CELEX: 31971R2398
Language: en
Date: 1971-11-08 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2398/71 of the Council of 8 November 1971 on assistance from the European Social Fund for persons who are to pursue activities in a self-employed capacity

932                              ' Official Journal of the European Communities
10.11.71                           Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 249/ 61
                             REGULATION (EEC) No 2398/71 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                  of 8 November 1971
               on assistance from the European Social Fund for persons who are to pursue activities
                                              in a self-employed capacity
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,                      HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                                           Article 1
European Economic Community, and in particular
Article 127 thereof;                                           1.    Subject to the conditions of Article 5 of the
                                                               Council Decision of 1 February 1971, the assistance
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;            of the Social Fund may be granted in accordance
                                                               with the provisions for implementing this Article, for
                                                               operations carried out for the benefit of:
Having regard to the Opinion of the European
Parliament;                                                    — handicapped persons ; or
                                                               — persons directly engaged in agriculture in a
Having regard to the Opinion of the Economic and                   self-employed capacity;
Social Committee;
                                                               who, after having benefited from one of such
                                                               operations, will pursue         their  activities in  a
Whereas under Article 3 (2) of the Council Decision            self-employed capacity.
of 1 February 1971 on the reform of the European
Social Fund1 the assistance of the Fund may likewise           2. Every six months, the Commission shall report
be granted in special cases to be decided by the               to the Council on the operations carried out pursuant
Council for persons who are to pursue activities in a          to this Article.
self-employed capacity;
                                                                                       Article 2
Whereas handicapped persons should be afforded the
widest opportunities to enter employment; whereas              This Regulation shall enter into force on the date on
persons who are directly engaged in agriculture in a           which Council Regulation (EEC) No 2396/712 of .8
self-employed capacity should be afforded the                  November applying the Council Decision of 1
opportunity of pursuing a trade or profession in an            February 1971 on the reform of the European Social
independent capacity;                                          Fund enters into force.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States.
             Done at Brussels, 8 November 1971 .
                                                                                     For the Council
                                                                                      The P" resident
                                                                                        A. MORO
 1 OJ No L 28, 4.2.1971, p. 15 .                                2 OJ No L 249, 10.11.1971, p. 54.