NoL189/30 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 11.7.73
COUNCILDECISION
of18June1973
adoptingaresearchprogrammefortheEuropeanEconomicCommunityonthe
protectionoftheenvironment (directproject)
(73/174/EEC)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,setoutintheAnnex,isherebyadoptedforaperiod
offouryearsbeginningon1January1973.The
AnnexformsanintegralpartofthisDecision.
Article2
Themaximumexpenditurecommitmentandnumber
ofstaffrequiredfortheimplementation ofthis
programmeshallbe2-85millionunitsofaccountand
30staff,theunitofaccountbeingdefinedinArticle
10oftheFinancialRegulationof25April1973(2)
applicabletothegeneralbudgetoftheEuropean
Communities .
Article3
TheCommission shallberesponsibleforthe
implementation ofthisprogrammeand,tothisend,
shallavailitselfofthefacilitiesoftheJointResearch
Centre.Itshallsubmitanannualreporttothe
Councilonthesubject.HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity ,andinparticular
Article235thereof;
HavingregardtotheProposalfromtheCommission ;
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheEuropean
Parliament;
HavingregardtotheCouncilResolutionof17
December1970(*)ontheprocedureforadopting
researchandeducationprogrammes ;
WhereasArticle3oftheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunitylaysdownthatthe
activitiesoftheCommunity shallincludethe
elimination ,asbetweenMemberStates,ofcustoms
dutiesandofquantitativerestrictionsontheimport
andexportofgoods,andofallothermeasures
havingequivalenteffect,theinstitutionofasystem
ensuringthatcompetitioninthecommonmarketis
notdistorted,andalsotheapproximation ofthelaws
ofMemberStatestotheextentrequiredforthe
properfunctioningofthecommonmarket;whereas
theactivitiesspecifiedintheAnnextothisDecision
arenecessary,amongothers,forachievingthese
objectivesandpromoting,inaccordancewithArticle
2ofthesameTreaty,aharmoniousdevelopmentof
economicactivitiesthroughouttheCommunityand
animprovement inlivingandworkingconditionsin
theMemberStates;
Whereasthereforetheresearchprojectswhicharethe
subjectofthisDecisionappearnecessaryinorderto
achievecertainCommunity objectivesinthe
operationofthecommonmarket;
WhereastheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunitymadenoprovisionforthe
powersrequiredforthesepurposes;Article4
TheprogrammedefinedintheAnnexshallbesubject
toreviewatthebeginningofthesecondyear,then
annually,inaccordancewiththeappropriate
procedures,andinthelightofthedecisionsofthe
ParisSummitConference .
Article5
Knowledgegainedfromtheimplementation ofthose
partsoftheprogrammedefinedintheAnnexshallbe
disseminated inaccordancewiththeconditions .and
withinthelimitstobelaiddownatafuturedate.
HASADOPTEDTHISDECISION :
Article1DoneatLuxembourg ,18June1973.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
A.LAVENSAEuropeanEconomicCommunity research
programmeontheprotectionoftheenvironment ,as
(')OJNoL16,20.1.1971,p.13. (*)OJNoL116,1.5.1973,p.1.

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ANNEX
DIRECTPROJECT
NON-NUCLEAR PROJECT
Environmental protection
JOINTPROGRAMME
Amaximumamountof2*85millionunitsofaccount,andastaffof30(including18programme
staff),shallbeallocatedtothisobjective.
Theobjective,whichsupplementstheprogrammeadoptedbytheCouncilinthesamefieldon
14May1973(*),shallinclude:
—optimizationoftheoperationofthedatabankonchemicalproductsintheenvironment ,
■—definitionofcriteriaofcompatibility ofnewindustrialproductswiththeenvironment
(environment 'label',assessmentandtechnicaltests),
—studyofthethermalbalanceinanurbansystem.
TheseactivitieswillbecarriedoutbytheIspraEstablishment .
(l)OJNoL153,9.6.1973,p.11.