CELEX: 31974D0179
Language: en
Date: 1973-12-21 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 21 December 1973 granting assistance from the European Social Fund, as provided for in Article 125 of the Treaty, to the Kingdom of the Netherlands for expenditure on vocational retraining and resettlement operations carried out by the Ministry for Social Affairs

No L 94/ 12                            Official Journal of the European Communities                               4 . 4 . 74
                                                 COMMISSION DECISION
                                                    of 21 December 1973
              granting assistance from the European Social Fund, as provided for in Article
              125 of the Treaty, to the Kingdom of the Netherlands for expenditure on voca­
              tional retraining and resettlement operations carried out by the Ministry for
                                                        Social Affairs
              (ESF file Nos 71104, 72010, 72011 , 72037, 72038 , 72039, 72108 , 72109, 72110 , 72111 ,
                                                         72112, 72114)
                                               (Only the Dutch text is authentic)
                                                         (74/ 179/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                     were properly submitted within the time limit laid
COMMUNITIES,                                                       down in Article 19 of Regulation No 9 ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community, and in particular Article 125                  Whereas the examination of those applications and
thereof ;                                                          the checking of their material and financial aspects,
                                                                   carried out pursuant to the provisions of Commission
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                       Regulation No 1 13/63/EEC (4) on the detailed rules
2396/71 of 8 November 1971 implementing the                        for the examination and checking of applications for
Council Decision of 1 February 1971 ( ! ) on the reform            assistance submitted to the European Social Fund,
of the European Social Fund, and in particular Article             revealed that these applications comply with the
1 2 thereof ;                                                      conditions laid down in the relevant rules ; except
                                                                   however that certain sums were entered wrongly in
Whereas in its applications of 20 December 1971 , 12               the calculation of expenditure to be taken into consid­
May, 14 June, and 19 December 1972 the Kingdom                     eration in accordance with Article 5 (a) of Regulation
of the Netherlands requested assistance from the Euro­             No 9 in the applications in respect of vocational
pean Social Fund, as provided for in Article 125 of the            retraining operations carried out in the centres of the
Treaty, for expenditure on vocational retraining opera­            professional Association ' Horeca', as a result of an
tions amounting to a total of F1 6 338 969-12 and                  incorrect interpretation of said Article ; whereas the
resettlement expenses amounting to a total of F1                   correction of this entry comes to F1 659-17 which
48 454-50 ;
                                                                   must be deducted from the sum requested ;
Whereas, pursuant to Article 12 of Regulation (EEC)
No 2396/71 , such assistance is granted for operations             Whereas it has furthermore been revealed that in
initiated before 1 May 1972, the date in which the                 applications in respect of retraining operations carried
said Regulation entered into force, and terminated                 out in government centres, a worker pursued his voca­
before 1 July 1972, and whereas the applications for               tional retraining course during a period in which he
assistance submitted must be examined pursuant to                  benefited from Aid granted under Article 56 (2) of the
the provisions of Council Regulation No 9 (2) of 25                Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel
August 1960, as last amended by Council Regulation                 Community ; whereas the expenditure set out in the
No 37/67/ EEC(3), and to the provisions adopted                    applications in respect of the operation cannot be
pursuant to the said Regulation ;                                  taken into consideration for the granting of assistance
Whereas, in accordance with Articles 1 , 3 and 6 of                from the Fund in accordance with Article 1 (3) of
Regulation No 9 , the applications referred to above               Regulation No 9 . Whereas, pursuant to the provisions
from the Kingdom of the Netherlands relate to voca­                of Commission Regulation No 1 13/63/ EEC, referred
                                                                   to above, this case comes to the sum of F1 62 562-38
tional retraining and resettlement operations carried
out under the responsibility and at the expense of the             in the application in question and this amount should
Ministry for Social Affairs ;                                      therefore be deducted from the sum requested ;
Whereas the applications containing the information
required under Articles 20 and 21 of Regulation No 9               Whereas furthermore in the applications in respect of
and relating to operations terminated during the                   resettlement, a worker was not registered with a labour
period from 8 April 1969 to 30 June 1971 inclusive,                office before his resettlement as seeking employment
                                                                   as laid down in Article 2 of Regulation No 9 ; whereas
(») OJ No L 249, 10 . 11 . 1971 , p . 54.
                                                                   pursuant to the provisions of the said Commission
(2) OJ No 56, 31 . 8 . 1960, p . 1189/60 .
P) OJ No 33, 24. 2. 1967, p. 526/67.                               (4) OJ No 153, 24. 10 . 1963, p . 2563/63 .
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Regulation No 113/ 63/EEC this case comes to the              the rules governing the operation of the Fund as
sum of Fl 1 384-35 in the applications in question            regards the sum of Fl 6 322 817-72. The remaining
and it is to be deducted from the amount requested            applications do not comply with these provisions.
for resettlement operations ;
                                                                                     Article 2
Whereas, consequently, the Ministry for Social Affairs
is entitled to receive assistance from the Fund for its      The amount of assistance from the European Social
expenditure subject to a deduction of a sum total of Fl       Fund to be granted pursuant to Article 125 of the
64 605-90 (Fl 659-17 plus 62 562-38 plus 1 384-35)           Treaty to the Kingdom of the Netherlands shall be Fl
and whereas the amount of assistance to be granted by         6 322 817-72 (equivalent to 1 746 634-73 units of
the Fund pursuant to Article 125 of the Treaty is             account) and it shall be allocated as follows :
therefore Fl 6 387 423-62 (Fl 6 338 969-12 plus               Type of operation                      Assistance granted
48 454-50) minus F1 64 605-90 equivalent to Fl               Vocational retraining                    Fl 6 275 747-57
6 322 817-72 ;
                                                                                                    1 733 631-93 u.a.)
Whereas in its Opinion of 25 October 1973 the                 Resettlement                                F1 47 070-15
Committee of the European Social Fund reached the                                                      13 002-80 u.a.)
same conclusion, for the reasons given above,
                                                                                     Article 3
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :                                   This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of the
                                                              Netherlands .
                        Article 1
                                                              Done at Brussels, 21 December 1973 .
The applications for assistance submitted to the Euro­
pean Social Fund by the Kingdom of the Netherlands
                                                                                       For the Commission
for expenditure by the Ministry for Social Affairs on
vocational retraining and resettlement operations                                          The President
terminated or carried out during the period from 8
April 1969 to 30 June 1971 inclusive, comply with                                     Francois-Xavier ORTOLI