90 is amended as follows : 1. Article 2 is replaced by the following : ‘Article 2 Community support frameworks, the single programming document and proposals for Community initiatives Financing plans for Community support frameworks and the single programming document shall be drawn up in ecus and shall not give rise to indexation, subject to the second paragraph. In Commission decisions approving the Community support frameworks, the single programming docu- ment and decisions proposing Community initiatives to the Member States, the amount of Community assis-’ tance decided upon for the entire period and the annual breakdown thereof shall be set out in ecus, at prices for the year in which each decision is taken, and shall be subject to indexation.’ : \ 2. Article 4 is replaced by the following: Article 4 Grant decisions by the Commission The amount of the grant and the financing plan approved by the Commission shall be expressed in ecus and shall no be subject to indexation. Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force the day of its publi- cation in the Official Journal of the European Commu- nities. :