Fifth report on the activities on the European Social Fund - 1976 financial year. Report from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament.

Abstract

Tlris is the annual report of the Social Ftu'ld for -Gl1e year 1;76 submitted by the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council in accordance with Article 6 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 858/72 ( 1) wluch reads as follmvs : 1 "mcry year the Commission shall, before 1 July, submit to the Council and to the European Parliament a report on the activities of the Fund during the past financial year and on the development foreseeable in the cooing three years in expenditure relating to measures trucen pursuant to Articles 4 and 5 of the Council Decision 71/66/F:ZJ o II The report is based on the presentation used last year \-Thich was welcomed by the European Parliament (2). A:n attempt has been made, however, towards greater clarity and to provide additional inform-a·~ion in accordance Ni th the Parliament's request ( 3). Examples of extra material includecl for the firs·t time are the overall financial iopact of the Fund on the less-developed regions of the Community ; the numbers of people benefi ttin~; from the various fields of interventions, and the breakdown of p~ents according to Member State.