Decision 1979/642 - 79/642/EEC: Council Decision of 16 July 1979 establishing a second joint programme to encourage the exchange of young workers within the EC - Main contents

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Legal instrument	Decision
Number legal act	Decision 1979/642
Original proposal	COM(1979)92
CELEX number i	31979D0642

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79/642/EEC: Council Decision of 16 July 1979 establishing a second joint programme to encourage the exchange of young workers within the Community

Official Journal L 185 , 21/07/1979 P. 0024 - 0026

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COUNCIL DECISION of 16 July 1979 establishing a second joint programme to encourage the exchange of young workers within the Community (79/642/EEC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 235 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1),

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (2),

Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (3),

Whereas the Community is called upon to take concrete measures to help young workers;

Whereas it is the responsibility of the Member States, under Article 50 of the Treaty, to encourage, within the framework of a joint programme, the exchange of young workers;

Whereas it is important to offer young workers greater opportunities to broaden their vocational training and their cultural, linguistic and human knowledge in a Member State other than that in which they reside;

Whereas the exchange of young workers should be developed alongside measures taken to promote youth employment, while at the same time retaining its individual character by its objectives and the nature of the operations;

Whereas the experience gained in the implementation of the first joint programme to encourage the exchange of young workers within the Community (4), which was adopted on 8 May 1964 by the representatives of the Governments of the Member States of the European Economic Community meeting within the Council, indicates the need to increase the number of exchanges and to improve the procedures for implementing them;

Whereas provision should be made, on an experimental basis and in addition to training periods of long duration of a predominantly vocational nature, for study training periods of short duration which offer young workers the opportunity of establishing close contact with the working and living environment of the host country;

Whereas the Community institutions must make a substantial contribution to the implementation of the second joint programme;

Whereas the assistance of bodies or groups operating at European level which by virtue of their structure, type of activities and operational capacities may make an effective contribution to implementing the programme, should be ensured;

Whereas the establishment of a second joint programme to encourage the exchange of young workers within the Community appears necessary to attain one of the objectives of the Community ; whereas the Treaty has not provided the necessary specific powers for this purpose, (1)OJ No C 81, 28.3.1979, p. 16. (2)OJ No C 127, 21.5.1979, p. 19. (3)Opinion delivered on 27 and 28 June 1979 (not yet published in the Official Journal). (4)OJ No 78, 22.5.1964, p. 1226/64.

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

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  For the purposes of this Decision "exchanges of young workers" means operations involving the organization of training periods for young workers, under the conditions laid down in Article 2, in a Member State other than the Member State in which they reside, aimed at: - developing their vocational qualifications and enriching their practical experience,

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  promoting their awareness of the problems of the working world,

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  bringing them into contact with the working environment of the host country,

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  improving their knowledge of living conditions and social relations in the host country, and

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  promoting adequate information on the Community's objectives and how it functions.

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  The...

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