No L 166/20 Official Journal of the European Communities 25. 6. 87 (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COUNCIL COUNCIL DECISION of 15 June 1987 adopting the European Community Action Scheme for the Mobility of Univer- sity Students (ERASMUS) (87/327/EEC) THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Articles 128 and 235 thereof, Having regard to Council Decision 63/266/EEC of 2 April 1963 laying down general principles for implemen- ting a common vocational training policy ('), Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (3), Having regard to the opinion of the European Parli- ament (%), Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (*), Whereas the fundamental objectives of the common voca- tional training policy set down in the second principle of Decision 63/266/EEC aim in particular at enabling every person to reach the highest possible level of vocational training which is necessary for his professional activity, and refer also to broadening vocational training to meet requirements arising from technical progress, linking the different forms of vocational training to social and economic developments ; Whereas on the basis of the sixth principle of that Deci- sion it is the Commission’s responsibility to encourage direct exchanges of vocational training specialists in order to enable them to acquaint themselves with and study the () OJ No 63, 20. 4. 1963, p. 1338/63. () O] No C 73, 2. 4. 1986, p. 4. () OJ No C 148, 16. 6. 1986, p. 124. () OJ No C 189, 28. 7. 1986, p. 8. achievements and new developments in the other coun- tries of the Community; Whereas the action programme in the field of education contained in the resolution of the Council and Ministers of Education, meeting within the Council, of 9 February 1976 (°) enable the Commission to implement initial measures for the promotion of university cooperation in the Community ; Whereas the Council and Ministers of Education meeting within the Council confirmed on 3 June 1985 the impor- tance which they attached to promoting.an intensification of inter-university cooperation in the Community and noted with satisfaction the Commission’s intention to submit proposals in this regard before the end of 1985 ; Whereas the Council has adopted measures with a view to _strengthening technological cooperation at Community level and providing the necessary human resources for this purpose, notably through the programme on coopera- tion between universities and enterprises regarding trai- ning in the field of technology (COMETT)(%); Whereas the European Parliament on 13 March 1984 adopted a resolution on higher education and the deve- lopment of cooperation between higher education esta- blishments () ; Whereas the European Parliament on 14 March 1984 adopted a resolution on the academic recognition of diplomas and of periods of study (°); () OJ No C 38, 19. 2. 1976, p. 1. (9 OJ No L 222, 8. 8. 1986, p. 17. () O] No C 104, 16. 4. 1984, p. 50. (*) O No C 104, 16. 4. 1984, p. 64.