COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 
COM(91) 13 final - SYN 326 
Brussels, 28 January 1991 
Proposal for a 
COUNCIL DECISION 
adapting Decision 87/516/Euratom, EEC concerning the framework programme 
of Community activities in the field of research and 
technological development (1987-91) 
Proposal for a 
COUNCIL DECISION SYN 326 
amending Decisions 87/551/EEC, 87/5907EEC, 88/28/EEC, 88/279/EEC, 
88/416/EEC, 88/418/EEC, 88/419/EEC, 88/521/EEC, 89/160/EEC, 
89/236/EEC, 89/237/EEC, 89/413/EEC and 89/625/EEC 
adopting specific programmes under the second framework programme 
of research and technological development 
Proposal for a 
COUNCIL DECISION 
amending Decisions 88/448/Euratom, 88/522/Euratom and 89/664/Euratom 
adopting specific programmes in the nuclear field under the 
y:'^ second framework programme of research and 
technological development 
É.W (presented by the Commission) 
EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 
In line with Its statement made at the Council meeting of 3 December 1990, of 
which Parliament has been informed, the Commission is submitting three proposals 
for Council Decisions. 
The first proposal seeks to adapt the second framework programme pursuant to 
Article 1301(2) of the EEC Treaty. This adaptation concerns the amount which it 
was intended, in 1987, to spend after 1991 (the "overhang") and the breakdown of 
the total amount deemed necessary as between the different activities envisaged. 
The second proposal would increase by ECU 40 million the amount deemed necessary 
for the specific programme on non-nuclear energy and the rational use of energy 
(Joule). Furthermore, since no Increase in the overall funding of the second 
framework programme is provided for, this proposal also seeks, pursuant to 
Article 130p(2), second sentence, of the EEC Treaty, to offset the increase in 
ths estimated cost of the Joule programme by a corresponding reduction In the 
estimated cost of the other EEC R&TD programmes. 
Lastly, since certain specific programmes fall under the Euratom Treaty, the 
third proposal applies the same reduction procedure to these programmes, 
likewise with the aim of not increasing the overall financial provision in the 
framework programme adopted In 1987. 
The reductions in the breakdown of the total amount deemed necessary and in the 
amounts deemed necessary for the specific programmes have been applied pro rata 
and rounded off to simplify matters . 
Proposal for a Council Decision 
of 
adapting Decision 87/516/Euratom, EEC 
concerning the framework programme of Community activities 
In the filed of research and technological development (1987-91)^1) 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in 
particular Article 130q(1) thereof, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, 
and In particular Article 7 thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission^2), 
Having regard to the opinion of the European Par I lament^3), 
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee^4^, 
(1) OJ No L302, 24.10.1987, p.1 
(2) OJ No 
(3) OJ No 
(4) OJ No 
Whereas, pursuant to Article 1301(2) of the EEc Treaty, the framework programme 
may be adapted or supplemented, as the situation changes, 
Whereas Article 1(3), first subparagraph, of Council Decision 87/516/Euratom, 
EEC of 28 September 1987 concerning the framework programme of Community 
activities in the field of research and technological development (1987-91), as 
supplemented by Decision 88/193/Euratom, EEC(5^, states that the total amount 
deemed necessary shall be '5 396 million ECU, of which no more than 
4 533 million ECU are deemed necessary to be committed for the execution of 
specific programmes before the end of 1991'; whereas the twelfth recital of the 
