CELEX: 51988PC0738
Language: en
Date: 1988-12-05
Title: Amendments to the Proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION adopting the second phase of the Programme on cooperation between universities and enterprises regarding training in the field of technology - COMETT II (1990-1994) (presented by the Commission pursuant to Article 149, paragraph 3 of the EEC Treaty)

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 ---pagebreak--- COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                             COM(88 ) 738 final
                                            Brussels , 5 December 1988
                           COUNCIL DECISION
  adopting the second phase of the Programme on cooperation between
   universities and enterprises regarding training in the field of
                        technology - COMETT II
                              ( 1990-1994 )
  (presented by the Commission pursuant to Article 149 , paragraph 3
                          of the EEC Treaty )
 ---pagebreak---                     Amendments to the Proposal for a Council Decision
                       adopting the second phase of the Programme on
                    cooperation between universities and enterprises
                       regarding training in the field of technology
                                     COMETT II ( 1990-1994 )
                                   Explanatorv Mémorandum
 1 . The European         Parliament at     its session    of 14-18 November 1988 gave a
     favourable         opinion   on    the  Commission 's   proposal    to    the  Council
     regarding        a    second    phase   of  the  COMETT    Programme    ( COMETT   II )-
     ( COM ( 88 ) 4 29 final ).
2 . In the context of           the discussion    which took    place on    this item , the
     Commission accepted five amendments proposed by the European Parliament
     to the draft Decision with the following aims :
                     to give greater emphasis to the contribution of COMETT to the
                     social dialogue ( Amendments N° 1 , 4 and 7 );
                     to underline     the importance   of the    balanced development of
                     COMETT throughout the Community ( Amendment N° 3 );
                     to ensure that those receiving grants under Strand           B are not
                     penalised during the exchanges ( Amendment N° 2 ).
3 . The attached proposal , drawn up on this basis , seeks to respond to the
     political preoccupations of the European Parliament .
 ---pagebreak---                       PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DECISION
              adopting the second phase of the Programme on
            cooperation between universities and enterprises
              regarding training in the field of technology
                                 COMETT II
Original Text                           Amended text
Initial text unchanged                  - 8th recital bis
                                        ( after the 8th Recital , insert :
                                              whereas the COMETT Programme
                                              should be a tangible extension
                                              of social dialogue and open to
                                              both sides of industry in the
                                              spirit of the joint opinion of
                                              6 March 1987 on the training
                                              and  motivation       of   workers in
                                              the context       of    technological
                                             change ,
                                        - new Recital 8b :
                                             whereas      workers    and    students
                                             benefiting         from     operations
                                             under the COMETT Programme must
                                             not       suffer          disadvantage
                                             thereby ,         particularly       as
                                             regards their labour rights ,
                                             their rights to social security
                                             and sickness insurance or their
                                             educational            rights ,      as
                                             appropriate ;
                                             New   Recital      9a   after the 9th
                                             recital    :
                                             whereas      the   COMETT    Programme
                                             must   take      greater    account of
                                             the needs of regions which have
                                             greater difficulty in taking
                                             part in the COMETT Programme
                                             and      in     which      cooperation
                                            between          universities        and
                                            undertakings is         still at a low
                                             level          of         development ,
                                             in   order     to   allow     balanced
                                            participation in         the Programme
                                            by              the           different
                                            regions .
 ---pagebreak---                         insert new Recital 9b
                        whereas         the        important
                        restructuring changes under way
                        in     the     technological      and
                        industrial      spheres     and the
                        establishment of undertakings
                        in    technologically       advanced
                        sectors    create   a need for in-
                        service     vocational      training
                        schemes     in    the   context    of
                        regional     cooperation between
                        universities and undertakings ,
Annex to the Decision :
text remains unchanged
                        insert in    part C    of the Annex
                        to the   Decision     the following
                        new indent (( c ) bis )  :
                        c.   bis )     Support     for    the
                        operations referred to in the
                        foregoing paragraphs initiated
                        by   employers'       and workers'
                        organizations .