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COMMISSION
COMMISSION DECISION
of21December 1973
grantingassistancefromtheEuropeanSocialFund,asprovidedforinArticle
125oftheTreaty,totheKingdomofBelgiumforexpenditureonvocational
retrainingoperationscarriedoutbythe'OfficeNationaldel'Emploi(ONEM)'
(ESFfileNos72016,72063,72072,72073)
(OnlytheFrenchandDutchtextareauthentic)
(74/175/EEC)
Whereas,inaccordancewithArticles1and3ofRegu­
lationNo9,theapplicationsreferredtoabovefrom
theKingdomofBelgiumrelatetovocational
retrainingoperationscarriedoutontheresponsibility
andattheexpenseoftheOfficeNationaldel'Emploi
(ONEM),abodywhichhasbeenincludedinthelist
ofpubliclawbodiesreferredtoinArticle18ofRegu­
lationNo9;THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticle125
thereof;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
2396/71(')of8November1971implementing the
CouncilDecisionof1February1971onthereformof
theEuropeanSocialFund,andinparticularArticle12
thereof;
Whereasinitsapplicationsof19May,30June,21
Novemberand22December1972theKingdomof
BelgiumrequestedassistancefromtheEuropean
SocialFund,asprovidedforinArticle125ofthe
Treaty,forexpenditureonvocationalretrainingopera­
tionsamountingtoatotalofBfrs79271701;
Whereas,pursuanttoArticle12ofRegulation(EEC)
No2396/71,suchassistanceisgrantedforoperations
initialledbefore1May1972,thedateinwhichthat
Regulationenteredintoforce,andterminatedbefore1
July1972,andwhereastheapplicationsforassistance
submittedmustbeexaminedpursuanttotheprovi­
sionsofCouncilRegulationNo9(2)of25August
1960,aslastamendedbyCouncilRegulationNo
37/67/EEC(3),andtotheprovisionsadoptedpursuant
tothatRegulation ;Whereastheapplicationscontainingtheinformation
requiredunderArticle20ofRegulationNo9and
relatingtooperationsterminatedduringtheperiod1
July1970to30June1971inclusive,wereproperly
submittedwithinthetimelimitlaiddowninArticle
19ofRegulationNo9;
Whereastheexaminationofthoseapplicationsand
thecheckingoftheirmaterialandfinancialaspects,
carriedoutpursuanttotheprovisionsofCommission
RegulationNo113/63/EEC(4)onthedetailedrules
fortheexaminationandcheckingofapplicationsfor
assistancesubmittedtotheEuropeanSocialFund,
revealedthattheseapplicationscomplywiththe
conditionslaiddownintherelevantrules;
Whereas,consequently ,theOfficeNationalde
l'Emploi(ONEM)isentitledtoreceiveassistancefrom(')OJNoL249,10.11.1971,p.54.
(2)OJNo56,31.8.1960,p.1189/60.
(3)OJNo33,24.2.1967,p.526/67. (4)OJNo153,24.10.1963,p.2563/63.

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Article2 theFundforitsexpenditureandwhereastheamount
ofassistancetobegrantedbytheFundpursuantto
Article125oftheTreatyisthereforeBfrs79271701.
WhereasinitsOpinionof25October1973the
CommitteeoftheEuropeanSocialFundreachedthe
sameconclusions ,forthereasonsgivenabove,TheamountofassistancefromtheEuropeanSocial
FundtobegrantedpursuanttoArticle125ofthe
TreatytotheKingdomofBelgiumfortheOffice
Nationaldel'Emploi(ONEM)shallbeBfrs
79271701(equivalentto1585434-02unitsof
account).
Article3HASADOPTEDTHISDECISION :
Article1 ThisDecisionisaddressedtotheKingdomof
Belgium.
DoneatBrussels,21December1973.
FortheCommissionTheapplicationforassistancesubmittedtotheEuro­
peanSocialFundbytheKingdomofBelgiumfor
expenditurebytheOfficeNationaldel'Emploi
(ONEM)onvocationalretrainingoperationstermi­
natedduringtheperiod1July1970to30June1971
inclusive,complywiththerulesgoverningtheopera­
tionoftheFundasregardsthesumofBfrs
79271701.ThePresident
Francois-Xavier ORTOLI