OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 401
29.6.71 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL143/31
COUNCILDECISION
of21June1971
adoptingafive-yearresearchandtrainingprogrammeoftheEuropeanAtomicEnergy
Communityinthefieldofbiologyandhealthphysics
(71/236/Euratom)
HASDECIDEDASFOLLOWS :
Article1
Aresearchandtrainingprogrammeinthefieldof
biologyandhealthphysicsconsistingofajoint
programmeandacomplementary programme,in
whichtheFederalRepublicofGermany,Italyand
theNetherlandsshallparticipate,shallbeadoptedfor
afive-yearperiodfrom1January1971.This
programmeissetoutintheAnnextothisDecision.
Article2THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanAtomicCommunity,andinparticular
Articles7and172thereof;
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingaSingle
CouncilandaSingleCommissionoftheEuropean
Communities ;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission
submittedafterconsultation withtheScientificand­
TechnicalCommittee ;
HavingregardtotheCouncilResolutionof6
December1969onthefutureactivitiesofthe
EuropeanAtomicEnergyCommunity ;
HavingregardtotheCouncilDecisionof27October
19701adoptingaresearchandtrainingprogrammeof
theEuropeanAtomicEnergyCommunityforthe
financialyear1971comprisingajointprogramme
andcomplementary programmes,asamendedbythe
CouncilDecisionof25January19712;
WhereasitisintheinterestoftheCommunityto
acquiretheinformationnecessarytoguarantee
adequateprotectionoftheindividual,thegeneral
publicandtheenvironmentagainstdangersarising
fromradiation;
Whereasnucleartechniquesandmethodsareof
importancetomedicalandagriculturalresearchand
whereasexploitationofthepotentialcreatedinthe
Communityisofmajorsignificanceinthisfield;
Whereasamulti-annualprogrammeisnecessaryin
ordertoensurethecontinuitynecessaryfor
biologicalresearch;Theupperlimitforexpenditurecommitments and
forstaffnecessaryfortheimplementation ofthis
programmeshallbe17-335millionunitsofaccount
and97Communityservantsinthecaseofthejoint
programmeand5-61millionunitsofaccountand10
Community servantsinthecaseofthe
complementary programme,theunitofaccount
beingdefinedinArticle19oftheFinancial
Regulation 3establishingandimplementing the
researchandinvestmentbudgetoftheEAECand
concerningtheresponsibility ofauthorisingand
accountingofficers(Article183(a)and(c)ofthe
Treaty).
Article3
ThisDecisionrepealsandreplaces,asregardsthe
'BiologyandHealthPhysics'programme,theCouncil
Decisionof25January1971.
DoneatLuxembourg ,21June1971.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
M.SCHUMANN
1OJNoL245,11.11.1970,p.27.
2OJNoL31,8.2.1971,p.14. 3OJNo74,16.11.1961,p.1433/61.

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ANNEX
'BIOLOGYANDHEALTHPHYSICS'JOINTPROGRAMME ANDCOMPLEMENTARY
PROGRAMME
1.'Radiationprotection'jointprogramme
Anamountof17-335millionunitsofaccountshallbeallocatedtothisobjectiveandtheupper
limitforstaffshallbefixedatninety-sevenservants.Theaimoftheworkistoacquireand
promotethescientificandtechnicalknowledgenecessaryfortheaccuratedetermination of
permissibleradiationlevelsinmanandcontamination oftheenvironmentandforthe
improvementofthepracticalorganisationofradiationprotectionbytheMemberStates.
Thisaimalsoincludesstudiesonradioactivecontaminants ,withparticularreferencetothe
pathwhichtheyfollowinmanandtheenvironment ,ontheeffectsofradiationonliving
matter,andondosimetricmethodsandinstruments .
Theseactivitiesshallbecarriedoutmainlyundercontractsofassociationorsimilarcontracts
andpartlybythe'Biology'GroupsetupattheIspraEstablishment .
2.'Adaptations'complementary programme
-(a)Definitionofprogramme
Anamountof5-61millionunitsofaccountshallbeallocatedtotheobjectiveandthe
upperlimitforstaffshallbetenCommunitysetvants.
Theaimoftheworkconsistsinthedevelopmentofnucleartechniquesandtheapplication
ofnuclearmethodswithaviewtotheiruseinagriculturalandmedicalresearch.
Theworkshallbecarriedoutundercontractsofassociationorsimilarcontracts,
(b)FinancialcontributionsfromtheMemberStatestothisprogramme
Germany
Italy
Netherlands41%
23%
36%