said Decision also states that for the same reason, 'fit may be expected that 
part of the amount deemed necessary for the framework programme 1987 to 1991, 
863 million ECU, will have to be committed In the budget after the reference 
period of the framework programme', 
Whereas, however, the progress of the legislative procedure for the adoption of 
the specific programmes under the third framework programme prompts fears of a 
slowdown in the Community's overall research and technological development 
effort in 1991; whereas, the abovementloned estimate should therefore be 
revised; 
Whereas, owing to development on the energy supply market, it is appropriate to 
step up the search for and development of new energy options that are both 
economically viable and environmentally friendly; whereas It is therefore 
appropriate to adapt the estimates of budgetary commitments made by the Council 
for this purpose in 1987; whereas, under these circumstance, it is necessary so 
to determine the breakdown of the amount deemed necessary for activities in the 
energy field as to allocate ECU 162 million Instead of ECU 122 million for non-
nuclear energy and the rational use of energy and to reduce in proportion while 
at the same time rounding off the other figures In Annex I to Decision 
87/516/Euratom, EEC, 
(5) OJ No L89, 6.4.1988, p.35 
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Whereas the Scientific and Technical Research Committee (Crest) has been 
consulted, 
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS: 
Sole article 
Decision 87/516/Euratom, EEC is amended as follows: 
1. In Article 1(3), first subparagraph, the figure '4 533' is replaced by 
'5 193' 
2. Annex I is replaced by the annex to this Decision 
Done at For the Council 
The President 
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ANNEX 1 
New Annex I (Decision 87/516/Euratom, CEE) 
FRAMEWORK PROGRAMylE OF COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES IN THE FIELD OF RESEARCH 
AND TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT (1987-1991) 
Breakdown of the amount deemed necessary between the various 
activities envisaged 
(mi I I Ion ECU) 
1. Quality of Life 372 
1.1. Health 79 
1.2. Radiation protection 34 
1.3. Environment 259 
2. Towards a large market and an information and 2.258 
communications society 
2.1. Information technologies 1.588 
2.2. Telecommunication 546 
2.3. New services of common Interest 124 
(including transport) 
3. Modernisât Ion of industrial sectors 839 
3.1. Science and technology for manufacturing industry 397 
3.2. Science and technology of advanced materials 218 
3.3. Raw materials and recycling 45 
3.4. Technical standards, measurements and reference 179 
materials 
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4. Exploitation and optimum use of biological resources 
278 
4.1. Biotechnology 119 
4.2. Agro-industrial Technology 104 
4.3. Competitiveness of agriculture and management 55 
of agricultural resources 
5. Energy 1.205 
5.1. Fission: nuclear safety 437 
Controlled thermonuclear fusion 606 
5.3. Non-nuclear energies and rational use of energy 162 
6. Science and Technology for development 79 79 
7. Exploitation of sea bed and use of marine resources 
79 
7.1. Marine science and Technology 49 
7.2. Fisheries 30 
8. Improvement of European S/T cooperation 286 
8.1. Stimulation, enhancement and use of human resources 178 
8.2. Use of large-scale facilities 30 
8.3. Forecasting and assessment and other back-up 23 
measures (including statistics) 
8.4. Dissemination and utilization of S/T research results 55 
Total 5.396 
Proposal for a Council Decision 
amending Decisions 87/551/EEC. 87/590/EEC. 88/28/EEC. 88/279/EEC, 88/416/EEC, 
88/418/EEC, 88/419/EEC, 88/521/EEC. 89/160/EEC, 89/236/EEC. 89/237/EEC. 
