3. 8. 89 Official Journal of the European Communities No C 198/11 
Proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) amending Article 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 
3180/78 relating to the value of the unit of account used by the European Monetary 
Cooperation Fund, as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2626/84 
COM(89) 313 final 
(Submitted by the Commission on 16 June 1989) 
(89/C 198/10) 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 
Economic Community, 
Having regard to Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) 
No 3180/78 C1) 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary 
Committee, 
Having regard to the opinion of the Board of Governors 
of the European Monetary Cooperation Fund, 
Whereas Article 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 
3180/78 defines the ecu as a sum of amounts of 
currencies of the Member States: 
Whereas Article 2 (3) of the resolution of the European 
Council of 5 December 1978 on the establishment of the 
European Monetary System stipulates that the weights of 
the currencies in the ecu shall be re-examined and if 
necessary revised within six months of the entry into 
force of the system and thereafter every five years or, on 
request, if the weight of any currency has changed by 
25 %; 
Whereas a re-examination has been carried out and the 
results indicate that a revision is appropriate; 
Whereas in accordance with Article 2 (3) of the 
resolution of the European Council of 5 December 1978, 
the revision should be made in line with underlying 
economic criteria and will not, by itself, modify the 
external value of the ecu; 
Whereas the Joint Declaration on the inclusion of the 
Spanish peseta and the Portuguese escudo in ecu, 
annexed to the Treaty of Accession of Spain and 
Portugal (2) states that the decisions to include the 
Spanish peseta and the Portuguese escudo must take into 
account the necessity of ensuring a stable development of the functions and uses of the ecu and that either of these 
decisions could be made at the request of the new 
Member State concerned, after consultation with the 
Monetary Committee, on the occasion of the first 
five-year review of the weighting of the currencies within 
the ecu; 
Whereas the Spanish and Portuguese authorities have 
requested that their respective currencies be included in 
the ecu; 
Whereas the inclusion of the Spanish peseta and the 
Portuguese escudo, in particular following the steps 
taken "by the issuing authorities for these currencies, is 
compatible with the need to ensure a stable development 
of the functions and uses of the ecu; 
Whereas it is desirable that an interval of time should 
elapse between the decision on the new weights of the 
currencies in the ecu and the date on which this decision 
takes effect, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Article 1 
With effect from 21 September 1989, the composition of 
the ecu as laid down in Article 1 of Council Regulation 
(EEC) No 3180/78 will be determined by: 
— firstly, the following weights: 
— German mark 
— Pound sterling 
— French franc 
— Italian lire 
— Dutch guilder 
— Belgian franc 
— Luxembourg franc 
— Danish krone 
— Irish pound 
— Greek drachma 
— Spanish peseta 
— Portuguese escudo (%) 
30,1, 
13,0, 
19,0, 
10,15, 
9,4, 
7,6, 
0,3, 
2,45, 
1,1, 
0,8, 
5,3, 
0,8, 
(') OJ No L 379, 30. 12. 1978, p. 1. 
(2) OJ No L 302, 15. 11. 1985, p. 484. — secondly, the rates for the ecu derived by the 
Commission from the rates of the dollar recorded 
by the central banks of the Member States on 
their respective exchange market, on Wednesday 
20 September 1989 at 14.15. 
No C 198/12 Official Journal of the European Communities 3. 8. 89 
The Commission shall be responsible for carrying out, Article 2 
on 20 September 1989, the calculations required to _. . _ . . . „ r „_ _ tnnn 
i . • * 1 .-1 .. This Regulation shall enter into lorce on 20 June 1989. 
determine the new national currency amounts corre- b J 
sponding to the weights set out in the present regulation; 
it shall ensure that the new composition is communicated Tnis Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and 
to the monetary authorities and published in the Official directly applicable in all Member States. 
Journal of the European Communities. 
Amendments to the proposal for a Council Decision adopting a specific research and techno­
logical development programme in the field of biotechnology (1990 to 1994) — Biotechnology 
research for innovation, development and growth in Europe (Bridge) (') 
(Submitted by the Commission pursuant to the third paragraph of Article 149 of the EEC Treaty on 
1 June 1989) 
(89/C 198/11) 
The Commission proposal is hereby modified as follows: 
In the title 
Replace '1990 to 1994' by '1990 to 1993' 
Preamble and recitals unchanged 
Article 1 
A specific research and technological development programme for the European Economic 
Community in the field of biotechnology, as defined in the Annex, is hereby adopted for a 
period of four years, from 1 January 1990. 
Article 2 
The amount deemed necessary for the execution of the programme is ECU 100 million, 
including expenditure on a staff of 30. 
The indicative allocation of these funds is set out in the technical annex. 
Article 3 to Article 6 unchanged 
Article 7 
The Commission is hereby authorized to negotiate, in accordance with Article 130 N of the 
Treaty, agreements with European non-Member States and international organizations, in 
particular with those countries participating in European Cooperation in the field of Scientific 
and Technological Research (Cost), and those having concluded framework agreements in 
scientific and technical cooperation with the Community with a view to associating them 
wholly or partly in concerted actions within this programme. 
O OJ No C 70, 20. 3. 1989, p. 1.