NoL189/34 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 11.7.73
COUNCILDECISION
of18June1973
adoptingaprogrammeofresearchinnewtechnologiesfortheEuropeanEconomic
Community (useofsolarenergyandrecyclingofrawmaterials)
(73/176/EEC)
THECOUNCIL OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,Annexisherebyadoptedforaperiodoffouryears
from1January1973.TheAnnexformsanintegral
partofthisDecision.
Article2
Themaximumexpenditureandstaffrequiredfor
implementing thisprogrammeshallbe3-05million
unitsofaccountand30staff;theunitofaccountis
definedinArticle10oftheFinancialRegulationof
25April1973(2)applicabletothegeneralbudgetof
theEuropeanCommunities .
Article3
TheCommission shallberesponsibleforthe
implementation ofthisprogrammeandtothatend
shallavailitselfofthefacilitiesoftheJointResearch
Centre.Itshallsubmitanannualreporttothe
Councilonthissubject.HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity ,andinparticular
Article235thereof;
HavingregardtotheProposalfromtheCommission ;
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheEuropean
Parliament;
HavingregardtotheCouncilResolutionof17
December1970(*)onthedetailedrulesforthe
adoptionofresearchandeducationprogrammes ;
WhereasArticle2oftheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunityassignstothe
Community ,interalia,thetaskofpromoting
throughout theCommunity aharmonious
developmentofeconomicactivities,acontinuousand
balancedexpansionandanacceleratedimprovement
ofthestandardofliving;whereastheobjectivesof
Communityactionforthesepurposesaresetoutin
Article3ofthesameTreaty;
Whereastheuseofsolarenergyaspartofthe
exploitationofnaturalresourcesandtherecyclingof
rawmaterialsareimportantconstituentsofthese
objectives;
Whereastheresearchprojectscoveredbythis
Decisionthereforeappeartobenecessarytoachieve
certainCommunityobjectivesintheoperationofthe
commonmarket;
WhereastheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunitymakesnoprovisionforallthe
powersrequiredforthesepurposes;Article4
TheprogrammedefinedintheAnnexshallbesubject
toreviewatthebeginningofthesecondyearand
thenannually,inaccordancewiththeappropriate
proceduresandinthelightoftheDecisionsofthe
ParisSummitConference .
Article5
Knowledgegainedfromtheimplementation ofthose
partsoftheprogrammedefinedintheAnnexshallbe
disseminated inaccordancewithconditionsand
withinlimitstobelaiddownatalaterdate.
HASADOPTED THISDECISION :
Article1DoneatLuxembourg ,18June1973.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
A.LAVENSAprogrammeofresearchfortheEuropeanEconomic
Communityinnewtechnologies (useofsolarenergy
andrecyclingofrawmaterials)asindicatedinthe
(')OJNoL16,20.1.1971,p.13 (-)OJNoL116,1-5.1973,p.1.

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ANNEX
DIRECTPROJECT
NON-NUCLEAR PROJECT
Newtechnologies
(Useofsolarenergyandrecyclingofrawmaterials)
JOINTPROGRAMME
Amaximumof3-05millionunitsofaccount,andastaffof30(includingaprogrammestaffof
15),shallbeallocatedtothisobjective.
Theinitialphasewillbedevotedtothepreparationofadetailedprogramme .Theobjective
shallinclude:
Useofsolarenergy
—bibliographical researchandtechnicalandeconomicevaluationofthevariousconceptsfor
thecollectionandstorageofsolarenergy;
—studiesandmeasurements inthefieldofheatpipesandselectivesurfaces;
—technico-economic andfeasibilitystudiesofautonomousunitsof1to10kW;
—studiesandassessmentsonphotolysisandthermodissociation ofwater,andbiological
conversion .
Recyclingofrawmaterials
—generalstudyofstrategies(statisticalstudiesoflong-termtrends,studiesontheutilization
cycleofmaterials);
—specialstudiesontechnicaland/ortechnico-economic evaluationsconcerning :
—thepyrolysisofplastics;
—theseparationofstrongly-bound alloywaste;
—othersubjectswhichmightariseduringthegeneralstudies.
TheseactivitiesshallbeconductedbytheIspraEstablishment .