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COM(74)1932 final
Brussels,26November1974
Amendingofthe
ProposalforaCouncilRegulationa* , .»■it»
ontheestablishment ofaEuropean
VocationalTrainingCentre
(presentedbytheCommissiontotheCouncilpursuantto
thesecondparagraphofArticle149oftheEECTreaty)
COK(74)1932final

V/1326/74-E
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EXPL A2TAT0RY MEMORANDUM
A. Amendments proposed "bytheEcon omic and .Social Committ ee
Artic le1
TheCommission agrees inprinciple with thevery wide concept of
professional training recommended bytheEconomic and Social .
Committee ^itseems unnecessary ,however ,tochange thewording of
this Article ,since theterma used ,asnormally understood ,cover
theconcept ofvocational training proposed bytheEconomic and
Social Committee .
Asregards thelast sentence ofArticle 1(cf.note 2,2 ,Art .l),
theOpinion oftheEconomic and Social Committee contains nothing
new which would lead the Commission toreconsider its decision not to
express anopinion astotheplace inwhich theCentre should be
situated .
Articles 2and 3
TheCommission believes that the Centre could base itsannual working
plans ontheEconomic andSocial Committee 'slist ofoccupations
contained inthe "Study ontheSystems ofEducation andVocational
Training intheEuropean ConHranity "of13December 1973 .Byits
specific nature ,this list cannot ,however ,beincluded inthe
Council Regulation .
Thir dindent ofthe first yo.ra^raph ofArtic le2
Theproposed amendment would ^ivenogreater force totheoriginal
Commission text ,which already provides forthetypes ofmeasures
desired ,cpiite rightly ,bytheEconomic andSocial Committee .
Article 311)
Theproposed amendment seems unnecessary fsince theCommission text
already allows theManagement Board todraw upanannual working
plan fortheCentre which takes into consideration priority needs .
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Article 3(2 ) ,
Theproposed amendment clarifies thescope oftheprovision .
Article 4(l)
Theproposed amendment would disturb considerably thebalance of
representation provided forintheoriginal Commission text .
Moreover ,thetripartite structure oftheManagement Board shown in
theoriginal text isbased onother tripartite structures existing
intheEuropean Communities which have proved satisfactory .Further­
more ,itshould benoted that inanumber ofcases representatives
ofavariety ofoccupations andparticularly ,occupations engaged in
byself–employed persons have been included intheemployers'
category .
i
For these reasons theamendment concerned cannot beaccepted .
Article 4(3)
Theproposed amendment concerns amatter which wasstudied mdetail
!
bytheCommission when itadopted theproposal foraRegulation which
itsubmitted tothe Council .The Economic and Social Committee
introduces nonewfactors which could justify achange inthe
Commission 's ,position .
Article 4(4 )
Theproposed amendment seems very reasonable andshould therefore
beaccepted .
Article 4(5)
This amendment seems justified inthat i.twill enable theChairman
andVice-Chairmen oftheManagement Board tobebetter informed as
totheopinions oftheExperts Committee onthevarious problems
under discussion andtotake part inCommittee discussions where
they will beable toprovide allthenecessary information or
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Article 5
The desire expressed that theEconomic and Social Committee and the
Advisory Committee onVocational Training should beinformed
regularly oftheactivities oftheCentre seems justified ;the
Commission canaccept therecommendation without amending the
present wording ofArticle 5»
Article 6(2)
Theproposed amendment seems unacceptable since itwould alter the
"political "balance between theExports Committee andtheManagement
■Board aslaid down bytheCommission initsoriginal proposal .
Article 7(l)
Theproposed amendment maybeaccepted inview ofthefact that its
object istoavoid differences ofpolicy between theExperts Committee
and theManagement Board ,which isresponsible forrunning theCentre .
Article 7(2 )
Theamendment maybeaccepted since itwould ensure theproper -.
functioning oftheExperts Committee inthe evTsntt ofthePresident
being unable toattend .
This amendment ,whose object istoabolish theobligation toconvene
aminimum number ofa?mur.l meetings oftheExperts Committee has
notbeen accepted since itwould mean less participation bythe
Committee 'intheactivities ofthe Centre andwould create difficulties
indrawing upnewwork plans andrecords ofpast activities .
Article 10(l )
According tothefourth general principle forimplementing a
common vocational training policy (Council Decision of2April 1963 )
theAdvisory Committee onVocational Training isaconsultative
body which cooperates with theCommission .Itisforthematter ,
therefore ,toaccept ,where appropriate ,suggestions from the
Committee andtobring them tothenotice oftheCentre .Theamendment

