Article 4
1. The Commission shall examine the measures and projects submitted to it by each of the Member States concerned under this Regulation and shall refer them for information to the Committee referred to in Article 7. 2. In accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 8, the Commission shall decide on: (a) the projects and measures meriting Community assistance, in the light of the criteria provided for in Article 3; (b) the amount of the Community's financial contribution, within the limits of the appropriations available. 3. The Community's financial contribution may not exceed, for each project or measure, 70 % of the annual public expenditure provided for its execution. 4. The Commission decisions referred to in paragraph 2 shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Communities.