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Date: 1974-03-27
Title: ESTABLISHMENT OF A EUROPEAN VOCATIONAL TRAINING CENTRE (Proposal from the Commission to the Council)

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 ---pagebreak---   COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                                   COM(74)352 final
                                                Brussels , 27 March 1974
                        ESTABLISHMENT OF A EUROPEAN .
                        VOCATIONAL TRAINING CENTRE
                  ( Proposal from the Commission to the Council )
/
 C0M(7 ^+) 352 final
 ---pagebreak---              j  EUROPEAN CENTRE FOP THE DEVELOPMENT .OF VOCATIONAL TRAINING
    EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Xc The activities of the European Economic Community in the field of
    vocational training result mainly from Article 128 of the Treaty of
    Rome and from the Council Decision of 2 April 19&3 laying down general • •
    principles for implementing a common vocational training policy which
    can contribute to the harmonious development both of the national
    economies and of the Common Market «. In part they also result from
    Article 118 of the same Treaty which entrusts the Commission with the
    task of promoting close cooperation between Member States particularly
    in matters relating to basic and advanced vocational trainings In the
    agricultural sector they are also based on Article kl of the said Treaty
   which makes express provision , within the framework of the common
    agricultural policy , for an effective coordination of efforts in the
    spheres of vocational training , of research and of the dissemination
    of agricultural knowledge - this may include joint financing of projects or
   institutionso
2o The actions undertaken by the Commission with a view to implementing a
   common vocational training policy and the other actions in the field of
   training carried out in conjunction with or within the framework of other
   common policies constitute a wider set of activities than is generally known . . ; \
                                                             '                     . . . .
   It should also be recalled that the Council directive of April 11th 1972 ,
   concerning the socio-economic information and occupational qualifications of
   persons working in agriculture , enables actions to be carried out in the
   framework of the common agricultural policy and in conformity with the objective
   of the common vocational training policy 0
   However , it cannot be denied that the complexity and extent of the
   problems to be resolved ought to have given rise to a more determined
   commitment    ~ and the introduction of means for carrying ^
   out sustained , large-scale action <, The social policy guidelines adopted by
   the Heads of State or Government at their conference in Paris in October 1972
   and also the enlargement of the Community now provide the bases for giving
   fresh impetus to Community action in the , various . fields _of vocational l:rainip£c
 ---pagebreak---    The need for this fresh impetus was reaffirmed at the time of the '                                                               i
   adoption of the Counfcil Resolution of 21 January 197^ concerning a social                                                         J
   action programme ! this resolution stated the political will to adopt .
   within a first stage covering the period between 1971* and 1976 the
   measures necessary to achieve inter alia the objective of implementing
   a common vocational training policy with a view to attaining                                                             V'
   progressively its principal objectives , especially t approximation of ,                                                   .
   training standards , in particular by 'setting up a European vocational
   ilraining centre . ..
   The establishment of such a centre is of the greatest importance if the V
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   Community is to be able to count on the closest possible cooperation of a ;
   Community        body          provided with a . specialist staff and material in
   order to carry out essential action in the spheres of documentation and
   information , of research and of experimentation as a means of promoting
   technically and scientifically the implementation of a common vocational j
   training policy.               '                                               #                                             ;
  Furthermore , the need to establish a Community ■ body specialised in
  the field of vocational * training has been recognized and reiterated during
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  recent years by the . European Parliament , the Ecpnomic'.an.d jSocial .                                          .             ,
         .                                                                                                 -•••*• • •• •
 Committee, ana also by the social partners ; the latter were indeed the ^ ,
        •  ·    *     ·      .....                       .
 .originators of the idea of establishing European maohinery enjoying, a ^                                                          ..
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. certain anour.t of operational autonomy#                                          .        . K... ..
