No L 277/34 Official Journal of the European Communities 27.10. 94 COMMISSION DECISION of 28 April 1994 concerning the grant of assistance from the cohesion financial instrument for a preparatory study on the extension of the multipurpose terminal in the port of Sines in Portugal No CF: 93/10/65/030 (Only the Portuguese text is authentic) (94/688/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 on 8 November 1993 Portugal submitted an application for assistance from the cohesion financial instrument for a preparatory study on the extension of the multipurpose terminal in the port of Sines in Portugal; 1 (') O No L 79, 1. 4. 1993, p. 74. () O] No L 72, 31. 12. 1988, p. 1. (3} O] No L 374, 31. 12. 1988, p. 1. (y OJ No L 193, 31. 7. 1993, p. 20. 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 preparatory study will promote the interconnection and interoperability of national networks and access to those networks; Whereas Article 1 of the Financial Regulation of 21 December 1977 applicable to the general budget of the Furopean 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 No 792/93 and Annex VI hereto; Whereas all the other conditions laid down, have been complied with, HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION: Article 1 1. The stage of a preparatory study on the extension of the multipurpose terminal in the port of Sines in Portugal as described in Annex I hereto is hereby approved for the period from 1 January to 30 June 1994, (*) O] No L 356, 31. 12. 1977, p. 1. (! OJ No L 70, 16. 3. 1990, p. 1.