1. Periods of education or training and unremunerated traineeships are not taken into account.

2. The Commission therefore notes that Sogepa granted an unremunerated guarantee to the insolvency administrators of a bankrupt company.

3. These provisions set out the specific conditions of admission for third-country national school pupils, remunerated and unremunerated trainees, volunteers and au-pairs, who need to show evidence of the organisation that is responsible for their exchange, training or, volunteering.

4. on the conditions of admission ð entry and residence ï of third-country nationals for the purposes of Ö research, Õ studies, pupil exchange, ð remunerated and ï unremunerated training or, voluntary service ð and au pairing ï on a specific procedure for admitting third-country nationals for the purposes of scientific research