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  ■There will not be., any. duplication of effort' between' the jpropofeed                                       ^
   Centra and other centres ot>eratin « in the field . of vocationaj. trainiftfi# ,i .
fnde^fi , . each , centre such .as' that of . the.. ILQ. in . Turin or that of
 the OSCD in Paris has its owr .style , its own system and , above all , its own
specific methods for tackling vocational training matters in a manner
suited to the international organization which initiated its foundation . •'
      *  *   ••      •                                 ••••♦.                 • •                    •*
* he reason ..for this lies .in the diverse institutional structures
W il* A           A     ft ■ A MB    M   i *     k A        M    «   • É   « É      M      I      J.
o£ the various international organizations , in the differing composition ,
not only fron the numerical point of view, of the group of countries
belonging to one or other organization * in the political objectives
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    pursued by each of them and in the powers which each enjoys * it
    is quite clear that the Community has specific responsibilities laid down
    in the Treaties of Rome and of Paris , and that it has obligations to
    fulfil within the context, of the common policies which are not comparable
    with any other activity carried out by traditional international
    organizations . The establishment of a European centre for the development of
" vocational training designd to provide the Community with technical and scienti­
   fic support in the ispheres of information , research and application is ,
    therefore , not only desirable but necessary .
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              . • •        -            ,   .              ...                    ;
6 . The' Commission considers that this Centre is to be conceived as a body
    with its own legal personality which will still be very closely linked
    to the Community institutions and particularly to the Commission#
    This Centre would therefore be able
    -    to ensure that the social partners increasingly participate in
         Community decisions as a result of their presence on the Centre 's
         board of management ;
    -    to extend the possibility of contact with the parties concerned
         beyond the formal sphere of official relations ;
    - to promote more dynamic acvTon commensurate with the rapid rate
       of economic and social development and of technological progress .
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7„ The structure of the centre has been designed in such a way as to meet
  « as far as possible the requirements of an efficient ' -. and . strict
     administration , and to be in a position to benefit from any contribution
     of new ideas and experiences .. Provision has thus been made for the
     centre to be managed by a board with a tripartite structure - representatives .
     of the Commission , of the employers * organizations and of the workers *
     organizations - which will accord the social partners , a special and
     responsible roleo The presence on this board of the social partners and
     of the Commj stJion should make it possible to obtain a constructive
... synthesis of the guidelines drawn up by the parties in question .., .
     Although the Centre and the Advisory Committee on Vocational training have
     distinct roles to fulfil , as explained more fully under point 10 , it
    woxild be appropriate that a certain number of Advisory Committee          -"
.   members     -. sit as members on the Centre 's Management Board .
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  Until now , the parties concerned with vocational training , with the exception
  of the social partners , have not hitherto participated in this sphere to a :
  sufficient extent . The establishment alongside the Centre 's board of manage-          ι
  ment of j an experts                   committee mainly composed of high-level          [
  experts designated by Member States will permit the Centre to benefit from              j
 the extensive collaboration of those . competent and active in'the different
 fields .of vocational training. The tasks of this "Committee 'will enable it               |
 to have a great deal of influence on the operational activity of the cfetttre ,
 mainly because it is asked to make its views known on the                        –
 draft annual work programme submitted to it by the" board
  of management . Furthermore , this Committee will have the right of
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  initiative to formulate proposals concerning the . various forms';                          i
   of activity carried out by the Centre .
   The director is the key element in the structure of the Centre# His terms of
   employment will be laid down in an ad hoc statute . The centre is designed
   mainly as a driving power which , inter alia is required to act as a catalyst ;
    for the most valid innovatory guidelines with a view to achieving a harmoniou
   development of vocational training in its widest sense , within . the . Community
 . It .is , therefore , essential that the most valid forms of cooperation are                 '
    entered into for the purpose of discussing and drawing up the various
   specific projects dealing with matters arising in the various fields'
   of vocational training . To this end provision has been made for the
   establishment of working pirties set up according to the questions to
. be examined .                                .
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> * he centre is financed mainly out of the annual subsidy borne by the
    budget of the European Communities . This budgetary link will show
   the importance which the Community attaches to such cooperation .
