5. 2. 88 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 33/1. (Acts whose publication is obligatory) - COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 328/88 of 2 February 1988 . mstntutmg a Community programme to assist the conversion of steel areas (RESIDER programme) THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1787/84 of 19 June 1984 on the European Regional Development Fund (), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3461/85 (3, and in particular Article 7 (4) thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (3), Having regard to the opinion of the European Parli- ament (%), Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (%), Whereas Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 1787/84, hereinafter referred to as the ‘Fund Regulation’, provides for participation by the Fund in Community programmes, the purpose of which is to help in solving serious problems affecting the socio-economic situation in one or more regions and which are designed to provide a better link between the Community’s objectives for the struc- tural development or conversion of regions and the objec- tives of other Community policies ; Whereas the Commission has determined, pursuant to Article 46 of the Treaty establishing the ECSC, the general objectives for steel in the Community for 1990 ; whereas, despite the considerable effort that has been made in recent years and that has led to sizeable reduc- tions in production capacity, the steel industry in the Community is still faced with problems of overcapacity ; () OJ No L 169, 28. 6. 1984, p. 1. () OJ No L 350, 27. 12. 1985, p. 40 () O] No C 9, 14. 1. 1988, p. 14. ) 01 No C 272, 10.12. 1987, p. 16.and OJ No C 9, 14. 1. 1988, 14. Q) 01 No C 356, 31. 12. 1987, p. S6. Whereas a number of areas in the Community which are highly dependent on steelmaking and which have already suffered major job losses as a result of the decline in the steel industry are likely to see a worsening of these . adverse consequences ; Whereas the Community should support the effort which must be made to replacé jobs lost as a result of restructu- ring through, the development of new sources of appro- - priate eniployment in other sectors in the regions affected ; Whereas, on 7 October 1980, the Council adopted Regu- lation (EEC) No 2616/80 (%), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 216/84 ("), which instituted a specific Commu- nity regional development measure contributing to over- coming constraints on the development of new economic activities in certain zones adversely affected by restructu- ring of the steel industry ; whereas the areas in the new Member States adversely affected by steel restructuring should be allowed to benefit, in the form of a Community programme, from measures analogous to those introduced by the said Regulation ; ‘Whereas, on account of the worsening difficulties in the steel industry, it will also be necessary to introduce in other areas of the Community, in the form of a Commu- nity programme, measures analogous to those already taken in certain areas of the Community under Regula- tion (EEC) No 2616/80 and, where appropriate, to rein- force as part of the same programme the existing measures in those areas, in view of the considerable job losses which have occurred in the steel industry since 31 December 1985, the date of expiry of Decision No 2320/ - 81/ECSC(®), as amended by Decision No 1018/85/ ECSC(); () OJ No L 271, 15. 10. 1980, p. 9 () OF No L 27, 31. 1. 1984, p. 9. % OJ No L 228, 13. 8. 1981, p. 14. () OJ No L 110, 23. 4. 1985, p. 5.