CELEX: 51998PC0337
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Date: 1998-05-27
Title: Amended proposal for a Council Regulation (EC) amending for the second time Regulation (EEC) No 1360/90 establishing a European Training Foundation

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                        Brussels, 27.05.1998
                                        COM(1998) 337 final
                                        97/0126 (CNS)
                   Amended proposal for a
             COUNCIL REGULATION (EC)
 amending for the second time Regulation (EEC) No 1360/90
        establishing a European Training Foundation
(presented by the Commission pursuant to Article 189 a (2)
                      of the EC-Treaty)
 ---pagebreak---  ---pagebreak---                             EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
I.  INTRODUCTION
    1.1     On 28 April 1997, the Commission presented a proposal for a Council
            Regulation1, pursuant to Article 235 of the EC Treaty, for the purpose of
            amending for the second time Council Regulation (EEC) No 1360/90
            establishing a European Training Foundation2. The proposal aimed at
            extending the European Training Foundation's area of activity to cover the
            Mediterranean non-member countries and territories for which financial and
            technical measures to support the reform of their economic and social
            structures have been laid down in Council Regulation (EC) No 1488/963
            (MEDA Regulation).              The proposal also included a number of
            accompanying measures designed to enhance the guidance and efficiency of
            the European Training Foundation's operations.
    1.2     The Economic and Social Committee issued its opinion on 29 October
             l l W , in which it welcomed the Commission's proposal and stressed that
            the European Training Foundation could contribute significantly to
            cooperation with the Mediterranean countries in the sphere of vocational
            training.
    1.3     The European Parliament adopted its opinion on 12 March 19985. This
            opinion contains 17 amendments to the wording of Council Regulation No
             1360/90. Three of these concern the recitals referring to the Regulation.
              The remaining amendments concern the Regulation itself.
    1.4       The Commission accepts the amendments concerning the recitals. The
             Commission also accepts four of the amendments concerning the Regulation
             in full and one in part but cannot accept text of the other amendments.
             Suitable arrangements can be made in practice to address some of the
             underlying concerns expressed by Parliament.
     1.5     The reasons for the position adopted by the Commission with regard to these
             amendments are set out in section 3 below. The complete texts of the
             original proposal and the amended proposal is attached.
 1
   C()M(97) 177 final, OJ No C 156, 24.05.1997, p. 27
2
   OJ No I- 131, 23.5.1990, p.I, Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2063/94 (OJ No L
   216, 20.08.1994, p.9)
 3
   OJ No L 189, 30.7.1996
 4
   ESC 1182/97
 5
   A4/0032/98, OJ No C 80, 16.3.1998
 ---pagebreak--- 2.  A I M OKTIIK PROPOSAI.
    In March 1995 the Commission forwarded to the Council a communication setting out
    the priorities for reinforcing the Union's Mediterranean policy, inter alia in the field of
    vocational training, and laying down the framework for financial and technical
    cooperation for the period up to 1999.
     The representatives of the Council, the Commission, the Member States and the
    Mediterranean countries agreed at the conference held in Barcelona on 27 and 28
    November 1995 that the participants establish a comprehensive partnership. In
    addition to strengthening the political dialogue, the aim would be the development of
   economic and financial cooperation and greater emphasis on the social, cultural and
   human dimension. The detailed work programme adopted by the conference provides
   for the enhancement of educational levels in particular in the Mediterranean region,
   with an initial focus inter alia on vocational training. In this context, the Foundation is
   called upon to contribute.
   At its meeting in Madrid on 15 and 16 December 1995, the European Council called
   upon the Council and the Commission to put the Barcelona Declaration and Work
   Programme into practice.
    The subsequently adopted MEDA Regulation lays the basis for a new partnership with
   the Mediterranean countries, within a single framework. The measures which the
   Regulation lays down to assist in the reform of the economic and social structures in
   the Mediterranean partner countries take into account the importance of support for the
   development of human resources, notably in vocational training.