   The report on the activities of the centre during the preceding year ,
   which will be forwarded each year to the Commission during the first
   quarter , will enable the Community institutions to judge the results; .
   of the centre 's activities and to form an opinion on the directions         * •
   in which these activities should be directed in order better to meet '
   the needs of the Community#
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 go The very way in which the centre has been conceived requires that its
     staff , although limited (between 20 and 25 people ), be composed of
     highly qualified and experienced people in the various fields of
     vocational draining . Similarly , it is essential that the centre carries
     out most of its activities in close cooperation with the national or
     international centres ."                                           ~        •
     The Centre would thus be able to cooperate with , . for example , the
  ■ International Centre for advanced vocational and technical        1
     training of the ILO in Turin , with the OECD Centre , with CEPFAR as well as
      with the national institutes or centres in the Member States which
      carry out public or semi-public responsibilities .
10#. Since the European Centre has operational tasks within the framework
      of the implementation of a common vocational training policy , its
     activity and also the tasks of its board of management and of the
~    experts                    committee in no way prejudice the role and
     responsibilities of the Advisory Committee on vocational trainingo
      Indeed , the guidelines and the definition of the common vocational
      training policy remain entirely with the sphere of responsibility of
      the Community Institutions and are laid down in accordance with the
     procedures provided for in the Treaty of Romeo
     Within this institutional framework , the Advisory Committee on vocational
     training will continue to exer'cise its responsibilities fully in order
     to assist the Commission in the manner prescribed in the Council Decision
     of 2 April 1963 laying down general principles for implementing a
     common vocational training policy®
     The Commission , for its part , will regularly inform the Advisory Committee
     on Vocational Training* about the activities of the European'                 -
     Centre # in addition the Commission will
     inform the Centre of the suggestions which- the Advisory Committe makes on the
   • activity of the Centre .
 ---pagebreak---             EURpPEAN CENTRE FOR. THE DEVELOPMENT OF' VOCATIONAL TRAINING                              1
                                                                                                   'i
 THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES                                    .
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic - Community ,
                         and in particular Article 2J5 thereof ;
 Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;                                             .
 Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament ;                    t                •
 Having regard to the . opinion of the Economic and Social Committee ;
 Whereas on thebasis of Article 128 of the Treaty the Council , in its decision          .
             of 2 April 1963 » laid down general principles for implementing a
             common vocational training policy ;
 Whereas the Council , in its resolution of 21 January 197^» adopted a
             social action programme ; whereas that programme lays down amongst
             its objectives the implementation of a common vocational training
             policy with a view to attaining progressively the principal objectives-
             thereof , ' especially 'approximation of training standards , in particular by
     . .....jsetting up a European vocational training_centre ; whereas , furthermore , the
             Council chose this objective as one . of its priority actions ;
Whereas the implementation of a common vocational training policy gives rise
             to ever more complex problems , and whereas solutions to those
             problems require the wide      involvement . of the interested parties ,
             and , more especially , of the social partners ;
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Whereas the establishment of a European Centre for the development of. vocational
             training is. necessary to carry out this action L in respect of which the
           "treaty has not made provision for'the powers of action specified in %hie
           i respect for the economic sector as a whole
Whereas the specialized and technical nature of the tasks to be carried
            out ,* with special regard to the search for and implementation of
            the new policy guidelines for vocational trainingin all its aspects ,
            requires the establishment ' of a body distinct from the departments of the
            Commission , with which it must , however , cooperate as much
            as possibles ""
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Whereas , in accordance with Article 118 of the Treaty, the Commission has:
         , the task of promoting close cooperation between Member States in ;
           the social field , particularly in matters relating to basic and i
         j advanced vocational training ;
Whereas , in accordance with Article kl of the Treaty , an effective
           coordination of efforts in the sphere of vocational training may be
           foreseen in the framework of the common agricultural policy ;
Whereas    the centre is required to draw up an annual work programme which
           takes account of the objectives and needs of the European Economic
           Community and to cooperate in the execution of its tasks with
           existing specialized institutions and also with public
           administrations and the cultural , economic and social
           organizations concerned#
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION
 ---pagebreak---                         ARTICLE  1
 The European Centre' for the Development of Vocational Training is
 hereby created ,
 -  hereinafter called " The Centre"
 - the Centre shall enjoy the broadest legal status granted to
    legal persons in the member States .
 -  it shall be non-profit making
 -  it shall have its seat in   ................
