No L 218/28 Official Journal of the European Communities 9. 8. 88 COMMISSION DECISION of 27 June 1988 concerﬁing 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 German text is authentic) (88/443/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) (), 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 threshold values set out in Article 4 (1) of that Regulation ; . ' Whereas the Member State concerned must submit an application. in respect of the areas to which the Community programme is to apply; whereas Germany has transmitted to the Commission an application in respect of the Saarbriicken labour market region (Saarland) ; () OJ No L 33, 5. 2. 1988, p. 1. Whereas that area satisfies the abovementioned criteria, HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION : Article 1 The Saarbriicken labour market region (Saarland) in the Federal Republic of Germany is hereby found to satisfy the criteria set out in Article 3 (1) and the threshold values in Article 4 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 328/88. The Community programme instituted by that Regulation shall therefore apply to that area. Article 2 This Decision is addressed to the Federal Republic of Germany. v » Done at Brussels, 27 June 1988. For the Commission Peter SCHMIDHUBER Member of the Commission