    The European Training Foundation provides an institutional framework for the
   provision of vocational training assistance, structured to provide a flexible response to
   the varying needs of the countries eligible under the Phare and Tacis programmes. The
   Foundation's remit also enables it not only to collaborate with the various regional and
   national facilities, whether public or private, operating in this field, but also to
   cooperate with the relevant national and international institutions. The Regulation
   establishing the foundation further provides for participation in the Foundation's
   activities by countries sharing the Community's commitment to the provision of
   assistance in this field. In that Regulation, the Commission is given the task of
   ensuring consistency and complementarity between the work of the Foundation and
   other Community vocational training activities.
   Given the existence of this instrument, the Commission has proposed, on grounds of
   cost-effectiveness and efficiency, to extend the Foundation's remit to cover the non-
   member countries and territories specified in the Regulation on the new Mediterranean
   partnership, subject to the constraints of consistency and complementarity referred to
   above.
   In view of the extended geographical spread of the Foundation's responsibilities which
   would result from this amendment, it is proposed to widen the Governing Board's base
   by providing for an additional Commission representative. However, no change in the
   number of votes at the disposal of the Commission's representatives is envisaged.
 ---pagebreak---     The experience of the iirst three years of the Foundation's operations shows that
   certain measures could enhance its efficiency. 'The Foundation has requested clearer
   guidance on issues relating to broader Community policy. Therefore, the Commission
   has also proposed various measures aiming at enabling the different actors involved
   (i.e. the Commission, the Foundation's Governing Board and Advisory Forum) to
   provide such guidance and contribute to more efficiency, also in the context of the
   extension of the Foundation's scope to the Mediterranean partner countries.
3. THE COMMISSION'S POSITION WITH REGARD TO THE AMENDMENTS PROPOSED BY
   THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
   3.1      Amendments accepted
            The Commission accepts amendments 1, 2, 3, 4, 7 (subject to a slight
            rewording), 14 (partly), 16 and 17. The reasons for this position are the
            following:
            Amendments 1-3: These amendments, which provide for the insertion of
            three recitals, outline principles and guidelines for the European Training
            Foundation's activity, in particular with regard to the Foundation's
            contribution to the reform of the partner countries' vocational training
            systems, with a view to facilitating their transition to a market economy and
            strengthening their democratic institutions, the social dimension, respect for
            human rights and equal opportunities, as well as with regard to the testing of
            innovative schemes, the promotion of a common approach to vocational
            training issues and the transfer of best practice. These issues are in line with
            the principal orientations set out in the Commission's Report of 18 July 1997
            to the European Parliament, the Council and the Economic and Social
            Committee on the European Training Foundation6, and have been/can be
            taken into account by the European Training Foundation's 1998-2000 work
            programme and/or future work programmes. They are therefore acceptable.
            Amendment 4: This amendment provides for a "mission statement" for the
             European Training Foundation jointly defined by the Commission and the
             Foundation's Governing Board (Article 3 of Regulation No 1360/90). This
             corresponds to a recommendation made by an external evaluation report on
             the Foundation. Both the Commission and the Foundation's Governing
             Board support this recommendation.
             Amendment 7: This amendment supplements the existing provision that the
             European Training Foundation may implement vocational training
             programmes at the request of the Commission or of the partner countries
             (Article 3 (c), third indent of Council Regulation no 1360/90), by adding that
              such programmes should be of an innovative value and, for the countries
              preparing for accession, should relate more closely to the Community's
              vocational training priorities. This is in line with the principal orientations
   COM(97) 379 fina!
 ---pagebreak---     set out in the Commission's report of 18 July 1997. The rewording concerns
    the terminology used for the candidate countries.
    Amendment 14: The Commission accepts this amendment insofar as it
    concerns the duration of the mandate of the European Training Foundation's
    director (Article 7(1), first sub-paragraph of Regulation No 1360/90). This
    means that the initial mandate will remain at live years and that an extension
    may be granted once for up to five years.
