5.9.95 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 208/9 (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COMMISSION COMMISSION DECISION of 11 July 1995 on the approval of the single programming document for Community structural assistance in the regions of the West coast (Varsinais-Suomi and Satakunta), Piijit-Hime, the Eastern Gulf of Finland (Kymenlaakso and East Uusimaa), South Karelia, Central Finland and Kokkola concerned by Objective 2 in Finland (Only the Finnish text is authentic) (95/359/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 imple- menting Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88 as regards coordi- nation of 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 last amended by Regulation (EC) No 3193/94 (3, and in particular Article 10 (1) last subpara- graph thereof, After consultation of the Advisory Committee on the Development and Conversion of Regions and the Committee under Article 124 of the Treaty, Whereas the programming procedure for structural assis- tance 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 effec- tiveness and on coordination of their activities betweeen themselves and with the operations of the European Investment Bank and the other existing financial instru- ments (*), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 3193/94; whereas, however, the last subparagraph of () 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. —_— Atticle 5 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 4253/88 foresees that in order to simplify and to speed up programming proce- dures, Member States may submit in a single program- ming 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 the last subparagraph of Article 10 (1) 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); Whereas the Commission has established, by Decision 94/169/EC (%), an initial list of declining industrial areas concerned by Objective 2 for the period from 1994 to 1996 ; whereas this list has been enlarged by Decision 95/47/EC (%) as regards the areas eligible for Objective 2 in Austria and Finland; Whereas the Finnish Government submitted to the Commission on 8 March 1995 the single programming document referred to in Article 5(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 4253/88 for the regions of the West coast (Varsinais- Suomi and Satakunta), Piijat-Hime, the Eastern Gulf of Finland (Kymenlaakso and East Uusimaa), South Karelia, () OJ No L 81, 24. 3. 1994, p. 1. () OJ No L 51, 8. 3. 1995, p. 17.