88/588/EEC: Commission Decision of 9 November 1988 concerning the areas referred to in Article 3 (2) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 328/88 instituting a Community programme to assist the conversion of steel areas (Resider programme) (Only the French text is authentic)

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 9 November 1988

concerning the areas referred to in Article 3 (2) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 328/88 instituting a Community programme to assist the conversion of steel areas (Resider programme)

(Only the French text is authentic)

(88/588/EEC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 328/88 of 2 February 1988 instituting a Community programme to assist the conversion of steel areas (Resider programme) (1), and in particular Article 3 (2) thereof,

Whereas Article 3 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 328/88 stipulates that the Community programme shall apply to areas which satisfy the criteria specified in Article 3 (1) and the thresholds set out in Article 4 (1) of that Regulation;

Whereas the Member State concerned must submit an application for approval of the areas to which the Community programme is to apply; whereas France has submitted such an application in respect of the departments of Moselle, Meurthe-et-Moselle and Nord (excluding the district of Lille);

Whereas those areas satisfy the abovementioned criteria,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The departments of Moselle, Meurthe-et-Moselle and Nord (excluding the district of Lille) in France are hereby found to satisfy the criteria in Article 3 (1) and the thresholds in Article 4 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 328/88. The Community programme instituted by that Regulation shall therefore apply to those areas.

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the French Republic.

Done at Brussels, 9 November 1988.

For the Commission

Peter SCHMIDHUBER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ No L 33, 5. 2. 1988, p. 1.