    Amendment 16: This amendment, which provides for the European Training
    Foundation's budget to detail by category and grade the number of staff
    employed in the relevant financial year, corresponds to the Foundation's
    own financial rules.
    Amendment 17: This amendment calls for evaluations to be carried out by
    an external body, sets indicators to be measured by such evaluations and
    obliges the Commission to report on the results of the monitoring and
    evaluation of the European Training Foundation to the European Parliament,
    the Council and the Economic and Social Committee before 31 December
    2000. The Commission recognises that Parliament, notably in its capacity as
    Budgetary Authority, has a close interest to be informed on the effective and
    efficient use of expenditure for which the Commission is responsible.
3.2 Amendments not accepted
    The Commission cannot accept the remaining amendments for the following
    reasons:
    Amendment 5: The Commission considers it essential to provide for policy
    guidelines in Article 3 of Council Regulation no 1360/90 which defines the
    European Training Foundation's functions.
    Amendment 6: The amendment proposes a detailed explanation of how the
    European Training foundation should assist the partner countries and the
    Commission in the definition of training needs. The suggestions made can
    be, and have been, implemented on the basis of the present Council
    Regulation no 1360/90. Therefore, the Commission sees no apparent need to
    propose legislative changes in this respect.
    Amendment 8: The Commission prefers not to include in Council
    Regulation no 1360/90 a detailed description of the Foundation's tasks vis-à-
    vis the candidate countries as suggested by the amendment. While the
    European Training Foundation will naturally assist the candidate countries in
    modernising their vocational training systems with a view to accession (cf.
    the Commission's communication of 18 July 1997), it would seem
    preferable not to give ex-ante legislative priority to one particular aspect of
    such assistance. Suitable and flexible arrangements will be made in practice
    in order to take Parliament's concerns into account. The existing Council
    Regulation No 1360/90 would seem to provide a sufficient basis.
    Amendment 9: While the Commission welcomes cooperation between the
    Foundation and social partners at all levels (including at national level), it
 ---pagebreak---  believes that the current provision for "association with the Foundation's
 work" in an institutional context (Article 4 (2) of Council Regulation no
 1360/90) should remain restricted to social partners at European level.
 Amendment 10: The Commission shares Parliament's concern to highlight
 the link between the work programme and the annual "budgetary decision".
 However, this link is made sufficiently clear by the modified Article 10 (4)
 as proposed by tiie Commission. Moreover, the Commission considers it
 essential to be consulted on the European Training foundation's annual
 work programme, given the very close cooperation with the Foundation
 developed to date. Against this background, the proposed amendment to
 Article 5 (7) is not acceptable.
Amendments 11-13: While sharing Parliament's concern that the European
Training Foundation's Advisory Forum remain effective despite its size, the
Commission prefers not to accept these amendments aiming to reduce and
alter the composition of this body, given that the Advisory Forum's
performance to date would seem satisfactory. Also, the Commission
considers that a formal sub-division into separate working groups, along
geographical lines, might hinder fruitful cooperation and exchanges between
Advisory Forum members. Suitable and flexible arrangements can be made
on the basis of the existing Regulation, notably by setting up working groups
on an ad-hoc-basis.
Amendment 14: The amendment cannot be accepted as far as it focuses on a
particular selection procedure for the post of director. In this respect, the
Commission considers the provisions of the "Conditions of employment of
other servants of the European Communities", which apply to the European
Training Foundation's staff (Article 14 of Council Regulation no 1360/90),
to be sufficient. Neither should the reference to policy guidelines be omitted
(see above).
Amendment 15: The Commission shares the spirit of this amendment
concerning the complementarity of the Foundation's activities with other
Community actions but does not consider a legislative change necessary.
Intense efforts are being made in practice to ensure such complementarity.
