CELEX: 51994PC0497
Language: en
Date: 1994-11-15
Title: Re-examined proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION establishing an action programme for the implementation of a European Community vocational training policy Programme LEONARDO da Vinci

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                                   COM(94) 497 final - SYN 494
                                                   Brussels, 15.11.1994
                             Re-examined proposal for a
                                    COUNCIL DECISION
                              establishing an action programme
  for the implementation of a European Community vocational training policy
                       Programme LEONARDO da Vinci
          (presented by the Commission pursuant to Article 189 C (d)
                                   of the EC Treaty)
 ---pagebreak---                                   EXPLANATORY    M É M O R A N D U M
The Treaty on European Union having entered into force on 1 November 1993, this proposal
for a Decision is subject to the cooperation procedure (Article 189c of the Treaty establishing
the European Community).
Article 189c(d), second paragraph, provides that, following the second reading by the
European Parliament, the Commission shall forward to the Council a re-examined proposal
together with its opinion on the amendments which it has not accepted.
The Commission herewith submits the explanatory memorandum on the amendments it has
accepted and its re-examined proposal incorporating the 24 European Parliament
amendments which it has accepted. It also attaches a list of the eight amendments which it
has not accepted and its opinion on these amendments.
I.      Status of the procedure
a)      On 4 February 1994, the Commission forwarded its proposal for a Decision
        (COM(93) 686 final) to the Council and the European Parliament.
b)      On 23 March 1994, the Economic and Social Committee delivered a favourable
        opinion.
c)      On 3 May 1994, the European Parliament examined the Commission's proposal on a
        first reading and adopted a favourable resolution comprising 72 amendments.
 d)     On 25 May 1994, the Commission adopted an amended proposal pursuant to
        Article 189a(2) of the Treaty establishing the European Community, wholly or partly
        incorporating 39 of the European Parliament's 72 amendments (COM(94) 215 final -
        SYN 494).
 e)     On 22 June 1994, the Social Affairs Council agreed on a common position.
        On 18 July 1994, the Council formally adopted a common position.
 f)     On 13 July 1994, the Commission took note of this common position and
        communicated its position to the European Parliament (SEC(94) 1184 final - SYN 494).
 g)     On 26 October 1994, the European Parliament examined the common position at a
        second reading and adopted a decision including 32 amendments.
 II.    Purpose of the proposed Decision
The purpose of the proposal is to establish an action programme for the implementation of a
 European Community vocational training policy. It is based on the new provisions of
Article 127 of the Treaty establishing the European Community. This action programme is
 intended to follow up and continue the Community's vocational training activities currently
 pursued through the four programmes PETRA, FORCE, EUROTECNET and COMETT, as well
 as certain aspects of the LINGUA programme.
 ---pagebreak--- The programme is intended to run from 1 January 1995 to 31 December 1999. It lays down
the joint objectives of Community action and specifies the Community measures which support
and complement the action of the Member States, together with the monitoring arrangements.
Having considered the amendments proposed by the European Parliament on a second
reading, the Commission can support those
-       which reinforce its original proposal;
-       which are in accord with its position on the first reading by the European Parliament;
        which contribute to clarifying the text.
III.    Amendments accepted by the Commission
The Commission is therefore, able to accept amendments 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17,
18, 19, 20, 26, 28, 29, 31, 32 and 34 in whole and amendments 6, 14, 30 and 37 in part.
1.      Amendment 2 (recital 12a (new)) seeks to ensure greater consistency between the
        Programme's objectives and resources. The Commission accepts it, having regard to
        the proposal it made in the financial statement.
2.      Amendment 4 (recital 17) adds a reference to the White Paper on social policy. The
        Commission accepts it in view of the importance of training in social policy.
3.      Amendments 5 (recital 22a (new)) and 12 (Article 4(3)) encourage the use of existing
        networks and operational structures which have proved satisfactory.
4.      Amendment 6 (in part - recital 24a (new)) and Amendment 37 (in part - Article 8(a)
        (new)) provide for the associated countries of central and eastern Europe and Cyprus
        and Malta to have access to the Programme in accordance with the Council's remit of
        27 July 1994 and the conclusions of the Corfu Council, respectively. The Commission
        agrees in principle, provided the reference to "European countries deemed to fulfil the
        conditions for accession to the Union" is deleted.