                        ARTICLE  2
 The general objective of the Centre shall be the promotion and
 the development of vocational training and continuous training
 at Community level . To this end , the Centre shall , in close
 collaboration with the Commission , encourage the exchange of
 information and experience in this field through
•- assembling a selected documentation particularly on new
    developments and research in this field , as well as on
    problems related to the structure of vocational training
- ensuring the dissemination of useful information
- contributing to the development and co-ordination of research .
The Centre shall encourage the development of a concerted approach
to problems of common interest , in particular by promoting those
initiatives which make a positive contribution to the implement­
ation of a common policy on vocational training.
 ---pagebreak---                            ARTICLE     3
    The Centre shall take the measures which are necessary for . the
    attainment of its objectives ; it may in particular :
: - organise courses , conferences , seminars and pilot projects
   –   conclude research contracts and grant financial assistance
       for carrying out specific projects
   –   edit and distribute all useful documentation and iH
       particular a Community bulletin on vocational training*
   In carrying out its tasks , the Centre shall collaborate as
   closely as possible with specialised bodies , whether public or
   private , national or international , with public administrations
   and educational bodies and with the organisations of workers
   and employers .
                           ARTICLE   4
   The Centre shall be administered by a Management Board composed
   of fifteen members appointed by the Commission of the European
   Communities , of whom :
       ( a) five members proposed by the employers' 'oi'ganisations
            set up at a European level {
       (b ) five members proposed by the workers' organisations
            set up at European level ;
       ( c) five members designated by the Commission.
   The length of their term of office shall' be three years . Their
   appointments may be renewed . After expiry of their term of
   office , members shall remain in office until they are replaced
   or until their appointments are renewed . .   '
 The President of the Management Board shall be appointed
 "by the Commission from among the members which it has
 designated. Two Vice-Presidents shall be elected by                 '
 the Management Board. Each of these shall be chosen
 respectively from among the members proposed by the
 employers * organisations and the workers' organisations#
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4.    The chairman shall convene the Management Board at least four
      times a year .
5 ». Decisions shall "be taken "by an absolute majority of members of
      the Management Board , without prejudice to Article 8 .
6;    The chairman of the Management Board shall attend meetings of
      the Experts Committees                 –
                              ARTICLE   5
    The Management Board shall be responsible for the general
    activity of the Centre .
     It shall adopt its rules of procedure and other provisions
     necessary for the administration of the Centre .    The staff
     regulations and the financial regulations shall be adopted
     in agreement with the Commission.
    It shall appoint the Director of the Centre , and draw up     ~
    his terms of employment .
    It shall decide on the creation of ad hoc working parties
    within the framework of the annual programme of activities .
    It shall regularly inform the Commission of the European
    Communities of its activities .
                              ARTICLE   6
                                             i
1 . The           Experts           Committee shall be composed of
      18 members .   Each member State shall nominate two members .
     They shall be selected on account of their theoretical knowledge
     and practical experience in the various fields connected with
     vocational training.
2. The Committee members shall be appointed by the Management Board
     for three years .
     Their mandate shall be renewable .
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                               ARTICLE      7
1.  The [Experts ^                    Committee shall give opinions on
    questions submitted to it "by the chairman of the Management
    Board or "by the Director of the Centre .        It may , of its own
    initiative , examine any question relevant to the objectives of
    the Centre .
2.  The Committee shall elect a chairman fron arc<m£ its members and
    determine its rules of procedure .
3.  The Committee shall "be convened by it » chairman , at least four
    times per year and in addition when r*que»t«d by «ore than half
    of the Committee members .
4 * The Chairman of the       Experts       ~    /      Committee shall
    attend meetings of the Management Board in a consultative capacity.
                              ARTICLE     8
    The Director shall be appointed by the Management Board after
    having consulted the Experts Committee .                           The
    decision on the appointment shall require at least three votes
    in favour cast by members on each of the groups making up the
    Management Board .
                            ARTICLE     9
1.  The Director shall carry out the decisions of the Management
    Board and shall be responsible for the day to day administration'
    of the Centre .    He shall act as legal representative of the
    Centre .                                      ..
2.  He shall prepare and organize the meetings of the Management Board
    and of the ,   Experts ~'       '         ^Committee and act as secretary
    at these meetings .
