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COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2895/77

OF 20 DECEMBER 1977

CONCERNING OPERATIONS QUALIFYING FOR A HIGHER RATE OF INTERVENTION BY THE EUROPEAN SOCIAL FUND

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY , AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 127 THEREOF ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE PROPOSAL FROM THE COMMISSION ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE OPINION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT ( 1 ) ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE OPINION OF THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE ( 2 ) ,

WHEREAS , FOR THE APPLICATION OF ARTICLE 8 ( 3 ) OF COUNCIL DECISION 71/66/EEC OF 1 FEBRUARY 1971 ON THE REFORM OF THE EUROPEAN SOCIAL FUND ( 3 ) , AS AMENDED BY DECISION 77/801/EEC ( 4 ) , THE REGIONS CHARACTERIZED BY AN ESPECIALLY SERIOUS AND PROLONGED IMBALANCE IN EMPLOYMENT , IN WHICH OPERATIONS CARRIED OUT WITH ASSISTANCE FROM THE SOCIAL FUND SHALL QUALIFY FOR A HIGHER RATE OF INTERVENTION , MUST BE DEFINED ;

WHEREAS PARTICULAR ACCOUNT MUST BE TAKEN , IN DEFINING THESE REGIONS , OF THE LOWER LEVEL OF THEIR ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT , THEIR PERIPHERAL LOCATION IN THE COMMUNITY AND THEIR SIGNIFICANCE FOR THEIR RESPECTIVE NATIONAL ECONOMIES ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

OPERATIONS CARRIED OUT IN GREENLAND , THE FRENCH OVERSEAS DEPARTMENTS , IRELAND , NORTHERN IRELAND AND THE MEZZOGIORNO SHALL QUALIFY FOR THE HIGHER RATE OF INTERVENTION PROVIDED FOR IN ARTICLE 8 ( 3 ) OF COUNCIL DECISION 71/66/EEC .

ARTICLE 2

THIS REGULATION SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON 1 JANUARY 1978 .

THIS REGULATION SHALL BE BINDING IN ITS ENTIRETY AND DIRECTLY APPLICABLE IN ALL MEMBER STATES .

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 20 DECEMBER 1977 .

FOR THE COUNCIL

THE PRESIDENT

H . SIMONET

( 1 ) OJ NO C 266 , 7 . 11 . 1977 , P . 15 .

( 2 ) OPINION DELIVERED ON 26 AND 27 OCTOBER 1977 ( NOT YET PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL ) .

( 3 ) OJ NO L 28 , 4 . 2 . 1971 , P . 15 .

( 4 ) SEE PAGE 8 OF THIS OFFICIAL JOURNAL .