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COMMISSION DECISION

of 27 September 1989

concerning the areas referred to in Article 3 (2) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2506/88 instituting a Community programme to assist the conversion of shipbuilding areas (Renaval programme)

(Only the English text is authentic)

(89/541/EEC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2506/88 of 26 July 1988 instituting a Community programme to assist the conversion of shipbuilding areas (Renaval programme) (1), and in particular Article 3 (2) thereof,

Whereas Article 3 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2506/88 stipulates that the Community programme shall apply to areas which satisfy the criteria specified in Article 3 (1) of that Regulation;

Whereas the Member States concerned must submit an application for approval of the areas to which the Community programme is to apply; whereas the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland has submitted such an application;

Whereas the Plymouth travel-to-work area satisfies the abovementioned criteria,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The Plymouth travel-to-work area in the counties of Devon and Cornwall in the United Kingdom are hereby found to satisfy the criteria in Article 3 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2506/88. The Community programme instituted by that Regulation shall therefore apply to that area.

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the United Kingdom.

Done at Brussels, 27 September 1989.

For the Commission

Bruce MILLAN

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ No L 225, 15. 8. 1988, p. 24.