No L 133/26 Official Journal of the European Communities 22. 5. 85 II (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COMMISSION COMMISSION DECISION of 30 April 1985 on the guidelines for the management of the European Social Fund in the financial years 1986 to 1988 (85/261/EEC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Having regard to Council Decision 83/516/EEC of 17 October 1983 on the tasks of the European Social Fund (*), and in particular Article 6 thereof, - HAS ADOPTED THE FOLLOWING GUIDELINES : 1.1.2. 1.1.3. 1.2. 1.3. 14. 1.4.1. General Fund assistance will be concentrated on operations to further employment in : the absolute priority regions as defined in Council Decision 83/516/EEC — Greece, the French overseas departments, Ireland, the Mezzogiorno, Northern Ireland ; areas of industrial and sectoral restructuring made up of zones assisted or proposed by the Commission to be assisted from the non-quota section of the European Regional Development Fund or assisted under Article 56 of the ECSC Treaty (see Appendix); . areas of high and long-term unemployment drawn up by reference to unem- ployment rates and gross domestic product (see Appendix). Priority operations limited to the absolute priority regions are indicated by the letters ‘AR’; those limited to these regions and the regions listed in the Appendix are marked ‘R’; priority operations without regional limitation are marked ‘N’. Persons unemployed for more than 12 months are considered to be long-term unemployed. Priority will be given to vocational training operations which : equip trainees with the skills required for one or more specific types of job ; () OJ No L 289, 22. 10. 1983, p. 38.