CELEX: 51996PC0449
Language: en
Date: 1996-09-19
Title: Amended proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION on Commission activities of analysis, research, cooperation and action in the field of employment

No C 342/ 6          EN                 Official Journal of the European Communities                                    14 . 11 . 96
                          Article 3                                                              Article 6
In each Member State the summer-time period for 1998 ,                 The Member States shall adopt all the laws, regulations
1999, 2000 and 2001 shall end at 1 a. m. Greenwich                     and administrative provisions necessary to comply with
Mean Time on the last Sunday in October, i.e. :                        this Directive by 31 December 1997 at the latest. They
                                                                       shall immediately inform the Commission thereof.
— in 1998 : on 25 October,
— in 1999 : on 31 October,
— in 2000 : on 29 October,
— in 2001 : on 28 October.
                                                                       When Member States adopt these provisions, they shall
                                                                       contain a reference to this Directive and shall be accom­
                          Article 4                                    panied by such reference at the time of their official
                                                                       publication. The detailed arrangements for such
The arrangements to apply from 2002 onwards shall be                   reference shall be adopted by Member States.
adopted before 1 January 2001 on a proposal from the
Commission presented before 1 January 2000 .
                          Article 5
                                                                                                 Article 7
This Directive does not apply to the overseas territories
of the Member States .                                                 This Directive is addressed to the Member States .
             Amended proposal for a Council Decision on Commission activities of analysis, research, coop­
                                       eration and action in the field of employment O
                                                            (96/C 342 /06)
                                                       (Text with EEA relevance)
                                              COM(96) 449 final — 95/01 49(CNS)
               (Submitted by the Commission pursuant to Article 189 a (2) of the EC Treaty on 19 September
                                                                 1996)
              O OJ No C 235 , 9 . 9 . 1995 , p . 8 .
                       ORIGINAL TEXT                                                        AMENDED TEXT
                                     THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
                                                            Twelfth recital
Whereas,    in    accordance    with   the    interinstitutional       Whereas, in accordance with the Joint Declaration of 30
agreement on budgetary discipline, it is necessary for                 June 1982 and with the interinstitutional agreement on
actions taken on the initiative of the Commission to have              budgetary discipline, it is necessary for actions taken on
a legal basis.                                                         the initiative of the Commission to have a legal basis.
                                                     HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS :
                                                               Article 1
A Community action for analysis, research, cooperation                 A Community action for analysis, research, cooperation
and action in the field of employment (Essen) is hereby                and action in the field of employment is hereby estab­
established for the period from 1 January 1996 to 31                   lished for the period from 1 January 1996 to 31
December 2000 .                                                        December 2000 .
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                      ORIGINAL TEXT                                                      AMENDED TEXT
                                                           Article 2
This action aims to establish a new approach for                   This action aims to establish a new approach for
analysis, research, cooperation and action in the field of         analysis, research, cooperation and action in the field of
employment, thereby creating a platform for the                    employment, thereby creating a platform for the
exchange of information and experience relating to                 exchange of information and experience relating to
employment. This new approach will contribute to the               employment measures taken in the Member States. This
development of measures taken in the Member States                 new approach will focus on the suggestions made in the
which are in keeping with the focus of the Commission's            Commission's White Paper on Growth, Competitiveness
White Paper on Growth, Competitiveness and                         and Employment and on measures which take account of
Employment and with the decisions taken at the Essen               the employment strategies developed by the European
European Council.                                                  Union .
It is designed to promote the analysis of the labour
market and of employment policies at Community level,
to help to identify and transfer best practices and to
develop an active policy for disseminating the results
obtained .
                                                           Article 3
In order to achieve the objectives referred to in Article 2,
the Commission may promote in cooperation with the
players concerned and/or provide financial support for
the following measures :
(a) the establishment of permanent systems for
     observing, monitoring and exchanging comparable
     information and carrying out studies on employment
     policies and systems as defined in the Commission's
     White Paper on Growth, Competitiveness and
     Employment, labour market trends and the means
     whereby new jobs are created in the Member States
     and the Union ;
(b ) the provision of methodological and technical                 (b) the provision of methodological and technical
     support for projects to identify and transfer best                support for projects which aim at identifying and
     practices in areas such as work organization,                     transferring best practices in areas such as work
     regional and local measures for creating jobs which               organization, regional and local measures for
     meet new needs, and measures to assist certain                    creating jobs which meet new needs, particular
     groups of people particularly hard hit by unem­                   emphasis shall be given to projects for the identifi­
     ployment ;                                                        cation, transfer and dissemination of measures which
                                                                       directly or indirectly assist certain groups of people
                                                                       particularly hard hit by unemployment, notably
                                                                       young job seekers, the long-term unemployed,
                                                                       unemployed women and older unemployed workers ;
(c) the implementation of any initiatives likely to
     encourage the broad dissemination of the results
     obtained from the measures, including assistance in
     preparing regular reports on employment.
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                       ORIGINAL TEXT                                                      AMENDED TEXT
                                                           Article 4
The Commission shall guarantee the consistency of and              The Commission shall guarantee the coordination with,
synergy between the measures taken under this Decision             consistency of and synergy between the measures taken
and those taken under all policies of the Union.                   under this Decision and the Structural Fonds, the
The Commission and the Member States shall seek to
                                                                   research and development framework programmes, the
                                                                   fourth framework programme on equal opportunities for
ensure that their actions of analysis, research, coop­             women      and    men,    and   the   Leonardo    da     Vinci
eration and action in the field of employment and those            programme. The Commission shall aim to achieve a
taken under the Structural Funds, the research and
                                                                   spill-over effect of the results of this programme into all
development framework programme, the fourth                        policies of the Union.
framework programme on equal opportunities for
women and men, and those taken in the field of
vocational training, in particular under Leonardo,
complement each other.
                                                           Article 5
Certain activities shall be open to the participation of the       Certain activities shall be open to the participation of the
countries of the European Economic Area, the countries             countries of the European Economic Area, the countries
of Central and Eastern Europe, Cyprus and Malta, and               of Central and Eastern Europe, Cyprus and Malta, and
to the European Union's partner countries in the Medi­             tho the European Union's partner countries in the Medi­
terranean, in accordance with arrangements to be                   terranean, in accordance with arrangements to be
defined in the context of the relations of the Union with          defined in the context of the relations of the Union with
these countries .                                                  these countries and within the terms of the 1993 Interin­
                                                                   stitutional Agreement on budgetary discipline .
                                                                   The cost of the participation shall be covered by the
                                                                   countries concerned. If necessary the Commission may
                                                                   decide, pursuant to the rules applicable to the general
                                                                   budget of the European Communities, to grant a
                                                                   contribution to permit these countries' participation,
                                                                   within the limits of credits allocated by the budgetary
                                                                   authority.
                                                           Article 6
The       Commission    shall ensure    implementation    in
accordance with this Decision. To this end, it shall
cooperate on a partnership basis with the Member States,
and especially as part of the regular consultation of the
senior civil servants responsible for employment.
                                                           Article 7
The social partners shall be associated with the action
taken. The Standing Committee on Employment shall in
this connection be the main forum for discussing its
results .
                                                           Article 8
The Commission shall submit a final report on the results
of this action to the Council, the European Parliament,
the Economic and Social Committee and the Committee
of the Regions, by 31 December 2001 at the latest.
                                                           Article 9
This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of
the European Communities.