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(PreparatoryActs)
ECONOMIC ANDSOCIALCOMMITTEE
OpinionontheproposalforaCouncilRegulation (EEC)ChangingPartIIofRegulation
(EEC)No1612/68onfreedomofmovementforworkerswithintheCommunity (!)
(92/C40/01)
On23October1991theCouncildecidedtoconsulttheEconomicandSocialCommittee,
underArticle49oftheTreatyestablishingtheEuropeanEconomicCommunity,onthe
abovementioned proposal.
TheSectionforSocial,Family,EducationalandCulturalAffairs,whichwasresponsiblefor
preparingtheCommittee'sworkonthesubject,adopteditsOpinionon14November1991.
TheRapporteurwasMrE.Saitis.
Atits291stplenarysession(meetingof27November1991),theEconomicandSocial
CommitteeadoptedthefollowingOpinionunanimously .
1.Generalcomments 1.4.Thereisadangerthatdeletionofreferenceto
thefrequencywithwhichinformation istobe
exchangedanditsreplacementbytheterm'regularly'
may,ifunaccompanied bythecompulsoryuseofnew
technologies ,reducetheflowofinformationandslow
downtheproceduresgoverningit.
1.4.1.Moreover,theremovalfromcertainpro­
visionsofamoredetaileddescriptionofthetypeofjob
offeredinsomesectorsandregionscouldleadtoonly
partialinformationbeingprovided.1.1.TheESCwelcomestheproposedamendmentto
theRegulation,butexpressessomereservationsasto
whetheritwillbeablefullytoachievetheobjectives
set.
1.2.TheCommissionproposalsarefundamentally
sound,helpingtoboostworkers'rightstofreedomof
movementandemployment withintheCom­
munity—oneofthebasicfactorsunderpinningEuro­
peanintegration .
1.3.Theproposedamendmentsallowfordirect
accessbyworkersconcernedtoappropriatesourcesof
information—whichtherebygaingreatertrans­
parency—andalsocutthroughacertainamountofred
tape.Themostimportantimprovement ,nevertheless,
istheexpansionofinformationexchangearrangements
(Art.15),puttingCommunityworkers'rightsontoa
moresolidfooting.However,ifthisobjectiveistobe
secured,furthersubstantialmeasureswillhavetobe
takenbytheMemberStates.1.5.AshighlightedbyOpinionESC121/91,the
establishmentofacomputerizedEuropeannetwork
linkingallemploymentservicesintheMemberStates
couldhelpspeedupimplementation ofprogrammes,
byprovidingrealaccessforthoseconcernedtospecific
joboffersandapplicationsforemployment .Greater
useofaudiovisualtechniquesandelectronicdatatrans­
missionbyMemberStatestodisseminateinformation
onjobsofferedandpostssoughtshouldbeencouraged .
Similarly,swifterproceduresforrecognizingqualifi­
cationsanddiplomasthroughouttheCommunity
wouldbeanessentialcontributiontomoredirectand
efficientmovementofCommunityworkers.Member (')OJNoC254,28.9.1991,p.9.

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Stateswillalsohavetomakeeveryefforttoharmonize
theaimsofsocialsecuritycoveringworkers.2.2.3.Subparagraph 1(d):[affectsFrenchtextonly]
'branchesd'activité'shouldbesupplemented by'pro­
fession'inordertogiveaclearerpictureofthetypeof
vacancyinvolved.[Translator'snote:theterm'bran­
chesd'activité'hasbeentranslatedintoEnglishas
'branchofactivity'inArt.14oftheoriginalCom­
missiontext(seepoint2.1above)andas'occupation'
inArt.15.1(d)].
2.3.Article16
2.3.1Paragraph2:thephrase'reasonabledelay'
shouldbemademorespecific:inanyevent,itshould
beindicatedthatitmustnotexceed15days.
2.4.Article19
2.4.1.Paragraph1:theword'regularly'shouldbe
supplementedwith'andatleasttwiceayear'.
2.4.2.InordertomaketheCommunityemployment
marketmoretransparent,thenumberofplacingsof
nationalsfromnon-Member Statesshouldnotbe
removedfromthescopeofanalysis:onthecontrary,
thebranchesofactivityandoccupationsinwhichthey
havebeenplacedshouldbespecified[Art.19,
subparagraph 1(3)oftheexistingRegulation].2.Specificcomments
2.1.Article14
2.1.1.Paragraph1:theexpression'byregionandby
branchofactivity'shouldbereinstated,sinceitprovides
aclearerdefinitionoftheinformationreferredtointhe
paragraph.
2.2.Article15
2.2.1.Paragraph1,firstline:thephrase'shallregu­
larlysend'shouldbesupplementedwith'and,inany
case,atleastonceeverythreemonthsandwhenever
requestedbytheEuropeanCoordinationOffice',asa
safeguardforsignificantlyfasterexchangeofinfor­
mation.
2.2.2.Subparagraph 1(b):'byoccupationandby
region'shouldbeaddedto'vacancies'.
DoneatBrussels,27November1991.
TheChairman
oftheEconomicandSocialCommittee
FrancoisSTAEDELIN