 ---pagebreak---                                         Amended proposal for a
                                   COUNCIL REGULATION (EC)
                     amending for the second time Regulation (EEC) No 1360/90
                             establishing a European 'Training Foundation
""     "™         Initial proposal*                1 ™            ^^«^'J^IH*6I
          COUNCIL REGULATION (EC)                   Unchanged
     amending for the second time Regulation
                 (EEC) No 1360/90
   establishing a European Training Foundation
 THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN
 UNION
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the
 European Community, and in particular Article
 235 thereof,
 Having regard to the proposal from the
 Com mission",
 Having regard to the opinion of the European
 Parliament9,
 Having regard to the opinion of the Economic
 and Social Committee10,
 Whereas the European Council meeting in Unchanged
 Strasbourg on 8 and 9 December 1989 called
 upon the Council, acting on a proposal from
 the Commission, to adopt the necessary
 decisions for the establishment of a European
 Training Foundation for Central and Eastern
 Europe; whereas to that end on 7 May 1990 the
 7
      OJ No C 156, 24.05.1997, p. 27
  8
      ( )J No C
 9
      OJ No C
  10
      OJNOC
 ---pagebreak---  Council adopted           Regulation (EEC) No
  1360/90"       which       established    the   said
  Foundation;
  Whereas, pursuant to Regulation 1360/90, the         Unchanged
 countries eligible for the Foundation's
 programmes are the countries eligible for
 economic aid under Regulation (EEC) No
 3906/89 l2 ('Phare' Programme) and Regulation
 (Euratom, EC)            No     1279/96 13     (Tads'
 Programme);
 Whereas the representatives of the Council, the       Unchanged
 Commission, the Member States and the
 Mediterranean partner countries, meeting in
 Barcelona on 27 and 28 November 1995,
 agreed      in    their      Declaration    on    the
 establishment       of     a     Euro-Mediterranean
 partnership to place greater emphasis on the
 social, cultural and human dimension;
 whereas, in order to contribute to the
attainment of that objective, the Work
 Programme implementing the Barcelona
 Declaration provides for an initial focus inter
alia on vocational training, to which the
European Training Foundation will contribute;
whereas the European Council, meeting in
Madrid on 15 and 16 December 1995, called
upon the Council and the Commission to put
into practice the Barcelona Declaration and
Work Programme;
Whereas Council Regulation (EC) No                     Unchanged
I488/96 14 provides for financial and technical
measures to accompany the reform of
economic and social structures within the
framework        of      the     Euro-Mediterranean
partnership (MEDA);
Whereas, in the context of the Mediterranean           Unchanged
partners' efforts to reform their economic and
social structures, the development of human
11
     OJ No L 131, 23.5.1990, p.l, Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 2063/94 (OJ No L 216,
     20.8. î994, p. 9)
12
     OJ No L 375, 23.12.1989, p.l 1 Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 753/96 (OJ No L 103,
     26.4.1996, p. 5)
13
     OJ. N o L 165,4.7.1996, p. I
 14
     OJ.NoL 189, 30.7.1996, p. 1
 ---pagebreak--- résonnes is essential lor the allninmeul of
loii}.', turn stability and prosperity and in
particular the achievement of socio-economic
equilibrium;
Whereas the Foundation was set up to provide Unchanged
a flexible response to the specific and differing
requirements of the individual countries to be
assisted; whereas, in providing assistance on
the basis of Community experience in the area
of vocational training, the Foundation is
charged with collaborating with regional,
national, public and private facilities in the
Community and third countries, and with
exercising its functions in close co-operation
with existing national and international
institutions; whereas the possibility exists for
participation by third countries which share the
Community's commitment to the provision of
aid in the training field; whereas consistency
and complementarity between the work of the
Foundation and other Community actions
should be ensured;
                                                  Whereas the Foundation's knowledge and
                                                  direct experience of the specific requirements
                                                  and circumstances of the eligible countries in
                                                  the field of vocational training and human
                                                  resources development can usefully contribute
                                                  to the definition of the Community's aid
                                                  policy for the reform of their vocational
                                                  training systems;
                                                  Whcrcus the Foundation should therefore be
