{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-1983-673/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eudn/1983/673",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Decision of 22 December 1983 on the management of the European Social Fund (83/673/EEC)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-1983-673",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Commission Decision\nof 22 December 1983\non the management of the European Social Fund\n(83/673/EEC)\nTHE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,\nHaving regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,\nHaving regard to Council Decision 83/516/] EC of 17 October 1983 on the tasks of the European Social Fund,\nHaving regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2950/83 of 17 October 1983 on the implementation of Decision 83/516/EEC on the tasks of the European Social Fund, and in particular Articles 4 and 9 thereof,\nWhereas forms should be introduced for applications for assistance and claims for payment;\nWhereas a separate application is needed for each type of operation listed in the form set out in Annex 1 in order to meet the requirements of sound management of resources for which it must be possible to make an accurate evaluation of operations on the basis of the provisions of Decision 83/516/EEC and the guidelines for the management of the Fund;\nWhereas it is necessary to fix a time limit for the submission of applications for assistance under Article 3 (2) of Decision 83/516/EEC and for final payment claims;\nWhereas the duration of assistance for operations under Article 3 (1) of Decision 83/516/EEC should coincide with the financial year; whereas an upper limit should be set on the duration of assistance for multiannual operations under Article 3 (2) of that Decision;\nWhereas it is essential that the Member State should notify the Commission immediately of any change in the factors on which approval of assistance was based;\nWhereas in the interests of sound management of resources, any sums not used must be released immediately so that they can be reallocated to other operations eligible for assistance;\nWhereas the Commission must be informed immediately if any operation which has received Fund assistance is the subject of an investigation because of suspected irregularities;\nWhereas it is essential that the Commission should receive regular information from the Member States in view of the fact that the effectiveness of Find aid stems from a detailed knowledge of the operations which have received assistance,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ No L 289, 22. 10. 1983, p. 38."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "OJ No L 289, 22. 10. 1983, p. 1."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}