CELEX: 31972D0429
Language: en
Date: 1972-12-19 00:00:00
Title: 72/429/EEC: Council Decision of 19 December 1972 on intervention by the European Social Fund in favour of persons occupied in the textile industry

Official Journal of the European Communities                                 75
 No L 291/ 160                        Official Journal of the European Communities                           28.12.72
                                                  COUNCIL DECISION
                                                   of 19 December 1972
            on intervention by the European Social Fund in favour of persons occupied in
                                                    the textile industry
                                                       (72/429/EEC)
THE COUNCIL CF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNI­                              Whereas in the case of self-employed persons
TIES ,                                                            in charge of textile undertakings, in particular
                                                                  small craft undertakings, re-direction towards
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                      other self-employed activities may be more
European Econo nic Community;                                     appropriate to their training, and occupational
 Having regard to the Council Decision of                         inclination;
 1 February 19711 on the reform of the European
Social Fund, and in particular Article 4 (1 )
thereof;
                                                                  HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS :
 Having regard to the proposal from the Com­
 mission;
Whereas detailed rules for the operations and                                          Article 1
working methods of the Fund are laid down
by Council Regulation (EEC) No 2396/712 of                        1.     Operations which are aimed at facilitating
 8 November 1971 implementing the Council                         the employment and the geographical and
Decision of 1 February 1971 on the reform of                      occupational mobility of persons occupied in
the European Social Fund;                                         the textile industry, including the processing of
Whereas the employment situation in certain                       chemical fibres, whose activities are directly
sectors of the Community textile industry is                      affected, or are in danger of being affected,
 affected by quantitative or qualitative imbal­                   by quantitative or qualitative measures for
 ances which requ.re or may require a consider­                   structural adaptation and who are to pursue
able number of workers to change their                            activities as employed persons either within
employment, to improve their qualifications,                      that industry or outside it, shall be eligible for
to acquire new ones, or to move their homes;                      assistance from the Social Fund pursuant to
Whereas this trend will continue in future years                  Article 4 of the Council Decision of 1 February
                                                                  1971 .
and is in danger of becoming more marked
following the progressive opening up of markets                   2.     Operations for the benefit of self-employed
following the special measures adopted in the                     persons in charge of textile undertakings, in
context of the co.Timercial policy of the Com­                    particular small craft undertakings, who are
munity;                                                           to pursue activities as self-employed persons,
Whereas the refcrm of the European Social                         shall also be eligible for assistance from the
Fund decided upon by the Council enables                          Fund on the terms laid down in the previous
assistance to be given in supporting the financial                paragraph.
burdens resulting ,:rom the initiatives which are
                                                                                       Article 2
being taken or which will be taken in the
Member States in order to encourage re­
employment and the geographical and occu­                         Aids included in the list laid down by Council
pational mobility of textile workers;                            Regulation (EEC) No 2397/711 of 8 November
                                                                  1971 on aids which may qualify for assistance
1   OJ No L 28 , 4.2.1S'~1 , p . 15 .
-   OJ No L 24S , 10.11.1971 , p . 54 .                          3   OJ No L 249, 10.11.1971 , p. 58 .
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from the European Social Fund may also receive         It shall apply to operations of which the draft
assistance from the Fund by virtue of this             has received the approval of the Commission,
Decision .                                             before the expiry of a period of three years after
                                                       the entry into force of this Decision.
                    Article 3                          Done at Brussels, 19 December 1972.
                                                                                For the Council
This Decision shall enter into force on the
                                                                                  The President
fifth day following its publication in the Official
Journal of the European Communities.                                             T. WESTERTERP