Proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION amending Decision No 90/233/EEC of 7 May 1990 establishing a trans­European mobility scheme for university studies ( TEMPUS )
Date: 1991-12-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU programme, action programme, higher education, student mobility, vocational training

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN  COMMUNITIES 

C0M(91) 513 final 

Brussels,  11 December  1991 

Proposal  for a 

COUNCIL PEC IS ION 

amending  Decision  No 90/233/EEC 
of 7 May 1990 establishing 
a trans-European  mobility 
scheme for university  studies  (TEMPUS) 

(presented  by  the  Commission) 

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EXPLANATORY  MEMORANDUM 

On  7  May  1990,  the  Council  adopted,  as  part  of  the  PHARE  Programme  of 
assistance  to  Central  and  Eastern  European  countries,.  Decision  No  90/233/EEC 
establishing  the  trans-  European  mobility  scheme  for  university  studies  (TEMPUS). 
This scheme was  established for  an initial  pilot  phase  of  three years  beginning on 1 
July  1990. 

So  far,  the  implementation  of  the  TEMPUS  Programme  has  already  permitted  the 
financing  of  activities  covering  academic  years  1990/1991  and  1991/1992. 
Procedures  realting to the third academic year are in progress. 

Article  11 of the decision relating to TEMPUS provides that: 

"The Commission, in  accordance  with  the  procedure  set  out  in  Article  5  (3), shall 
establish arrangements for the monitoring and evaluation of the experience acquired 
in  the  implementation  of  TEMPUS,  taking  into  account  in  particular  the objectives 
set out in Article 4. 
It  shall  submit  an  interim  report,  including  the  results  of  the  evaluation,  before 31 
December  1992,  as  well  as  a  proposal  for  the  continuation  or  adaptation  of 
TEMPUS as a whole, beyond the initial pilot  phase. 
A final report shall be presented  by the Commission by 31 December  1995". 

3. 

The  Commission  will  use  the  conclusions  of  the  evaluation  as  part  of  its  input  for 
preparing its proposal. For this  purpose, it has made the necessary  arrangements  to 
entrust  the  implementation  of  the  evaluation  of  the  TEMPUS  Programme  to  an 
outside  body.  The  results  of  this  evaluation  will  not  be  available  before  April  1992. 
The Commission will communicate  the  results  of the  evaluation  at the  same time as 
its  proposals  regarding  the  continuation  of  TEMPUS  in  June  1990,  in  order  to  give 
the Community  bodies  sufficient  time to  prepare the  Council  decision  and to  permit 
its adoption  before the end of the  year. 
However,  even  if  this  timetable  is  respected,  it  will  not  be  possible  to  ensure  the 
proper  continuation  of  the  implementation  of  TEMPUS  in  1993,  i.e.  for  academic 
year  1993/1994. 

More  specifically,  the  new  applicants'  guide  setting  out  the  arrangements  and 
priorities  applicable  to  projects  for  academic  year  1993/94  should  be  made  ready 
before  July  1992,  to  be  followed  by  a  call  for  applications  for  1993/94.  To  ensure 
that  selection  results  are  known  before  the  academic  vacation,  the  final  date  for 
submission of  requests  must be set at  15 January  1993 at the latest, or  earlier. 

The  objective  of  the  present  Commission  proposal  is  therefore  to  extend  the  initial 
pilot  phase  by  one  academic  year,  whilst  respecting  the  obligations  arising  out  of 
Article  11 above, in order to ensure the continuity  of the implementation  of  TEMPUS 
in  1993, i.e. for  academic  year  1993/94. 
This  would  enable  the  Council  and  Parliament  to  examine,  without  being  subject  to 
unrealistic  time  pressure, the  new  Commission  proposal  to  adopt  the  second  phase 
of TEMPUS  beginning in academic  year  1994/95. 

