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Summary

Keywords

1 . EEC TREATY - SCOPE - VOCATIONAL TRAINING - ACCESS TO INSTRUCTION - APPLICABILITY OF TREATY PROVISIONS

( EEC TREATY , ART . 128 )

2 . COMMUNITY LAW - PRINCIPLES - EQUAL TREATMENT - DISCRIMINATION ON GROUNDS OF NATIONALITY - VOCATIONAL TRAINING PROVIDED IN A MEMBER STATE - REGISTRATION FEE OR ' MINERVAL ' IMPOSED ON NATIONALS OF OTHER MEMBER STATES - PROHIBITED

( EEC TREATY , ART . 7 )

3 . SOCIAL POLICY - COMMON VOCATIONAL TRAINING POLICY - VOCATIONAL TRAINING - CONCEPT - COURSES IN STRIP CARTOON ART - INCLUDED

( EEC TREATY , ART . 128 )

Summary

1 . ALTHOUGH EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATION AND POLICY ARE NOT AS SUCH INCLUDED IN THE SPHERES WHICH THE TREATY HAS ENTRUSTED TO THE COMMUNITY INSTITUTIONS , ACCESS TO AND PARTICIPATION IN COURSES OF INSTRUCTION AND APPRENTICESHIP , IN PARTICULAR VOCATIONAL TRAINING , ARE NOT UNCONNECTED WITH COMMUNITY LAW . IT APPEARS FROM THE MEASURES AND PROGRAMMES ADOPTED IN THAT AREA BY THE COUNCIL THAT THE COMMON VOCATIONAL TRAINING POLICY REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 128 OF THE TREATY IS GRADUALLY BEING ESTABLISHED . IT CONSTITUTES , MOREOVER , AN INDISPENSABLE ELEMENT OF THE ACTIVITIES OF THE COMMUNITY , WHOSE OBJECTIVES INCLUDE INTER ALIA THE FREE MOVEMENT OF PERSONS , THE MOBILITY OF LABOUR AND THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE LIVING STANDARDS OF WORKERS . IT FOLLOWS THAT THE CONDITIONS OF ACCESS TO VOCATIONAL TRAINING FALL WITHIN THE SCOPE OF THE TREATY .

2 . THE IMPOSITION ON STUDENTS WHO ARE NATIONALS OF OTHER MEMBER STATES OF A CHARGE , A REGISTRATION FEE OR THE SO-CALLED ' MINERVAL ' AS A CONDITION OF ACCESS TO VOCATIONAL TRAINING , WHERE THE SAME FEE IS NOT IMPOSED ON STUDENTS WHO ARE NATIONALS OF THE HOST MEMBER STATE , CONSTITUTES DISCRIMINATION ON GROUNDS OF NATIONALITY CONTRARY TO ARTICLE 7 OF THE TREATY .

3 . ANY FORM OF EDUCATION WHICH PREPARES FOR A QUALIFICATION FOR A PARTICULAR PROFESSION , TRADE OR EMPLOYMENT OR WHICH PROVIDES THE NECESSARY SKILLS FOR SUCH A PROFESSION , TRADE OR EMPLOYMENT IS VOCATIONAL TRAINING , WHATEVER THE AGE AND THE LEVEL OF TRAINING OF THE PUPILS OR STUDENTS , EVEN IF THE TRAINING PROGRAMME INCLUDES AN ELEMENT OF GENERAL EDUCATION . THE TERM ' VOCATIONAL TRAINING ' THEREFORE INCLUDES COURSES IN STRIP CARTOON ART PROVIDED BY AN INSTITUTION OF HIGHER ART EDUCATION .