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(Preparatory Acts) 
COMMISSION 
Proposal for a Council Regulation relating to a research and development programme in the 
field of science and technology for development (1987 to 1990) 
COM(86) 550final 
(Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 29 October 1986) 
(87/C 24/06) 
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, pursuant to Article 2 of the Treaty, the 
Community has in particular the task of promoting a 
harmonious development of economic activities and 
continuous balanced expansion in the whole 
Community; whereas Article 3 of the Treaty provides 
that, for the purposes set out in Article 2, the activities of 
the Community shall include, inter alia, increased trade 
and the joint promotion of economic and social 
development in the developing countries; 
Whereas the resolution adopted by the Council on 
18 November 1980 'underlines the importance of the 
development of research capacities orientated parti­
cularly towards food agriculture of the developing 
countries and of the complementarity between the 
activities of the research centres established in the 
Community and the efforts undertaken in this domain by 
the developing countries'; 
Whereas the Intergovernmental Committee on Science 
and Technology for Development (CISTD) during its 
eighth session, from 2 to 6 June 1986, adopted the 
resolution, put forward by the Netherlands on behalf of 
the Member States of the European Community, which 
invited industrialized countries to increase their research 
and development efforts in the sector of agriculture and 
related fields, including joint projects with developing 
countries; Whereas developing countries have become aware of the 
place of science and technology in the process of 
economic and social development and from then on it 
has been important to facilitate the introduction of a 
science and technical dimension into the development 
activities of the Community; 
Whereas, therefore, the research and development 
measures covered by this Regulation relate to two par­
ticularly grave and urgent problems, viz. food and 
health, which are bound up with the fundamental needs 
of the developing countries; 
Whereas it is necessary to establish greater cooperation 
among scientists in the various Member States with a 
view to facilitating the complementarity of research and 
methodologies and ensuring easier access to the different 
networks of scientific relationships established by the 
Member States with their Third World partners; 
Whereas the Council adopted on 14 January 1974 a 
Resolution on an initial outline programme of the 
European Communities in the field of science and 
technology ('); 
Whereas the resolution of the Council of 25 July 1983, 
relating to framework programmes for Community 
research, development and demonstration activities and 
to the first framework programme for 1984 to 1987 (2), 
lists among its scientific and technical activities the 
strengthening of development aid; 
Whereas, in view of the object and the specificity of this 
programme, which is carried out in the interest of the 
developing countries and must be carried out in close 
cooperation with them, it is advisable to lay down special 
rules for the dissemination of the results of the 
programme; 
(') OJNoC7, 29. 1. 1974, p. 6. 
O OJ No C 208, 4. 8. 1983, p. 1. 
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Whereas the Council, pursuant to Article 235 of the 
Treaty, adopted a first multiannual programme of 
research and development in the field of science and 
technology for development by Decision 82/837/ 
EEC (*), and this programme has achieved positive 
results which have opened up promising opportunities 
regarding the objectives to be pursued; 
Whereas the Council on 10 December 1985 asked the 
Commission to consider the inclusion, as part of this 
programme, of a subsection relating to the development 
of indigenous scientific and technical research capacities 
in developing countries; 
Whereas the Scientific and Technical Research 
Committee (CREST) has delivered an opinion; 
Whereas the Treaty has not provided the necessary 
specific powers, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Article 1 
A programme of research and development to support 
and reinforce scientific activities in the field of science 
and technology for development for the benefit of 
developing countries, as set out in the Annex, is hereby 
adopted for a period of four years from 1 January 1987. 
Within the scope of the programme, competent 
institutions established in the Community or in 
developing countries may submit their research and 
development proposals. Proposals for joint financing of 
research activities undertaken by other competent inter­
national organizations may also be submitted. 
Article 2 
The cost of the programme is estimated at 80 million 
ECU including the cost of a personnel of 16. 
Article 3 
The Commission shall be responsible for carrying out the 
programme. 
Article 4 
1. In carrying out its action, the Commission will be 
assisted by an advisory committee 'Research linked to 
development* hereinafter referred to as the 'Committee', 
which shall replace the Management and Advisory Committee 'Research linked to development' set up by 
Council Decision 84/338/Euratom, ECSC, EEC (2). 
The Committee shall consist of a maximum of two 
representatives from each Member States responsible for 
science and technology in the field of tropical and 
subtropical agriculture and medicine, health and 
nutrition in tropical and subtropical areas. 
A representative of the Standing Committee on agri­
cultural research, of the Advisory Committee 'Medical 
and Health Research' and of the Technical Centre for 
Agricultural and Rural Cooperation in addition to 
experts from developing countries shall be invited to 
participate in the work of the Committee. 
In order to ensure coordination at international level, 
representatives of relevant international organizations 
may be invited to attend Committee meetings. 
The Committee shall establish its rules of procedure. 
The Commission shall be responsible for the secretariat 
of the Committee. 
2. The Committee shall debate requests for opinions 
submitted by the Commission. The latter, in requesting 
the Committee's opinion, may set a deadline for the 
opinion to be given. The discussions of the Committee 
shall not be followed by a vote. However, each 
Committee member may request that his opinion be 
noted in the minutes. 
