9.6.73 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL153/11
COUNCILDECISION
of14May1973
adoptingaresearchprogrammefortheEuropeanEconomicCommunityontheprotec­
tionoftheenvironment
(73/126/EEC)
HASDECIDED ASFOLLOWS :
Article1
AresearchprogrammefortheEuropeanEconomic
Communityontheprotectionoftheenvironmentas
setoutintheAnnextothisDecisionishereby
adoptedforaperiodoffouryearsbeginningon
1January1973.ThisAnnexformsanintegralpart
ofthisDecision.
Article2
Theupperlimitforexpenditurecommitments and
forstaffnecessaryfortheimplementation ofthis
programmeshallbefixedat13millionunitsaccount
and142staff,theunitofaccountbeingdefined
intheFinancialRegulationontheestablishmentand
implementation ofthebudgetoftheEuropeanCom­
munitiesandtheresponsibility ofauthorizingand
accountingofficers.
Article3THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuro­
peanEconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticle
235thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheEuropeanPar­
liament;
HavingregardtotheCouncilResolutionof17
December1970ontheprocedureforadopting
researchandeducationprogrammes ;
WhereasArticle3oftheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunitylaysdownthatthe
activitiesoftheCommunityshallincludetheelimin­
ation,asbetweenMemberStates,ofcustomsduties
andofquantitativerestrictionsontheimportand
exportofgoods,andofallothermeasureshaving
equivalenteffect,theinstitutionofasystemensuring
thatcompetitioninthecommonmarketisnotdis­
torted,andalsotheapproximation ofthelawsof
MemberStatestotheextentrequiredfortheproper
functioningofthecommonmarket;whereasthe
activitiesdefinedintheAnnextothisDecisionare
necessary,amongothers,forachievingtheseobjec­
tivesandpromoting,inaccordancewithArticle2
ofthesameTreaty,aharmoniousdevelopmentof
economicactivitiesthroughouttheCommunityand
animprovement inconditionsoflifeandemploy­
mentintheMemberStates;
Whereastheresearchprojectswhicharethesubject
ofthisDecisionthereforeappearnecessaryinorder
toachievecertainCommunityobjectivesinthecon­
textofthefunctioningofthecommonmarket;
WhereastheTreatyestablishingtheEuropeanEcon­
omicCommunitymadenoprovisionforthepowers
requiredforthesepurposes;TheCommissionshallensurethatthisprogrammeis
carriedoutandtothisendshallrequesttheassist­
anceoftheJointResearchCentre.Itshallsubmitan
annualreporttotheCouncilonthesubject.
Article4
TheprogrammedefinedintheAnnexshallbesubject
toreviewatthebeginningofthesecondyear,in
accordancewiththeappropriateprocedures,andin
thelightofthedecisionsoftheParisSummitCon­
ference.
Article5
Theinformationresultingfromtheimplementation
ofthepartsoftheprogrammedefinedintheAnnex
willbedisseminated inaccordancewiththecondi­
tionsandwithinthelimitslaiddownbytheCom­
mission.
DoneatBrussels,14May1973.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
R.VANELSLANDE

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ANNEX
DIRECTACTION
NON-NUCLEAR PROJECTS
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Jointprogramme
Amaximumamountof13.0millionunitsofaccountshallbeallocatedtothisobjectiveandthe
upperlimitforstaffshallbefixedat142staff(including75programmestaff).
Theobjectiveshallbe:
—analysisandsupervision (particularlydevelopment ofamultidetection unit;studieson
teledetectionandmeasurement ofpollution;formationofadatabankforchemicals);
—spreadandeffectofpollutants (inparticularstudiesofbiologicalindicatorsofwaterpol­
lution,genetictoxicityandbio-telemetryofsubacutetoxiceffectsonlaboratoryanimals);
—modelandsystemsanalysisoftheprocessofeutrophication ofanalpinelakeandofatmos­
phericpollution;
—theoreticalstudiesonthermalpollutionandthepurificationofwaterbycatalyticoxidation.
—TheseactivitieswillbecarriedoutbytheIspraEstablishment .