CELEX: 51990PC0146
Language: en
Date: 1990-04-17
Title: AMENDMENT TO THE PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DECISION ESTABLISHING A TRANS-EUROPEAN MOBILITY SCHEME FOR UNIVERSITY STUDIES " TEMPUS "

N o C 116/12                          Official Journal of the European Communities                                   11. 5. 90
               Amendment to the proposal for a Council Decision establishing a trans-European mobility
                                          scheme for university studies — Tempus (')
                                                      COM(90) 146 final
               (Submitted by the Commission pursuant to Article 149 (3) of the EEC Treaty on 20 April 1990)
                                                         (90/C 116/06)
               (') OJ No C 85, 3. 4. 1990, p. 9 (COM(90) 16 final/2).
                        ORIGINAL TEXT                                                        AMENDED TEXT
 First recital                                                         First recital
 Whereas the European Council meeting at Strasbourg on                 Whereas the European Council meeting at Strasbourg on
 8 and 9 December 1989, on the basis of a proposal from                8 and 9 December 1989, on the basis of a proposal from
 the Commission, requested the Council to adopt                        the Commission, requested the Council to adopt
 measures to allow for the participation of Central and                measures to allow for the participation of Central and
 Eastern European countries in Community programmes                    Eastern European countries in Community programmes
 of an educational character, similar to existing                      of an educational and/or training character, similar to
 programmes;                                                           existing programmes;
                                               Second recital — unchanged
 Third recital                                                         Third recital
Whereas the Council has adopted Regulation (EEC) No                   Whereas the Council has adopted a Regulation (EEC)
 3906/89 on economic aid to Poland and Hungary, and                   No 3906/89 on economic aid to Poland and Hungary,
whereas it is appropriate to benefit from the committee               setting up a Committee to serve the first stage of the
structure set up by this Regulation;                                  programme;
                                               Fourth recital — unchanged
Fifth recital                                                         Fifth recital
Whereas the experience and expertise gained within the                Whereas the experience and expertise gained within the
Community in the areas particularly of inter-university               Community in the areas particularly of inter-university
cooperation and student exchange as well as of                        cooperation and student exchange as well as of
industry-university cooperation should be drawn on to                 industry-university cooperation should be drawn on to
create a companion programme designed to develop                      create a specific programme that puts this experience to
cooperation and mobility between the European                         best use and is designed to develop cooperation and
Community and countries in Central and Eastern Europe                 mobility between the European Community and
in the training field, starting with Poland and Hungary;              countries in Central and Eastern Europe in the training
                                                                      field, starting with Poland and Hungary;
                                                Sixth r e c i t a l — u n c h a n g e d
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                       ORIGINAL TEXT                                                               AMENDED TEXT
Seventh recital                                                            Seventh recital
Whereas there exist in the Community and in third                         Whereas there exist in the Community and in third
countries universities and other institutions and bodies                   countries universities and other institutions and bodies
capable and willing to cooperate in the context of such a                  capable and willing to cooperate in the context of such a
companion programme;                                                       specific programme;
                                      E i g h t h to t e n t h r e c i t a l s — u n c h a n g e d
                                                    Article 1          unchanged
                         Article 2                                                                   Article 2
Tempus shall concern the countries of Central and                         Tempus shall concern the countries of Central and
Eastern Europe starting with Poland and Hungary.                           Eastern Europe designated as eligible for economic aid
Extension of the scheme to other countries may be                          by the Council in Regulation (EEC) No 3906/89 or in
determined by the Commission, in line with the                             any subsequent relevant legal act. These countries are
Community's general policy on cooperation with the                         referred to hereinafter as the 'eligible countries'.
region.
                                                    Article 3          unchanged
                                                                           A new Article 3a is insterted:
                                                                                                     Article 3a
                                                                           The terms 'industry' and 'enterprise' shall be used to
                                                                           indicate all types of economic activity, including not only
                                                                           large but also small and medium-sized enterprises,
                                                                           whatever their legal status, public and local authorities,
                                                                           independent economic organizations, in particular
                                                                           chambers of commerce and industry and/or their equi-
                                                                           valents, professional associations and organizations
                                                                           representing employers or employees.
                         Article 4                                                                   Article 4
                                             P o i n t s (a) t o (e) — u n c h a n g e d
(f) to promote the increased mobility of teaching staff.                   (f) to promote exchanges and mobility of teaching staff
                                                                               as part of the cooperation envisaged.
                                              A r t i c l e s 5 to 9 — u n c h a n g e d
                         Article 10                                                                  Article 10
An annual report on the functioning of Tempus shall be                     An annual report on the functioning of Tempus shall be
submitted by the Commission to the Council, the                            submitted by the Commission to the European
European Parliament and the Economic and Social                            Parliament, the Council and the Economic and Social
Committee, as well as to other participating countries.                    Committee, as well as to other participating countries.
                                                   A r t i c l e 11 — u n c h a n g e d