CELEX: 31982D0541
Language: en
Date: 1982-07-26 00:00:00
Title: 82/541/EEC: Commission Decision of 26 July 1982 amending Decision 78/706/EEC on certain administrative procedures for the operation of the European Social Fundd

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31982D0541

82/541/EEC: Commission Decision of 26 July 1982 amending Decision 78/706/EEC on certain administrative procedures for the operation of the European Social Fundd  

Official Journal L 236 , 11/08/1982 P. 0021 - 0021

*****COMMISSION  DECISION  of 26 July 1982  amending Decision 78/706/EEC on certain administrative procedures for the operation of the European Social Fund  (82/541/EEC)  THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN  COMMUNITIES,  Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2396/71 of 8 November 1971 implementing the Council Decision of 1 February 1971 on the reform of the European Social Fund (1), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2893/77 (2), and in particular Article 13 thereof,  Whereas, to fulfil its intended role of contributing to the sound financial management of the European Social Fund, the time limit fixed in Article 4 of Decision 78/706/EEC must be strictly enforced;  Whereas, to ensure legal certainty, this should be clearly and unequivocally stated in the text of the aforementioned instrument,  HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:  Article 1  Article 4 of Decision 78/706/EEC is hereby amended as follows:  1. The following sentence is added to paragraph 1:  'Requests for payment submitted after the expiry of this time limit shall be considered as null and void.'  2. Paragraph 2 is replaced by the following:  '2. In respect of operations completed before 1 August 1981, Member States must submit requests for payment not yet presented within six months from the date of entry into force of this Decision.'  Article 2  This Decision is addressed to the Member States.  Done at Brussels, 26 July 1982.  For the Commission  Ivor RICHARD  Member of the Commission  (1) OJ No L 249, 10. 11. 1971, p. 54.  (2) OJ No L 337, 27. 12. 1977, p. 1.