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2. Member States may be authorized to issue 
import licences for the products referred to in 
paragraph 1 up to the limit of quantities 
corresponding to their traditional imports coming 
from the non-member countries concerned. 
Article 2 
For the products and non-member countries specified 
in Article 1, the import licences provided for in 
Article 16 of Regulation (EEC) No 1837/80 shall be 
issued during the first quarter of 1984 subject to the 
quantitative limits laid down in Article 1. 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN 
COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the 
European Economic Community, and in particular 
Article 235 thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Having regard to the opinion of the European 
Parliament, 
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and 
Social Committee, 
Whereas, under Article 2 of the Treaty, the 
Community has in particular the task of promoting a 
harmonious development of economic activities and a 
continuous and balanced expansion throughout the 
Community; whereas Article 3 of the Treaty provides 
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 at its 
meeting of 18 November 1980 stresses the importance 
of developing research capacity geared in particular 
to food agriculture in the developing countries and of 
the efforts undertaken in this area by developing 
countries; Article 3 
Detailed rules for the application of this Regulation 
shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure 
laid down in Article 26 of Regulation (EEC) No 
1837/80. 
Article 4 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of 
its publication in the Official Journal of the European 
Communities. 
It shall apply from 1 January 1984 until the entry into 
force of voluntary restraint agreements with the non-
member countries concerned and at the latest until 
31 March 1984. 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and 
directly applicable in all Member States. 
Whereas, on 3 December 1982, the Council adopted 
a programme of research and development in the 
field of science and technology for development 
(1983 to 1986) O aimed at the undertaking of 
research measures by the relevant institutions 
established in the Community or in the developing 
countries, relating to two particularly serious and 
urgent problems, namely agriculture, and food and 
health in tropical regions; 
Whereas one of the main objectives of development 
action proposed for adoption by the memorandum on 
the Community's development policy, presented by 
the Commission to the Council on 4 October 1982, is 
'the development of independent capacities for 
scientific research and technical applications and the 
use of the whole range of science and technology in 
the service of development'; 
Whereas the European Parliament has recommended 
(2) that field research be stepped up in the developing 
countries, account being taken of cultural identity 
and the economic, social and cultural environment; 
(*) OJ No L 352, 14. 12. 1982, p. 24. 
(2) Resolution closing the procedure for consultation of the 
European Parliament on the proposal from the 
Commission of the European Communities to the 
Council for a Decision adopting a programme of 
research and development in the field of science and 
technology for development (1982 to 1985) (OJ No C 
182, 19.7. 1982, pp. 83-88). Proposal for a Council Decision on the adoption of a programme of assistance for the 
development of indigenous scientific and technical research capacities in the developing 
countries (1984 to 1987) 
(Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 10 June 1983) 
No C 180/8 Official Journal of the European Communities 7.7.83 
Whereas the developing countries have frequently 
expressed their awareness of the major role of 
indigenous scientific and technical research in 
economic and social development; 
Whereas, in consequence, the Community should 
help the developing countries to strengthen and 
extend over the long term their scientific and 
technical research capacities; 
Whereas the development of research capacities, in 
order to take account of the guidelines of Community 
development assistance policy, must cover six 
sectors ('): agriculture, environment, health, popu­
lation, energy and underground resources; 
Whereas it is desirable to devote an initial phase of 
the programme as a matter of priority to improve 
research capacities in the areas of agriculture and of 
food and health, where the gravity of the situation 
has already been recognized, notably in the 
abovementioned Council Decision 82/83/EEC of 3 
December 1982; 
Whereas a second phase of the programme will have 
to cover the other four areas referred to above; 
Whereas, having regard to the object and the specific 
nature of this programme, special rules should be 
established to provide access for the developing 
countries to knowledge resulting from 
implementation of the programme; 
Whereas the Treaty does not provide for the powers 
of action required to these ends, 
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS: 
Article 1 
A programme of assistance for the development of 
indigenous scientific and technical research capacities 
in the developing countries, as set out in the Annex, is 
hereby adopted for a period of four years beginning 
on 1 January 1984. The programme shall comprise 
two phases, the first of which shall be concerned more particularly with research capacities in agri­
culture, food and public health. 
Article 2 
The money needed for implementing the first phase 
of the programme, estimated at 60 million ECU 
including expenditure required for a staff of nine, 
which is necessary for the Commission to administer 
the programme, shall be provided from the appro­
priations for this purpose in the general budget of the 
European Communities. These figures are purely 
indicative. 
Article 3 
The Commission shall carry out the programme. It 
shall be assisted in its task by an advisory committee, 
established by Commission Decision and made up of 
experts from the Member States and the developing 
countries. 
The Committee's function shall be to keep the 
Commission informed of the scientific and technical 
needs of the developing countries and to help it 
establish and subsequently evaluate the guidelines and 
results of the programme. 
Article 4 
At the end of the second year of operation of the 
programme, an evaluation shall be carried out for the 
purpose of adapting it to specific needs which may 
become apparent. 
Article 5 
Knowledge and inventions, whether or not patent­
able, resulting from implementation of the 
programme shall be made available to the Community 
and to the developing countries which have played a 
part in undertaking the research. The Commission 
shall see that they are protected. It shall communicate 
this information both to the Member States and to 
the developing countries which require it and are in a 
position to use it. 
(') Proposals for a European scientific and <• technical 
strategy. Framework programme 1984 to 1987. 
COM(82) 865 final, p. 67. 
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ANNEX 
Programme of assistance for the development of indigenous scientific and technical research 
capacities in the developing countries 
(1984 to 1987) 
A. The aim of the programme is to assist the developing countries to strengthen and expand their 
own scientific and technical research capacities, thereby fostering indigenous and self-reliant 
development, taking account of their cultural identity and their economic, social and physical 
environment. 
B. The programme covers six main sectors: 
1. agriculture in the broad sense, including forestry, the campaign against desertification, 
fisheries (and fish-farming), and favouring those topics relating to self-sufficiency in food and 
rural development; 
2. health, notably problems of nutrition and tropical diseases; 
3. population: demographic trends; 
4. the environment, notably hydrogeology and climatology; 
5. energy: renewable sources of energy appropriate to developing countries' economies; 
6. underground resources: geological prospecting. 
C. An initial phase of the Community operation will concentrate on sectors 1 and 2 of the above. 
D. The programme will be implemented in agreement with the beneficiary countries, following an 
assessment of needs. 
The details of research operations proper will be decided when the Advisory Committee on 
Management and Coordination has given its opinion. They will be executed locally, in 
accordance with the social and economic priorities of the countries concerned and in line with 
the Community's development policy guidelines. 
E. The Community's aid may cover the following: 
(i) the training and advanced training of research workers; 
(ii) training and refresher courses for technicians; 
(iii) North-South and South-South exchanges of research workers; 
(iv) scientific and technical information; 
(v) the supply of means of operation and equipment for the developing countries' research 
centres and, if necessary and on a selective basis, aid for the repatriation of highly qualified 
research workers currendy engaged in research abroad.