Rural Regeneration and Cross-Border Development Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996
Under Article 5(2) of Council Regulation (EEC) No. 2052/88 (O.J. No. L185, 15.7.88, p. 9) assistance from the Structural Funds may take the form of part-financing of operational programmes and operations may be undertaken on the Commission’s initiative. On 16th May 1995 the European Commission decided to establish a Community initiative in the framework of the special support programme for peace and reconciliation in Northern Ireland and the border counties of Ireland, within the meaning of Article 11 of Council Regulation (EEC) No. 4253/88 (O.J. No. L374, 31.12.88, p. 1) as amended by Regulation (EEC) No. 2082/93 (O.J. No. L193, 31.7.93, p. 20) and Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No. 4254/88 (O.J. No. L374, 31.12.1988, p. 15) as amended by Council Regulation (EEC) No. 2083/93 (O.J. No. L193, 31.7.1993, p. 34). The Commission, in its Notice 95/C186/04 (O.J. No. C186/4, 20.7.95, p. 4) laid down the guidelines for the special support programme. These guidelines provided that a single operational programme should be prepared by the Governments of the Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom. This single operational programme was submitted to the Commission on 9th June 1995 and adopted by Commission Decision C(95) 1789 of 28th July 1995.