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access and which they are free to disclose concerning 
activities in the areas covered by this Decision, whether or 
not planned or carried out under their authority. 
Information shall be exchanged according to a procedure to 
be defined by the Commission after consulting the 
Committee, and shall be treated as confidential at the 
suppliers' request. 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 
Economic Community, and in particular Article 130Q (2) 
thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (!), 
In cooperation with the European Parliament, 
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social 
Committee (2), 
Whereas, under Article 2 of the Treaty, the Community has 
in particular the task of promoting a harmonious 
development of economic activities and continuous balanced 
expansion throughout the Community; whereas Article 3 of 
the Treaty provides inter alia that, for the purposes set out in 
Article 2, the activities of the Community shall include 
increased trade and the joint promotion of economic and 
social development in the developing countries; 
Whereas the resolution adopted by the Council on 18 
November 1980 underlines the importance of the 
development of research capacities oriented particularly 
towards food agriculture in the developing countries and of 
complementarity between the activities of the research 
centres established in the Community and the efforts 
undertaken in this field by the developing countries; Article 11 
This Decision shall apply from 1 June 1987. 
Article 12 
This Decision is addressed to the Member States. 
Whereas the Intergovernmental Committee for Science and 
Technology for Development (ICSTD) during its eighth 
session, from 2 to 6 June 1986, adopted a resolution which 
invited industrialized countries to increase their research and 
development efforts in the sector of agriculture and related 
fields, including joint projects with developing countries; 
Whereas developing countries have become aware of the 
place of science and technology in the process of economic 
and social development; whereas it is consequently 
important to facilitate the introduction of a scientific and 
technical dimension into the development activities of the 
Community; 
Whereas the research and development measures covered by 
this Decision relate to two particularly grave and urgent 
problems, food and health, which are bound up with the 
fundamental needs of the developing countries; 
Whereas it is necessary to establish greater cooperation 
among scientists in the various Member States and the 
developing countries with a view to facilitating the 
complementarity of research and methodologies and 
ensuring easier access to the different networks of scientific 
relationships established by the Member States with their 
third world partners; 
Whereas the Council adopted on 14 January 1974 a 
resolution on an initial outline programme of the European 
Communities in the field of science and technology (3); Amended proposal for a Council Decision relating to a research and development programme in the 
field of science and technology for development (1987 to 1991) 
COM(87) 634 final 
(Submitted by the Commission to the Council pursuant to Article 149 (2) of the EEC Treaty on 
27 November 1987) 
(88/C 34/02) 
(») OJ No C 24, 31. 1. 1987, p. 9. 
(2) OJ No C 150, 9. 6. 1987, p. 13. (3) OJNoC7, 29. 1. 1974, p. 6. 
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Whereas the Council Decision of 28 September 1987 
concerning the framework programme of Community 
activities in the field of research and technological 
development (1987 to 1991) includes science and technology 
for development among the activities it provides for; 
Whereas, in view of the object and the specificity of this 
programme, which is carried out in the interest of the 
developing countries and should be implemented in close 
cooperation with them, it is advisable to lay down special 
rules for the dissemination of the results of the 
programme; 
Whereas the Council, under Article 235 of the Treaty 
establishing the EEC, adopted a first multiannual 
programme of research and development in the field of 
science and technology for development by Decision 
82/837/EEC(1), which programme has achieved positive 
results, opening up promising opportunities regarding the 
objectives to be pursued; 
Whereas, at its meeting on 10 December 1985, the Council 
asked the Commission to consider the inclusion, as part of 
this programme, of a subsection relating to the development 
of indigenous scientific and technical research capacities in 
developing countries; 
Whereas the Scientific and Technical Research Committee 
(Crest) has delivered an opinion, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION: 
Article 1 
A programme of research and development to support and 
reinforce scientific activities in the field of science and 
technology for development for the benefit of developing 
countries, as set out in Annex I, is hereby adopted for a 
period of five years from 1 January 1987. 
Within the scope of the programme, competent institutions 
established either in the Community or in developing 
countries shall be invited to submit their research and 
development proposals. Other international organizations 
operating in this field shall also be invited to submit 
proposals for joint financing of research activities. 
In the light of a series of problems that are common to many 
developing countries, priority should be given in certain 
research projects to regional and integrated programmes. 
Article 2 
The cost of the programme is estimated at 80 million ECU 
including the cost of a staff of 16. Projects relating to the programme shall be implemented 
mainly on the basis of cost-sharing contracts. Contracting 
parties shall be required to meet a substantial proportion of 
the costs, which should normally correspond to at least 50 % 
of total expenditure. In specific cases a higher rate of 
Community financing may be appropriate. In such cases the 
Commission shall consult the Committee referred to in 
Article 3. 
Article 3 
The Commission shall be responsible for carrying out the 
programme. It shall be assisted by the Management and 
Coordination Advisory Committee (CGC) for 
Development-Linked Research set up by Council Decision 
84/338/Euratom, ECSC, EEC(2), which defines the 
Committee's responsibilities. 
Article 4 
The programme shall be implemented as often as possible in 
agreement with the scientific institutions in developing 
countries, after their needs in this respect have been 
established; research findings available in other parts of the 
world should be taken into account in an appropriate 
manner. 
