20. 8. 94 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 216/9 COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 2063/94 of 27 July 1994 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1360/90 establishing a European Training Foundation THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 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 European Council meeting in Strasbourg on 8 and 9 December 1989 called upon the Council, acting on a proposal from the Commission, to adopt the necessary decisions for the establishment of a European Training Foundation for Central and Eastern Europe; whereas to that end on 7 May 1990 the Council adopted Regulation (EEC) No 1360/90 (4) which established the said Foundation; Whereas Article 19 of Regulation (EEC) No 1360/90 stipulates that Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that on which the competent authorities have decided on the seat of the Foundation; Whereas pursuant to a decision taken by common agreement between the representatives of the governments of the Member States meeting at Head of State and Government level in Brussels on 29 October 1993 (5), the Foundation is to have its seat in Turin; Whereas, pursuant to Regulation 1360/90, the countries eligible for the Foundation’s programmes are the countries eligible for economic aid under Regulation (EEC) No 3906/89 (¢) (‘Phare’ programme), Whereas on 19 July 1993 the Council adopted Regulation (Euratom, EEC) No 2053/93 concerning the provision of technical assistance to economic reform and recovery in the independent States of the former Soviet Union and Mongolia (?) referred to as the ‘Tacis’ ‘programme; O] No C 82, 19. 3. 1994, p. 11. 0] No C 205, 25. 7. 1994. OJ No C 195, 18. 7. 1994. O] No L 131, 23. 5. 1990, p. 1. amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1764/93 (O] No L 162, 3.7.1993, p. 1). () OJ NoL 187, 29. 7. 1993, p. 1. Whereas the States receiving assistance under Tacis and those countries designated as eligible under Phare are making efforts to achieve economic and social reform, and whereas the development of human resources in all those States is the basis of the reforms in progress in order to ensure the switch to a market economy and in order to strengthen democracy; Whereas the consistency of the Community’s policy of economic assistance to the independent States of the former Soviet Union and to Mongolia will be enhanced by extending the Foundation’s field of action to those States; Whereas the Foundation provides an appropriate institutional framework whereby the Community’s experience can be put at the disposal of all those States in order to cater for their requests — as expressed in the programming of Phare and Tacis assistance — in terms of development and of restructuring in the area of vocational training; Whereas Article 14 of Regulation (EEC) No 1360/90 stipulates that the rules and regulations governing the statutory personnel of the Foundation shall be analogous to those laid down in Council Regulation (ECSC, EEC, Euratom) No 1859/76 of 29 June 1976 laying down the conditions of employment of staff of the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (8); Whereas there is a need to ensure consistency at the Community level as regards managing the staff of the different decentralized bodies and, in particular, to allow for full application of the rules and regulations applicable to the officials and other servants of the European Communities; Whereas the Communication made by the Commission to the budgetary authority on 17 December 1992 concerning internal financial control states that the case (8) OJ No L 214, 6. 8. 1976, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (ECSC, EEC, Euratom) No 679/87 (O] No L 72, 14. 3. 1987, p. 1).