85/568/EEC: Council Decision of 20 December 1985 amending, on account of the accession of Spain and Portugal, Decision 83/516/EEC on the tasks of the European Social Fund

Decision 83/516/EEC · Decision · 2 articles

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Article 1

Article 7 (3) of Decision 83/516/EEC shall be replaced by the following: '3. From 1 January 1986 to 31 December 1988, 44,5 % of appropriations available for operations under Article 3 (1) shall be reserved for operations which are eligible and which conform to the Guidelines for the Management of the Fund aimed at promoting employment in Greece, the autonomous regions of Andalucia, the Canary Islands, Castilla-Leon, Castilla-La-Mancha, Extremadura, Galicia, Murcia Ceuta and Melilla, the French overseas departments, Ireland, the Mezzogiorno, Portugal and Northern-Ireland. The remaining appropriations shall be concentrated on operations to promote employment in other areas of high and long-term unemployment and/or industrial and sectoral restructuring.'.

Article 2

This decision shall enter into force on 1 January 1986, subject to the entry into force of the Treaty of Accession of Spain and Portugal. Done at Brussels, 20 December 1985. For the Council The President R. KRIEPS (1) OJ No L 289, 22. 10. 1983, p. 38.

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