Article S 
During the first year of the programme, the Commission, 
after obtaining the opinion of the Committee, shall issue 
invitations to submit the proposals necessary for progressive 
implementation of the programme. 
During the third year of the programme, the Commission 
shall carry out an evaluation of the programme in the light of 
the specific objectives given in Annex I. In carrying out this 
evaluation, the Commission shall be assisted by independent 
experts among whom there must be a sufficient number of 
specialists from developing countries. Following this 
evaluation, the Commission may submit proposals for any 
consequent amendments. 
Article 6 
Dissemination of information applicable to the programme 
shall be subject to the following conditions: 
1. Rules governing ownership, the obligations of the 
Community, and, should the need arise, of the 
contractor, with regard to information and inventions, 
whether or not patentable, resulting from research or 
work done under contract, shall be defined case by case 
in the contracts. 
2. The Commission shall communicate the information 
and inventions in which it has the rights to the Member 
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States and to persons and undertakings which pursue, on 
the territory of a Member State or in a developing 
country, a research or a production activity justifying 
access to such information. The Commission, after 
obtaining the agreement of the contracting parties, must 
also communicate this information to the developing 
countries, not only to those with which the Community 
has concluded association or cooperation agreements, 
and to the non-associated developing countries which 
benefit from financial and technical aid from the 
Community, but also to all developing countries which 
have an urgent need and which are in a position to make 
use of such knowledge. 
The Commission shall lay down, in close consultation 
with the beneficiaries of research findings, including 
ANNEX I 
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME IN THE FIELD OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 
FOR DEVELOPMENT (1987 to 1991) 
1. Objectives 
The aim of the science and technology for development programme is to promote increased scientific cooperation 
between the European Community and third world countries to their mutual benefit. 
The main objectives are to: 
— strengthen European research capacity in areas important for the economic and social development of the 
developing countries, 
— develop research capacities in third world countries through active and effective links with European research 
institutes, which would continue after the period of Community financing, 
— in the case of the agriculture sub-programme, produce results which could help to raise the living standards of 
the population in the developing countries, particularly the poorest sectors of the population, 
— in the case of the medicine sub-programme, help to improve the health of that population, in particular through 
the prevention of disease, 
— in the case of both sub-programmes, produce results which can be disseminated as quickly and efficiently as 
possible and used for the benefit of those institutions in the developing countries which are able to derive benefit 
therefrom, 
— ensure coherence between the content of the research programme and the aims and activities of Community 
development aid programmes and the aid programmes of other donor countries, 
— stimulate collaboration and coordination between research activities undertaken in the Member States 
concerning tropical environments, in order to increase the effectiveness of these activities, 
— strengthen research teams in the developing countries, as regards both numbers (by training) and 
equipment. 
2. Scientific and technical content 
The programme, for which the expenditure commitments are estimated at 80 million ECU, comprises the 
following two sub-programmes: 
A. Tropical and sub-tropical agriculture sub-programme: 
(The financial appropriation proposed, as an indication, for this sub-programme is 55 million ECU.) those in developing countries, the conditions for the 
distribution of such information to research institutions 
unconnected with the Community or to developing 
countries. 
Article 7 
This Decision shall apply from 1 January 1987 until 31 
December 1991. 
Article 8 
This Decision is addressed to the Member States. 
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^n improvement of agricultural products^ 
— crop productions food crops, agro-mdustnal crops, crop genetics^ crop protection, 
— proteins of animal origins stocl^ farmings animal genetics and reproductions veterinary medicine, 
— sea and inland fisheries and a^uaculture, 
— forestry production in humid and and areas. 
^ Conservation and better use of the environments 
— appraisal ofresources,water resources and their use,soil management and protection,desertification 
and management of savannahs^ undere^ploited genetic resources^ wild flora and fauna. 
O^ Agricultural engineering and post-harvest technology^ 
— agricultural engineering^mecham^ation^ preservation of products, processing of products. 
^ production systems 
^ multi-disciplinary approaches relating to agricultural products intercropping^ relationships 
between crop-growing and stocl^-farming^ ecologically fragile environments 
^The financial appropriation proposed,as an indication,for this sub-programme is ^^million^CU.^ 
^n Medicine 
^ transmissible tropical diseases^ parasitological^ bacterial, viral^mycological, 
— non-transmissible tropical diseases^ genetic disorders^ acquired diseases 
^ health 
— health services operational research, planning, management and models, 
— environmental health water-related diseasesmraditional medicine — tropical medicinal plants. 
^ nutrition 
— nutritional deficiencies^ impact of agricultural, alimentary and socio-economic strategies on 
nutritional status, 
— relationships between production and storage systems, food habits and health status, 
— bio-availability of nutrients and their toxicology. 
The carrying-out of research activities envisaged for the above two sub-programmes also involves training and 
mobility of scientific personnel, aid for equipment and the creation of research networks. 
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^^perts from developing countries chosen on the basis ofafair geographical distribution and,in order to ensure 
coordination at international level, representatives of relevant international organisations should be invited to 
attend committee meetings when important items of the programme are on the agenda. 
Representatives of the Standing Committee on Agricultural Research, of the Management and Coordination 
Advisory CommitteeforMedicalandelealthResearch, of theTechnicalCentrefor Agricultural and Rural 
Cooperation and, if appropriate, of other Community bodies, shall be invited to participate in the Committee's 
proceedings where necessary.