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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Proposalfora
COUNCILDECISION
amendingDecisions 75/459/EEC,76/206/EEC,77/803/EECand77/804/EECcon­
cerningEuropeanSocialFundaidmeasuresforcertaincategories ofpersons
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission )
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Explanatory Memorandum ^; f,rp-,-.
Inapplication ofArticle 11ofCouncil Decision 7l/66/£EC (l)theCcunissioA
presented on8October 1982 itsOpinion totheCouncil onxhorevi wof
therules governing thetasks oftheEuropean Social Fund (2).TneCommission
proposes that Decision 71/66/EECshould bereplaced byanewDecision .
The present structure ofFund aid isdivided into two parts under Articles
4and5ofDecision 7l/66/feEC ;these areinturn divided into nine separate
fields ofintervention .Itisthis system which would bereplaced bythe
new provisions foreseen inthe Commission 'sOpinion .
Four ofthefive Decisions adopted under Article 4ofDecision 7l/66/feEC
concern respectively aidtoyoung people under 25(3),workers inthe
textile andclothing industries (4)»migrant workers (5)andwomen (6).
These four Decisions areduetoexpire on31December 1982 ,unless
extended byCouncil Decision .They arereferred tointhesecond para­
graph ofArticle 9ofthedraft Decision annex edtotheCommission 's
Opinion cited above :"TheDecision 7l/66/fe:C ,asamended byDecision
77/8OI/EEC ,ishereby repealed .However ,that Decision andtheDecisions
taken byvirtue ofArticle 4ofthat Decision ,shall remain inforce in
respect ofoperations forwhich applications aresubmitted before 1April
1983 ". Irrespective oftheoutcome ofthecurrent review oftheSocial
Fund ,itwill benecessary toextend theeffect ofthese four Decisions
foraperiod beyond 31December 1982 ,since thereasons which ledtheCouncil
originally toidentify these fields ofintervention asinneed ofFund support
during thecurrent severe recession still prevail .Moreover ,Fund applicants
have already submitted their applications forthefirst half of1982 onthe
basis ofexisting rules .Itistherefore proposed that forthefour Decisions
taken byvirtue ofArticle 4ofDecision 71/66/EECconcerning aidtoyoung
people under 25,textile andclothing workers ,migrant workers andwomen ,the
expiry date berepealed .
The Committee oftheEuropean Social Fund was consulted before the Commission
presented itsOpinion onthereview oftheFund ,ofwhich this proposal forms
anintegral part .
TheEuropean Parliament andtheEconomic and Social Committee aretobe
consulted onthereview assuch .However ,their consultation onthepresent
arrangement isoptional .
(1)OJNoL28of4.2.1971 ,P.15.
(2)CCM (82)485final .
(3)Decisión 75/459/EEC ,OJNoL199of30.7.1975 ,P-36;OJNoL332oí
10.12.1980 .
(4)Decision 76/206/EEC ,OJNoL39of14.2.1976 ,p.:9;OJNoL332 .of
10.12.1980 .
(5)Decision 77/803/EEC ,OJNoL337of27.12.1977 ,p.12;OJNoL332of
10.12.1980 .
(6)Decision 77/304/EEC ,OJNoL337of27.12.1977 ,p.14;OJNoL332 f
10.12.1980 .

Proposal for a
COUNCIL DECISION
amending Decisions 75/459/EEC,76/206/EEC,77/803/EECand 77/804/EECconcerning
European Social Fund aidmeasures for certain categories ofpersons
THE COUNCIL OFTHE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic Community ,
Having regard toCouncil Decision 71/66/EEC of1February 1971 onthe reform
oftheEuropean Social Fund (1),asamended byDecision 77/801/EEC (2),and
inparticular Article 4thereof ,
Having regard tothe proposal from the Commission ;
Whereas :
-Council Decision 75/459/EEC of22July 1975 onaction bytheEuropean
Social Fund forpersons affected byemployment difficulties (3)
-Council Decision 76/206/EEC of9February 1976 onintervention bythe
European Social Fund infavour ofpersons employed inthe textile and
clothing industries (4)
(1)OJNoL28of4.2.1971 ,p.15
(2)OJNoL337 of27.12.1977 ,p.8
(3)OJNoL199 of30.7.1975 ,p.36
(4)OJNoL39of14.2.1976 ,p.39

-Council Decision 77/803/EEC of20December 1977 onaction bythe European
Social Fund formigrant workers (5)
-Council Decision 77/804/EEC of20December 1977 onaction bytheEuropean
Social Fund forwomen (6),
aslast amended byDecision 80/1117 /EEC (7),apply only tooperations covered
byapplications forassistance approved bythe Commission before 1January
1983 ;whereas the imbalance inthe fields ofemployment covered bythe said
Decisions persists ;whereas the time limit onintervention shoulc accordingly
beabolished ,
HAS DECIDED ASFOLLOWS :
(5)0JNoL337
(6)0JNoL337
(7)0JNoL332of
of
of27.12.19 77,p.12
27.12.1977 ,p.14
10.12.1980 ,p.17

Article 1
1.The second paragraph ofArticle 5ofDecision 75/459/EEC ishereby deleted .
2.The second paragraph ofArticle 3ofDecision 76/206/EEC ishereby deleted .
3.The second paragraph ofArticle 4ofDecision 77/803/EEC ishereby deleted .
4.The second paragraph ofArticle 3ofDecision 77/804/EEC ishereby deleted .
Article 2
This Decision shall bepublished inthe Official Journal ofthe European
Communities .
Itshall take effect on 1January 1983 .
Done atBrussels
For the Council