21.6.90 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 156/1° (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COUNCIL COUNCIL DECISION of 29 May 1990 establishing an action programme for the development of continuing vocational training in the - European Community (Force). (90/267/EEC) THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 128 thereof, Having regard to the Commission proposal (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 fundamental objectives of a common vocational training policy set forth in the second principle of Decision 63/266/EEC (*) refer in particular to the need to promote basic and advanced vocational training and, where appropriate, retraining, suitable for the various stages of working life; whereas the 10th principle of Decision 63/266/EEC states that special measures may be taken in respect- of special problems concerning special sectors of activity or specific categories of persons; Whereas the European Council has affirmed that completion of the internal market must go hand in hand with improved access to vocational training (Hanover, 27 and 28 June 1988); whereas it has stressed that Community action should help'to develop available human resources and the preparation of future changes and technical adjustment; whereas the reform (1) OJ No C 12, 18. 1. 1990, p. 16. (2) OJ No C 96, 17. 4. 1990, p. 71. (*) OJ No C 124, 21. 5. 1990, p. 31. (4) O No 63, 20. 4. 1963, p. 1338/63. of training systems, including continuing vocational training, will play a vital role in achieving these objectives: . (Rhodes, 2 and 3 December 1988); whereas it has noted the agreement reached by the Council on continuing vocational training (Madrid, 26 and 27 June 1989); Whereas, on 15 March 1989, the European Parliament adopted a resolution on the social dimension of the internal market (*), in which it emphasized investment in training and . . making the most of the use of human resources; whereas, in particular; it considered that vocational training and the management of human resources are decisive factors in the. - adaptation of undertakings and their capacity to respond to - change, and that consequently it is essential to encourage them to invest in these areas; Whereas, in its resolution of 5 June 1989 on continuing vocational training (¢), . the Council considered that continuing vocational training plays an important role in the strategy for achieving, by 1992, both the internal market, including its social dimension, and economic and social cohesion, as-a determining factor in economic and social policy; whereas it considered that all workers should, in the light of requirements, have access to continuing vocational training and benefit therefrom;—-whereas it invited the Member States, with due regard for the powers under national law of the parties concerned, to take, or promote, a number of measures; whereas it requested the Commission to lay before it-as soon as possible an action programme on continuing vocational training; Whereas the Community Charter of the Fundamental Social Rights of Workers, adopted at the Strasbourg European Council on 9 December 1989 by the Heads of State and (°) OJ No C 96, 17. 4. 1989, p. 61. (6) OJ No C 148, 15. 6. 1989, p. 1.