23.2.74 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL52/11
COMMISSION DECISION
of23November1973
grantingassistancefromtheEuropeanSocialFund,asprovidedforinArticle125ofthe
Treaty,totheRepublicofItalyforexpenditureonvocationalretrainingoperations
carriedoutbytheMinistryofLabourandNationalInsuranceandseveralotherItalian
bodies
(ESFfilesNos71.021,71.022,71.074,71.075,71.080,71.086,71.096,72.014,72.017,
72.022,72.025,72.026,72.028,72.036,72.045,72.069,72.070,72.076,72.077,72.078,
72.079,72.088,72.092,72.099,72.043)
(OnlytheItaliantextisauthentic)
(74/70/EEC)
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
2396/71(*)of8November1971implementing the
CouncilDecisionof1February1971(2)onthe
reformoftheEuropeanSocialFund,andin
particularArticle12thereof;
Whereasinitsapplicationsof21May,30October,
4Decemberand17December1971,20May,29
May,6June,7June,25June,26June,16
November,17November,29November,9
December,11Decemberand21December1972,the
RepublicofItalyrequestedassistancefromthe
EuropeanSocialFund,asprovidedforinArticle
125oftheTreaty,forexpenditureonvocationalretrainingoperationsamountingtoatotalofLit
4727911796;
Whereas,pursuanttoArticle12ofRegulation (EEC)
No2396/71,suchassistanceisgrantedfor
operationsinitiatedbefore1May1972,thedateon
whichthatRegulationenteredintoforce,and
terminatedbefore1July1972,andwhereasthe
applicationsforassistancesubmittedmustbe
examinedpursuanttotheprovisionsofCouncil
RegulationNo9(3)of25August1960,aslast
amendedbyCouncilRegulationNo37/67/EEC(4),
andtotheprovisionsadoptedpursuanttothat
Regulation;
Whereas,inaccordancewithArticles1and3of
RegulationNo9,theapplicationsreferredtoabove
fromtheRepublicofItalyrelatetovocational
retrainingoperationscarriedoutonthe
responsibilityandattheexpenseofthebodieslisted
below:
Authorityorbody Amountrequested
Lit
MinisterodelLavoroedellaPrevidenzaSociale
Regionesiciliana
Cassaperleoperestraordinariedipubblicointeressenell'Italia
Méridionale (CassaperilMezzogiorno )1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.ConsorziodigestionedelCentroAddestramento Professionale3431186099
2103959
484006125
473072
28465412
587036718
194640411(CAP)diRavenna
EnteMinerarioSiciliano
EnteNationaleIdrocarburi (ENI)
IstitutoNazionaledellaPrevidenzaSociale(INPS)
Whereas,apartfromthestatedepartmentreferredto
intheabovelistunderNo1,thebodycontainedin
thatlistunderNo2isadecentralized regional
authoritywithinthemeaningofArticle18of
RegulationNo9,andwhereasthebodiesmentioned
underNos3to7areallcontainedinthelistof
publiclawbodiesreferredtointheArticle
mentionedaboveorareadministered bythose
bodies;Whereastheapplicationscontainingtheinformation
requiredunderArticle20ofRegulationNo9and
relatingtooperationsterminatedduringtheperiod
1January1969to30June1971inclusive,were
properlysubmittedwithinthetimelimitlaiddown
inArticle19ofRegulationNo9;
Whereastheexaminationofthoseapplicationsand
thecheckingoftheirmaterialandfinancialaspects,
I1)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.

NoL52/12 23.2.74 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities
HASADOPTEDTHISDECISION :
Article1
Theapplicationsforassistancesubmittedtothe
EuropeanSocialFundbytheRepublicofItalyfor
expenditurebytheauthorityandthebodiesreferred
toinArticle2onvocationalretrainingoperations
terminatedduringtheperiod1January1969to30
June1971inclusive,complywiththerules
governingtheoperationoftheFundasregardsthe
sumofLit4727560247.Theremainderofthe
expenditurecontainedintheapplicationsdoesnot
complywiththoserules.carriedoutpursuanttotheprovisionsof
CommissionRegulationNo113/63/EEC(x)onthe
detailedrulesfortheexaminationandcheckingof
applications forassistancesubmittedtothe
EuropeanSocialFund,revealedthatthese
applicationscomplywiththeconditionslaiddown
intherelevantrules,except,however,thatinthe
partoftheapplicationsrelatingtotheCassaperil
Mezzogiorno ,certainsumshavebeenwrongly
includedinthetotalexpenditureasaresultofan
arithmeticalerror;whereasthecorrectioninvolves
thesumofLit351549,whichistobededucted
fromtheamountforwhichtheapplicationwas
submittedforthebodyconcerned;
Whereas,consequently ,theauthorityandthebodies
referredtoaboveareentitledtoreceiveassistance
fromtheFundfortheirexpenditureprovidedthat
thesumofLit351549isdeducted,andwhereasthe
amountofassistancetobegrantedbytheFund
pursuanttoArticle125oftheTreatyisthereforeLit
4727911796—351549,i.e.Lit4727560247;
WhereasinitsOpinionof3May1973the
CommitteeoftheEuropeanSocialFundreachedthe
sameconclusionsforthereasonsgivenabove,Article2
TheamountofassistancefromtheEuropeanSocial
Fundtobegranted,pursuanttoArticle125ofthe
TreatytotheRepublicofItalyfortheauthorityand
thebodieslistedbelowshallbeLit4727560247
(equivalentto7564096*40u.a.).Thissumshallbe
allocatedasfollows:
Authorityorbody Assistancegranted
Lit
1.MinisterodelLavoroedellaPrevidenzaSociale 3431186099
2.Regionesiciliana 2103959
3.Cassaperleoperestraordinariedipubblicointeressenell'Italia
Meridionale (CassaperilMezzogiorno ) 483654576
4.ConsorziodigestionedelCentroAddestramento Professionale
(CAP)diRavenna 473072
5.EnteMinerarioSiciliano 28465412
6.EnteNazionaleIdrocarburi (ENI) 587036718
7.IstitutoNazionaledellaPrevidenzaSociale(INPS) 194640411
Article3
ThisDecisionisaddressedtotheRepublicofItaly.
DoneatBrussels,23November1973.
FortheCommission
ThePresident
François-Xavier ORTOLI
(!)OJNo153,24.10.1963,p.2563/63.