, THE BOARD WAS MADE TO INCUR A LARGE OVERDRAFT AT THE BANK AND SUFFERED CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGE IN THE FORM OF CONSIDERABLE CHARGES FOR INTEREST .
2 IN ITS APPLICATION , THE BOARD STATES THAT THE APPLICATION , WHICH IS TO BE SERVED ON THE COMMISSION , MAY BE REGARDED AS FORMAL NOTICE UNDER THE SECOND PARAGRAPH OF ARTICLE 175 OF THE EEC TREATY . IN ITS REPLY THE APPLICANT HAS WITHDRAWN THAT SUBMISSION .
3 IN ITS REPLY , THE APPLICANT HAS SPECIFIED THAT ITS CLAIM FOR COMPENSATION IS BASED EXCLUSIVELY ON THE NON-CONTRACTUAL LIABILITY OF THE COMMUNITY UNDER THE SECOND PARAGRAPH OF ARTICLE 215 OF THE TREATY .
4 THE APPLICATION STATES THAT IN 1972 THE DIRECTORATE GENERAL FOR THE VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE AND TRAINING OF WORKERS AT THE ITALIAN MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND NATIONAL INSURANCE INSTRUCTED THE BOARD TO STUDY , DRAFT AND SUBMIT A SPECIAL PROGRAMME FOR THE TRAINING AND REQUALIFICATION OF ITALIAN WORKERS WHO WERE ' ' UNEMPLOYED OR IN PRECARIOUS CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT ' ' FOR WORK IN THE SOCIAL SERVICES .
5 IN A LETTER DATED 10 JULY 1973 , THE DIRECTORATE GENERAL ANNOUNCED THAT IT HAD SENT THE APPLICANT ' S PROGRAMME TO THE COMMISSION SO THAT IT MIGHT TAKE THE DECISIONS FALLING WITHIN ITS COMPETENCE TO SECURE THE INTERVENTION OF THE EUROPEAN SOCIAL FUND .
6 THE APPLICANT STATES FURTHER THAT IT WAS REQUESTED TO EXECUTE THE TRAINING PROJECT WHICH , FOR THE INITIAL PHASE OF DEVELOPMENT IN 1973 , ENTAILED INTENSIVE COURSES TO REQUALIFY SOCIAL WORKERS ATTACHED TO THE BOARD WHOSE PRECARIOUS STATE OF EMPLOYMENT MADE THEM ELIGIBLE FOR ASSISTANCE BY THE EUROPEAN SOCIAL FUND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE COUNCIL DECISION OF 1 FEBRUARY 1971 ( OFFICIAL JOURNAL , ENGLISH SPECIAL EDITION 1971 ( I ), P . 52 ).
7 IN A DECISION OF 27 DECEMBER 1973 ADDRESSED TO THE ITALIAN REPUBLIC , THE COMMISSION ALLOWED THE REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE SUBMITTED BY THE ITALIAN REPUBLIC , ' ' TO CARRY OUT A TRAINING PROJECT IN THE PERIOD FROM 1 JANUARY 1973 TO 31 DECEMBER 1974 FOR SOME 1 150 UNEMPLOYED YOUNG PERSONS FROM THE MEZZOGIORNO TO BE RE-EMPLOYED AS SOCIAL WORKERS OR ASSISTANTS IN THE MEZZOGIORNO OR IN AREAS WITH A HIGH PROPORTION OF IMMIGRANT WORKERS FROM THE MEZZOGIORNO ' ' . THE DECISION PUT AT THE DISPOSAL OF THE BOARD LIT 1 726 207 592 DESIGNATED AS ASSISTANCE BY THE EUROPEAN SOCIAL FUND IN ORDER TO CARRY OUT THE OPERATIONS REFERRED TO IN THE DECISION . THAT SUM WAS ALLOCATED AS TO LIT 274 721 810 FOR 1973 AND AS TO LIT 1 451 485 782 FOR 1974 .
8 IT APPEARS FROM THE PREAMBLE TO THAT DECISION THAT ON 10 JULY 1973 , THE ITALIAN REPUBLIC HAD SUBMITTED A REQUEST TO THE EUROPEAN SOCIAL FUND ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD TO SUPPORT , IN THE PERIOD FROM 1 JANUARY 1973 TO 31 DECEMBER 1974 , A PROJECT INTENDED TO PROMOTE THE TRAINING OF SOME 1 150 UNEMPLOYED YOUNG