                                                  iissjsiiiig tliii Commission til promoting
                                                  developing and modernising vocational
                                                  training systems in the eligible countries with a
                                                  view to facilitating their transition to a market
                                                  economy and strengthening their democratic
                                                  institutions, the social dimension, respect for
                                                  human rights and equal opportunities:
                                                  Whereas the implementation of vocational
                                                  training programmes should provide the
                                                  Foundation with the opportunity to test
                                                  innovative schemes. promote a common
                                                  approach to vocational training issues and
                                                  transfer best practices;
Whereas within the institutional framework        Unchanged
established      for    the   foundation      the
Community's experience can be placed at the
disposal also of the Mediterranean partners;
 ---pagebreak---  Whereas the Foundation's governing board           Unchanged
should be strengthened to take account of this
wider remit without, however, providing for a
corresponding increase in the number of votes
held by the representatives of the Commission;
 Whereas the efficiency of the Foundation's         Unchanged
operations will benefit from a number of
accompanying measures; whereas guidance by
the Commission will allow for the
Foundation's activities to be aligned efficiently
with the Community policies adopted with
respect to the partner countries;
Whereas cooperation with other relevant             Unchanged
Community bodies is a prerequisite for the
efficient use of resources and should be
reinforced in order to exploit synergies;
whereas this can be ensured most efficiently
by the Commission;
Whereas the decision making powers of the           Unchanged
Foundation's governing board will be
strengthened by creating a closer link between
the Foundation's work programme and its
budget, in particular by adopting both
documents through a coordinated procedure
and linking the Foundation's expenditure
closely to its operations;
Whereas experience has shown that the role of      Unchanged
the Foundation's advisory forum would be
strengthened by providing it with more
efficient counsel from the Commission;
Whereas there is a need to define the mandate       Unchanged
of the Foundation's director in a more precise
and flexible manner,
 HAS ADOPTED 11 IIS REGULATION:                     Unchanged
 Article I
 Regulation (EEC) No 1360/90 is amended as
 follows:
 1.       The first paragraph of Article 1 shall    Unchanged
 be replaced by the following:
 'This Regulation hereby establishes the
 European Training Foundation (hereinafter
 referred to as the "Foundation") whose
 objective shall be to contribute to the
 development of the vocational training systems
 of:                                              J
                                                     10
 ---pagebreak---          the countries of Central and Eastern
         Europe designated as eligible for
         economic aid by the Council in
         Regulation (EEC) No 3906/89 or in
         any subsequent relevant legal act;
         the New Independent States and
         Mongolia which are the beneficiaries
         of the programme to assist economic
         reform and recovery under Regulation
         (Euratom, EC) No 1279/96 or in any
         subsequent relevant legal act; and
         the     Mediterranean      non-member
         countries and territories beneficiaries
         of the financial and technical measures
         to accompany the reform of their
         economic and social structures under
         Regulation (EC) No 1488/96 or in any
         subsequent relevant legal act'
2.       Article 2 shall be replaced by the 2.            Article 2 shall be replaced by the
         following:                                       following:
'Following general policy guidelines set by the  Following general policy guidelines set by the
Commission, the Foundation shall work in the     Commission and on the basis of a mission
training field, covering initial and continuing  statement jointly defined by the Commission
vocational training as well as retraining for    and the governing board, the Foundation shall
young people and adults, including in            work in the training fields, covering initial and
particular management training.'                 continuing vocational training as well as
                                                 retraining for young people and adults,
                                                 including in particular management training.