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   He shall coordinate the activities .of the working parties .
   He shall be responsible for the staff which shall be engaged
   and dismissed, under the conditions laid down in the staff
   regulations .
   He shall be accountable for his activities to the Adminis­
   trative Board .
                          ARTICLE     10
  On the basis of a draft submitted by the Director , and after
  having .received the opinion of the Experts
  Committee , the Administrative Board shall adopt an annual
  programme of work .    The programme shall take account of the
  priority needs , as indicated by the Community institutions ,
  and the suggestions made by the Economic and Social Committee .
 The Centre shall programme its activities taking into account
 those carried out by ooher bodies v.-orking in the field of
 vocational training.
                         ARTICLE    11
The Management Board shall adopt by 31 March at the latest
the general report on the activities , the financial situation
and the work programme of the Centre , and shall submit them
to the Commission of the European Communities .
 ---pagebreak---                         ARTICLE   12
The Management Board shall draw up a "budget for each financial
year .
All the Centre 's revenue and expenditure shall be entered in the
"budget .            '
The budget shall be. balanced in terms of revenue and expenditure
The financial year shall coincide with the calendar year .
                        ARTICLE   13
  The Centre shall receive a subsidy entered in the budget of
  the European Communities each year .
  The Management Board shall , before 1 April each year , transmit
  an estimate of the revenue and expenditure at the same time as
  a request for a subsidy so that the envisaged subsidy can be
  entered .  The estimate shall be forwarded by the Commission
  to the budgetary authorities .
                        ARTICLE   14
The Management Board shall , not later than 1 April each year ,
send the accounts of all of the revenue and expenditure of
the Centre for the preceding financial year to the Audit
Board provided for in Article 206 of the Treaty of the European*
Economic Community.    The Audit Board shall examine these in
accordance with the conditions provided for in the second
sub-paragraph of the same Article .
The Management Board shall send the accounts of the Centre
for the preceding financial year to the Commission annually.
The accounts and the report of the Audit Board shall be
submitted to the Council and to the European Parliament by
the Commission at the same time as it communicates its
accounts .
The Management Board will nominate a financial controller to
supervise the expenditure of the Centre .
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                        ARTICLE  15
                            m"
The protocol of the European Communities on privileges and
immunities shall apply to the Centre , to the members of the
Management Board, and. of the Experts Committee,'          __
to the Director and to the staff members of the Centre .
                        ARTICLE  16
The members of the Management Board and the
 Experts   Committee , the Director and the staff members of
the Centre Bhall be obliged , even after the termination of
their service , not to divulge information which , by its nature ,
comes under professional secrecy .
                        ARTICLE  17
The contractual liability of the Centre shall be governed by
the law applicable to the contract in question .     In the case
of non-contractual liability , the Centre shall , in accordance
with the general principles common to the laws of the member
States , make good any damage caused by its institution or by
its servants in the performance of their duties .
The personal liability of its servants towards the Centre shall
be governed by the provisions laid down in their staff regulations
or in the Conditions of employment applicable to them .
                        ARTICLE  18
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This regulation shall enter into force on
This Regulation is binding in its entirety and directly applicable
in all member States .
,           –•                              . By the Council
 ---pagebreak---                             FINANCIAL RECORD
. EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF VOCATIONAL TRAINING
  1.   Legal and administrative information
       (a) Budget item : new aotion - partly under Article 301 - to "be
             established under Article 424 *
       (b ) Budget year : 1975 and "the following financial years .
If (c) Legal "basis:
             - Council Resolution of 21 January 1974 , OJ No C/l3 of 12 Februaryl974 .
               (Point 3 of the list of priority aotions under the heading of
                " full and "better employment ").
             - Proposal submitted to the Commission on 13 March 1974 »
       ( d ) Authorized Department : DG V»
  2.   Description etc.
       (a) The setting up of such a Centre will give the Commission Departments
             the technical assistance which they will require in executing their
             work in the field of a joint policy on vocational training.    At the
             same time , the Centre will function as a catalyst for ideas on the
             subject and as a point of contact between experiments in this field .