89/413/EEC and 89/625/EEC, 
adopting specific programmes under the second framework programme of research 
and technological development^1^ 
(1) Respectively OJ No L334, 24.11.1987, p.20; 
OJ No L16, 21.1.1988, p. 35; 
OJ No L118, 6.5.1988, p. 32; 
OJ No L206, 30.7.1988, p.1, p.29 and p.34; 
OJ No L286, 20.10.1988, p.29; 
OJ No L60, 3.3.1989, p.48 
OJ No L98, 11.4.1989, p.13 and p. 18; 
OJ No L200, 13.7.1989, p.30; 
OJ No L359, 8.12.1989, p.9; and 
OJ No L360, 9.12.1989, p.32 
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^2), 
In cooperation with the European Par I lament(3), 
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee^4), 
Whereas Article 130k of the Treaty provides that the framework programme shall 
be implemented through specific programmes developed within each activity, 
Whereas, by its Decision 87/516/Euratom, EEC(5), as amended by Decision 
88/193/EEC, Euratom^6), and by Decision ...(7), the Council adopted a 
framework programme of Community activities in the field of research and 
technological development (1987 to 1991), 
Whereas owing to developments on the energy supply market it is appropriate to 
step up the search for and development of new energy options that are both 
economically viable and environmentally friendly, 
(2) OJ No C 
(3) OJ No C 
(4) OJ No C 
(5) OJ No L302, 24.10.1987, p.1 
(6) OJ No L89, 6.4.1989, p.35 
(7) OJ No L 
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Whereas the Council, in Its Decision ... of .... revised its 1987 estimates with 
regard to the budgetary commitments necessary for the Implementation of specific 
programmes before the end of 1991 and with regard to the breakdown of the amount 
deemed necessary for the second programme as a whole between the various 
activities envisaged, 
Whereas it is appropriate, under these circumstances, to revise the estimates of 
the appropriations deemed necessary for the specific programmes adopted under 
the second framework programme In the from of an increase from ECU 120 million 
to ECU 162 million for the Joule programme; whereas it is necessary, as a 
result, In accordance with Article 130p(2), second sentence, of the Treaty, 
correspondingly to reduce the amounts deemed necessary for a number of other 
specific programmes in order not to exceed the total financial provision in the 
second framework programme, 
Whereas the Scientific and Technical Research Committee (Crest) has delivered 
its opinion, 
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS: 
Article 1 
1) Decision 87/551/EEC (in the field of medical and health research) Is 
amended as follows: 
a) in Article 2, the figure '65' is replaced by '64' 
b) in Annex II, the figure '65' is replaced by '64' and the part-amounts 
are reduced in proportion; 
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2) Decision 87/590/EEC (In the field of science and technology for 
development) is amended as follows: 
In Article 2, the figure '80' is replaced by '79'; 
3) Decision 88/28/EEC (in the field of telecommunications technologies: RACE) 
is amended as follows: 
a) in Article 5, the figure '550' is replaced by '546'; 
b) in Annex I, the figure '550' is replaced by '546' and the part-
amounts are reduced In proportion; 
4. Decision 88/279/EEC (In the field of information technologies: ESPRIT) is 
amended as follows: 
a) in Article 5, the figure '1600' is replaced by '1588' and part-
amounts are reduced In proportion; 
5. Decision 88/416/EEC (in the field of informatics for road transport: 
DRIVE) is amended as follows: 
a) in Article 5(1), the figure '60' Is replaced by '59' and the part-
amounts are reduced in proportion-, 
b) In Annex I, the figure '60' is replaced by '59' and the part-amounts 
are reduced in proportion 
6. Decision 88/418/EEC (in the field of applied metrology and chemical 
analyses: BCR) is amended as follows:-
In Article 2, the figure '59.2' is replaced by '58.7'; 
7. Decision 88/419/EEC stimulation of scientific cooperation: SCIENCE) is 
amended as follows: 
in Article 3 the figure '167' is replaced by '165'; 
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8. Decision 88/521/EEC (JRC programmes) is amended as follows: 
a) in Article 2, the figure '521.7' is replaced by '248.7'; 
b) in Annex A, the figure '251.7' is replaced by '248.7' and the part-
amounts are reduced in proportion; 
9. Decision 89/160/EEC (in the field of agro-Industry: ECLAIR) is amended as 
fol lows: 
in Article 2, the figure '80' is replaced by '79'; 
10. Decision 89/236/EEC (in the field of non-nuclear energy and the rational 
use of energy: JOULE) is amended as follows: 
a) in Article 2, the figure '122' is replaced by '162'; 
b) in Annex II, the figure '122' is replaced by '162' and the part-
amounts are increased in proportion; 
11; Decision 89/237/EEC (in the field of industrial manufacturing technologies 
and applications of advanced materials: BRITE/EURAM) is amended as 
fol lows: 
in Article 2, the figure '499.5' is replaced by '496'; 
12. Decision 89/413/EEC (in the field of marine science and technology: MAST) 
is amended as fol lows: 
in Article 2, the figure '50' is replaced by '49'; 
13. Decision 89/625/EEC (in the field of the environment and climatology: STEP 
and EPOCH) is amended as follows: 
in Article 2, the figure '115' is replaced by '114' and the other figures 
are reduced in proportion; 
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14. Decision 89/621/EEC (In the field of biotechnology: BRIDGE) is amended as 
foI Iows: 
in Article 2, the figure '100' is replaced by '99'. 
