23.2.74 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL52/1
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COMMISSION
COMMISSION DECISION
of23November1973
grantingassistancefromtheEuropeanSocialFund,asprovidedforinArticle125ofthe
Treaty,totheKingdomofBelgiumforexpenditureonvocationalretrainingoperations
carriedoutbytheFondsNationaldeReclassement Sociald'esHandicapes
(ESFfilesNos71.065,71.123,72.020)
(OnlytheFrenchandDutchtextsareauthentic)
(74/67/EEC)
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
2396/71(1)of8November1971implementing the
CouncilDecisionof1February1971(-)onthe
reformoftheEuropeanSocialFund,andin
particularArticle12thereof;
Whereasinitsapplicationsof28July1971,23
December1971and31May1972theKingdomof
BelgiumrequestedassistancefromtheEuropean
SocialFund,asprovidedforinArticle125ofthe
Treaty,forexpenditureonvocationalretraining
operationsamountingtoatotalofBfrs1829612;
Whereas,pursuanttoArticle12ofRegulation (EEC)
No2396/71,suchassistanceisgrantedfor
operationsinitialledbefore1May1972and
terminatedbefore1July1972,andwhereasthe
applications forassistancesubmittedmusthe
examinedpursuanttotheprovisionsofCouncil
RegulationNo9(;!)of25August1960,aslast
amendedbyCouncilRegulationNo37/67/EEC(4),andtotheprovisionsadoptedpursuanttothat
Regulation ;
Whereas,inaccordancewithArticles1and3of
RegulationNo9,theapplicationsreferredtoabove
fromtheKingdomofBelgiumrelatetovocational
retrainingoperations carriedoutonthe
responsibility andattheexpenseoftheFonds
NationaldeReclassement Socialdei;Handicapes,a
bodywhichwasaddedtothelistofpubliclaw
bodiesreferredtoinArticle18ofRegulationNo9
byaCommissionDecisionof4March1966(5)
concerningtheupdatingofthatlist;
Whereastheapplicationscontainingtheinformation
requiredunderArticle20ofRegulationNo9and
relatingtooperationsterminatedduringtheperiod30
July1969to31December1970inclusive,were
properlysubmittedwithinthetimelimitlaiddown
inArticle19ofRegulationNo9;
Whereastheexaminationofthoseapplicationsand
thecheckingoftheirmaterialandfinancialaspects,
carriedoutpursuanttotheprovisions of
CommissionRegulationNo113/63/EEC((i)onthe
detailedrulesfortheexaminationandcheckingof
applications forassistancesubmittedtothe
(*)OJNoL249,10.11.1971,p.54.
(2)OJNoL28,4.2.1971,p.15.
(3)OJNo56,31.8.1960,p.1189/60.
(4)OJNo33,24.2.1967,p.526/67.(5)OJNo46,17.3.1966,p.631/66.
c:)OJNo153,24.10.1963,p.2563/63.

NoL52/2 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 23.2.74
HASADOPTEDTHISDECISION :
Article1
Theapplicationsforassistancesubmittedtothe
EuropeanSocialFundbytheKingdomofBelgium
forexpenditure bytheFondsNationalde
Reclassement SocialdesHandicapésonvocational
retrainingoperationsterminatedduringtheperiod
30July1969to31December1970inclusive,comply
withtherulesgoverningtheoperationoftheFund
asregardsthesumofBfrs1539273.Theremainder
oftheexpenditurecontainedintheapplications
doesnotcomplywiththoserules.
Article2EuropeanSocialFund,revealedthatthese
applicationscomplywiththeconditionslaiddown
intherelevantrules,except,however,thatcertain
sumshavebeenwronglyincludedinthetotal
expenditureasaresultofanarithmeticalerror;
whereasthecorrectioninvolvesthesumofBfrs
7367,whichistobedeductedfromtheamountfor
whichtheapplicationwassubmitted;
Whereasitwasalsorevealedthatthreepersonshad
notbeenregistered,duringtheirtrainingperiod,at
anemployment agencyaspersonsinsearchof
employment ,pursuanttoArticle2ofRegulationNo
9;whereas,moreover,thetraininggiventothose
threepersonsformedpartofthenormaleducation
systemespeciallyforyoungpeople,whichis
excludedfromreceivingassistancefromtheFundby
Article3(2)oftheRegulationreferredtoabove;
Whereas,consequently ,noassistancefromtheFund
canbegivenforthosethreecasescontainedinthe
applications ,expenditureforwhichamountedto
Bfrs282972;
Whereas,consequently ,theFondsNationalde
Reclassement SocialdesHandicapésisentitledto
receiveassistancefromtheFundforitsexpenditure
providedthatatotalofBfrs290339(Bfrs7367
plusBfrs282972)isdeducted,andwhereasthe
amountofassistancetobegrantedbytheFund
pursuanttoArticle125oftheTreatyistherefore
Bfrs1829612—Bfrs290339,i.e.Bfrs1539273;
Whereasinitsopinionof3May1973the
CommitteeoftheEuropeanSocialFundreachedthe
sameconclusions,forthereasonsgivenabove;TheamountofassistancefromtheEuropeanSocial
FundtobegrantedpursuanttoArticle125ofthe
TreatytotheKingdomofBelgiumfortheFonds
NationaldeReclassement SocialdesHandicapés
shallbeBfrs1539273(equivalentto30785·46u.a.).
Article3
ThisDecisionisaddressedtotheKingdomof
Belgium.
DoneatBrussels,23November1973.
FortheCommission
ThePresident
Francois-Xavier ORTOLI