ASSENT No 10/73 given by the Council, pursuant to Article 55 (2) (c) of the Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community, to enable the Commission to grant, in favour of technical iron and steel research projects on:

1. casting and solidification

2. the transfer of sheet metal on air cushions

3. the rapid analysis of molten steel

4. the investigation of the development of a surface quality control device for the detection of flaws on cold rolled strip

5. the evaluation of heavy plates by electronic data processing (EDP) on the basis of ultrasonic test results and delivery specifications

6. non-destructive magnetic particle inspection

7. automatic non-destructive tests for the quality assessment of steel, and the processing of the related information

8. the corrosion of galvanized steel pipes in domestic hot-water distribution systems

9. the corrosion of galvanized or ungalvanized steel water-mains

10. polarity inversion mechanisms in the Fe-Zn couple

11. the behaviour of steel in seawater, down to a depth of 200 metres

12. the development of structural steels for use in seawater

13. the characterization of corrosion test sites in the Community

14. atmospheric corrosion of steel

15. the study of cracking of the heat-affected zone during stress relieving

16. lamellar tearing of steel sheets

17. cracking under the stainless-steel linings of sections for pressure vessels

18. the effects of structure and composition on the mechanical properties of a 35 mm gauge type 52 steel after two-pass submerged-arc welding

19. the effects of welding parameters and the composition of welding additives on the susceptibility of austenitic steel weld metal to hot tearing

20. the weldability of steels

21. vibration resistance testing of standard weldments of steel Fe E 47 in comparison with steel Fe E 36 in the range of high and extremely low load cycles in order to complete available data sheets for future standards

22. the fatigue strength of bolted joints made from high-strength steel

23. the development of hybrid and compound steel beams

24. improving the fatigue strength of welded joints by the bead remelting technique

25. the properties of flame-cut plate sections

26. fatigue in spot-welded specimens

27. the deformability of structural steel and the reliability of joints

28. new theories and methods for determining the toughness of mild steels from small test-pieces

29. the assessment of the abrupt fracture risk in structures containing faults

30. the practical application of the measurement of the COD to the assessment of the toughness of the weld metal and of the heat-affected zones of welds

31. the repercussions of the conditions under which fatigue cracking is induced by fluctuating stresses and static and dynamic COD-measurements on large and small pieces

32. fracture toughness of high-strength steels using test pieces with differing notch sharpness

33. the influence of metallurgical factors on the results of tests to assess the brittleness of steels

34. deformation in heat treatable steels during heat treatment

35. the development of technically usable bases for the calculation of the stress distributions occurring during the heating and cooling of workpieces

36. the transformation characteristics and mechanical properties of low-carbon steels

37. the rolling of sheet in the ferritic range (thermo-mechanical treatment)

38. a new method for the correction calculation for quantitative analysis with the microprobe

39. the measurement of heat characteristics of steels

40. the application of high voltage microscopy to physical metallurgy

41. housing construction using the "integrated facade" system

42. the bending of thick sheet metal at low and medium temperatures

43. certain characteristic technological aspects of the manufacture of pressure vessels from steel with a high elastic limit

44. the handling of technical literature in the field of iron and steel

45. the fracture behaviour of steels for gas pipelines

financial assistance from the levies provided for in Article 50 of that Treaty In a letter dated 17 September 1973, the Commission of the European Communities requested the assent of the Council, pursuant to Article 55 (2) (c) of the Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community, to enable it to grant, in favour of these various technical iron and steel research projects, financial assistance from the levies provided for in Article 50 of that Treaty.

At its 262nd meeting held on 19 November 1973, the Council gave its assent as requested by the Commission.

For the Council

The President

Ib FREDERIKSEN