       (b ) Persons conoerned in this action are , in general terms , the groups
             of persons concerned with vocational training in the Community ,
             and in particular the Governments of the Member States , the Community
             Institutions ( and the Economic and Social Committee ), and both sides
             of Industry , as well as the organizations or individuals ooncerned
             in various ways in the matter of vocational training.
       ( o ) The sort    of problems to be dealt with , the direct links to be
             established with the many and varied interested parties at
             international , Community and national level militate in favour of a
             Centre whioh is not subject to the constraints of the Commission ,
             but which collaborates olosely with the Commission .
 ---pagebreak--- ( d) The general objective is laid down in :
      - Art . 128 of the EEC Treaty
      - Council Decision of 2 April 1963 laying down general principles
        for implementing a common vocational training policy .
      - Council Resolution of 21 January 1974 concerning a sooial action
        programme (point 3 of list of priority aotions ).
Expenditure
( a) An estimate of the appropriations required .
     Action is not intended to "be limited in time .   The appropriations
      required for the costs of the Centre are to be covered , in the main ,
     "by the Community Budget .   The requirements are estimated as follows :
    ,1211                          1916                     1221
    (proportional
      figure )
      600 000 u.a .             1 450 000 u.a .          1 800 000 u.a .
     The costs of the Centre in terms of running costs and operational
     costs in the first year are estimated at about 1 200 000 u.a .
     On the assumption that the Centre would he set up in July 1975 »
     a proportional figure for expenditure - 600 000 u.a. - equivalent to
     half the 1975 appropriations should he established .
      In the following financial years , an increase of 15$ ( general
     prioe trends ) for running costs and 30$ ( 15$ in acoordanoe with
     the general prioe trends + 15$ by virtue of the extension of
     activities ) for operational costs should be established.
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3.   Expenditure ( continued )
      (b ) Method of calculating the appropriations required for the 1975
           financial year ( full year)
           FUNCTIONAL EXPENDITURE
           - Staff (+)
             Since the Centre is an independent unit , it will itself be
             responsible for fixing the number and status of the personnel
             required as a function of the annual programmes .
             However , the Commission 's view is that , for a start , the
             permanent staff of the Centre should not exceed some 20 persons ,
             namely:
             1   Director ( equiv. A/3 )
            10   Executive staff ( equiv. A/4 to A/7 )
             5   Clerical staff (Equiv. B/l to B/5 )
            10   Clerical officers and secretaries ( equiv. C/l to c/5 )
              (basis : 1974 remuneration oosts + 15$)             480 000 u.a.
             Renting immovable property
             and charges relating thereto (maintenance ,
             insurance , etc .)                                     55 000 u.a.
             Acquiring movable property                             30 000 u.a .
             Current administrative expenditure                       5 000 u.a .
             Travelling and subsistence expenses                    40 000 u.a .
             Expenses for meetings                                  70 000 u.a .
                                               sub-total          680 000 u.a .
                                                                  • • •/• • •
(+) It is pointed out that suoh staff being members of a Centre , which is
    an independent unit , will not appear in the Establishment Plan of the
    Commission Budget .
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   OPERATIONAL EXPENDITURE
   - Preparation of operational documentation                         140 000 u.a.
      ( documentation proper , selection and operation )
   - Dissemination of information
       (manuals , courses , information bulletins , etc. )            100 000 u.a.
   - Actions and contributions to development and
      coordination of research                                        280 000 u.a .
                                                   sub-total          520 000 u.a .
                                                   Total : 1975     1 200 000 u.a .
5. Momtonng
   ( a) Art . 14 of the Statutes provides that "the Management Board shall
          draw up , in agreement with the Commission of the European Communities ,
          the financial regulation defining the rules on drawing up and
          implementing the Budget , on presenting and auditing the accounts
          and on the responsibility of the authorizing and accounting officers ".
   (b ) Art . 5 of the Statutes provides that the Centre shall regularly-
          inform the Commission of its activities .    Furthermore , Art . 11 provides
          that "the Management Board shall adopt by 31 Maroh at the latest the
         General Report on the activities and the financial situation of the
          Centre during the previous year , and shall submit it to the Commission".