5.      Amendment 7 (Article 2(c)a (new)) adds a definition of vocational guidance to Article
        2.
6.      Amendments 9 (Article 3(h)a (new)), 26 (Annex, Part A, Strand I, section 1.1.1 (e),
        introduction, 28 (Annex, Part A, Strand I, section I.2, Priorities, indent 5a (new)) and
        31 (Annex, Part A, Strand II, section II.2, Priorities, sixth indent) strengthen the
        emphasis placed by the Programme on disadvantaged persons.
7.      Amendments 10 (Article 3(1) second and third indents) and 29 (Annex, Part A, Strand
        I, section 1.2, Priorities, new eigth indent) reinforce the link between action taken under
        the Programme and the completion of the internal market.
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8.      Amendment 13 (Article 5) deletes the reference to an amount deemed necessary and
        is consistent with the Communication from the Commission to the budgetary authority -
          SEC(94) 1106 of 6 July 1994.
9.      Amendments 14 (in part) (Article 6(1)), 15 (Article 6(2)), 16 (Article 6(3)), 17 (Article
        6(4)), 18 (Article 6(5) first and second indent) and 19 (Article 7) are concerned with the
        Committee for the Programme. These amendments re-establish advisory nature of the
        Committee and are thus in line with the Commission's original proposal. In addition,
        Amendment 14 (Article 6(1)) proposes that the social partners have as many
        representatives as the Member States. The Commission agrees, provided their status
        "as observers" is specified.
        Moreover, the Commission stresses again, as it had already indicated in its position
        on the Council's common position, that it does not agree with the establishment of
        subcommittees as provided for by Article 6(2) or with Article 6(3).
        The amendment to Article 6(2) and (3) which the Commission proposes would apply
        only if the Council were prepared to re-establish the purely consultative status of the
        Committee on the Leonardo Programme while retaining the subcommittees and the
        references to specific points on which the Committee must give its opinion.
        If this were the case, the Commission considers that, in accordance with the European
        Parliament's amendments 15 and 16, the reference to (b) will need to be deleted from
        Article 6(2) and Article 6(3) should not be divided into two sections (a) and (b).
10.     Amendment 20 (Article 8(1)) strengthens consistency and complementarity with other
        Community activities.
11.     The part of Amendment 30 (Annex, Part A, Strand II, section ll.1.1(c)a (new)) which
        has been accepted strengthens the emphasis on equal opportunities in the
         Programme.
12.     Amendments 32 (Annex, Part A, Strand II, section 11.2, Priorities, seventh indent 5b
         (new)) and 34 (Annex, Part A, Strand III, section lll.2.(a), 13th indent a (new)) seek to
         ensure wider use of the European "passport" with which experiments are currently
         being conducted.
In conclusion, the Commission considers that the European Parliament's amendments 2, 4,
5, 6 (in part), 7, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14 (in part), 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 26, 28, 29, 30 (in part), 31,
32, 34 and 37 (in part) to the common position strengthen the Commission's original proposal
as regards the nature of the Committee, the role of the social partners and the principle of
access for the central and eastern European countries, Cyprus and Malta and are in
agreement with the Commission's position on the budgetary, aspects. They also place greater
stress on the Programme's concern with disadvantaged groups, the equal opportunities
dimension, the general use of a European "passport" and support for existing structures which
have proved satisfactory. Finally, they add a definition of "vocational guidance" and provide
useful clarification of a number of points.
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IV.     Amendments not accepted by the Commission
Amendments 3, 8, 11, 21, 23, 24, 25 and 27 are not accepted by the Commission.
1       Amendments 3 (recital 15a (new)) and 8 (Article 3(b)) seek to introduce the concept
       of equivalence of qualifications. The Commission considers this concept to be too
        restricting in view of the diversity of the qualification systems of the Member States.
2      Amendment 11 (Article 3, second paragraph (new)) seeks to re-establish a general
       framework of objectives to serve as a reference for policy in the Member States. The
       Commission considers that this discussion should not be reopened and that the
       compromise arrived at in the common position is acceptable at this stage.
