No L 206/26 Official Journal of the European Communities 4. 8. 90 II . (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COMMISSION COMMISSION DECISION of 3 May 1990 amending Commission Decision 89/288/EEC establishing an initial list of declining industrial “areas concerned by Objective 2 as defined by Council Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88 (90/400/EEC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPBAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88 of 24 June 1988 on the tasks of- the Structural Funds and their effectiveness and on coordination of their activities between themselves and with the operations of the European Investment Bank and the other. existing financial instruments ('), and in particular Article 9 (3) thereof, - Whereas, by Decision 89/288/EEC (?) adopted pursuant to Article 9 (3) of -Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88, the Commission adopted an initial list of declining industrial areas concerned by Objective 2 as defined-by the said Regulation ; Whereas Article 9 (1) of the aforementioned Regulation states that the declining industrial areas concerned by Objective 2 are to comprise regions, frontier regions or parts of regions- (including employment -areas and. urban communities); Whereas Article 9 (2) of the aforementioned Regulation specifies the criteria to be used to define the declining industrial areas concerned by Objective 2 Whereas Article 9 (4) of the aforementioned Regulation states that in establishing the list the Commission must seek to ensure that assistance is genuinely concentrated on the ~ areas most seriously affected, at the most appropriate geographical level, taking into account the particular situation of the areas concerned; Whereas on 17 December 1989 the Commission decided to establish a Community initiative concerning the economic conversion of coal-mining areas -(hereafter called ‘Rechar’) within the meaning of Article 11 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 4253/88 of 19 December 1988 laying down 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 (®) and Article 3 (2) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 4254/88 of 19 December 1988 laying down provisions. for implementing Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88 as regards the European Regional Development Fund (¥), () OJ No L 185, 15. 7. 1988, p. 9. () OF No L 112, 25. 4. 1989, p. 19. () O] No L 374, 31. 12. 1988, p. 1. () OJ No L 374, 31. 12. 1988, p. 15.