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proposed by "th©Econoniio andSocial Cominit"t6 camict "therofor©
beaccepted .
Amendments rrooos od "bytheEuropean Parliament _,
Article 4(l)(c )
Theamendment isunacceptable forthesimple reason that according to
theoriginal Commission draft there should bequalified teachers and
representatives ofbodies concerned with youth problems onthe
Experts Committee which delivers technical and scientific opinions .
Itseems completely unjustified that theCentre 'sadministrators
should necessarily beteachers .
Article 6(1)
Thetwoproposed amendments should beaccepted because they would
enable theCentre tobeassisted byanExperts Commit teerrwhich
possessed thewidest ,and .most -varied .experience possible .
Article 11
Theproposed amendment should beaccepted since itcorresponds with
theCommission 'sintention ,even though this wasnotsoclearly
expressed intheoriginal text .
FINANCIAL RECORD
TheEuropean Parliament hopes that the Centre will beallocated
sufficient funds toenable ittocarry outitsoperations effectively .
TheCommission endorses this policy wholeheartedly .

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ANTEX1
ProposalforaCouncilRegulationontheestablishment ofaEuropean
VocatxonalTrainingCentre
(amendedproposai)
Preamclsunchanged
Articles1and2unchanged
Article3 1.-unchanged
–concludestudy^e.nd_resgajx,-hcontracts,grant
financialassistanceforcarryingcutspecific
projects|
–unchanged
2.~unchanged
Articie4 1•)
2.)unchanged
3.)
4.TheChairmansnailconvenetheManagementBoardat
leaptfourtimesayearorattherequestofnot
2ilr;5thanonethirdofi-Vsrnsnbors.
5.unoha;v-ed .
6.'TheChairmanandVice-Chairman oftheManagement
BoardshallattendmeetingsoftheExperts
Committee.
A£ticle__6 1.TheExpertsCommitteeshallconsistof36members5
eachMc-taberStateshellnonir^atefourmembers.
Theyshallbeselectedonaccountoftheir
theoretical knowledgeandpracticalexperience
inthevariousfieldsconnectedwithvocational
andgengraltraining,
2.unchanged.
Article7 !•-•lastsentence
Itmay,onitsowninitiativeandsubjecttothe
approvalcftheT'ar.c^geTenbBoerd,examineany
questionrelatingtotheobjectsoftheCentre.
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2. The Committee shall elect aChairman and a
Vice-Chairman from among itsmembers andshall
adopt itsownrules ofprocedure .
3.)
4.)unchanged
Article8
Article 1 unchanged
Article 10
Article 11 TheManagement Board shall adopt notlater than
Articles 12to1831March thegeneral report ontheactivities ,
financial situation andwork programme ofthe
Centre and shall submit ittothe Commission of
theEuropean Communities and totheEuropean
Parliament .
unchanged .
FUTAcTCIAL RECORD
Thefollowing indent istobeadded under' OPERATIONAL EXPENDITURES
–organization ofpilot projects ,subsidies ,study grants ,symposia ,meetings ,
congresses ,experiments 1000000u.a .
Total operational
expenditure
Total 1975;-%•ooo «.
1520000u.a .
2200 000u.a .