31.8.94 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 226/93 COMMISSION DECISION of 12 April 1994 concerning the grant of assistance from the cohesion financial instrument to the set of stages of projects in Greece: — sewerage and biological treatment in Skydra — sewerage and biological treatment in Krya Vrisi — sewerage and biological treatment in Palio Kavalas — waste water treatment plants in greater Volos — waste water treatment plants in Trikala No CF: 93/09/61/015-2 93/09/61/017-2 93/09/61/042 (Only the Greek text is authentic) (94/590/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 (}), as 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 measure 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 the measures which are described in "Annex V to this Decision are undertaken; Whereas references to ‘project’ shall be understood to mean also ‘set of stages of projects’; No L 79, 1. 4. 1993, p. 74. No L 72, 16. 3. 1994, p. 1. No L 374, 31. 12. 1988, p. 1. No L 193, 31. 7. 1993, p. 20. Whereas on 2 July and 26 July 1993 Greece submitted an application for assistance from the cohesion financial instrument for the set of stages of projects in Greece: — sewerage and biological treatment in Skydra, — sewerage and biological treatment in Krya Vrisi, — sewerage and biological treatment in Palio Kavalas, — waste water treatment plants in greater Volos, — waste water treatment plants in Trikala; 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 the Regulation and satisfies the criteria set out in Article 8 (3) and (5) of the Regulation; Whereas the project is the result of measures taken in accordance with Article 130s 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 or Regulation EEC No 792/93, the Commission and the Member State will ensure that there is evaluation and systematic monitoring of the project; {*) O] No L 356, 31. 12. 1977, p. 1. (¢ O] No L 70, 16. 3. 1990, p. 1.