3.      The introductory sentence of Article 3   Unchanged
shall be replaced by the following:
'For the purpose of achieving the objectives
set out in Article I, the Foundation shall,
following general policy guidelines set by the
Commission :'
                                                 3a.      Point (c). third indent of Article 3 shall
                                                 be replaced by the following :
                                                          implement, at the request of the
                                                          Commission or Q£ the. eligible
                                                          countries in cooperation with the
                                                          governing board, vocational training
                                                          programmes agreed on by the
                                                          Commission and one or more of the
                                                          eligible countries as pad of the
                                                          Community policy of assistance to
                                                  11
 ---pagebreak---                                                             these     countries.     using    multi-
                                                            disciplinary teams of specialists in
                                                            close collaboration with the competent
                                                            authorities in the countries involved
                                                            and drawing actively on the experience
                                                            of Community vocational training
                                                            programmes; in the selection of
                                                            projects iQ be. managed by the
                                                            Foundation priority will be given to
                                                            projects of an innovative value and -
                                                           liin llic candidate countries for
                                                            accession - which relate directly to the
                                                            Community's policy priorities in the
                                                            field of vocational training:
4.        Point (e) of Article 3 shall be replaced   Unchanged
by the following:
'(e)      confer on the governing board the
power to lay down tendering procedures for
projects funded or co-financed by the
 Foundation, taking full account of the
procedures established under Regulation
(EEC) No 3906/89, in particular Article 7
thereof, under Regulation (Euratom, EC) No
 1279/96, in particular Articles 6 and 7 thereof,
 Regulation (EC) No 1488/96 in particular
 Article 8 thereof, or in any subsequent relevant
 legal act;
 5.        The second subparagraph of Article 4      Unchanged
           ( I ) shall be replaced by the following:
 'The Commission shall ensure co-operation
 between the Foundation and other relevant
 Community bodies, in particular Cedefop.'
  6.       The first subparagraph of Article 5 ( 1 ) Unchanged
  shall be replaced by the following:
  'The Foundation shall have a governing board
  consisting of one representative of each
  Member State and three representatives of the
  Commission.
   7.       The third subparagraph of Article 5 (4)   Unchanged
   shall be replaced by the following:
   'The members of the governing board
   representing the Member States shall each
   have one vote. The representatives of the
   Commission shall have at their disposal one
   vote.
                                                       12
 ---pagebreak---  8.        Article 5 (7) shall be replaced by the  Unchanged
 following :
 'On the basis of a draft submitted by the
director of the Foundation, the governing
board, in consultation with the Commission,
shall adopt the annual work programme for the
 Foundation at the beginning of each year,
within the framework of a three-year rolling
perspective. The programme may be adapted
during the year using the same procedure.
The projects and activities in the annual work
programme shall be accompanied by an
estimate of the necessary expenditure and by
allocations of staff and budgetary resources.'
9.        The second subparagraph of Article 6    Unchanged
(1) shall be replaced by the following :
'The members of the forum shall be selected
from experts among training and other circles
concerned in the work of the Foundation,
taking into account the need to ensure the
presence of representatives of the social
partners, of the Commission, of those
international organisations active in the
provision of training assistance, and of the
eligible countries.'
 10.      Article 6 (2) shall be replaced by the Unchanged
following :
'The governing board shall seek nominations
for appointment from :
          each of the Member States
          each of the eligible countries,
          the Commission
          the social partners at European level
          which are already active in the work of
          the Community institutions, and
          relevant international organisations.'
11.       The first paragraph of Article 7 shall  11.       The first paragraph of Article 7 shall
be replaced by the following :                    be replaced by the following :
'The director of the Foundation shall be          'The director of the Foundation shall          be
appointed by the governing board on a             appointed by the governing board on             a
proposal from the Commission for a term of        proposal from the Commission for a term        of
office of three to five years, which can be       five years, which can be extended once for     up
extended on a proposal from the Commission.       to five years.
