No L 382/48 Ofﬁcial"_]ournal of the European Communities 31,12, 94 COMMISSION DECISION of 16 December 1994 on the approval of the Single Programming Document for Community structural assistance in the region of Lombardia concerned by Objective 2 in Italy (Oniy the Italian text is authentic) (94/1014/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 amended by Regulation (EEC} No 2082/93 (%), and in particular Article 10 (1) last subparagraph thereof, After consultation of the Advisory Committee on the Development and Conversion of Regions and the Committee pursuant to Article 124 of the Treaty, Whereas the programming procedure for structural assistance under Objective 2 is defined in Article 9 (8) to (10) 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 amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2081/93 (*); whereas, however, the last subparagraph of Article 5 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 4253/88 foreseces 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 and social conversion plan referred to in Article 9 (8) of Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88 and the information required at Article 14 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 4253/88; whereas Article 10 (1) 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 (1) O] No L 374, 31. 12. 1988, p. 1. (3) OJ No L 193, 31. 7. 1993, p. 20. (*) O] No L 185, 15. 7. 1988, p. 9, (*) OJ No L 193, 31. 7. 1993, p. 5. referred to in Article 8 (3) and the assistance from the Funds referred to in the last subparagraph of Article 14 (3% Whereas the Commission has established, by Decision 94/169/EC (%), an initial list of declining industrial areas concerped by Objective 2 for the period 1994 to 1996; Whereas the Italian Government has submitted to the Commission on 29 April 1994 the Single Programming Document referred to in Article 5 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 4253/88 for the region of Lombardia; whereas this document contains the elements referred to in Article 9 (8) of Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88 and in Article 14 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 4253/88; whereas expenditure under this Single Programming Document is eligible pursuant to Article 33 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 4253/88, from 1 January 1994; Whereas the Single Programming Document submitted by this Member State includes a description of the _conversion priorities selected and the applications for assistance from .the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the European Social Fund (ESF) 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 EIB and the other financial instruments, including the 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 (°) O] No L 81, 24. 3. 1993, p. 1.