ARTICLE 2 
This Decision is addressed to the Member States. 
Done at For the Council, 
The President 
Proposal for a Council Decision 
amending Decisions 88/448/Euratom. 88/522/Euratom. and 89/664/Euratom adopting 
specific programmes in the nuclear field under the second framework programme of 
research and technological development*1* 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, 
and in particular Article 7 thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, after consulting the 
Scientific and Technical Committee^2), 
(1) Respectively OJ No L222,12.8.1988, p.5, OJ No L286, 20.10.1988, p.33; 
OJ No L395, 30.12.1989, p.28 
(2) OJ No L 
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Having regard to the opinion of the European Par I lament^3), 
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee^4), 
Whereas, by Its Decision 87/516/Euratom, EEC^5^, as amended by Decision 
88/193/EEC/Euratom(6> and by Decision ...(7), the Council adopted a framework 
programme of Community activities in the field of research and technological 
development (1987 to 1991), 
Whereas owing to developments on the energy supply market it is appropriate to 
step up the search for and development of new energy options that are both 
economically viable and environmentally friendly, 
Whereas the Council, by Its Decision No ... of ....(7) revised its 1987 
estimates of the budgetary commitments necessary for the implementation of 
specific programmes before the end of 1991 and as regards the breakdown of the 
amount deemed necessary for the second programme as a whole between the various 
activities envisaged-, 
Whereas the Council considered it appropriate, by its Decision No ...(8)(*), to 
revise accordingly its estimates of the appropriations deemed necessary for the 
specific programmes under the second framework programme in the form of an 
increase from ECU 122 million to ECU 162 million for the Joule programme; 
whereas it is necessary, as a result, in accordance with Article 130p(2), second 
sentence, of the Treaty, correspondingly to reduce the amounts deemed necessary 
for a number of other specific programmes in order not to exceed the total 
financial provision in the second framework programme, 
(3) OJ No L 
(4) OJ No L 
(5) OJ No L302, 24.10.1987, p.1 
(6) OJ No L89, 6.4.1988, p.35 
(7) OJ No L 
(7) 
(8) OJ No L 
(*) (proposal for a Council Decision amending fourteen decisions adopting 
specific programmes under the second framework programme of R&TD) 
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HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS 
Article 1 
1. Decision 88/448/Euratom (in the field of controlled thermonuclear fusion) 
is amended as follows: 
in Article 2, first paragraph, the figure '735' is replaced by '730'; 
2. Decision 88/522/Euratom (JRC programme in the field of nuclear fission: 
nuclear safety) is amended as follows: 
a) in Article 2, the figure '448.3' is replaced by '446.3' 
b) in Annex A, the figure '448.3' is replaced by '446.3' and the part-
amounts are reduced in proportion 
3. Decision 89/664/euratom (in the field of management and stockage of 
radioactive waste) is amended as follows: 
a) In Article 2, the figure '79.6' is replaced by '78.6' 
b) in the annex, the figure '79.6' Is replaced by '78.6' and the part-
amounts are reduced in proportion. 
Article 2 
This Decision is addressed to the Member States 
Done at For the Council 
The President 
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