EUR-Lex - 31977D0804 - EN

ARTICLE 1

1 . ASSISTANCE MAY BE GRANTED FROM THE FUND , PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 4 OF DECISION 71/66/EEC , FOR OPERATIONS TO ENCOURAGE THE EMPLOYMENT OF WOMEN OF OR OVER 25 YEARS OF AGE WITH NO VOCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS OR WITH INSUFFICIENT VOCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS WHERE THE ENTRY OR RE-ENTRY OF THESE PERSONS INTO WORKING LIFE PROVES PARTICULARLY DIFFICULT , PROVIDED THAT THESE OPERATIONS ARE FOR :

• WOMEN WHO WISH TO EXERCISE AN OCCUPATION FOR THE FIRST TIME OR AFTER A LONG BREAK , OR

• WOMEN WHO HAVE LOST THEIR EMPLOYMENT .

SUCH OPERATIONS MUST INCLUDE VOCATIONAL TRAINING MEASURES IN THE FRAMEWORK OF MEASURES AIMED , ON THE ONE HAND , AT PREPARING FOR WORKING LIFE OR AT MOTIVATING NEW CHOICES OF OCCUPATION AND , ON THE OTHER , AT FACILITATING ENTRY INTO OCCUPATIONS WHERE THERE ARE JOB PROSPECTS .

2 . ASSISTANCE MAY ALSO BE GRANTED FROM THE FUND PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 4 OF DECISION 71/66/EEC FOR VOCATIONAL ADAPTATION OPERATIONS FOR INSTRUCTORS WHERE THESE PERSONS PURSUE THEIR ACTIVITIES IN CONNECTION WITH THE OPERATIONS REFERRED TO IN PARAGRAPH 1 .

ARTICLE 2

THE AIDS ELIGIBLE FOR ASSISTANCE FROM THE FUND PURSUANT TO THIS DECISION SHALL BE THOSE LAID DOWN IN ARTICLE 3 ( 1 ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2396/71 .

ARTICLE 3

THIS DECISION SHALL BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES AND SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON 1 JANUARY 1978 .

IT SHALL APPLY TO OPERATIONS COVERED BY APPLICATIONS FOR ASSISTANCE WHICH HAVE RECEIVED THE APPROVAL OF THE COMMISSION BEFORE 1 JANUARY 1981 .

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 20 DECEMBER 1977 .

FOR THE COUNCIL

THE PRESIDENT

H . SIMONET

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

( 2 ) SEE PAGE 8 OF THIS OFFICIAL JOURNAL .

( 3 ) OJ NO C 266 , 7 . 11 . 1977 , P . 13 .

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

( 5 ) OJ NO L 249 , 10 . 11 . 1971 , P . 54 .

( 6 ) SEE PAGE 1 OF THIS OFFICIAL JOURNAL .