APPROVED THE STATE ' S GENERAL BUDGET FOR 1986 AND ROYAL DECREE 2475/1985 OF 27 DECEMBER 1985 ON SOCIAL SECURITY CONTRIBUTIONS, UNEMPLOYMENT AND WAGE GUARANTEE FUND IN 1986, THE RULES ON THE CONTRIBUTION TO VOCATIONAL TRAINING FOR THAT YEAR. THE QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE ENTITY, WHICH HAS THE NATIONAL VOCATIONAL TRAINING AND INSERTION PLAN, THE BASES OF WHICH WERE ESTABLISHED BY THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS OF 30 APRIL 1985 AND SUBSEQUENTLY DEVELOPED BY ORDER OF 31 IN JULY 1985, THE IMPLEMENTATION OF WHICH, WITH THE AIM OF INTEGRATING VOCATIONAL TRAINING INTO THE WHOLE OF EMPLOYMENT POLICY AND ENSURING THE ADAPTABILITY OF THE WORKFORCE TO THE NEW NEEDS OF THE PRODUCTIVE SYSTEM, INVOLVED A SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE IN THE AMOUNTS ALLOCATED BY THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF EMPLOYMENT TO THE PROGRAMMES OF VOCATIONAL TRAINING.

ALSO, THE INTEGRATION OF OUR COUNTRY INTO THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY MAKES IT POSSIBLE TO SET UP PROFESSIONAL TRAINING PROGRAMMES WHICH CAN BE FINANCED EQUALLY BY THE EUROPEAN SOCIAL FUND AND THE SPANISH ADMINISTRATION IN THE AREAS DECLARED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES OF 20 NOVEMBER 1985 AS PRIORITIES AND 55 PER 100 AND 45 PER 100 BY THE EUROPEAN SOCIAL FUND AND THE SPANISH ADMINISTRATION, RESPECTIVELY, IN THOSE DECLARED BY SUCH ADVICE AS AN ABSOLUTE PRIORITY. THIS POSSIBILITY WILL ENCOURAGE THE STRENGTHENING AND IMPLEMENTATION OF NEW TRAINING AND INTEGRATION PROGRAMMES, BASED ON THE AFOREMENTIONED VOCATIONAL TRAINING AND INTEGRATION PLAN, WHICH WILL BECOME AN ADDITIONAL ELEMENT, WHICH WILL MAKE IT NECESSARY TO INCREASE THE ALLOCATION FOR THE STATE FOR THESE PURPOSES, FOR WHICH THE BUDGET FOR JOINT ACTIONS BY SPAIN AND THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, WHICH FORMS PART OF LAW 46/1985 OF 27 DECEMBER 1985, OF GENERAL BUDGETS OF THE STATE FOR 1986, IS PROVIDED FOR IN TRANSFER OF THE STATE ADMINISTRATION TO THE AMOUNT OF 35 BILLION PESETAS.

THE REASONS ABOVE, TOGETHER WITH THE DISAPPEARANCE OF THE EXTRAORDINARY CONTRIBUTION OF 0,56 PER 100, FOR THE SOLIDARITY FUND FOR EMPLOYMENT SET UP IN THE ADDITIONAL DECISION OF ACT 50/1984 OF 30 DECEMBER, GENERAL BUDGET OF THE STATE FOR 1985, WHICH IN PART WAS USED TO FINANCE VOCATIONAL TRAINING CARRIED OUT BY THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF EMPLOYMENT AND WHICH RESULTED IN A CHANGE IN FUNDING RESULTING FROM THE ECONOMIC AGREEMENT SOCIAL, BY REDUCING THE RATE OF CONTRIBUTION TO VOCATIONAL TRAINING OF 0.50 PER 100 TO 0.22 PER 100, REQUIRES THE RAISING OF THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING QUOTA UP TO 0.70 PER 100, OF WHICH 0.60 PER 100 WILL BE BORNE BY THE COMPANY AND 0.10 PER 100 BY THE WORKER.

IN ITS VIRTUE, ON THE PROPOSAL OF THE MINISTER OF LABOUR AND SOCIAL SECURITY, AND AFTER DELIBERATION BY THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS AT ITS MEETING ON 10 JANUARY 1986, I HAVE:

ARTICLE 1. THE CONTRIBUTION BASE FOR VOCATIONAL TRAINING SHALL BE THAT OF OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENTS AND OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES.

ART. 2. THE RATE OF CONTRIBUTION FOR VOCATIONAL TRAINING IN 1986 WILL BE 0.7 PER 100, OF WHICH 0.6 PER 100 WILL BE BORNE BY THE COMPANY AND 0.1 PER 100 BY THE WORKER.

ADDITIONAL PROVISION THE MINISTER OF LABOUR AND SOCIAL SECURITY SHALL DETERMINE THE PROCEDURE WHEREBY UNDERTAKINGS SHALL BE COMPENSATED FOR THE EQUIVALENT OF THE COSTS INCURRED BY THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING MEASURES THEY UNDERTAKE. FOR ITS EMPLOYEES IN THE FIELD OF WHAT IS PROVIDED FOR IN THE ORDER OF 31 JULY 1985, THE BASIS OF THE NATIONAL VOCATIONAL TRAINING AND INSERTION PLAN IS DEVELOPED.

FINAL PROVISIONS FIRST. THIS ROYAL DECREE SHALL TAKE EFFECT DURING THE PERIOD FROM 1 JANUARY TO 31 DECEMBER 1986.

SECOND. THE MINISTER OF LABOR AND SOCIAL SECURITY IS EMPOWERED TO MAKE THE NECESSARY PROVISIONS FOR THE APPLICATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ROYAL DECREE.

DADO IN MADRID AS OF JANUARY 10, 1986.

JOHN CARLOS R.

MINISTER OF LABOR AND SOCIAL SECURITY, JOAQUIN ALMUNIA AMANN