3      Amendment 21 (Article 8(2) subparagrapfs 1 and 2) seeks to go beyond the common
       position's provisions with regard to complementarity with the activities of the Structural
        Funds, which the Commission regards as adequate.
4      Amendments 23 (Article 9(3)) and 24 (Article 9(4), third indent) seek to modify the
       dates of the national and Community reports, which are set out in the common position
       and accepted by the Commission.
5      Amendment 25 (Annex, Part A, Strand I, first sentence) seeks to change the title of
       Strand I, which is specified in the common position and accepted by the Commission.
6      Amendment 27 (Annex, Part A, Strand I, section 1.1.2. (ca) (new)), which seeks to
       widen the scope of placements, had been rejected on the first reading.
V.     Conclusions
In view of the foregoing, the Commission hereby forwards this re-examined proposal to the
Council, incorporating the European Parliament amendments which it has accepted and the
changes made to the common position with which it has already expressed its agreement.
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                                   Re-examined proposal for a
                                          COUNCIL PEC IS«ON
                                    establishing an action programme
        for the implementation of a European Community vocational training policy
                            Programme LEONARDO da Vinci
ORIGINAL TEXT                                       AMENDED TEXT
First to twelfth recitals                           First to twelfth recitals
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Thirteenth recital a (new)                          Thirteenth recital a (new)
                                                     12a. Whereas the resolution of 11 June
                                                     1993 gives the vocational training policy a
                                                    new European dimension; whereas the
                                                    Union is assuming an additional function
                                                    supplementing and supporting the action of
                                                    the Member States, and whereas it must
                                                     be ensured that the relevant bodies provide
                                                    the necessary financial resources:
Twelfth to sixteenth recitals                       Twelfth to sixteenth recitals
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Seventeenth recital                                  Seventeenth recital
 17. Whereas the European Council of 10              17. Whereas the European Council of 10
and 11 December 1993 concluded that                  and 11 December 1993 concluded that
because of the institutional, legislative and        because of the institutional, legislative and
contractual peculiarities of each Member             contractual peculiarities of each Member
State, the Community's action must focus             State, the Community's action must focus
on defining objectives while leaving                 on defining objectives while leaving
Member States free to choose the means               Member States free to choose the means
appropriate to their situation within a              appropriate to their situation within a
general framework defined in common, and             general framework defined in common, and
that in order to strengthen the capacity of          that in order to strengthen the capacity of
the European economy to create jobs,                 the European economy to create jobs,
Member States should draw on                         Member States should draw on
suggestions from the Commission White                suggestions from the Commission White
Paper on a medium term strategy for                  Paper on a medium term strategy for
growth, competitiveness and employment;              growth, competitiveness and employment
                                                     as well as consult its White Paper on
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                                        European Social Policy - A Way Forward
                                        for the Union;
Eighteenth to twentvsecond recitals     Eighteenth to twentvsecond recitals
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Twentvsecond a (new) recital            Twentvsecond a (new) recital
                                        22a. Whereas it is imperative that the
                                        programme should be built on existing
                                        networks and operational structures where
                                        these are already proved to have been
                                        successful;
Twentythird to twentvfourth recitals    Twentythird to twentvfourth recitals
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Twentvfourthrecitala (new)              Twentvfourthrecitala (new)
                                        24a. Whereas, in the light of the
                                        conclusions of the European Council
                                        meetings in Copenhagen (June 1993) and
                                        Corfu (June 1994). provision should be
                                        made, where appropriate, for the
                                        associated countries of Central and
                                        Eastern Europe. Cyprus and Malta, to
                                        participate in the "LEONARDO da VINCI"
                                        programme on the basis of the experience
                                        gained following the opening up of the
                                        programme to the EEA countries:
Article 1                               Article 1
Unchanged                               Unchanged
Article 2. (a), (b) and (c)             Article 2, (a), (b) and (c)
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Article 2. (ca) (new)                             Article 2. (ca) (new)
                                                  (ca)     'vocational guidance' is used to
                                                  denote the provision of advice and
                                                  information on the choice of an occupation,
                                                  vocational advancement and changes of
                                                  occupation. It also includes vocational
                                                  information;
Article 2. (d) to (i)                             Article 2. (d) to (i)
Unchanged                                         Unchanged
Article 3. (a) to (h)                             Article 3. (a) to (h)
Unchanged                                         Unchanged
Article 3. (ha) (new)                             Article 3, (ha) (new)
                                                  (ha) promoting effective egualitv of access
