5.9.95 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 208/13 COMMISSION DECISION of 11 July 1995 on the approval of the single programming document for Community structural assistance in the regions of Eteld-Savo, Pohjois-Karjala, Kainuu and Lappi, and some adjacent areas in Pohjois-Savo, Keski-Suomi, Keski-Pohjanmaa and Pohjois-Pohjanmaa, concerned by Objective 6 in Finland (Only the Finnish text is authentic) (95/360/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 (), and in particular Article 10 (1) last subpara- graph thereof, ' Having regard to the Protocol 6 on special provisions for Objective 6 in the framework of the Structural Funds in Finland and Sweden, annexed to the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden (%), After consultation of the Advisory Committee on the Development and Conversion of Regions, the Committee under Article 124 of the Treaty, the Management Committee on Agricultural Structures and Rural Develop- ment and the Standing Management Committee on Fisheries Structures, Whereas Article 4 of Protocol 6 lays down that, subject to the specific provisions concerning Objective 6 laid down in Articles 1 and 3 of Protocol 6, the provisions of the Regulations governing the Structural Funds, and in parti- cular those applying to Objective 1, shall apply to Objec- tive 6; Whereas the programming procedure for structural assis- tance under Objective 6 is that defined in Article 8 (4) to (7) 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 between themselves and with the operations of the European Investment Bank and the other existing financial instru- () OJ No L 374, 31. 12. 1988, p. 1. () O] No L 337, 24. 12. 1994, p. 11. () Of No L 1, 1. 1. 1995, p. 11. ments (), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 3193/94; whereas, however, the last subparagraph of Article 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 development plan referred to in Article 8 (4) of Regula- tion (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 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 Etela-Savo, Pohjois-Karjala, Kainuu and Lappi, and parts of the regions of Pohjois- Savo (Nilsia), Keski-Suomi (Saarijirvi, Viitasaari), Keski- Pohjanmaa (Kaustinen) and Pohjois-Pohjanmaa (Ii, Pyhinti, Kuusamo and Nivala) as laid down in Annex I of Protocol 6; whereas this document contains the elements referred to in Article 8 (4) and (7) and Article 10 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 the second subparagraph of Article 33 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 4253/88, as from 1 January 1995 ; Whereas the single programming document submitted by this Member State includes a description of the priorities selected and the applications for assistance from the Euro- pean Regional Development Fund (ERDF), the European Social Fund (ESF), the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF), Guidance Section, and the Financial Instrument for Fisheries Guidance (FIFG); Whereas, in accordance with Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 4253/88, the Commission is charged with ensu- ring, within the framework of the partnership, coordina- tion and consistency between assistance from the Funds () OJ No L 185, 15. 7. 1988, p. 9.