# Decision No 2241/2004/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 December 2004 on a single Community framework for the transparency of qualifications and competences (Europass) (repealed) EU Decision 2004/2241 · adopted 15 December 2004 Decision No 2241/2004/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 December 2004 on a single Community framework for the transparency of qualifications and competences (Europass) (repealed) PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2004-2241/pdf/eudn_20042241_adopted_en.pdf ## Introductory text Decision No 2241/2004/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 December 2004 on a single Community framework for the transparency of qualifications and competences (Europass) (repealed) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1 Subject-matter and scope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Europass documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Social partners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Committee procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Europass-CV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Europass-Mobility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Europass-Diploma Supplement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Europass-Language Portfolio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Europass-Certificate Supplement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Europass in the Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 National Europass Centres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Commission's and Member States' joint tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Commission tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Participating countries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 Evaluation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 Financial provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 Repeal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18 Entry into force . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19 Addressees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex I Criteria for the introduction of new Europass documents as referred to in Article 2(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex II: THE EUROPASS-CURRICULUM VITAE (EUROPASS-CV) ### Division 1: Description ## 1.1 The Europass-CV builds upon the common European format for curricula vitae (CVs) proposed by Recommendation 2002/236/EC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1.2 The Europass-CV includes categories for the presentation of: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1.3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1.4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1.5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1.6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Common structure of the Europass-CV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex III: THE EUROPASS-MOBILITY ### Division 1: Description ## 1.1 The Europass-Mobility is meant to record, using a common European format, a European learning pathway as defined in section 1.2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1.2 A European learning pathway is a period that a person – of whatever age, educational level and occupational status – spends in another country for learning purposes and that: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1.3 The Europass-Mobility is completed by the sending and host organisation involved in the mobility project, in a language agreed between them and the person concerned. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1.4 The Europass-Mobility includes personal data (see paragraph 2 below). The name of the person who is awarded the Europass-Mobility is the only compulsory piece of personal data. The organisations completing the Europass-Mobility may only complete the other fields concerning personal data if the person concerned agrees to it. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1.5 The National Europass Centre is responsible for ensuring that: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1.6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Common format of the Europass-Mobility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex IV: THE EUROPASS-DIPLOMA SUPPLEMENT ### Division 1: Description ## 1.1 The Europass-Diploma Supplement (DS) is a document attached to a higher education diploma, in order to make it easier for third persons – particularly persons in another country – to understand what the diploma means in terms of knowledge and competences acquired by its holder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1.2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1.3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1.4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1.5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Common structure of the DS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex V: THE EUROPASS-LANGUAGE PORTFOLIO ### Division 1: Description ## 1.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1.2 The LP has two functions: pedagogic and reporting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1.3 The LP contains: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1.4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1.5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Common structure of the Language Passport section of the LP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex VI: THE EUROPASS-CERTIFICATE SUPPLEMENT ### Division 1: Description ## 1.1 The Europass-Certificate Supplement (CS) is a document attached to a vocational certificate, in order to make it easier for third persons – particularly persons in another country – to understand what the certificate means in terms of competences acquired by its holder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1.2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1.3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Common structure of the CS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex VII INFORMATION SYSTEM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1 Design principles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division 2: Document management and access ## 2.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2.2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2.3 Citizens will be entitled: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2.4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex VIII: FINANCIAL ANNEX ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Community financial support for national implementation activities will be provided through yearly operating grants to the National Europass Centre. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2.2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2.3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2004/2241 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2004-2241 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. 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