85/518/EEC: Commission Decision of 20 November 1985 amending Decision 85/261/EEC on the Guidelines for the Management of the European Social Fund in the financial years 1986 to 1988 in view of the Accession of Spain and Portugal

COMMISSION  DECISION
of 20 November 1985
amending Decision 85/261/EEC on the Guidelines for the Management of the European Social Fund in the financial years 1986 to 1988 in view of the Accession of Spain and Portugal
(85/518/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal, and in particular Article 396 thereof,
Whereas Council Decision 83/516/EEC of 17 October 1983 on the tasks of the European Social Fund (1) provides in Article 6 that the Commission shall adopt, before 1 May each year and for the three following financial years, the Fund-management guidelines for determining those operations which reflect Community priorities as defined by the Council and in particular the action programmes in the area of employment and vocational training;
Whereas by its Decision 85/261/EEC (2) the Commission adopted the guidelines for the management of the European Social Fund in the financial years 1986 to 1988 and whereas, in view of the accession of Spain and Portugal, that Decision should therefore be amended in order to take account of the declaration by the European Economic Community concerning the participation of Spain and Portugal in the resources of the European Social Fund;
Whereas pursuant to Article 2 (3) of the Treaty of Accession the institutions of the Community may adopt before the accession the measures referred to in Article 396 of the Act, such measures entering into force subject to and on the date of entry into force of that Treaty,