                                                  to initial and continuing training for persons
                                                  disadvantaged by socio-economic,
                                                  geographical or ethnic factors or bv
                                                  physical or mental disabilities; special
                                                  attention must be given to persons affected
                                                  bv several risk factors likely to cause their
                                                  social and economic exclusion;
Article 3, (i). (i) and (k)                       Article 3. (i). (i) and (k)
Unchanged                                         Unchanged
Article 3. (I)                                    Article 3. (I)
(0                 promoting co-operation on      (I)                promoting co-operation on
                   skill requirements and                            skill requirements and
                   training needs, and                               training needs, and
                   encouraging the acquisition                       encouraging the acquisition
                   and transparency of                               and transparency of
                   qualifications and an                             qualifications and an
                   understanding of the key                          understanding of the key
                   skills relevant          to                       skills relevant          to
                   technological development                         technological development
                   and the functioning of the                        and the functioning of the
                   internal market, the                              internal market, including
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                competitiveness            of                    the free movement of
                undertakings and the                              goods, services, persons
                requirements of the labour                        and c a p i t a l ,   the
                market;                                           competitiveness         of
                                                                  undertakings and the
                                                                  requirements of the labour
                                                                  market;
Article 3. (m) to (r)                            Article 3. (m) to (r)
Unchanged                                        Unchanged
Article 4. paragraphes 1. and 2.                 Article 4. paragraphes 1. and 2.
Unchanged                                        Unchanged
Article 4. paragraphe 3                          Article 4. paragraphe 3
3. Member States shall take the necessary        3. The Commission, with the cooperation of
steps to ensure national co-ordination and       Member States, shall ensure support for
organization of the implementation of this       the European network of national
programme in particular bv providing for         organizing bodies and operational
the appropriate structures and mechanisms        structures set up under the Comett.
at national level.                               Eurotecnet. Force. Petra and Iris
                                                 programmes.
Article 5                                        Article 5
 1. The Community financial resources            Delete
    d e e m e d n e c e s s a r y for the
    implementation of this programme
    amount to ECU 620 million in the
    context of the financial perspective for
    1993-1999.
    The budgetary authority shall determine
    the appropriations available for each
    financial year, taking into account the
    principles of sound management
    referred to in Article 2 of the Financial
    Regulation applicable to the general
    budget of the European Communities.
 ---pagebreak--- Article 6                                          Article 6
1. The Commission shall be assisted by a           1. The Commission shall be assisted by an
c o m m i t t e e c o m p o s e d of t w o         advisory committee composed of two
representatives from each Member State             representatives from each Member Statex
and chaired by the representative of the           an egual number of representatives of the
Commission.                                        social partners as observers, appointed bv
                                                   the Commission on the basis of proposals
                                                   from the organizations representing the
                                                   social partners at Community level. It shall
                                                   be chaired by the representative of the
                                                   Commission.
2. As regards the points referred to in            2. As regards the points referred to in
paragraph 3(b). the committee shall be             paragraph 3, the committee shall be
assisted by subcommittees and/or working           assisted by subcommittees and/or working
parties in specific fields (in particular initial  parties in specific fields (in particular initial
vocational training, continuing vocational         vocational training, continuing vocational
training, university/industry co-operation).       training, university/industry co-operation).
3. The committee shall deliver opinions on         3. The committee shall deliver opinions on
the following points;                              the following points;
(a) -       the general guidelines for the              the general guidelines for the financial
            financial support to be supplied            support to be supplied by the
            by the Community (amounts,                  Community (amounts, duration and
            duration and recipients);                   recipients);
            matters relating to the internal            matters relating to the internal
            breakdown of this programme;                breakdown of this programme;
            procedures for selection, follow-           procedures for selection, follow-up,
            up, evaluation, dissemination and           evaluation, dissemination and transfer
            transfer of results;                        of results;
 (b)-       priorities for the Community                priorities for the Community measures
            measures referred to in the                 referred to in the Annex, Part A, points
            Annex, Part A, points I.2 and II.2,         1.2 and 11.2, and resultant annual work
            and resultant annual work                   programme;
            programme;
            questions relating to the overall           questions relating to the          overall
            balance of this programme;                  balance of this programme;
            any other matter relating to the            any other matter relating to the
            i m p l e m e n t a t i o n of t h i s      implementation of this programme.
            programme.
