Proposal for a Council Decision concerning the Community position within the Association Council on the participation of Latvia in Community programmes in the fields of training, youth and education
Date: 1998-05-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Association Council (EU), EU programme, Latvia, continuing education, young person

C  197/18

EN

Official  Journal  of  the  European  Communities

23.6.98

II

(Preparatory  Acts)

COMMISSION

Proposal  for  a  Council  Decision  concerning  the  Community  position  within  the  Association
Council  on  the  participation  of  Latvia  in  Community  programmes  in  the  fields  of  training,  youth
and  education

(98/C  197/06)

COM(1998)  309  final  -  98/0173(CNS)

(Submitted  by  the  Commission  on  18  May  1998)

THE  COUNCIL  OF  THE  EUROPEAN  UNION,

Having  regard  to  the  Treaty  establishing  the  European  Community,  and 
Articles  126  and  127,  in  conjunction  with  Article  228(3)  first  paragraph  thereof,

in  particular

Having  regard  to  the  proposal  from  the  Commission,

Having  regard  to  the  opinion  of  the  European  Parliament,

the  Europe  Agreement  establishing  an  association  between 

the  European
Whereas 
Communities  and  their  Member  States,  of  the  one  part,  and  the  Republic  of  Latvia,  of  the
other  part,  entered  into  force  on  1  February  1998,

Whereas,  according  to  Article  109  of  the  Europe  Agreement  and  to  its  Annex  XVIII,  Latvia
may  participate  in  Community  framework  programmes,  specific  programmes,  projects  or  other
actions  notably  in  the  fields  of  training,  youth  and  education,  and  the  terms  and  conditions  for
the  participation  of  Latvia  in  these  activities  shall  be  decided  by  the  Association  Council,

Whereas  Council  Decision  94/819/EC  of  6  December  1994  establishing  an  action  programme
for  the  implementation  of  a  European  Community  vocational  training  policy  (hereinafter  called
"Leonardo  da  Vinci’(cid:216)(˛)),  and  in  particular  Article  9(1)  thereof,  Decision  95/818/EC  of  14
March  1995  of  the  European  Parliament  and  the  Council  adopting  the  third  phase  of  the
"Youth  for  Europe’(cid:216)(ˇ)  programme  and 
in  particular  Article  7(4)  thereof  and  Decision
95/819/EC  of  14  March  1995  of  the  European  Parliament  and  of  the  Council  establishing  the
Community  action  programme  in  the  field  of  education  (hereinafter  called  "Socrates’(cid:216)(—))  and  in
particular  Article  7(3)  thereof,  provide  that  these  programmes  shall  be  open  to  the  participation
of  associated  Central  European  countries  in  accordance  with  the  conditions  set  out  in  the
in  Community
Additional  Protocols 
programmes,

the  Association  Agreements  on  participation 

to 

HAS  DECIDED  AS  FOLLOWS:

The  position  to  be  taken  by  the  Community  within  the  Association  Council  established  by  the
Europe  Agreement  between  the  European  Communities  and  their  Member  States,  of  the  one
part,  and  the  Republic  of  Latvia,  of  the  other  part,  concerning  the  participation  of  Latvia  in
Community  programmes  in  the  fields  of  training,  youth  and  education,  is  the  attached  draft
decision  of  the  Association  Council.

(˛)(cid:217)OJ  L  340  of  29.12.1994.
(ˇ)(cid:217)OJ  L  87  of  20.4.1995.
(—)(cid:217)OJ  L  87  of  20.4.1995.