Proposal for a Council Decision concerning the Community position within the Association Council on the participation of Latvia in Community programmes in the fields of training, youth and education
C 197/18 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 23. 6. 98 II (Preparatory Acts) COMMISSION Proposal for a Council Decision concerning the Community position within the Association Council on the participation of Latvia in Community programmes in the fields of training, youth and education (98/C 197/06) COM(1998) 309 final - 98/0173(CNS) (Submitted by the Commission on 18 May 1998) THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and Articles 126 and 127, in conjunction with Article 228(3) first paragraph thereof, in particular Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament, the Europe Agreement establishing an association between the European Whereas Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Latvia, of the other part, entered into force on 1 February 1998, Whereas, according to Article 109 of the Europe Agreement and to its Annex XVIII, Latvia may participate in Community framework programmes, specific programmes, projects or other actions notably in the fields of training, youth and education, and the terms and conditions for the participation of Latvia in these activities shall be decided by the Association Council, Whereas Council Decision 94/819/EC of 6 December 1994 establishing an action programme for the implementation of a European Community vocational training policy (hereinafter called "Leonardo da Vinci’Ø(˛)), and in particular Article 9(1) thereof, Decision 95/818/EC of 14 March 1995 of the European Parliament and the Council adopting the third phase of the "Youth for Europe’Ø(ˇ) programme and in particular Article 7(4) thereof and Decision 95/819/EC of 14 March 1995 of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the Community action programme in the field of education (hereinafter called "Socrates’Ø(—)) and in particular Article 7(3) thereof, provide that these programmes shall be open to the participation of associated Central European countries in accordance with the conditions set out in the in Community Additional Protocols programmes, the Association Agreements on participation to HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS: The position to be taken by the Community within the Association Council established by the Europe Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Latvia, of the other part, concerning the participation of Latvia in Community programmes in the fields of training, youth and education, is the attached draft decision of the Association Council. (˛) OJ L 340 of 29. 12. 1994. (ˇ) OJ L 87 of 20. 4. 1995. (—) OJ L 87 of 20. 4. 1995