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REPORT FROM THE COMMISSION TOTHE COUNCIL
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Report onthe Radiation Protection Programme
This report hasbeen established inapplication ofArticle 3
oftheCouncil Decision of18March 1980 adopting aresearch
andtraining programme (1980 to1984 )fortheEuropean Atomic
Energy Community inthe field ofbiology -health protection
(Radiation Protection Programme )

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REPORT ONTHE 1980-1984 RADIATION PROTECTION PROGRAMME
OnMarch 18,1980 ,theCouncil adopted aresearch andtraining programme
(1980-1984 )fortheEuropean Atomic Energy Community inthefield of
biology-health protection (Radiation Protection Programme )*.
Article 3ofthe decision reads asfollows :"The Commission shall be
responsible forthe continuous supervision oftheimplementation ofthe
programme inorder toensure that real coordination hasbeen achieved and
todecide whether developments inthe situation orunforeseen research
results necessitate changes totheprogramme .Tothis end itwill report
totheCouncil and theEuropean Parliament attheend ofthe third year of
theprogramme andwillfpropose ,where appropriate ,anyamendments
necessary .These amendments may lead toarevision oftheprogramme inthe
course ofthe fourth year inaccordance with theappropriate procedures and
after theAdvisory Committee onProgramme Management hasbeen consulted ."
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The Commission ,takmgfinto consideration that
1. the research work -executed inmore than 200 contracts ,the
implementation andthemanagement ofthefirst 2.5years ofthe
1980-1984 Radiati&n Protection Programme have been examined indetail
together with the "Advisory Committee onProgramme Management
"Biology-Health Protection "(ACPM )(seeattached opinion oftheACPM );
2.recent achievements intheresearch contracts oftheprogramme (more
than 700scientific publications in1981 )areannually discussed with
•r.
theACPM and future guidelines and reorientations areproposed when
examining theplanned research work ofthecontracts foreach coming
year ,thus assuring adaptation ofresearch tothedeveloping
requirements inradiation protection ;
3. inthe course ofthe examination ofthe scientific and technical
objectives ofCommunity research ,recently carried out aspart ofthe
preparation oftheFramework Programme for 1984-87 ,nothing has
emerged which indicates aneed forchange intheobjectives
established for theRadiation Protection Programme 1980-84 ;
*O.J. L78,25March 1980

3.
4.themembers oftheACPM exercise directly aninfluence onthe
execution oftheCommission 'sRadiation Protection programme and ,
owing totheir national status ,indirectly onthose oftheMember
States ,which means acontinuous information transfer among allbodies
intheCommunity concerned with the field ofradiation protection ;
5.coordination ofresearch work andcooperation inEurope arepromoted
bytheperiodical organization ofmeetings ,seminars ,etc .where
contractors ,independent high-level scientists andrepresentatives of
themain European and international organizations active inradiation
research arebrought together (about 35meetings with more than 1000
participants have taken place in1981 );
states that theoutcome oftheprogramme isarelevant contribution tothe
worldwide effort toimprove the scientific knowledge andpractice in
radiation protection ,used fortheformulation ofscientific
recommendations byICRP *and thecompilation andevaluation ofthelatest
data inradiation protection byUNSCEAR **, thus presenting thebackground
forestablishing theCommunity "Basic Safety Standards fortheHealth
Protection oftheGeneral Public andWorkers Against Dangers ofIonizing
Radiation ";
states that aneffective coordination andcooperation was achieved and
concludes that nochanges oramendments oftheprogramme arenecessary .
*International Commission onRadiological Protection
**United Nations Scientific Committee onthe Effects ofAtomic Radiation

ANNEX I
Opinion oftheAdvisory Committee 011
Programme Management "Biology-Health Protection "
Having regard totheCouncil Decision of18March 1980 adopting aresearch
andtraining programme (1980-1984 )fortheEuropean Atomic Energy Community
inthefield ofbiology-health protection (Radiation Protection
Programme )*,and inparticular toArticle 3concerning amendments toit,
theAdvisory Committee onProgramme Management (ACPM )atitsmeeting of1
and 2July 1982
- considers that therunning Radiation Protection Programme hasbeen
carried outsatisfactorily and infull agreement with theACPM ;
considers that theresearch projects defined intheAnnex ofthe
programme approved bytheCouncil should becontinued andthat ,within
thelimits oftheavailable resources ,they adequately cover the field
ofresearch necessary for anobjective evaluation oftheeffects and
hazards ofionizing radiation with regard toman andhis environment ,
and forimproving measures tobetaken for theprotection ofworkers
and thepopulation ;
concludes unanimously that nochanges benecessary totherunning
Radiation Protection Programme .
Brussels ,2ndJuly ,1982Professor Dr. W.GOSSNER
Chairman ofthe ACPM
Biology-Health Protection
*O.J. L78,25March 1980