3164th meeting of the COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION (EDUCATION, YOUTH, CULTURE AND SPORT)

Thursday 10 (9:30) and Friday 11 (10: 00) May 2012

Legislative deliberations

• Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the placing on the market and use of biocidal products "
  - Approval of the European Parliament's amendments
  

• Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 on the coordination of social security systems and Regulation (EC) No 987/2009 laying down the procedure for implementing Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 "
  - Adoption of the legislative act
  
• Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directives 89/666/EEC, 2005/56/EC and 2009/101/EC as regards the interconnection of central, commercial and companies registers "
  - Adoption of the legislative act
  
  
• Proposal for a Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council providing further macro-financial assistance to Georgia 
  a) Adoption of the position of the Council in first reading b) Adoption of the statement of the Council reasons
  
  
• Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EC) n° 1083/2006 as regards certain provisions relating to risk sharing instruments for Member States experiencing or threatened with serious difficulties with respect to their financial stability
  -  Adoption of the legislative act

CULTURE
Legislative deliberations

• Proposal for a Council Regulation establishing for the period 2014-2020 the programme "Europe for Citizens"
  - Partial general approach

CULTURE & AUDIOVISUAL
Legislative deliberations

• Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on establishing the Creative Europe Programme (First reading)
  - Partial general approach

SPORT
Non-legislative activities

• Anti-doping
  Future challenges in the fight against doping including in recreational sport
  - Policy debate
  (Public debate pursuant to Article 8(2) of the Council's Rules of Procedure [proposed by the Presidency])

MEETING ON  FRIDAY 11 MAY 2012 (10:00)

EDUCATION
Legislative deliberations

• Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing 'ERASMUS FOR ALL': the Union Programme for Education, Training, Youth and Sport
  (First reading)
  - Partial general approach

YOUTH
Non-legislative activities

• Engaging with young people to release their potential
  - Policy debate
  (Public debate pursuant to Article 8(2) of the Council's Rules of Procedure [proposed by the Presidency])

EUROPE'S NEWS..:Education, youth, culture and sport

The Education, Youth and Culture (EYC) Council brings together education, culture, youth and communication Ministers around three or four times a year. It usually adopts its decisions by a qualified majority (apart from on cultural affairs, where it acts unanimously) and in codecision with the European Parliament.

The European Community's aim is to contribute to the development of quality education, the implementation of a vocational training policy and the flowering of Member States' cultures, bringing the common cultural heritage to the fore, while fully respecting the responsibility of the Member States for defining the content of teaching and vocational training and organising education and vocational training systems, as well as their national and regional cultural diversity.

In order to achieve those objectives, the Community's primary role is to provide a framework for cooperation between the Member States, which works by exchanges of information and experience on matters of shared interest. The Community can also use legislative channels where permitted by the Treaty establishing the European Community (for instance, on audiovisual matters and the mutual recognition of diplomas).

The Community complements Member States' action, especially by means of support programmes, with a view to:

   contributing to the development of the teaching and dissemination of languages in order to develop the European dimension in education and training;

   improving the knowledge and dissemination of the culture and history of the European peoples and safeguarding cultural heritage of European significance;

   encouraging mobility of students and teachers by encouraging the mutual recognition of diplomas and periods of study;

   promoting cooperation between educational and training establishments and, in particular with regard to training, with business;

   improving initial and continuing vocational training with a view to facilitating the integration of citizens into the labour market, their adaptation to industrial change and their possible vocational retraining;

   stimulating artistic and literary creation, including in the audiovisual sector.