4. As regards the points referred to in            Deleted
paragraph 3(a). the representative of the
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Commission shall submit to the committee
a draft of the measures to be taken. The
committee shall deliver Its opinion on The
draft within a time limit which the chairman
may lav down according to the urgency of
trie matter.
The opinion shall be delivered by Ihe
majority laid down in Article 148(2) of the
Treaty in the cast» nf riftdsions which the
Council is required to adopt on a proposal
from the Commission. The votes of the
representatives of the Member States
withjn the committee shall be weighted in
the manner set out In that Article.
The Commission shall adopt measures
which apply immediately. However, if these
measmes are not in accordance with the
 opinion of the Committee, they shall be
 communicated by the Commission to the
 Council forthwith.
 In that event, the Commission shall defer
 application of the measures which it has
 decided for a period of two months
 The Council, acting bv a qualified majority,
 may take a different decision within the
 time limit referred to in the previous
 subparauiaoh.
 5. As regards th© points referred to in          5. As regards the points releticd to in
 paragraph 3(b). the representative of the        paragraph 3, the representative of the
 Commission shall submit to the committee         Commission shall submit to the committee
 a draft of the measures to be taken. The         a draft or the measures to be taken. The
 committee shall deliver its opinion on the       committee shall deliver its opinion on the
 draft within a time limit which the Chairman     draft within a time limit which the Chairman
 may lay down accoiding to the urgency of         may lay down according to the. urgency of
 the matter, if necessary by taking a vote.       the mallei, if necessary by taking a vote.
  The opinion shall be recorded in the            The opinion shall be recorded in the
  minutes, in addition, each Member State         minutes; in addition, each member of the
  shall have the right to ask to have its         committee shall have the right to ask to
  opinion recorded in the minutes.                have his/her opinion recorded in the
                                                  minutes.
  The Commission shall lake the utmost
  account of the opinion delivered by the         The Commission shall take the utmost
  committee. It shall inform the committee of      account of the opinion delivered by the
  the manner in which Its opinion has been         committee. It shall inform the committee of
  taken into account.                              the manner in which its opinion has been
Article 7                                               Article 7
Without preiudice to the conduct of the                 Deleted
procedure referred to in Article 6(4) and
(5). the Commission may consult the
committee on any questions concerning the
application of this Decision.
Whenever such consultation takes place.
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twelve representatives of the social
partners, appointed by the Commission on
the basis of proposals from the social
partners at Community level as defined in
Article 2. shall participate in the work of the
committee as observers.
Thev shall have the right to request that
their position be recorded in the minutes of
committee meetings.
Article 8. paragraphe 1                              Article 8. paragraphe 1
1. The Commission shall ensure overall               1. The Commission shall ensure overall
consistency between this programme and               consistency between this programme and
the Community action programme for                   the community action programme on
education and other Community measures.              education . the Youth for Europe
                                                     programme, the programme against social
                                                     exclusion and other measures in favour of
                                                     young people and disadvantaged groups.
Article 8. paragraphes 2 to 6                        Article 8. paragraphes 2 to 6
 Unchanged                                           Unchanged
Article 8 a (new)                                    Article 8 a (new)
                                                     The programme mav be opened UP. where
                                                     appropriate, (in ways to be agreed on) to
                                                     the participation of the countries of Central
                                                     and Eastern Europe which have
                                                     association agreements with the
                                                     Community. Cyprus and Malta, if
                                                     appropriate additional financial resources
                                                     are made available to this effect.
