NoL94/6 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 4.4.74
COMMISSION DECISION
of21December1973
grantingassistancefromtheEuropeanSocialFund,asprovidedforinArticle125
oftheTreaty,totheFrenchRepublicforexpenditureonvocationalretrainingand
resettlementoperationscarriedoutbytheMinistryofLabour,Employmentand
Population,theMinistryofAgricultureandtheMinistryofWarVictims
(ESFfileNos72062,72083,72093,72095,72105,72106,73017,73035,73054,
73055)
(OnlytheFrenchtextisauthentic)
(74/177/EEC)
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuro­
peanEconomicCommunity,andinparticular
Article125thereof;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
2396/710)of8November1971implementing the
CouncilDecisionof1February1971onthereform
oftheEuropeanSocialFund,andinparticular
Article12thereof;
Whereasinitsapplicationsof13July,7December,
21Decemberand29December1972,12June,22
Juneand29June1973theFrenchRepublic
requestedassistancefromtheEuropeanSocialFund,
asprovidedforinArticle125oftheTreaty,for
expenditureonvocationalretrainingoperations
amountingtoatotalofFF41060835-97andfor
resettlementoperationsamountingtoatotalofFF
1987587-62;
Whereas,pursuanttoArticle12ofRegulation
(EEC)No2396/71,suchassistanceisgrantedfor
operationsinitiatedbefore1May1972,thedateon
whichthatRegulationenteredintoforce,andtermi­
natedbefore1July1972,andwhereastheapplica­
tionsforassistancesubmittedmustbeexamined
pursuanttotheprovisionsofCouncilRegulation
No9(2)of25August1960,aslastamendedby
CouncilRegulationNo37/67/EEC(3),andtothe
provisionsadoptedpursuanttothatRegulation ;
Whereas,inaccordancewithArticles1,3and6of
RegulationNo9,theapplicationsreferredtoabove
fromtheFrenchRepublicrelatetovocational
retrainingoperationscarriedoutontheresponsi­
bilityandattheexpenseoftheMinistryofLabour,
EmploymentandPopulation (requestedamountFF
27369837-07),theMinistryofAgriculture
(requestedamountFF11964740)andtheMinistry
ofWarVictims(requestedamountFF1726258-90)andtoresettlementoperationscarriedoutonthe
responsibilityandattheexpenseoftheMinistryof
Labour,Employment andPopulation (requested
amountFF1529258-62)andtheMinistryofAgri­
culture(requestedamountFF458329);
Whereastheapplicationscontainingtheinforma­
tionrequiredunderArticles20and21ofRegula­
tionNo9andrelatingtooperationsterminatedor
carriedoutduringtheperiod1January1970to30
June1972inclusive,wereproperlysubmittedwithin
thetimelimitslaiddowninArticle19ofRegula­
tionNo9;
Whereastheexaminationofthoseapplicationsand
thecheckingoftheirmaterialandfinancialaspects,
carriedoutpursuanttotheprovisionofCommis­
sionRegulationNo113/63/EEC(4)onthedetailed
rulesfortheexaminationandcheckingofapplica­
tionsforassistancesubmittedtotheEuropean
SocialFund,revealedthattheseapplicationscomply
withtheconditionslaiddownintherelevantrules,
except,however,thatintheapplicationsrelatingto
theMinistryofLabour,EmploymentandPopula­
tion(resettlementoperations),asaresultofanarith­
meticalerror,certainsumswerewronglyomitted
fromthetotalexpenditure ;thecorrectioninvolves
thesumofFF8457-58,whichistobeaddedtothe
amountforwhichtheapplicationsweresubmitted;
Whereas,consequently ,theabovementioned Minis­
triesareentitledtoreceiveassistancefromtheFund
fortheirexpenditure ,andwhereastheamountof
assistancetobegrantedbytheFundpursuantto
Article125oftheTreatyisthereforeFF1
43048423-59(FF41060835-97plusFF1987587-62 )
plusFF8457-58,i.e.FF43056881-17;
WhereasinitsOpinionof25October1973the
CommitteeoftheEuropeanSocialFundreachedthe
sameconclusionsforreasonsgivenabove,
(*)OJNoL249,10.11.1971,p.54.
(*)OJNo56,31.8.1960,p.1189/60.
(•)OJNo33,24.2.1967,p.526/67. («)OJNo153,24.10.1963,p.2563/63.

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HASADOPTEDTHISDECISION : January1970to30June1972inclusive,comply
withtherulesgoverningtheoperationoftheFund
asfarasthesumofFF43056881-17isconcerned.
Article1Article2
Theapplicationsforassistancesubmittedtothe
EuropeanSocialFundbytheFrenchRepublicfor
expenditurebytheMinistriesreferredtoinArticle
2onvocationalretrainingandresettlementopera­
tionsterminatedandcarriedoutduringtheperiod1TheamountofassistancefromtheEuropeanSocial
FundtobegrantedpursuanttoArticle125ofthe
TreatytotheFrenchRepublicshallbeFF
43056881-17(7752144-08unitsofaccount).This
sumshallbeallocatedasfollows:
Beneficiary Assistancegranted
vocationalretraining resettlement
MinistryofLabour,Employmentand
Population
MinistryofAgriculture
MinistryofWarVictimsFF1537716-20
(276856-97u.a.)
FF458329
(82519-50u.a.)FF27369837-07
(4927781-92u.a)
FF11964740
(2154182-70u.a.)
FF1726258-90
(310803u.a.)
Article3
ThisDecisionisaddressedtotheFrenchRepublic.
DoneatBrussels,21December1973.
FortheCommission
ThePresident
Francois-Xavier ORTOLI