- No L 14/40 Official Journal of the European Communities 18. 1. 89 COMMISSION DECISION of 21 December 1988 concerning the areas referred to 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) (89/30/EEC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Europeari. 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 the Federal Republic of Germany has submitted such an application to the Commission in respect of the area of Central Upper Palatinate ; Whereas that area satisfies the abovementioned criteria, HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION : Article 1 The area of Central Upper Palatinate in the Federal Republic of Germany is hereby found to satisfy the criteria 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 Repuﬁlic of Germany. Done at Brussels, 21 December 1988. For the Commission Peter SCHMIDHUBER Member of the Commission () OJ No L 33, 5. 2. 1988, p. 1.