23. 5. 90 Official Journal of the European.Communities No L 131/1 (Acts whose publication is obligatory) COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No-1360/90 of 7 May 1990: establishing a European Training Foundation THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 235 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ('), Having regard to the opinion of the European Parli- ament (), Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (%), Whereas the European Council meeting at Strasbourg on 8 and 9 December 1989 called upon. the Council to adopt, at the beginning of 1990, the necessary decisions for the establishment of a European Training Foundation for Central and Eastern Europe, acting on a proposal from the Commission ; Whereas ‘on 18 December 1989 -the Council adopted Regulation (EEC)"No 3906/89 (*) on economic aid to the Republic of Hungary and the Polish People’s Republic which provides for aid in areas including training to support the process of economic and social reform in Hungary and Poland; Whereas the Council may subsequently. extend such aid to other countries of Central and Eastern Europe under a relevant legal act; Whereas the process of economic and social reform will contribute to the development of mutually -beneficial economic. and commercial relationships between the countries of Central and Eastern. Europe and the Commu- nity ; whereas. these _intensified" relationships will “also - contribute to a harmonious development of economic activities within the: Community ; () OJ No C 86, 4. 4. 1990, p. 12. () OJ No C 113, 7. 5. 1990. ?) Opinion delivered on 25 April 1990 (not yet published in the Official Journal). () OJ No L 375, 23. 12. 1989, p. 11. Whereas the European Training Foundation could make an important contribution to the effective provision of training assistance to-the countries of Central and Eastern Europe eligible for econemic aid to support the process of reform ; Whereas, for its contribution, the European Training Foundation will need to call upon the experience gained within the Community in the area of vocational training in implementing a common policy for vocational training and upon its institutions concerned with training; Whereas there exist in the Community and in third coun- tries, including the countries of Central and Eastern Europe, regional and/or national, public and/or private facilities which can be called upon to collaborate in the effective provision of aid in the area of training; Whereas the status and - structure of the European Training Foundation should facilitate a flexible response to the specific and differing requirements of the indivi- dual ‘countries to be assisted, and allow it to carry out its functions in close cooperation with the existing national and international facilities ; Whereas the European Training -Foundation should be endowed with legal personality, while maintaining a close corporate relationship with the Commission and respect- ing the overall political responsibilities of the Community and its institutions ; Whereas-the European Training Foundation should have close links with the European Centre for-the Develop- ment of Vocational Training, with the Trans-European Mobility Scheme for University-Studies (Tempus) and any other schemes instituted by the Council to provide aid in the area of ‘training to countries of Central and Eastern Europe ; Whereas the European Training ‘Foundation should be open to the participation of countries which are not members of the Community and which share the commitment of the Community and the Member States to the provision of aid to Central and Eastern Europe in the training field under arrangements to be laid down in agreements between the Community and themselves ;