Article 5 
During the first year of the programme, the 
Commission, after obtaining the opinion of the 
Committee, shall issue invitations to submit the proposals 
necessary for progressive implementation of the 
programme. During the third year of the programme, 
the Commission, assisted by independent experts among 
whom there must be a sufficient number of specialists 
from developing countries, shall evaluate the programme 
and may submit proposals for any consequent 
amendments. 
Article 6 
Dissemination of information applicable to the present 
research programme shall be subject to the following 
conditions: 
1. Rules governing ownership, the obligations of the 
Community, and, should the need arise, of the 
contractor, with regard to information and inventions, 
whether or not patentable, resulting from research or 
work done under contract, shall be defined case by 
case in the contracts. 
O OJ No L 352, 14. 12. 1982, p. 24. (2) OJ No L 177, 4. 7. 1984, p. 25. 
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The Commission shall communicate the information 
and inventions in which it has the rights to the 
Member States and to persons and undertakings 
which pursue, on the territory of a Member State or 
in a developing country, a research or a production 
activity justifying access to such information. The 
Commission must also communicate this information 
primarily to the developing countries, not only to 
those with which the Community has concluded 
association or cooperation agreements, and to the 
non-associated developing countries which benefit 
from financial and technical aid from the Community, but also to all developing countries which have an 
urgent need and which are in a position to make use 
of such knowledge. It may also make communication 
of this information subject to conditions which it shall 
lay down. 
Article 7 
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1987. 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and 
directly applicable in all Member States. 
ANNEX 
INDIRECT ACTION 
Programme of research and development in the field of science and technology for development 
(1987 to 1990) 
The programme, for which the expenditure commitments are estimated at 80 million ECU, comprises the 
following two subprogrammes: 
A. SUBPROGRAMME TROPICAL AND SUBTROPICAL AGRICULTURE': 
1. Improvement of agricultural products: 
— crop production: food and agro-industrial crops; crop genetics; crop protection, 
— proteins of animal origin: stock farming; animal genetics and reproduction; veterinary medicine; 
sea and inland fisheries, aquaculture, 
— forestry production in humid and arid areas; 
2. Conservation and better use of the environment: 
— appraisal of resources; water resources and their use; soil management and protection, deser­
tification and management of savannahs; underexploited genetic resources; wild flora and fauna; 
3. Agricultural engineering and post-harvest technology: 
— agricultural engineering/mechanization; preservation of products; processing of products; 
4. Production systems: 
— multi-disciplinary approaches relating to plant products; inter-cropping; relationships between 
crop-growing and stock-farming; ecologically fragile environments. 
B. SUBPROGRAMME 'MEDICINE, HEALTH AND NUTRITION IN TROPICAL AND 
SUBTROPICAL AREAS': 
1. Medicine: 
— transmissible tropical diseases: parasitological; bacterial; viral; mycological, 
— non-transmissible tropical diseases: genetic disorders; acquired diseases; 
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2. Health: 
— health services research: operational research; planning management and evaluation, 
— environmental health: water-related diseases; traditional medicine — tropical medicinal plants; 
3. Nutrition: 
— nutritional deficiencies; impact of agricultural, alimentary and socio-economic strategies on 
nutritional status, 
— relationships between production and storage systems, food habits and health status, 
— bioavailability of nutrients and their toxicology. 
The carrying-out of research activities envisaged for the two above subprogrammes also involves training 
and mobility of scientific personnel, team assistance and the creation of research networks. 
Proposal for a Council Directive amending for the third time Directive 75/726/EEC on the 
approximation of the laws of the Member States concerning fruit juices and certain similar 
products 
COM(86) 688 final 
(Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 30 December 1986) 
(87/C 24/07) 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 
Economic Community, and in particular Articles 43 and 
100 thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Having regard to the opinion of the European Par­
liament, 
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and 
Social Committee, 
Whereas Council Directive 75/726/EEC C), as last 
amended by Directive 81/487/EEC (2), does not allow 
fruit nectars to be produced without the addition of 
sugar; whereas in view of changes in eating habits the 
existence of such products should be allowed; 
Whereas it is not possible to extract the juice of certain 
tropical fruits without the pulp; whereas it therefore 
appears necessary to allow the use of fruit puree in the 
manufacture of certain fruit juices; 
Whereas the option of replacing all sugars by honey 
within the limits laid down should be extended to all 
fruit nectars, and the option of using sugars and honey 
together in certain nectars should be deleted; 
(») OJ No L 311, 1. 12. 1975, p. 40. 
O OJ No L 189, 11. 7. 1981, p. 43. Whereas to prevent fraud the sweetening of certain 
concentrated fruit juices should be authorized only if 
they are intended for direct sale to the consumer, since 
the sweetening may not exceed the permitted limits at 
the final stage; 
Whereas the option under national legislation of adding 
citric acid to correct the natural acidity of grape juice 
and apple juice is no longer used in the Community; 
Whereas the Annex to the Directive should be 
supplemented as regards the category of low-acid fruits. 
HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE: 
Article 1 
Directive 75/726/EEC is hereby amended as follows: 
1. Article 1 (7) is replaced by the following: 
'7. Fruit nectar 
The unfermented but fermentable product, 
obtained by the addition of water, with or 
without the addition of sugar, to fruit juice,