EUR-Lex - 31976D0206 - EN

ARTICLE 1

1 . OPERATIONS WHICH ARE AIMED AT FACILITATING THE EMPLOYMENT AND THE GEOGRAPHICAL AND OCCUPATIONAL MOBILITY OF PERSONS OCCUPIED IN THE TEXTILE INDUSTRY , INCLUDING THE PROCESSING OF CHEMICAL FIBRES , AND IN THE CLOTHING INDUSTRY , WHOSE ACTIVITIES ARE DIRECTLY AFFECTED , OR ARE IN DANGER OF BEING AFFECTED , BY QUANTITATIVE OR QUALITATIVE MEASURES FOR STRUCTURAL ADAPTATION AND WHO ARE TO PURSUE ACTIVITIES AS EMPLOYED PERSONS EITHER WITHIN THOSE INDUSTRIES OR OUTSIDE THEM , SHALL BE ELIGIBLE FOR ASSISTANCE FROM THE SOCIAL FUND PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 4 OF DECISION 71/66/EEC .

2 . OPERATIONS FOR THE BENEFIT OF SELF-EMPLOYED PERSONS IN CHARGE OF TEXTILE OR CLOTHING UNDERTAKINGS , IN PARTICULAR SMALL CRAFT UNDERTAKINGS , WHO ARE TO PURSUE ACTIVITIES AS SELF-EMPLOYED PERSONS , SHALL ALSO BE ELIGIBLE FOR ASSISTANCE FROM THE FUND ON THE TERMS LAID DOWN IN PARAGRAPH 1 .

ARTICLE 2

AIDS INCLUDED IN THE LIST LAID DOWN BY COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) N 2397/71 OF 8 NOVEMBER 1971 ON AIDS WHICH MAY QUALIFY FOR ASSISTANCE FROM THE EUROPEAN SOCIAL FUND ( 5 ) , AS AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) N 1761/74 ( 6 ) , MAY ALSO RECEIVE ASSISTANCE FROM THE FUND BY VIRTUE OF THIS DECISION .

ARTICLE 3

THIS DECISION SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON THE DAY FOLLOWING THAT OF ITS PUBLICATION IN THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES .

IT SHALL APPLY TO OPERATIONS OF WHICH THE DRAFT HAS RECEIVED THE APPROVAL OF THE COMMISSION DURING A PERIOD BEGINNING 2 JANUARY 1976 AND ENDING 18 MONTHS AFTER THE ENTRY INTO FORCE OF THIS DECISION .

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 9 FEBRUARY 1976 .

FOR THE COUNCIL

THE PRESIDENT

G . THORN