Draft COMMISSION DECISION OF .../.../2002 on the granting of financial aid for 62 technical steel research projects and 9 pilot/demonstration or valorisation projects pursuant to Article 55, 2c, of the ECSC Treaty

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COMMISSION DECISION OF .../.../2002 On the granting of financial aid for 62 technical steel research projects and 9 pilot/demonstration or valorisation projects pursuant to Article 55, 2c, of the ECSC Treaty

ANNEX I

1.1. ECSC STEEL RTD (STEEL RESEARCH) - PROGRAMME 2002

1.2. ECSC STEEL (PILOT/DEMONSTRATION OR VALORISATION) - PROGRAMME 2002

ANNEX II

1.1. Reserve list (ranked by order of priority)

Draft COMMISSION DECISION OF .../.../2002 on the granting of financial aid for 62 technical steel research projects and 9 pilot/demonstration or valorisation projects pursuant to Article 55, 2c, of the ECSC Treaty

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community, and in particular Article 55 thereof,

After consultation of the ECSC Consultative Committee and with the assent of the Council;

Whereas:

(1) Article 55, 2c, allows funds derived from the levies provided for in Article 50 to be used for the promotion of steel research;

(2) The Commission has drawn up a programme of technical steel projects in its document "medium-term guidelines for the ECSC Steel RTD programme of research and pilot/demonstration projects (1996 to 2002) [1];

[1] OJ N° C294 of 9 November 1995 and OJ N° C373 of 10 December 1996 (modification) and OJ N° C326 of 24 October 1998 (modification) and OJ N° C71 of 3 March 2001 (modification)

(3) Under this programme the Commission has requested interested parties to submit proposals for research projects;

(4) RTD projects with an impact on technical measures to combat harmful effects at the workplace and around steel plants have been included;

(5) On the basis of the criteria laid down, the most deserving projects have been selected;

(6) By decision N° E/2812/2001 of 21 December 2001 [2] containing the ECSC operating budget for 2002 an amount of 52 million Euro was allocated for steel research;

[2] OJ N° L341 of 22 December 2001

(7) Aid intensities are in conformity with the rules on State Aid as defined in the Steel Aide Code [3],

[3] OJ L338 of 28 December 1996

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

1. An amount of 44,474,680 Euro to be set aside as maximum financial aid of the 62 steel research projects set out in Annex I;

2. An amount of 7,473,535 Euro is to be set aside as maximum financial aid for the 9 pilot/demonstration or valorisation projects set out in Annex I;

3. An amount of 51,785 Euro is to be set aside for additional costs involved in the diffusion of the results obtained in the RTD programme.

Article 2

Financial aid shall be set aside for projects in Annex II insofar as reallocated or supplementary appropriations may become available for the current year.

Done at Brussels,

For the Commission

Member of the Commission

ANNEX I

1.1. ECSC STEEL RTD (STEEL RESEARCH) - PROGRAMME 2002

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1.2. ECSC STEEL (PILOT/DEMONSTRATION OR VALORISATION) - PROGRAMME 2002

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ANNEX II

1.1. Reserve list (ranked by order of priority)

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