CELEX: 31973D0434
Language: en
Date: 1973-11-28 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 28 November 1973 on the submission of applications for assistance from the European Social Fund

No L 355 /68                            Official Journal of the European Communities                             24. 12 . 73
                                                   COMMISSION DECISION
                                                     of 28 November 1973
                    on the submission of applications for assistance from the European Social Fund
                                                         (73 /434/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                     the carrying out of operations inherent in the pro­
COMMUNITIES ,                                                      jects ; whereas this situation, about which the Fund
                                                                   Committee was rapidly informed, makes it necessary
                                                                   to apply practical measures of a temporary nature,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
2396/71 (*) of 8 November 1971 implementing the                    HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
Council Decision of 1 February 1971 on the reform
of the European Social Fund, and in particular                                             Article 1
Article 13 thereof;
                                                                   From 1 May 1974 applications for assistance from
                                                                   the European Social Fund forwarded by the Member
Having regard to the Opinion of the European Social                States in accordance with the provisions of Article
Fund Committee ;                                                   5 of Council Regulation (EEC ) No 2396/71 of 8 No­
                                                                   vember 1971 must, irrespective of exceptional and
Whereas pursuant to Article 5 of Council Regulation                urgent cases, be submitted to the Commission not
( EEC) No 2396/71 of 8 November 1971 , only the                    later than three months prior to the carrying out of
Member States shall be competent to forward to                     operations inherent in the projects which are the
the Commission applications for assistance from the                subject of these applications.
European Social Fund ; whereas these applications
must be submitted prior to the carrying out of the
                                                                                           Article 2
operations inherent in the projects to which they
relate ;                                                            1 . In derogation from the provisions of Article 1 ,
                                                                   applications submitted by the Member States after
Whereas within the framework of the new Euro­                      the date of notification of this Decision and before
pean Social Fund the provisions of Article 5 should                 1 May 1974 shall be taken into consideration on
help in determining and implementing at a Com­                     the condition that they are submitted to the Com­
munity level as coherent a policy as possible in the                mission prior to the carrying out of the operations
field of employment ; whereas in this light the pro­                inherent in the projects which are the subject of the
visions in question imply that the Commission shall                 applications in question .
have enough time to assess, with full knowledge of
the facts, the applications which are submitted to it               2. Applications now before the Commission de­
 and to act thereon within the prescribed time ;                   partments shall be taken into consideration in as far
                                                                    as it is necessary to ensure the achievement of the
                                                                    European Social Fund objectives and to guarantee
Whereas, irrespective of exceptional and urgent cases               the continuity of the Fund's activities .
it is Consequently necessary that each application for
assistance from the European Social Fund shall be
submitted to the Commission not later than three
                                                                                           Article 3
months before the commencement of operations
inherent in the projects ;                                          This Decision is addressed to all Member States .
Whereas the implementation of the new European                      Done at Brussels, 28 November 1973 .
Social Fund and the concern to avoid any break in
continuity in its activity has had the result, during a                                            For the Commission
certain period, that, in spite of all their efforts, the                                               Tbe President
Member States have not been able, in every case, to
submit a formal application for assistance prior to                                              Francois-Xavier ORTOLI
 (!) OJ No L 249 , 10 . 11 . 1971 , p. 54.