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Council Directive 72/161/EEC of 17 April 1972 concerning… Article 6

Council Directive 72/161/EEC of 17 April 1972 concerning… Article 6

Article 6

1. Schemes of encouragement as provided for in Article 5 shall consist of measures designed to give persons engaged in agriculture further training of a general, technical and economic nature. Such measures shall be carried out through the medium of training centres, or in-service training courses, providing basic or advanced vocational training. Such centres or courses must be either public or expressly appointed and approved by Member States for the purpose of providing the required training. 2. The minimum requirements which the aforesaid centres and courses must satisfy before they may be approved shall be fixed by the Member States, and in particular Member States shall: (a) specify the qualifications for admission to a centre or course; (b) lay down minimum programmes, and in particular the importance to be given to technical and economic training respectively; (c) specify the duration of the training to be given, having regard to the particular type of training in question and to the objectives envisaged in Article 5; (d) determine the structure of courses, both as regards the quality of training to be given and as regards the cost and amount of such training. 3. For the purpose of carrying out the measures provided for in paragraph 1 Member States shall make the necessary provision for: - the establishment and development of centres or courses as referred to in paragraph 1; - the award of grants or allowances to cover attendance at such centres or courses. TITLE III Vocational retraining of persons engaged in agriculture who wish to take up an occupation outside agriculture

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