 Article 9                                           Article 9
 Unchanged                                            Unchanged
                                                      ANNEX
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ANNEX                                                Part A: STRANDS
Part A: STRANDS                                      Unchanged
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Annex, part A. Strand I. (1.1.1.). (a), (b). (c)     Annex, part A. Strand I. (1.1.1.). (a), (b). (c)
and (d)                                              and (d)
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Annex, part A. Strand I. (1.1.1.). (e). 1st          Annex, part A. Strand I. (I.1.1.). (e). 1st
paragraph                                            paragraph
(e)          improving the quality of                (e)    improving the quality of vocational
             vocational training arrangements               training arrangements for persons
             for persons disadvantaged on the               disadvantaged on the labour market
             labour market owing to a lack of               o w i n g to       socio-economic,
             qualifications or insufficient                 geographical or ethnic factors or bv
             qualifications, through                        physical or mental disabilities or a
                                                            lack of qualifications or insufficient
                                                            qualifications such that they are at
                                                            risk of social exclusion, through
                    the implementation of                   -    the implementation of projects in
                    projects in this area,                       this area, including the networking
                    including the networking of                  of the Member States' initiatives;
                    the Member States'
                    initiatives;
                    the training of trainers in             -    the training of trainers in this area.
                    this area.
             This measure concerns lifelong                 This measure          concerns      lifelong
             learning.                                      learning.
Annex, part A. Strand I. (1.1.2.). (a), (b) and      Annex, part A. Stiand I. (1.1.2.). (a), (b) and
                                                     M
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Annex, part A. Strand I. (I.2.). Priorities.         Annex, part A. Strand I. (I.2.). Priorities.
first to fifth indent                                first to fifth indent
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Annex, part A. Strand I. (I.2.). Priorities.        Annex, part A. Strand I. (I.2.). Priorities.
sixth indent                                        sixth indent
    the improvement of specific methods                 the improvement of specific methods
    and content for groups disadvantaged                and content for groups disadvantaged
    on the labour market, in particular                 on the labour market, in particular
    young persons lacking qualifications or             young persons lacking qualifications or
    adequate qualifications;                            adequate qualifications or those at risk
                                                        of social exclusion owing to socio-
                                                        economic, geographical or ethnic
                                                        factors or physical or mental
                                                        disabilities;
Annex, part A. Strand I. (I.2.). Priorities,        Annex, part A. Strand I. (I.2.). Priorities,
seventh to eighth indent                            seventh to eighth indent
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Annex, part A. Strand I. (I.2.). Priorities,        Annex, part A. Strand I. (I.2.). Priorities,
indent 8a (new)                                     indent 8a (new)
                                                    -    the acquisition of skills to enable
                                                         services and industry to respond to the
                                                         needs of the internal market.
Annex, part A. Strand II. (11.1.1.). (a), (b)       Annex, part A. Strand II. (11.1.1.). (a), (b)
and (c)                                             and (c)
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Annex, part A. Strand II. (11.1.1.). (ca) (new)     Annex, part A. Strand II. (H.1.1.). (ca) (new)
                                                    (ca) The promotion of equal opportunities
                                                    for men and women in vocational training
                                                    by
                                                    - the implementation of projects related to
                                                    developing women's career prospects and
                                                    the promotion of equal opportunities
                                                    between men and women.
Annex, part A. Strand II. (11.1.2.) to (H.2.).      Annex, part A. Strand II. (11.1,2.) to (II.2.).
Priorities, first to fifth indent                   Priorities, first to fifth indent
Unchanged                                           Unchanged
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Annex, part A. Strand II. (II.2.). Priorities,      Annex, part A. Strand II. (II.2.). Priorities,
indent 5a (new)                                     indent 5a (new)
                                                    z    the promotion of real equality of
                                                         access to initial and continuing training
                                                         for people at a disadvantage because
                                                         of socio-economic, geographical and
                                                         ethnic factors or physical or mental
                                                         disabilities, with particular emphasis on
                                                         people suffering from several
                                                         disadvantages which may lead to
                                                         social and economic exclusion:
Annex, part A. Strand II. (H.2.). Priorities,       Annex, part A. Strand II. (II.2.). Priorities,
indent 5b (new)                                     indent 5b (new)
                                                    2_ the development, in collaboration with
                                                         the competent national authorities and
                                                         the two sides of industry, of a
                                                         European vocational training passport
                                                         listing, in standardized form, the
                                                         training courses completed.
