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No L 249 /58 Official Journal of the European Communities 10.11.71

REGULATION (EEC) No 2397/71 OF THE COUNCIL

of 8 November 1971 on aid which may qualify for assistance from the European Social Fund

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Article 1 European Economic Community ; The list of aid provided for in Article 3 (2) of Regu­ lation (EEC) No 2396/71 shall be as follows : Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2396/71 1 of 8 November 1971 implementing the A 1 — Aid for the preparation, operation and Council Decision of 1 February 1971 on the reform management of training courses, including of the European Social Fund, and in particular training of instructors, which is intended to Article 4 thereof; cover :

A 10 — staff expenditure; Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ; A 11 — rental or depreciation costs of materials and equipment and costs Whereas a list must be drawn up of aid which may incurred in the use of tools, and be used in carrying out operations for which teaching aids and equipment; assistance can be granted from the European Social Fund under Article 4 of the Council Decision of 1 A 12 — rental or depreciation costs of February 19712 on the reform of the European Social buildings, and administrative, in­ Fund ; surance, maintenance, heating, lighting and power costs. Whereas details must also be given of aid which may Depreciation costs relating to be used in connection with operations financed operations carried out in - less pursuant to Article 5 of the Council Decision of 1 developed regions within the February 1971 ; meaning of Article 1 ( 1 ) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 2396/71 may be calculated over a six year Whereas, in accordance with Article 123 of the period. Treaty, such aid must render the employment of workers easier and increase their geographical and A 2 — Aid to encourage participation in the occupational mobility within the Community; training courses, which is intended to cover whereas, to that end, it is important that such aid during the training period : enables the persons referred to in Article 3 of the Council Decision of 1 February 1971 to adapt their A 20 — costs of ensuring an income to qualifications, to agree to change their place of work trainees and the maintenance, ac­ and residence and to avail themselves of the most quisition and recovery of the right suitable opportunities for using their professional to statutory or contractual benefits knowledge ; in case of illness, maternity, death, disablement, old age, accidents at work, unemployment and family responsibilities. Assistance from 1 OJ No L 249, 10.10.1971, p. 54. the Fund may not be granted 2 OJ No L 28, 4.2.1971, p. 15 . towards the actual benefits;

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A 21 — housing and food expenses ; B 21 — costs of allowances granted to hostels accommodating young A 22 — transport expenses ; people who have been obliged to . leave their homes in order to A 23 — expenses relating to individual pursue a professional or trade items of teaching equipment, activity ; working clothes, merit bonuses, bonuses for regular attendance B 22 — language teaching costs ; and end of training, scholarships, and costs for aptitude tests and B 23 — costs of changing to comply with examinations; y new working conditions, in par­ ticular with safety regulations. A 24 — necessary expenses incurred by undertakings establishing them­ selves in less developed regions in CI — Aid for eliminating obstacles which make it respect of allowances paid to difficult for certain categories of disadvan­ newly engaged workers. The aim taged workers to take up available employ­ of paying such allowances shall be ment, which is intended to cover : to ensure that workers are fully C 10 — necessary costs of adapting jobs to remunerated ; the amount of the handicapped persons; allowance may be payable over a maximum period of six months C 11 — necessary costs for the rehabili­ and be equal to 30% of the tation of handicapped persons average gross wage or salary with a view to their acquiring recorded in the undertaking in trade or professional skills, ex­ respect of corresponding posts . cluding medical costs ; The workers concerned must be receiving further vocational train­ C 12 — necessary expenses incurred in helping to maintain the level of ing in the undertaking or, owing earnings of elderly workers who to a lack of practical experience, undergo vocational retraining ; be unable to ensure the output this allowance, payable over a anticipated from the qualifications recorded at the time of their maximum period of six months, shall ' be granted ,in respect of engagement. workers of between fifty years of age and the legal age for obtaining B 1 — Aid to persons obliged to change their place an old-age pension. of residence in order to pursue a professional or trade activity, which is intended to cover : Article 2 B 10 — travelling expenses, including those of dependants ; 1 . For reasons of administrative convenience, B 11 — removal expenses ; certain costs for the A1 and A2 types of aid may be submitted to the Commission as an overall figure, B 12 — resettlement expenses ; provided that the nature of each of these may be identified. B 13 — other expenses resulting from the move, in particular, for a specified period, those occasioned by the 2. The Commission may, in respect of certain aids, fix the maximum amount of assistance from the Fund separation from the family. or determine a method for calculating the costs towards which the Fund will contribute; a maximum B 2 — Aid to facilitate integration into the new amount of assistance from the. Fund shall be fixed in social and working environment of persons respect of aid falling within B 12, B 13, B 21 , C 11 and members of their families who are and C 12. obliged to change their place of residence in order to pursue a professional or trade activity, which is intended to cover : Article 3 B 20 — costs of allowances granted to reception, information and gui­ Pursuant to Article 5 of the Council Decision of 1 dance services ; February 1971 on the reform of the European Social

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Fund, the Fund may contribute towards the financing Article 4 of operations for implementing the aids listed in Article 1 . This Regulation shall enter into force on the date on which Regulation (EEC) No 2396/71 enters into force.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States . i Done at Brussels, 8 November 1971 .

For the Council

The President A. MORO