CELEX: 31974D0328
Language: en
Date: 1974-06-27 00:00:00
Title: 74/328/EEC: Council Decision of 27 June 1974 on action by the European Social Fund for handicapped persons

No L 185/ 22                              Official Journal of the European Communities                                   9 . 7 . 74
                                                      COUNCIL DECISION
                                                          of 27 June 1974
                           on action by the European Social Fund for handicapped persons
                                                            (74/328 / EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                            Whereas assistance from the Fund should not discrimi­
COMMUNITIES,                                                           nate as to the origin or the nature of the handicap ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                  Whereas self-employed activities, in certain cases, are
Economic Community ;                                                   more suited to the capabilities of handicapped
Having regard to the Council Decision of 1 February                    persons ;
1971 (') on the reform of the European Social Fund,
and in particular Article 4 thereof ;                                  Whereas the reform of the European Social Fund
                                                                       decided on by the Council enables a contribution to
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;                    be made to the costs resulting from plans under deve­
                                                                       lopment or to be developed in the Member States
Having regard to the Opinion of the European Parlia­                   with the aim of stimulating the employment and
ment (2) ;                                                             geographical and professional mobility of handi­
                                                                       capped persons,
Having regard to the Opinion of the Economic and
Social Committee ;
Whereas the means of action and operation of the
Fund are defined by Council Regulation (EEC) No                        HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS :
2396/71 (3 ) of 8 November 1971 , implementing the
Council Decision of 1 February 1971 , on the reform                                              Article 1
of the European Social Fund ;
                                                                       1 . Specific operations to facilitate the employment
Whereas, in its resolution of 21 January 1974 (4)                      and geographical and professional mobility of handi­
concerning a social action programme, the Council                      capped persons shall be eligible to receive assistance
considered that to achieve the proposed actions                        from the Fund under Article 4 of the Council Deci­
successfully in the social field, the necessary resources              sion of 1 February 1971 , provided that they form part
should be provided , in particular by strengthening the                of an operation involving :
role of the European Social Fund ;
                                                                       — the integration , within an overall continuous
Whereas the above resolution provides for the imple­                       process, of all stages of medical rehabilitation , voca­
mentation of a programme for the vocational and                            tional training or rehabilitation and procedures
social integration of handicapped persons ;                                prior to employment ;
Whereas, on 27 June 1974, the Council adopted a                        — the development of facilities and application of
resolution (5 ) establishing the initial Community                         methods for medical rehabilitation and vocational
action programme for the vocational rehabilitation of                      training or rehabilitation suited to the require­
handicapped persons ;                                                      ments of handicapped persons by placing them in
Whereas the employment situation regarding handi­                          the best conditions to bring about vocational and
capped persons calls for specific joint action to                          social integration or reintegration which is
improve the balance between supply of, and demand                          adequate in relation to the position of able-bodied
                                                                           workers .
for, manpower within the Community ;
Whereas assistance from the Fund should facilitate                     2.    The following measures may be given considera­
short-term demonstration projects aimed at improving                   tion in this context :
the quality of vocational rehabilitation facilities and
the organization of training and advanced training                     — short-term demonstration projects aimed at
courses for the personnel required to ensure the voca­                     improving the quality of vocational rehabilitation
tional and social integration of handicapped persons ;                     facilities to the extent that they conform with
                                                                           Chapter II, point 2 of the initial Community
(')  OJ No  L  28 , 4. 2 . 1971 , p. 15 .                                  action programme for the vocational rehabilitation
(2)  OJ No  C  23 , 8 . 3 . 1974, p. 15.                                   of handicapped persons ;
(3)  OJ No  L  249 , 10 . 11 . 1971 , p . 54.
(4)  OJ No  C  13 , 12 . 2 . 1974, p. 1 .                              — the organization of training and advanced training
(5 ) OJ No  C  80, 9 . 7 . 1974, p. 30 .                                   courses for :
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     — persons employed in the medical rehabilita­               November '  1 971 on aid which may qualify for assis­
         tion , vocational guidance, training, vocational        tance from  the European Social Fund, as amended by
         training or rehabilitation and re-employment            Regulation   (EEC) No 1761 /74 (2), may receive assis­
         of handicapped persons,                                 tance from   the European Social Fund .
     — those responsible for the training of instruc­
         tors .
                                                                                          A rt icle 4
                          Article 2                             This Decision shall enter into force on the fifth day
                                                                 following that of its publication in the Official
 1 . Irrespective of the origin or nature of their              Journal of the European Communities.
handicap, the Fund may intervene in favour of
persons considered capable, after medical rehabilita­            It shall apply to operations of which the draft has
tion and vocational training or rehabilitation , of              received the approval of the Commission , before the
working in paid employment.                                     expiry of a period of three years after the entry into
                                                                 force of this Decision .
2. Operations concerning handicapped persons
who are to pursue self-employed activities shall also
be eligible to receive assistance from the Fund under
the conditions laid down in Article 1 and in para­               Done at Luxembourg, 27 June 1 974.
graph 1 of this Article .
                                                                                                For the Council
                          Article 3
                                                                                                  The President
Those aids which feature on the list established by
Council Regulation ( EEC) No 2397/71 (') of 8                                                    K. GSCHEIDLE
(') OJ No L 249, 10 . 11 . 1971 , p. 58 .                       (-) See page 1 of this Official Journal .