CELEX: 51991PC0193
Language: en
Date: 1991-05-31
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DECISION CONFIRMING THE CONSOLIDATION OF THE EC - JAPAN CENTRE FOR INDUSTRIAL COOPERATION

N o C 173/4                          Official Journal of the European Communities                                    4. 7. 91
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                                                       (Preparatory Acts)
                                                 COMMISSION
               Proposal for a Council Decision confirming the consolidation of the EC-Japan Centre for
                                                    Industrial Cooperation
                                                        (91/C 173/04)
                                                      COM(91) 193 final
                                      (Submitted by the Commission on 12 June 1991)
 THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                          Whereas the work of the EC-Japan Centre for Industrial
                                                                   Cooperation contributes to the Community's work in the
                                                                   field of industrial policy;
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
 Economic Community, and in particular Article 235
 thereof,
                                                                   Whereas the Centre is co-financed by the Community
                                                                   budget, MITI and contributions from industry on both
 Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                sides;
 Having regard      to  the   opinion   of  the   European         Whereas the Centre, so far run as a pilot project, has
 Parliament,                                                       proved successful by providing mainly management
                                                                   training programmes for a growing number of business
                                                                   managers of Community undertakings, as well as infor-
 Whereas the EC-Japan Centre for Industrial Cooperation            mation on the Japanese business environment;
was founded in 1986 with a view to contributing to
 industrial cooperation between the Community and
Japan;
                                                                  Whereas the Centre's Supervisory Board has concluded
                                                                  that the Centre's activities are promising, meriting strong
Whereas the Council in its conclusions of March 1987              backing by both major sponsors, the Commission and
noted with interest the launching of the Centre's pilot           MITI, and that it should be consolidated;
phase and welcomed industry's contribution towards its
implementation;
                                                                  Whereas, therefore, this proposed consolidation should
                                                                  be confirmed and the Centre should be established as an
Whereas the Council on 26 November 1990 approved
                                                                  EC-Japan common venture;
the conclusions of the Commission's Communication on
Industrial Policy in an Open and Competitive Envi-
ronment;
                                                                  Whereas the Treaty does not provide, for the action
                                                                  concerned, powers other than those of Article 235,
Whereas the Commission was called on to continue its
industrial policy work also bearing in mind:
                                                                  HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
— the evolution of the economic situation and of the
    strategies of the major non-EEC industrialized
    countries and of the newly-industrialized countries,
                                                                                            Article 1
— the need for an appropriate use of the instruments              The consolidation of the EC-Japan Centre for Industrial
    available to the Community in order to strengthen             Cooperation and its establishment as a common venture
    the technological capabilities and the competitiveness        between the Community and Japan are hereby confirmed
    of the European industrial system;                            on behalf of the European Economic Community.
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                        Article 2                                                     Article 3
                                                               1.   The EC-Japan Centre for Industrial Cooperation is
                                                              located in Tokyo, Japan.
The goal of the EC-Japan Centre for Industrial                2.    The Centre is jointly financed by the Government
Cooperation is to contribute to industrial cooperation        of Japan, the Community and private sponsors.
between the Community and Japan, notably by providing
management training programmes for European business
                                                                                      Article 4
executives, information on the Japanese business envi-
ronment and opportunities, and programmes for                 This Decision shall take effect on the day of its publi-
European alternative-energy specialists.                      cation.