31. 8. 94 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 226/47 COMMISSION DECISION of 8 April 1994 concerning the grant of assistance from the cohesion financial instrument to the following stage of project in Ireland: Bray sewerage scheme (Stage ) No CF: 93/07/61/037 {Only the English text is authentic) (94/585/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 last amended by Council 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 insttument 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 7 July 1993 Ireland submitted an application for  assistance  from the  cohesion  financial ) OJ No L 79, 1. 4. 1993, p. 74. (") (*) OJ No L 72, 16. 3. 1994, p. 1. () O] No L 374, 31. 12. 1988, p. 1. (Y} OJ No L 193, 31. 7. 1993, p. 20. instrument for the project Bray sewerage scheme (Stage 1I); 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 will help achieve the objectives of Article 130 r of the Treaty concerning the environment; Whereas the project is the result of measures taken in accordance with Article 130 s of the Treaty; 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; whereas failure to comply with those provisions may result in suspension or reduction of the assistance granted pursuant to Article 9 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 792/93 and Annex VI hereto; (") OJ No L 356, 31. 12, 1977, p. 1. (®) O] No L 70, 16. 3. 1990, p. 1.