NoL94/12 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 4.4.74
COMMISSION DECISION
of21December 1973
grantingassistancefromtheEuropeanSocialFund,asprovidedforinArticle
125oftheTreaty,totheKingdomoftheNetherlandsforexpenditureonvoca­
tionalretrainingandresettlement operationscarriedoutbytheMinistryfor
SocialAffairs
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(74/179/EEC)
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticle125
thereof;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
2396/71of8November1971implementing the
CouncilDecisionof1February1971(!)onthereform
oftheEuropeanSocialFund,andinparticularArticle
12thereof;
Whereasinitsapplicationsof20December1971,12
May,14June,and19December1972theKingdom
oftheNetherlandsrequestedassistancefromtheEuro­
peanSocialFund,asprovidedforinArticle125ofthe
Treaty,forexpenditureonvocationalretrainingopera­
tionsamountingtoatotalofF16338969-12and
resettlementexpensesamountingtoatotalofF1
48454-50;
Whereas,pursuanttoArticle12ofRegulation (EEC)
No2396/71,suchassistanceisgrantedforoperations
initiatedbefore1May1972,thedateinwhichthe
saidRegulationenteredintoforce,andterminated
before1July1972,andwhereastheapplicationsfor
assistancesubmittedmustbeexaminedpursuantto
theprovisionsofCouncilRegulationNo9(2)of25
August1960,aslastamendedbyCouncilRegulation
No37/67/EEC(3),andtotheprovisionsadopted
pursuanttothesaidRegulation ;
Whereas,inaccordancewithArticles1,3and6of
RegulationNo9,theapplicationsreferredtoabove
fromtheKingdomoftheNetherlandsrelatetovoca­
tionalretrainingandresettlementoperationscarried
outundertheresponsibilityandattheexpenseofthe
MinistryforSocialAffairs;
Whereastheapplicationscontainingtheinformation
requiredunderArticles20and21ofRegulationNo9
andrelatingtooperationsterminatedduringthe
periodfrom8April1969to30June1971inclusive,wereproperlysubmittedwithinthetimelimitlaid
downinArticle19ofRegulationNo9;
Whereastheexaminationofthoseapplicationsand
thecheckingoftheirmaterialandfinancialaspects,
carriedoutpursuanttotheprovisionsofCommission
RegulationNo113/63/EEC(4)onthedetailedrules
fortheexaminationandcheckingofapplicationsfor
assistancesubmittedtotheEuropeanSocialFund,
revealedthattheseapplicationscomplywiththe
conditionslaiddownintherelevantrules;except
howeverthatcertainsumswereenteredwronglyin
thecalculationofexpendituretobetakenintoconsid­
erationinaccordancewithArticle5(a)ofRegulation
No9intheapplicationsinrespectofvocational
retrainingoperationscarriedoutinthecentresofthe
professionalAssociation 'Horeca',asaresultofan
incorrectinterpretation ofsaidArticle;whereasthe
correctionofthisentrycomestoF1659-17which
mustbedeductedfromthesumrequested ;
Whereasithasfurthermore beenrevealedthatin
applicationsinrespectofretrainingoperationscarried
outingovernmentcentres,aworkerpursuedhisvoca­
tionalretrainingcourseduringaperiodinwhichhe
benefitedfromAidgrantedunderArticle56(2)ofthe
TreatyestablishingtheEuropeanCoalandSteel
Community ;whereastheexpendituresetoutinthe
applicationsinrespectoftheoperationcannotbe
takenintoconsideration forthegrantingofassistance
fromtheFundinaccordancewithArticle1(3)of
RegulationNo9.Whereas,pursuanttotheprovisions
ofCommissionRegulationNo113/63/EEC,referred
toabove,thiscasecomestothesumofF162562-38
intheapplicationinquestionandthisamountshould
thereforebedeductedfromthesumrequested;
Whereasfurthermoreintheapplicationsinrespectof
resettlement ,aworkerwasnotregisteredwithalabour
officebeforehisresettlementasseekingemployment
aslaiddowninArticle2ofRegulationNo9;whereas
pursuanttotheprovisionsofthesaidCommission(»)OJNoL249,10.11.1971,p.54.
(2)OJNo56,31.8.1960,p.1189/60.
P)OJNo33,24.2.1967,p.526/67. (4)OJNo153,24.10.1963,p.2563/63.

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therulesgoverningtheoperationoftheFundas
regardsthesumofFl6322817-72.Theremaining
applicationsdonotcomplywiththeseprovisions.
Article2RegulationNo113/63/EECthiscasecomestothe
sumofFl1384-35intheapplicationsinquestion
anditistobedeductedfromtheamountrequested
forresettlementoperations ;
Whereas,consequently ,theMinistryforSocialAffairs
isentitledtoreceiveassistancefromtheFundforits
expendituresubjecttoadeductionofasumtotalofFl
64605-90(Fl659-17plus62562-38plus1384-35)
andwhereastheamountofassistancetobegrantedby
theFundpursuanttoArticle125oftheTreatyis
thereforeFl6387423-62(Fl6338969-12plus
48454-50)minusF164605-90equivalenttoFl
6322817-72;
WhereasinitsOpinionof25October1973the
CommitteeoftheEuropeanSocialFundreachedthe
sameconclusion,forthereasonsgivenabove,TheamountofassistancefromtheEuropeanSocial
FundtobegrantedpursuanttoArticle125ofthe
TreatytotheKingdomoftheNetherlandsshallbeFl
6322817-72(equivalentto1746634-73unitsof
account)anditshallbeallocatedasfollows:
Typeofoperation Assistancegranted
Vocationalretraining Fl6275747-57
1733631-93u.a.)
Resettlement F147070-15
13002-80u.a.)
Article3
ThisDecisionisaddressedtotheKingdomofthe
Netherlands .HASADOPTEDTHISDECISION :
Article1
DoneatBrussels,21December1973.
FortheCommissionTheapplicationsforassistancesubmittedtotheEuro­
peanSocialFundbytheKingdomoftheNetherlands
forexpenditurebytheMinistryforSocialAffairson
vocationalretrainingandresettlementoperations
terminatedorcarriedoutduringtheperiodfrom8
April1969to30June1971inclusive,complywithThePresident
Francois-Xavier ORTOLI