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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(78)693 final
Brussels,21December1978
THISDOCUMENT CANCELS ANDREPLACES
DOCUMENT COMC78)693FINALOF5
DECEMBER 1978
AWEIGHTED REDUCTION METHODTOBEAPPLIED
TOREQUESTS 'FORESFFUNDINGWITHEFFECT
FROM1978
(Communication oftheCommission )
C0MC78)693final

WeightedRéduction
requestsforMethodtobe
ESFfor1978appliedto
IndrawingupguidelinesforthemanagementoftheEuropean
SocialFundfor1979to1981,andtransitional guidelinesfor
1978,theCommissionhasalreadydecidedtoimplementasystem
ofweightedreduction (partI.Doftheguidelines,OJN°C116
of19May1978,page2).
TheweightedreductionmethodnowadoptedbytheCommission
iscalculated onthe-basisoflatestavailablestatistics on
unemployment andGrossNationalProductpercapitaasfactors
ofequalimportance,givingrisetotheestablishment ofa
WeightedReductionIndicatortobeappliedtoESFaidrequests.
ByintroducingthenewmethodtheCommissioncompletesthe
guidelinesforthemanagementoftheFund,andreinforces
theredistributive characteroftheFund.
ThedecisionoftheCommissionasdetailedbelowisapplicable
for1978andiscommunicated totheCouncil,the"Parliament and
theEconomicandSocialCommittee.

Weighted reduction method to "beapplied toESPrequests for 197o . '
For 1978 "theweighted reduction envisaged inpoint XD.of the "guidelines
for' thomanagement oftheEuropean aooia.1 Fund during 1979 "toI9QI "and
the "transitional guidelines for1978 "(l)iscarried outinthemanner
outlined "below : ■■
1)foreach Member State iscalculated anunemployment index andagross
national product index ,theCommunity average "being equal toonehundred .
For this purpose one takes a "basis :
–theaverage unemployment rate for the 12months ending 3months "before
theCommission decision onaidapplications ,
-thegross national product per capita figures atcurrent exchange rates
ofthemost -recent year forwhich community statistics are available at
the time oftheCommission decision onaid applications .
2)foreach Member State onedivides theunemployment index bythegross
national product index which gives rise toaweighted reduction indicator
3)foreach Member State theweighted reduction indicator isapplied tothe
volume ofitsapplications placed inthepriority level subject tothe
reducation .This gives rise toaWeighted volume .
For each Member State the latter volume isreduced bytheapplication ofa
percentage soas .toequate with theamount offunds remaining available for
thepriority level sublect tothereduction .It ::isunderstood nevertheless
that noMember State may receive aidfrom theFund greater than theamount
placed atthe outset inthepriority level subject toreduction .
(1.)0-JÎT°C116of19.5.1978 ,p-2,