Fourteenth report on the activities of the European Social Fund - financial year 1985. Report from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament.

Abstract

This is the annual report of the European Social Fund for 1985 presented by the Commission to Parliament and the Council pursuant to Article 8 of Council Regulation N° 2950/83 of 17 October 1983 on the implementation of Decision 83/516/EEC on the tasks of the European Social Fund1• Article 8 of Council Regulation EEC N° 2950/83 provides that "The Commission shall submit to the European Parliament and to the Council before 1 July of each year a report on the activities of the Fund during the preceding financial year". The forecasts of Social Fund expenditure from 1987, which have not yet been prepared by the budgetary authority, are not included in this Report. However, the Commission proposals are set out in the preliminary draft budget for 1987 <see Annex, Volume VII -Financial estimates 1987-1990).