13.12. 93 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 308/1 (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COMMISSION COMMISSION DECISION of 29 July 1993 concerning the grant of assistance from the cohesion financial instrument to the following project in Ireland: Robertstown sewerage No CF: 93/07/61/003 (Only the English text is authentic) (93/631/EEC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, ' Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 792/93 of 30 March 1993 establishing a cohesion financial instrument (!), 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 (%) are to apply, mutatis mutandis; Whereas Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 792/93 defines the types of measures for which the cohesion financial instrument may provide assistance; Whereas Article 10 of Regulation (EEC) No 792/93 requites the Member States to ensure that adequate publicity is given to the operations of the financial (') OJ No L 79, 1. 4. 1993, p. 74. (?) O] No L 374, 31. 12. 1988, p. 1. instrument and that measures which are described in Annex V to this Decision are undertaken; Whereas on 2 June 1993 Ireland has submitted an application for assistance from the cohesion financial instrument for the Robertstown sewerage project; 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 Regulation (EEC) No 792/93 and satisfies the criteria set out in Article 8 (3) and (5) of that Regulation; Whereas the project will help achieve the objectives of Article 130r of the Treaty concerning the environment; 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 of 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. (*) OJ No L 70, 16. 3. 1990, p. 1.