There is a need for a comprehensive and comparable dataset on the labour market situation of people with disabilities, as referred to in the Council Resolution of 17 June 1999 on equal opportunities for people with disabilities(3), which calls upon the Commission to work together with the Member States, in particular within the framework of the European employment guidelines and in accordance with the mainstreaming principle, to monitor and analyse the development of the employment of people with disabilities on the basis of comparable data.

From 1 January 1986 to 31 December 1988, 44,5 % of appropriations available for operations under Article 3 (1) shall be reserved for operations which are eligible and which conform to the Guidelines for the Management of the Fund aimed at promoting employment in Greece, the autonomous regions of Andalucia, the Canary Islands, Castilla-Leon, Castilla-La-Mancha, Extremadura, Galicia, Murcia Ceuta and Melilla, the French overseas departments, Ireland, the Mezzogiorno, Portugal and Northern-Ireland.