NoL189/32 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 11.7.73
COUNCILDECISION
of18June1973
adoptingaresearchprogrammefortheEuropeanEconomicCommunityinthefield
ofstandardsandreferencesubstances(certifiedreferencesubstances)
73/175/EEC)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,periodoffouryearsbeginningon1January1973.
TheAnnexformsanintegralpartofthisDecision.
Article2
Themaximumexpenditurecommitmentandstaff
necessaryfortheimplementation ofthisprogramme
shallbe0-8millionunitsofaccount,and9staff,the
unitofaccountbeingdefinedinArticle10ofthe
FinancialRegulationof25April1973(2)applicable
tothegeneralbudgetoftheEuropeanCommunities .
Article3
TheCommission shallberesponsibleforthe
implementation ofthisprogrammeand,tothatend,
shallavailitselfofthefacilitiesoftheJointResearch
Centre.Itshallsubmitanannualreporttothe
Councilonthesubject.Havingregardtothe.Treatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity ,inparticularArticle
235thereof;
HavingregardtotheProposalfromtheCommission ;
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheEuropean
Parliament ;
HavingregardtotheCouncilResolutionof17
December1970(*)ontheprocedureforadopting
researchandtrainingprogrammes ;
Whereas,pursuanttoArticle3(a)and(h)ofthe
Treatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomic
Community,theactivitiesoftheCommunityshall
includeespeciallytheelimination,asbetweenthe
MemberStates,ofquantitativerestrictionsonthe
importandexportofgoodsandofallothermeasures
havingequivalenteffect,togetherwiththe
approximation ofthelawsoftheMemberStatesto
theextentrequiredfortheproperfunctioningofthe
commonmarket;
Whereastheresearchprojectswhicharethesubject
ofthisDecisionthereforeappearnecessaryinorder
toachievecertainCommunityobjectivesinthe
functioningofthecommonmarket;
WhereastheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunitymadenoprovisionforthe
powersrequiredforthesepurposes;Article4
TheprogrammedefinedintheAnnexshallbesubject
toreviewatthebeginningofthesecondyear,and
subsequently eachyear,inaccordancewiththe
appropriateprocedures,andinthelightofthe
DecisionsoftheParisSummitConference .
Article5
Theinformationresultingfromtheimplementation
ofthepartsoftheprogrammedefinedintheAnnex
willbedisseminated inaccordance withthe
conditionsandwithinthelimitswhichwillbefixed
atalaterdate.
HASADOPTED THISDECISION :
Article1 DoneatLuxembourg ,18June1973.
AresearchprogrammefortheEuropeanEconomic
Communityinrespectofstandardsandreference
substances (certifiedreferencesubstances )assetoutin
theAnnextothisDecisionisherebyadoptedforaFortheCouncil
ThePresident
A.LAVENS
(')OJNoL16,20.1.1971,p.13. (s)OJNoL116,1.5.1973,p.1.

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ANNEX
DIRECTPROJECT
NON-NUCLEAR PROJECTS
Standardsandreferencesubstances
(certifiedreferencesubstances )
JOINTPROGRAMME
Amaximumof0-8millionunitsofaccount,andastaffof9(includingaprogrammestaffof5),
shallbeallocatedtothisobjective.
Theobjective,whichshallcompletetheprogrammeadoptedbytheCouncilon14May1973H
inthesamefield,shallinclude:
—technicalassistanceforCommunityprojectswithintheframeworkoftheeliminationof
technicalbarriersandthemanagementoftheCommonCustomsTariff;
—experimental workonreferencesubstancesandmethods(physicalandtechnological
properties).
Theexperimentalworkwillbecarriedout,forthetimebeing,bytheIspraEstablishment .
(i)OJNoL153,9.6.1973,p.9.