CELEX: 51989PC0194(01)
Language: en
Date: 1989-05-23
Title: AMENDED PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DECISION ESTABLISHING THE LINGUA PROGRAMME TO PROMOTE TRAINING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGES IN THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES

No C 181/12                             Official Journal of the European Communities                                              18. 7. 89
               Amended proposals for a Council Decision establishing the Lingua programme to promote
               training in foreign languages in the European Communities; and a Council Decision for the
               promotion of the teaching and learning of foreign languages in the European Communities as
                                                   part of the Lingua programme (')
                                                                COM(89) 194 final
               (Submitted by the Commission pursuant to Article 149 (3) of the EEC Treaty on 26 May 1989)
                                                                   (89/C 181/11)
               (') OJ No C 51, 28. 2. 1989, p. 7.
                       ORIGINAL PROPOSAL                                                              AMENDED PROPOSAL
                                                   Title, citations, Unchanged
                                                    R e c i t a l s 1 to 5 U n c h a n g e d
New Recital 6                                                                   Whereas the achievement of the internal market and of a
                                                                                People's Europe must take full account of the importance
                                                                                of preserving the rich cultural and linguistic diversity of
                                                                                the Community;
                                                   R e c i t a l s 7 to 10 U n c h a n g e d
                                            A r t i c l e 1, A r t i c l e 2 (1) U n c h a n g e d
Article 2 (2)
Foreign language training in the context of this Decision                       Foreign language training in the context of this Decision
shall refer only to training in the official languages of the                   shall refer to training in the Danish, Dutch, English,
Community.                                                                      French, German, Greek, Irish Gaelic, Italian, Luxem-
                                                                                bourgish, Portuguese and Spanish languages, when taught
                                                                                as foreign languages.
                                      A r t i c l e 3, i n t r o d u c t i o n , 3 (a) U n c h a n g e d
Article 3 (b)
(b) to ensure effective measures towards the provision,                         (b) to ensure effective measures towards the provision,
     for the benefit of enterprises in the European                                  for the benefit of the present and future workforce in
     Community, of the necessary levels of foreign                                   the European Community, of the necessary levels of
     language expertise in the present and future                                    foreign language expertise in order to enable them to
     workforce in order to enable those enterprises to                               take full advantage of the internal market. These
     take full advantage of the internal market;                                     measures, which are of benefit to enterprises, should
                                                                                     be geared in particular to the requirements of SMU
                                                                                     and to the needs of the peripheral and less-developed
                                                                                     regions in the Community.
Article 3 (i)
(i) increase opportunities for the teaching and learning                         (i) increase opportunities for the teaching and learning
     of foreign languages in the Community in vocational                             of languages in the Community in vocational
     training programmes, and in particular to encourage                             training and continuing education programmes, and
     the teaching and learning of the less widely used                               in particular to encourage the teaching and learning
     languages of the Community;                                                     of less widely used foreign languages;
                                                  A r t i c l e 3 (ii), (iii) U n c h a n g e d
                                                            Article 4 Unchanged
                                            A r t i c l e 5, i n t r o d u c t i o n  Unchanged
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                      ORIGINAL PROPOSAL                                                          AMENDED PROPOSAL
Article 5 (i)
(i) encourage young people to acquire (i) a working                         (i) promote the acquisition by young people of           a
     knowledge of two Community languages in addition                           working knowledge of two foreign languages          in
     to their mother tongue/s as a component of their                           addition to their mother tongue/s as a component    of
     initial vocational education and training and in their                     their initial vocational education and training and in
     preparation for working life;                                              their preparation for working life;
                                       A r t i c l e 5 i n d e n t s (ii) to (v) U n c h a n g e d
                                                    A r t i c l e 7 to 12 U n c h a n g e d
                                                   A c t i o n s I and II U n c h a n g e d
                                       Actions III, points A and B U n c h a n g e d
Action III, point C.l
C.l. In collaboration with representatives of the relevant                  C.l. In collaboration with representatives of the relevant
      profession or economic sector, support will be given                       profession or economic sector, support will be given
      to institutions responsible for curriculum devel-                          to institutions responsible for curriculum devel-
      opment and certification in Member States, for the                         opment and certification in Member States, for the
      development of foreign language qualifications                             development of foreign language qualifications
      specific to that profession or sector, and of the                          specific to that profession or sector, and of the
      courses and materials leading to those qualifi-                            courses and materials leading to those qualifi-
      cations.                                                                   cations, as well as foreign language teaching for
                                                                                 trainers in vocational training.
               Proposed Council Decision for the promotion of the teaching and learning of foreign languages
                             in the European Communities as part of the Lingua programme (')
                                                                COM(89) 194 final
               (Submitted by the Commission pursuant to Article 149 (3) of the EEC Treaty on 26 May 1989)
                                                                   (89/C 181/12)
               (•) OJ No C 51, 28. 2. 1989, p. 13.
                      ORIGINAL PROPOSAL                                                           AMENDED PROPOSAL
                                                    Title, citations, Unchanged
                                                    R e c i t a l s 1 to 7 U n c h a n g e d
 New recital 8                                                              Whereas the achievement of the internal market and of a
                                                                            People's Europe must also take full account of the
                                                                            importance of preserving the rich cultural and linguistic
                                                                            diversity of the Community;