23.2.74 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL52/9
COMMISSION DECISION
of23November1973
grantingassistancefromtheEuropeanSocialFund,asprovidedforinArticle125ofthe
Treaty,totheFrenchRepublicforexpenditureonresettlementoperationscarriedout
bytheMinistryofAgriculture
(ESFfilesNos71.127,72.032)
(OnlytheFrenchtextisauthentic)
(74/69/EEC)
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing the
EuropeanEconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
2396/71(*)of8November1971implementing the
CounciJDecisionof1February1971(2)onthe
reformoftheEuropeanSocialFund,andin
particularArticle12thereof;
Whereasinitsapplicationsof28December1971
and15June1972theFrenchRepublicrequested
assistancefromtheEuropeanSocialFund,as
providedforinArticle125oftheTreaty,for
expenditureonresettlementoperationsamountingto
atotalofFF233374*00;
Whereas,pursuanttoArticle12ofRegulation (EEC)
No2396/71,suchassistanceisgrantedfor
operationsinitiatedbefore1May1972,thedateon
whichthatRegulationenteredintoforce,and
terminatedbefore1July1972,andwhereasthe
applications forassistancesubmittedmustbe
examinedpursuanttotheprovisionsofCouncil
RegulationNo9(3)of25August1960,aslast
amendedbyCouncilRegulationNo37/67/EEC(4),
andtotheprovisionsadoptedpursuanttothat
Regulation;
Whereas,inaccordancewithArticles1and6of
RegulationNo9,theapplicationsreferredtoabove
fromtheFrenchRepublicrelatetoresettlement
operationscarriedoutontheresponsibilityandat
theexpenseoftheMinistryofAgriculture (Centre
Nationalpourl'amenagement desStructuresdes
Exploitations Agricoles (CNASEA);
Whereastheapplicationscontainingtheinformation
requiredunderArticle21ofRegulationNo9and
relatingtooperationsterminatedduringtheperiod1July1969to30June1970inclusive,wereproperly
submittedwithinthetimelimitlaiddowninArticle
19ofRegulationNo9;
Whereastheexaminationofthoseapplicationsand
thecheckingoftheirmaterialandfinancialaspects,
carriedoutpursuanttotheprovisionofCommission
RegulationNo113/63/EEC(5)onthedetailedrules
fortheexaminationandcheckingofapplicationsfor
assistancesubmittedtotheEuropeanSocialFund,
revealedthattheseapplicationscomplywiththe
conditionslaiddownintherelevantrules,exceptas
regardsthefollowingpoints:
(a)Asaresultofanarithmeticalerrorcertainsums
werewronglyincludedinoromittedfromthe
totalexpenditure ;thecorrectioninvolvesthesum
ofFF9660*28,whichistobedeductedfromthe
amountforwhichtheapplications were
submitted;
(b)Ithasalsobeenfoundthatsomeemployeeswere
re-employedaftertheirtrainingperiodbythe
nationalpoliceforcewheretheytookpartinthe
exerciseofofficialauthoritywithinthemeaning
ofArticle1ofRegulationNo9;thesecasesare
thereforeexcludedfromreceivingassistancefrom
theFund;
Whereasthenumberofsuchcasesinthe
applications ,thepercentageofwhich(2*94)was
calculatedonthebasisoftheresultsofthesurvey
carriedoutpursuanttotheprovisionsof
CommissionRegulationNo113/63/EECreferredto
above,involvesthesumofFF1888*59,whichmust
thereforebedeductedfromtheamountrequested
andcorrectedinthewaystatedabove;
Whereas,consequently ,theMinistryofAgriculture
isentitledtoreceiveassistancefromtheFundforits
expenditureprovidedthatthesumofFF11548*87is
deducted,andwhereastheamountofassistanceto
begrantedbytheFundpursuanttoArticle125of
theTreatyisthereforeFF233374*00—FF11548*87
(FF9660*28+FF1888*59),i.e.FF221825*13;(^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.526167. (5)OJNo153,24.10.1963,p.2563/63.

NoL52/10 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 23.2.74
Article2 WhereasinitsOpinionof3May1973the
CommitteeoftheEuropeanSocialFundreachedthe
sameconclusionsforreasonsgivenabove, TheamountofassistancefromtheEuropeanSocial
FundtobegrantedpursuanttoArticle125ofthe
TreatytotheFrenchRepublicshallbeFF221825'13
(equivalentto39938*34u.a.). HASADOPTEDTHISDECISION :
Article1
Article3
ThisDecisionisaddressedtotheFrenchRepublic.Theapplicationsforassistancesubmittedtothe
EuropeanSocialFundbytheFrenchRepublicfor
expenditurebytheMinistryofAgricultureon
resettlementoperationscarriedoutduringtheperiod
1July1969to30June1970inclusive,complywith
therulesgoverningtheoperationoftheFundasfar
asthesumofFF221825*13isconcerned .The
remainderoftheexpenditurecontainedinthe
applicationsdoesnotcomplywiththoserules.DoneatBrussels,23November1973.
FortheCommission
ThePresident
François-Xavier ORTOLI