No L 331/36 Official Journal of the European Communities 19. 12. 84 COUNCIL DECISION of 13 December 1984 establishing a third joint programme to encourage the exchange of young workers within the Community (84/636/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, Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament ('), Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Commuttee (), 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 young workers should be offered 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 indi- vidual character by its objectives and the nature of the operations involved ; Whereas the experience gained in the implementation of the second joint programme to encourage the exchange of young workers within the Community (%) proved positive and consequently the underlying prin- ciples should be reaffirmed in the context of a third programme ; Whereas, in view of the present employment situation, the exchange programme should be extended to young job-seekers ; Whereas, in addition to training periods of long dura- tion of a predominantly vocational nature, provision should continue to be made and extended for study (") OJ No C 337, 17. 12. 1984. () Opinion delivered on 21 November 1984 (not yet pub- lished in the Official Journal). () O] No L 185, 21. 7. 1979, p. 24. 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 third joint programme ; Whereas the participation of bodies or groups operat- ing at European level which, by virtue of their struc- ture, type of activities and operational capacities, are able to make an effective contribution to implement- ing the programme should be ensured; Whereas the establishment of a third 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 specific powers for the adoption of this Decision, HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS: Article 1 1. For the purposes of this Decision, ‘exchanges of young workers’ means operations involving the organi- zation of training periods for young workers, on 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 knowledge and enriching their practical experience, — promoting their awareness of the problems of the working world, — bringing them into contact with the working envi- ronment of the host country, — improving their knowledge of living conditions and social relations in the host country, and — promoting adequate information on the Commu- nity’s objectives and how it functions. 2. The training periods referred to in paragraph 1 may be of long or short duration.