31. 12. 88 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 374/21 COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 4255/88 of 19 December 1988 laying down provisions for implementing Regulation (EEC) No 2052/ 88 as regards the European Socnal Fund THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Articles 126 and 127 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1), Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (2), Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (3), Whereas Article 3 (4) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88 of 24 June 1988 on the tasks of the Structural Funds and their effectiveness and on coordination of their activities between themselves and. with the operations of the European Investment Bank and the other existing financial instruments (4) provides for the Council to adopt the specific provisions governing operations under each Structural Fund; Whereas it is appropriate to define the various types of measures to be supported by the European Social Fund (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Fund’), including those which represent new tasks, in context of the Fund’s contribution to the attainment of the five objectives provided for in Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88; Whereas objectives 3 and 4 are épplicable to the whole of the Community’s territory; Whereas expendnture eligible for assistance from the Fund should be defined; Whereas expenditure trends should not be allowed to diverge and average indicative amounts should be introduced by stages for contributions by the Fund towards operating costs in respect of training; (1) OJ No C 256, 3. 10. 1988, p. 16. (2) O] No C 326, 19. 12. 1988. (*) OJ No C 337, 31. 12. 1988. (*) O] No L 185, 15. 7. 1988, p. 9. Whereas Article 10 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88 requires the Commission to establish guidelines for the attainment of objectives 3 and 4 laid down in that Regulation; Whereas arrangements should be specified for the submission of the plans to be drawn up by Member States pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88; Whereas it is necessary to define the forms of assistance to be granted by the Fund and to specify the content of applications relating to operations to be carried out within the framework of Member States’ Labour market policies; Whereas arrangements should be laid down for the submission and approval of applications for assistance from the Fund, as should details of the arrangements for monitoring; " Whereas the transitional provisions should be specified, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: . Article 1 Eligible operations 1. Under the conditions laid down by Council Regulation ' (EEC) No 2052/88 and Regulation (EEC) No 4253/88 of 19 December 1988 laying down provisions for implementing Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88 as regards coordination of the activities of the different Structural Funds between themselves and with the operations of the European Investment Bank and the other existing financial instruments (5) and those specified in this Regulation, the Fund shall contribute to the financing of the following: (a) vocational training operations, accompanied where necessary by vocational guidance; (b) subsidies towards recruitment into newly created stable jobs and towards the creation of self-employed activities. : 2. In this connection, the Fund shall also contribute up to 5% of its annual budget to the financing of the following: (%) See page 1 of this Official Journal.