31.8.94 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 226/121 COMMISSION DECISION of 13 April 1994 concérning the grant of assistance from the cohesion financial instrument to the following stage of project in Ireland: Dublin port: north quay ro-ro berth (Stage I) No CF: 93/07/65/017 (Only the English text is authentic) (94/593/EC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 792/93 of 30 March 1993 establishing a cohesion financial instrument ('), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 566/94 (%), and in particular Article 8 (6) thereof, Whereas Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 792/93 establishes a cohesion financial instrument to provide Community support for projects in the fields of the environment and trans-European transport infrastructure networks; Whereas pursuant to Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 792/93 certain provisions of Titles VI and VII of Council Regulation (EEC) No-4253/88 of 19 December 1988 concerning the provisions for implementing Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88 as regards coordination of the activities of the different Structural Funds between themselves and with the operations of the European Investment Bank and the other existing financial instruments (*))  amended by  Regulation (EEC) No 2082/93 (*), are to apply, mutatis mutandis; Whereas Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 792/93 defines the types of measures for which the cohesion financial instrument may provide assistance; Whereas Article 10 of Regulation (EEC) No 792/93 requires the Member States to ensure that adequate publicity is given to the operations of the financial instrument and that measures -which are described in Annex V to this Decision are undertaken; Whereas references to ‘project’ shall be understood to mean also ‘stage of project’; Whereas on 28 July 1993 Ireland submitted an application for assistance from the cohesion financial (1) O No L 79, 1. 4. 1993, p. 74. (3) O] No L 72, 16. 3. 1994, p. 1. (3} O] No L 374, 31. 12. 1988, p. 1. (*) O] No L 193, 31. 7. 1993, p. 20. instrument for the project Dublin port: north quay ro-ro berth (Stage I)); Whereas that application concerns a project which is eligible under the terms of Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 792/93; Whereas the application for assistance contains all the information required by Article 8 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 792/93 and satisfies the criteria set out in Article 8 (3) and (5) of that Regulation; Whereas the project is a transport infrastructure project of common interest; Whereas the project will generate revenues and this should be taken into account in determining the proportion of the «costs eligible for Community assistance; Whereas, pursuant to Article 9 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 792/93, technically and financially discrete stages of the project have been identified for the purpose of granting assistance from the financial instrument; Whereas Article 1 of the Financial Regulation of 21 December 1977 applicable to the general budget of the European Communities (), as last amended by Council Regulation (Euratom ECSC, EEC) No 610/90 (¢), states that the legal commitments entered into for measures extending over more than one financial year shall contain a time limit for implementation which must be specified to the recipient in due form when the aid is granted; Whereas pursuant to Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 792/93, the Commission and the Member State will ensure that there is evaluation and systematic monitoring of the project; Whereas the financial implementation provisions, monitoring and assessment are specified in Annexes III and IV to this Decision; () OJ No L 356, 31. 12. 1977, p. 1. (¥) OJ No L 70, 16. 3. 1990, p. 1.