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88/231/EEC: Council Decision of 18 April 1988 establishing a second Community action programme for disabled people (Helios)

Official Journal L 104 , 23/04/1988 P. 0038 - 0044

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COUNCIL DECISION

of 18 April 1988

establishing a second Community action programme for disabled people (Helios)

(88/231/EEC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 128 and 235 thereof,

Having regard to Council Decision 63/266/EEC of 2 April 1963 laying down general principles for implementing a common vocational training policy (1), and in particular the tenth principle thereof,

Having regard to the proposals from the Commission (2),

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (3),

Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (4),

Whereas the tenth principle set out in Decision 63/266/EEC states that special measures may be taken in respect of special problems concerning specific sectors of activity or specific categories of persons;

Whereas people with disabilities have specific needs in the fields of vocational training and rehabilitation and economic integration and are accordingly a specific category of persons for the purposes of the said principle;

Whereas the objectives of the Community include the accelerated raising of the standard of living;

Whereas the present programme is designed to contribute to that objective through the implementation of a number of specific actions to promote the social integration and independent way of life of people with disabilities;

Whereas the Council resolution of 21 January 1974 concerning a social action programme (5) provides for, inter alia, the implementation of a programme for the vocational and social integration of handicapped persons;

Whereas the Council resolution of 27 June 1974 establishing an initial Community action programme for the vocational training of handicapped persons (6) defines rehabilitation as 'a whole set of measures aimed at establishing and maintaining the most satisfactory relation possible between the individual and his environment after the appearance of a handicap or an injury or illness resulting in a handicap';

Whereas the European Parliament, in its resolution of 11 March 1981 (7), stressed the need to promote at Community level the economic, social and vocational integration of disabled people;

Whereas the resolution of the Council and of the representatives of the Governments of the Member States, meeting within the Council, of 21 December 1981 on the social integration of handicapped people (8) established a first action programme to promote such integration which is now due for prolongation and development;

Whereas the Council recommendation 86/379/EEC of 24 July 1986 on the employment of disabled people in the Community (1) recognizes that disabled people have the same right as all other workers to equal opportunity in training and employment and that special measures are needed at Community and national levels to achieve this end; whereas the Guideline Framework for Positive Action which is defined in the Annex to recommendation 86/379/EEC stresses in II (1) the importance of 'ensuring that disabled people live in an environment which makes it possible for them to benefit from further education and training and to make their full contribution to the economy';

Whereas, in its resolution of 22 December 1986 on an action programme on employment growth (2), the Council advocated special provisions in training for the disadvantaged and disabled;

Whereas the second Council resolution of 24 July 1986 on the promotion of equal opportunities for women (3) and the conclusions of the Council of Ministers for Education, meeting within the Council, of 14 May 1987 concerning a European cooperation programme for the integration of handicapped persons (4) call for...

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