CELEX: 31971R2397
Language: en
Date: 1971-11-08 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2397/71 of the Council of 8 November 1971 on aid which may qualify for assistance from the European Social Fund

Official Journal of the European Communities                                    929
No L 249 /58                       Official Journal of the European Communities                               10.11.71
                             REGULATION (EEC) No 2397/71 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                of 8 November 1971
                       on aid which may qualify for assistance from the European Social Fund
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                      HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                                         Article 1
European Economic Community;
                                                              The list of aid provided for in Article 3 (2) of Regu­
                                                              lation (EEC) No 2396/71 shall be as follows :
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
2396/71 1 of 8 November 1971 implementing the                 A 1 —    Aid for the preparation, operation and
Council Decision of 1 February 1971 on the reform                      management of training courses, including
of the European Social Fund, and in particular                         training of instructors, which is intended to
Article 4 thereof;                                                     cover :
                                                                       A 10 — staff expenditure;
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;
                                                                       A 11 — rental or depreciation costs of
Whereas a list must be drawn up of aid which may                                 materials and equipment and costs
                                                                                 incurred in the use of tools, and
be used in carrying out operations for which                                     teaching aids and equipment;
assistance can be granted from the European Social
Fund under Article 4 of the Council Decision of 1
                                                                       A 12 — rental or depreciation costs of
February 19712 on the reform of the European Social                              buildings, and administrative, in­
Fund ;                                                                           surance, maintenance, heating,
                                                                                 lighting and power costs.
Whereas details must also be given of aid which may                              Depreciation costs relating to
be used in connection with operations financed                                   operations carried out in - less
pursuant to Article 5 of the Council Decision of 1                               developed      regions  within    the
February 1971 ;                                                                  meaning of Article 1 ( 1 ) (a) of
                                                                                 Regulation (EEC) No 2396/71 may
                                                                                 be calculated over a six year
Whereas, in accordance with Article 123 of the                                   period.
Treaty, such aid must render the employment of
workers easier and increase their geographical and            A 2 — Aid to encourage participation in the
occupational mobility within the Community;                            training courses, which is intended to cover
whereas, to that end, it is important that such aid                    during the training period :
enables the persons referred to in Article 3 of the
Council Decision of 1 February 1971 to adapt their                     A 20 — costs of ensuring an income to
qualifications, to agree to change their place of work                           trainees and the maintenance, ac­
and residence and to avail themselves of the most                                quisition and recovery of the right
suitable opportunities for using their professional                              to statutory or contractual benefits
knowledge;                                                                       in case of illness, maternity, death,
                                                                                 disablement, old age, accidents at
                                                                                 work, unemployment and family
                                                                                 responsibilities. Assistance from
1 OJ No L 249, 10.10.1971, p. 54.                                                the Fund may not be granted
2 OJ No L 28, 4.2.1971, p. 15.                                                   towards the actual benefits;
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      A 21 — housing and food expenses ;                              B 21 — costs of allowances granted to
                                                                                  hostels accommodating young
      A 22 — transport expenses ;                                                 people who have been obliged to
                                                                                . leave their homes in order to
      A 23 — expenses relating to individual                                      pursue a professional or trade
                 items of teaching equipment,                                     activity;
                 working clothes, merit bonuses,
                 bonuses for regular attendance                       B 22 — language teaching costs ;
                 and end of training, scholarships,
                 and costs for aptitude tests and                     B 23 — costs of changing to comply with
                 examinations;    y                                               new working conditions, in par­
                                                                                  ticular with safety regulations.
      A 24 — necessary expenses incurred by
                 undertakings establishing them­
                 selves in less developed regions in        CI — Aid for eliminating obstacles which make it
                 respect of allowances paid to                        difficult for certain categories of disadvan­
                 newly engaged workers. The aim                       taged workers to take up available employ­
                 of paying such allowances shall be                   ment, which is intended to cover :
                 to ensure that workers are fully                     C 10 — necessary costs of adapting jobs to
                 remunerated; the amount of the                                   handicapped persons;
                 allowance may be payable over a
                 maximum period of six months                         C 11 — necessary costs for the rehabili­
                 and be equal to 30% of the                                       tation of handicapped persons
                  average gross wage or salary                                    with a view to their acquiring
                 recorded in the undertaking in                                   trade or professional skills, ex­
                 respect of corresponding posts .                                 cluding medical costs ;
                 The workers concerned must be
                 receiving further vocational train­                  C 12 — necessary         expenses   incurred   in
                 ing in the undertaking or, owing                                 helping to maintain the level of
                 to a lack of practical experience,                               earnings of elderly workers who
                 be unable to ensure the output                                   undergo     vocational    retraining;
                 anticipated from the qualifications                              this allowance, payable over a
                 recorded at the time        of their                             maximum period of six months,
                 engagement.                                                      shall ' be granted ,in respect of
                                                                                  workers of between fifty years of
                                                                                  age and the legal age for obtaining
B 1 — Aid to persons obliged to change their place                                an old-age pension.
      of residence in order to pursue a professional
      or trade activity, which is intended to cover :
                                                                                      Article 2
      B 10 — travelling expenses, including those
                 of dependants ;
                                                            1 . For reasons of administrative convenience,
      B 11 — removal expenses ;                             certain costs for the A1 and A2 types of aid may be
                                                            submitted to the Commission as an overall figure,
      B 12 — resettlement expenses ;                        provided that the nature of each of these may be
                                                            identified.
      B 13 — other expenses resulting from the
                 move, in particular, for a specified
                 period, those occasioned by the            2.    The Commission may, in respect of certain aids,
                 separation from the family.                fix the maximum amount of assistance from the Fund
                                                            or determine a method for calculating the costs
                                                            towards which the Fund will contribute; a maximum
B 2 — Aid to facilitate integration into the new            amount of assistance from the. Fund shall be fixed in
      social and working environment of persons             respect of aid falling within B 12, B 13, B 21 , C 11
      and members of their families who are                 and C 12.
      obliged to change their place of residence in
      order to pursue a professional or trade
      activity, which is intended to cover :                                          Article 3
      B 20 — costs of allowances granted to
                 reception, information and gui­            Pursuant to Article 5 of the Council Decision of 1
                 dance services;                            February 1971 on the reform of the European Social
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Fund, the Fund may contribute towards the financing                               Article 4
of operations for implementing the aids listed in
Article 1 .                                                This Regulation shall enter into force on the date on
                                                           which Regulation (EEC) No 2396/71 enters into
                                                           force.
            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
            States.
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            Done at Brussels, 8 November 1971 .
                                                                                For the Council
                                                                                 The President
                                                                                  A. MORO