CELEX: 51990PC0145
Language: en
Date: 1990-04-17
Title: AMENDMENT TO THE PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) ESTABLISHING A EUROPEAN TRAINING FOUNDATION

15. 5. 90                              Official Journal of the European Communities                                   No C 119/15
               Amendment to the proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) establishing a European Training
                                                             Foundation (')
                                                          COM(90) 145 final
                (Submitted by the Commission pursuant to Article 149 (3) of the EEC Treaty on 20 April 1990)
                                                             (90/C 119/07)
               C) OJ No C 86, 4. 4. 1990, p. 12 (COM(90) 3 final).
                         ORIGINAL TEXT                                                          AMENDED TEXT
                           Article 1                                                               Article 1
This Regulation establishes the European Training Foun-                 This Regulation establishes the European Training Foun-
dation (hereinafter referred as 'the Foundation') whose                 dation (hereinafter referred to as 'the Foundation')
objective is to contribute to the development of the voca-              whose objective is to contribute to the development of
tional training systems of Central and Eastern European                 the vocational training systems of the countries of
countries, starting with Poland and Hungary. It shall in                Central and Eastern Europe designated as eligible for
particular seek to promote effective cooperation between                economic aid by the Council in Regulation (EEC) N o
the Community and the beneficiary countries in the field                3906/89 or in any subsequent relevant legal act. These
of vocational training and contribute to the coordination               countries are hereinafter referred to as 'the eligible
of assistance.                                                          countries'.
                                                                        The Foundation shall in particular:
                                                                        — seek to promote effective cooperation between the
                                                                             Community and the eligible countries in the field of
                                                                             vocational training,
                                                                        — contribute to the coordination of assistance provided
                                                                             by the Community, its Member States and the third
                                                                             countries referred to in Article 15.
                           Article 2                                                              Article 2
                                              P o i n t s (i) a n d (ii) u n c h a n g e d
(iii) examine the scope for joint ventures of training                  (iii) examine the scope for joint ventures of training
      assistance for the setting-up of specialized multina-                   assistance for the setting-up of specialized multina-
      tional teams for specific projects and for identifying                  tional teams for specific projects and for identifying
      operations which could be cofinanced;                                   operations which could be cofinanced and provide
                                                                              them with financial support:
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                           ORIGINAL TEXT                                                         AMENDED TEXT
(iv) arrange for appropriate specialized agencies or                  (iv) arrange for specialized agencies or private bodies
      private bodies with the necessary expertise to                        with a proven training record and the necessary
      implement and manage individual projects on a                         expertise to implement and manage individual
      flexible, decentralized basis;                                        projects on a flexible decentralized basis;
                                              P o i n t s (v) to (vii) u n c h a n g e d
                           Article 3                                                             Article 3
The Foundation shall work in the training field, covering             The Foundation shall work in the training field, covering
initial and continuing vocational training for young                  initial and continuing vocational training as well as
people and adults, paying appropriate attention to                    retraining for young people and adults, paying appro-
management training.                                                  priate attention to management training.
                           Article 4                                                             Article 4
1.     The Foundation shall have legal personality. It shall          1.     The Foundation shall have legal personality. It shall
enjoy in all the Member States the most extensive legal               enjoy in all the member States the most extensive legal
capacity accorded to legal persons under their laws; it               capacity accorded to legal persons under their laws; it
may, in particular, acquire or dispose of movable and                 may, in particular, acquire or dispose of movable and
immovable property and may be a party to legal                        immovable property and may be a party to legal
proceedings; it shall be non profit-making; it shall share            proceedings; it shall be non profit-making; it shall share
accomodation and facilities and other appropriate infra-              accomodation and facilities and other appropriate infra-
structure, at the location of the European Centre for the             structure, at the location of the European Centre for the
Development of Vocational Training                (hereinafter        Development of Vocational Training                (hereinafter
referred to as 'the Cedefop'). The Foundation shall seek              referred to as 'the Cedefop'). The Foundation shall work
the cooperation of other Community bodies, in                         in close cooperation with the Cedefop and, wherever
particular the Cedefop.                                               appropriate, with other Community bodies.
                                            P a r a g r a p h s 2 and 3 unchanged
                                                      Article 5 unchanged
                                                                                            Article 5 a (new)
                                                                      1.     Without prejudice to paragraph 2, the Foundation
                                                                      shall have a committee of 15 experts consisting of 15
                                                                      members appointed by the governing board, upon a
                                                                      proposal from the Commission and selected from among
                                                                      training and other circles concerned in the work of the
                                                                      Foundation.
                                                                      Special attention shall be given to ensure the presence on
                                                                      this Committee of representatives of the social partners
                                                                      and of those international organizations active in the
                                                                      provision of training assistance to the eligible countries,
                                                                      in particular, representatives of the social partners at
                                                                      European level which are already active in the work of
                                                                      the Community institutions shall be invited to nominate
                                                                      one expert each for appointment to the committee by the
                                                                      governing board.
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                       ORIGINAL TEXT                                                            AMENDED TEXT
                                                                        2.     In addition to the members appointed in
                                                                        accordance with paragraph 1, each eligible country shall
                                                                        be entitled to nominate one expert for appointment to
                                                                        the committee by the governing board.
                                                                        3.     The term of office of the members of the
                                                                        committee of experts, appointed in accordance with
                                                                        paragraphs 1 and 2, shall normally be for three years,
                                                                        subject to regular review by the governing board.
                                                                        4.     The task of the committee of experts shall be to
                                                                        deliver opinions to the governing board either at the
                                                                        request of the board or on its own initiative on all
                                                                        matters concerning the annual work programme of the
                                                                        Foundation referred to in Article 5, paragraph 7.
                                                                       All opinions shall be communicated to the governing
                                                                        board.
                                                                        5.     The Director of the Foundation       shall act as
                                                                        chairman of the committee.
                                                                       The committee shall draw up its rules of procedures,
                                                                       subject to the approval of the governing board.
                                                                       6.      The committee shall be convened by its chairman.
                                                                       Meetings shall be held at least twice a year.
                         Article 6                                                                Article 6
 1.   The Director of the Foundation shall be appointed                The Director of the Foundation shall be designated by
by the Commission from a list of candidates, with                      the governing board, on a proposal from the
significant experience in the field of business                        Commission. His term of office shall be five years which
management and/or training, submitted by the                           shall be renewable. He shall be responsible for:
governing board. His term of office shall be five years,
which shall be renewable. He shall be responsible for:
                                      T h e r e s t of t h e A r t i c l e is u n c h a n g e d
                         Article 7                                                                Article 7
 1.   Representatives of the social partners at European               In addition to any participation in the Committee of
level which are already active in the work of the                      experts, representatives of the social partners at
Community institutions may be associated with the work                 European level and international organizations active in
of the Foundation.                                                     the field of training may be associated, for the purpose
                                                                       of specific projects, in the work of the Foundation.
2.    International organizations active in the training
field may be associated with the work of the Foundation.
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                        Article 16                                                               Article 16
The Commission shall establish a review procedure of                   The Commission shall establish a review and evaluation
the experience acquired in the work of the Foundation                  procedure of the experience acquired in the work of the
and shall undertake a first review before 31 December                  Foundation and shall undertake a first review before 31
1992.                                                                  December 1992, the first results of which, it shall submit
                                                                       to the European Parliament, the Council and the
                                                                       Economic and Social Committee.
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