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ORIGINAL PROPOSAL AMENDED PROPOSAL 
Article 5 (i) 
(i) encourage young people to acquire (i) a working 
knowledge of two Community languages in addition 
to their mother tongue/s as a component of their 
initial vocational education and training and in their 
preparation for working life; (i) promote the acquisition by young people of a 
working knowledge of two foreign languages in 
addition to their mother tongue/s as a component of 
their initial vocational education and training and in 
their preparation for working life; 
Article 5 indents (ii) to (v) Unchanged 
Article 7 to 12 Unchanged 
Actions I and II Unchanged 
Actions III, points A and B Unchanged 
Action III, point C.l 
C.l. In collaboration with representatives of the relevant 
profession or economic sector, support will be given 
to institutions responsible for curriculum devel­
opment and certification in Member States, for the 
development of foreign language qualifications 
specific to that profession or sector, and of the 
courses and materials leading to those qualifi­
cations. C.l. In collaboration with representatives of the relevant 
profession or economic sector, support will be given 
to institutions responsible for curriculum devel­
opment and certification in Member States, for the 
development of foreign language qualifications 
specific to that profession or sector, and of the 
courses and materials leading to those qualifi­
cations, as well as foreign language teaching for 
trainers in vocational training. 
Proposed Council Decision for the promotion of the teaching and learning of foreign languages 
in the European Communities as part of the Lingua programme (') 
COM(89) 194 final 
(Submitted by the Commission pursuant to Article 149 (3) of the EEC Treaty on 26 May 1989) 
(89/C 181/12) 
(•) OJ No C 51, 28. 2. 1989, p. 13. 
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Title, citations, Unchanged 
Recitals 1 to 7 Unchanged 
New recital 8 Whereas the achievement of the internal market and of a 
People's Europe must also take full account of the 
importance of preserving the rich cultural and linguistic 
diversity of the Community; 
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ORIGINAL PROPOSAL AMENDED PROPOSAL 
Recitals 9 to 13 Unchanged 
Article 1 Unchanged 
Article 2 
Foreign language training in the context of this Decision 
shall refer only to training in the official languages of the 
Community. Foreign language training in the context of this Decision 
shall refer to training in the Danish, Dutch, English, 
French, German, Greek, Irish Gaelic, Italian, Luxem-
bourgish, Portuguese and Spanish languages, when taught 
as foreign languages. 
Article 3, introduction 3 (a) Unchanged 
Article 3 (b) 
(b) to ensure effective measures towards the provision, 
for the benefit of enterprises in the European 
Community, of the necessary levels of foreign 
language expertise in the present and future 
workforce in order to enable those enterprises to 
take full advantage of the internal market; (b) to ensure effective measures towards the provision, 
for the benefit of the present and future workforce in 
the European Community, of the necessary levels of 
foreign language expertise in order to enable them to 
take full advantage of the internal market. These 
measures, which are of benefit to enterprises, should 
be geared in particular to the requirements of SMU 
and to the needs of the peripheral and less-developed 
regions in the Community. 
Article 3 (i), (ii) Unchanged 
Article 4 Unchanged 
Article 5, introduction Unchanged 
Article 5 (i) 
(i) that all young people shall be encouraged to study at 
least one foreign language during the period of 
full-time compulsory education, with a view to 
acquiring the necessary skills of communication, and 
that measures will be promoted to provide young 
people who so wish with the opportunity to acquire 
a working knowledge of two Community languages 
in addition to their mother tongue/s during this 
period; (i) that all young people shall be encouraged to learn 
one foreign language during the initial period of their 
education so as to acquire adequate communication 
skills and that they be encouraged before the end of 
their secondary education to acquire a working 
knowledge of two foreign languages in addition to 
their mother tongue; 
Article 5, indents (ii) to (iv) Unchanged 
Articles 6 to 11 Unchanged 
Action I Unchanged 
Action II, points 1, 2, 3 (a) to (c) Unchanged 
Action II, point 3 (d) 
(d) the provision for the teaching of extra-Community 
languages, particularly in the light of ( the 
Community's developing trading and cultural 
relations with the rest of the world. (d) the provision for the teaching of extra-Community 
languages, particularly in the light of the 
Community's developing trading and cultural 
relations with the rest of the world and the need for 
cultural and linguistic variety in the Community.