For this  reason the agreement  of the Council  and of  Parliament  is sought  in order to 
extend  the  application  of  the  current  TEMPUS  decision  by  one  academic  year,  the 
Commission  undertaking to deliver,  by 30 June  1992, the  results  of the  evaluation of 
the TEMPUS  Programme, as well  as its  proposals  for the  extension  or adaptation of 
TEMPUS. 

Proposal for  a Council  Decision 
amending  Decision No 90/233/EEC 
of 7 May 1990 establishing 
a trans-European  mobility 
scheme for university studies (TEMPUS) 

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 

having  regard  to  the  Treaty  establishing  the  European  Economic  Community,  and  in 
particular  Article 235 thereof, 

having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 

.•  . * . - . . :* • 

having regard to the opinion of the European  Parliament, 

having regard to the opinion of the Economic  and Social Committee. 

Whereas  Council  Decision No 90/233/EEC of 7 May  1990 established the TEMPUS trans-
European mobility  scheme for  university  studies. 

Whereas  Article  11  of  the  decision  relating  to  TEMPUS  provides  that  the  Commission 
shall submit to the Council, before 31 December  1992, an interim  evaluation  of the  results 
of  the  TEMPUS  Programme  as  well  as  a  proposal  for  the  continuation  or  adaptation  of 
TEMPUS beyond the initial pilot phase; 

Whereas  the  first  "TEMPUS"  annual  activity  report  (1.5.1990-  31.7.1991)  which  the 
Commission  has  just  made  public  enables  members  of  the  Council,  the  European 
Parliament  and  the  Economic  and  Social  Committee  to  be  informed  of  all  the  activities 
undertaken by the Commission to implement the TEMPUS  Programme; 

Whereas the evaluation report  on the TEMPUS  Programme will be available  as from April 
1992, and that  it  is  appropriate  that  the  Commission  should be  able to  avail  itself  of  the 
results of this evaluation study in order to prepare the proposal pursuant to on Article  11 ; 

Whereas  only  a decision  to  extend the  pilot  phase  for  a further  academic  year  will  give 
the  Council, the  European  Parliament  and the  Economic  and Social Committee  sufficient 
time to examine, based on the results of the outside evaluation, the new Council  Proposal 
and, as a result, to  make their decision with a fuW knowledge of the facts; 

Whereas  it  is  essential to ensure Ihe continuity  of  the TEMPOS Programme and that the 
programme  framework  for  academic  year  1993/1994 fee defined  as  soon  as  possible  in 
tS§2. 

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS 

Article number one of Decision: 90/233/EEC »s replaced by ftoe foîtow«% : 

"Article 1 

The  trans-European  mobility  scheme  for  university  studies  (hereinafter  referred  to  as 
"TEMPUS*)  is hereby adopted, for  an  initial  pilot  phase *>f. four  years  beginning  on  1 July 
1990, and subject to the monitoring and evaluation arrangements set out in Article 1V, 

nflANCIAL  APPENDIX 

Re:  The  TEMPUS  Scheme  -  Proposal  for  a  Council  Decision  to  alter  Decision 
90/233/EEC  of  7  May  1990  establishing  a  trans-European  mobility  scheme  for 
higher education. 

TEMPUS  has  no, spécifie  budget  line  but  is funded from the  overall  PHARE  programme 
budget (budget line B7-600). 

76  MECU  from  the  PHARE  budget  were  allocated  to  TEMPUS  in  1991;  the  1992 
provisional budget figure is approximately  110 MECU*  it is not possible to determine the 
1993  figure  at  present;  that  figure  will  be  negotiated  with  the  Central  and  Eastern 
European authorities at the same time as the  1993 indicative  oropramming of the  PHARE 
credits to be allocated to each country is discussed. 

However,  it  is  estimated that  the  amount to  be  allocated  to  TEMPUS  for  the  academic 
year  1993/94 • subject to the negotiations mentioned above •• may continue to account for 
the same proportion of the total PHARE  Budget as has been the case  between  1990 and 
1992 (i.e. ±.10%). 

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