Annex, part A. Strand III. (111.1)                  Annex, part A. Strand III. (111.1)
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Annex, part A. Strand III. (HI.2.). (a) first to    Annex, part A. Strand III. (III.2.). (a) first to
thirteenth indent                                   thirteenth indent
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Annex, part A. Strand III. (III.2.). (a)            Annex, part A. Strand III. (IH.2.). (a)
thirteenth indent (new)                             thirteenth indent (new)
                                                    ;    the development, in consultation with
                                                         competent national bodies and social
                                                         partners, of a European vocational
                                                         training passport in which completed
                                                         vocational training courses would be
                                                         set out in a standardized form.
Annex, part A. Strand III. (III.2.). (b)            Annex, part A. Strand III. (III.2.). (b)
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Annex. part A. Strand III. (111.3.), (a) and (b)      Annex, part A. Strand III. (111.3.). (a) and (b)
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Annex, part A. Strand IV. (IV.1. and 2.)              Annex, part A. Strand IV. (IV.1. and 2.)
Unchanged                                             Unchanged
Annex, part B                                         Annex, part B
Unchanged                                             Unchanged
Annex, part C                                         Annex, part C
Unchanged                                             Unchanged
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               AMENDMENTS NOT ACCEPTED BY THE COMMISSION
                                   (Amendment 3)
                                 Recital 15a (new)
                                               Whereas there is a need to give a
                                               Community dimension to vocational
                                               qualifications, bearing in mind the need to
                                               promote equivalence between such
                                               qualifications in the Member States of the
                                               Union and, consequently, mutual
                                               recognition thereof;
                                  (Amendment 8)
                                     Article 3(b)
developing the European dimension in           developing the European dimension in
vocational training and vocational             vocational training and vocational guidance
guidance;                                      which shall include promoting the
                                               equivalence between, and the mutual
                                               recognition of. vocational training
                                               qualifications in the Member States:
                                  (Amendment 11)
                        Article 3, second paragraph (new)
                                               The common framework of objectives will
                                               serve as a reference for Member States'
                                               policies, bearing in mind the internal legal
                                               powers of the parties concerned and the
                                               respective responsibilities of the competent
                                               public authorities, firms and social partners.
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                                        (Amendment 21)
                              Article 8(2), subparagraphs 1 and 2
The Commission and the Member States                   The Commission and the Member States
shall foster complementarity between the               shall ensure complementarity between the
operation of this programme and the                    operation of this programme and the
Community initiative programmes.                       intervention of the Structural Funds.
                                                       especially the Community initiative
                                                       programmes.
In the context of their responsibility for             deleted
implementing Community support
frameworks, the Member States shall be
free to establish consistency between this
programme and the Structural Funds, in
accordance with the provisions governing
the functioning of the Structural Funds.
                                         (Amendment 23)
                                            Article 9(3)
No later than 31 December 1996 and 31                  No later than 31 December 1996 and 31
December 1999. the Member States shall                 December 1998. the Member States shall
forward reports to the Commission on the               forward reports to the Commission on the
implementation and impact of this                      implementation and impact of this
programme and the existing vocational                  programme and the existing vocational
training systems and arrangements in the               training systems and arrangements in the
 Member States.                                        Member States.
                                         (Amendment 24)
                                     Article 9(4), third indent
    no later than 30 June 2000. a final                     no later than 30 June 1999. a final
     report on the implementation of this                   report on the implementation of this
    programme.                                              programme.
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                                        (Amendment 25)
                              Annex, Part A, Strand I, first sentence
    Support for the improvement of vocational       Support for the improvement of vocational
    training systems and arrangements in the        training systems and arrangements in the
    Member States                                   Member States, while training continues, to
                                                    ensure the continuous adaptation of
                                                    Qualifications, of both men and women, to
                                                    the demands of competitiveness-
                                                    innovation and the fight against
                                                    unemployment:
                                        (Amendment 27)
                              Annex, Part A, Strand 1.1.2. (ca) (new)
                                                    Transnational placements for the promotion
                                                    of equality in training
                                                    Support for transnational placements and
                                                    exchange programmes for trainers and
                                                    project promoters to develop good practice
                                                    in the field.
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