No L 308/154 Official Journal of the European Communities 13. 12. 93 COMMISSION DECISION of 29 July 1993 concerning the granting of assistance from the cohesion financial instrument to a study of support for a policy of sustainable development of basic drainage in Portugal No CF: 93/10/61/008 {Only the Portuguese text is authentic) (93/648/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 studies 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 measure for which the cohesion financial instrument may provide assistance; Whereas Article 10 of Regulation (EEC) No 792/93 requires the Member States to ensure that adequate publicity is given to the operations of the financial instrument and that the measures which are described in Annex V to this Decision are undertaken; Whereas on 3 May 1993 Portugal submitted an application for assistance from the cohesion financial instrument for a project concerning support for a policy of sustainable development of basic drainage in Portugal; ‘Whereas that application concerns a project which is eligible under the terms of Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 792/93; oL 79, 1. 4. 1993, p. 74. o L 374, 31. 12. 1988, p. 1. o0 — ZZ Whereas the study will help achieve the objectives of Article 130r of the Treaty concerning the environment; Whereas the study is the result of measures taken in accordance with Article 130s of the Treaty; Whereas Article 1 of the Financial Regulation of 21 December 1977 applicable to the general budget of the European Communities (3}, 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; Whereas the financial implementation provisions, monitoring and assessment are specified in Annexes III and IV to this Decision; whereas failure to comply with those provisions may result in suspension or reduction of the assistance granted pursuant to Article 9 (3) of that Regulation No 792/93 and the provisions foreseen in Annex VI : Whereas all the other condiﬁons laid down, have been complied with, ‘ HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION: Article 1 1. The stage of project situated in Portugal as described in Annex I hereto is hereby approved for the period from 1 May 1993 to 31 May 1994, () OJ No L 356, 31. 12. 1977, p. 1. (*) O] No L 70, 16. 3. 1990, p. 1.