Community statistics: analysis of continuing vocational training in enterprises

 The committee adopted the report by Ottaviano DEL TURCO (PES, IT), broadly approving the proposal, subject to a number of amendments under the 1st reading of the codecision procedure. In particular, MEPs wanted to make it compulsory for enterprises to respond to surveys seeking data for the relevant statistics, while at the same time allowing the individual Member States to determine the relevant procedures.

Other amendments sought to:

- include the effects of public policies in the analysis of continuing vocational training;

- update the survey to include new and different forms of employment contract in the analysis of vocational training;

- allow for the inclusion in the regulation of enterprises with fewer than 10 workers where the specific economic circumstances of the country so require;

- delete the annex, which is out of date as it does not include the new Member States and the growth sample sizes are based on the second CVTS survey conducted in 2000/2001.