The director shall be responsible :               The director shall be responsible :
      for the preparation and organisation of the       for the preparation and organisation of the
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 ---pagebreak---       work of the governing board, of any ad            work of the governing board, of any ad
      hoc working parties convened by the               hoc working parties convened by the
      governing board and, in particular,               governing board and, in particular,
      following general policy guidelines set by        following general policy guidelines set by
      the Commission, for the preparation of the        the Commission, for the preparation of the
      draft annual work programme of the                draft annual work programme of the
      Foundation,                                       Foundation,
      the day-to-day       administration  of  the       for the day-to-day administration of the
      Foundation,                                       Foundation,
      for the preparation of the statement of           for the preparation of the statement of
      revenue and expenditure and execution of          revenue and expenditure and execution of
      the budget of the Foundation,                     the budget of the Foundation,
      for the preparation and publication of            for the preparation and publication of
      reports specified under this Regulation,          reports specified under this Regulation,
      for all staff matters,                            for all staff matters,
      for undertaking the tasks set out in the          for undertaking the tasks set out in the
      annual work programme referred to in              annual work programme referred to in
      Article 5 (7),                                    Article 5 (7),
          for     properly     implementing    the          for     properly    implementing     the
governing board's decisions and the guidelines     governing board's decisions and the guidelines
set down for the Foundation's activities.'         set down for the Foundation's activities.
 12.      Article 8 shall be replaced by the       Unchanged
following:
                      "Article 8
     Links with other Community actions
The Commission, in co-operation with the
governing board and, where appropriate, in
accordance with the procedures set out in
Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 3906/89,
Article 8 of Regulation (Euratom, EC) No
1279/96 and Article 1 I of Regulation (EC) No
1488/96 or in any subsequent relevant legal
act, shall ensure consistency and, where
necessary, complementarity between the work
of the Foundation and other actions at
Community level, both within the Community
and in assistance to the eligible countries, with
particular reference to actions under the
Tempus scheme'.
13.      Article 10 (4) shall be replaced by the   13.      Article 10 (4) shall be replaced by the
following :                                        following :
'The governing board, after receiving the          The governing board, after         receiving  the
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 ---pagebreak--- advice of the Commission, shall adopt the      advice of the Commission, shall adopt the
budget of the Foundation together with the     budget of the Foundation together with the
work programme at the beginning of each         work programme at the beginning of each
 financial year, adjusting it to the several    financial year, adjusting it to the several
contributions granted to the Foundation and to  contributions granted to the Foundation and to
 its other resources.'                          its other resources. The budget shall detail by
                                                will be employed by the Foundation inJiie
                                                relevantfinancialyear,
 14.      The first subparagraph of Article 16  Unchanged
(1) shall be replaced by the following :
'The Foundation shall be open to the
participation of countries which are not
members of the European Community and
which share the commitment of the
Community and the Member States to the
provision of aid in the training field to the
eligible countries, under arrangements to be
laid down in agreements between the
Community and themselves, following the
procedure laid down in Article 228 of the
Treaty'.
                                               14&      Article 17 shall be replaced by the
                                               following;
                                               "Monitoring and evaluation procedure
                                               The Commission shall, in consultation with the
                                               governing board» establish a monitoring and
                                               evaluation procedure of the experience
                                               acquired in the work of the Foundation. This
                                               procedure should be carried out by an external
                                               body, and should take particular-account olJiie.
                                               extent to which the Foundation has ;
                                                        achieved the aims and objectives set
                                                        out in the mission statement jointly-
                                                        defined by the Commission and the
                                                        governing board, the three-year rolling
                                                        programme, and the annual work
                                                        programme: and
                                                         implemented measures designed to
                                                        ensure non-discrimination and equal
                                                        opportunities in access to training,
                                               It shall present the first results of this
                                               European parliament, the Council and the
                                               Economic and Social Committee before 31
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 ---pagebreak---                                                  I December 2000^
Article 2                                          Unchanged
This Regulation shall enter into force on the
eighth day following that of its publication in
the Official Journal of the European
Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety
and directly applicable in all Member States.
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