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COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 
C0M(91) 234 final - SYN 270 
Brussels, 24 June 1991 
Amended Proposal for a 
COUNCIL DECISION 
adopting a specific research and technological development 
programme in the field of human capital and mobility 
(1990-1994) 
(presented by the Commission pursuant to Article 149(3) 
of the EEC Treaty) 
Explanatory Memorandum 
On the 28 May 1990, the Commission presented the "Proposal for a 
Council Decision on a specific research and technological development 
programme in the field of Human Capital and Mobility". 
Essentially, the amendments adopted by the European Parliament on the 
content of the Programme aim to bring its content closer to the 
priority accorded to the strengthening of the Community's Human Capital 
in the area of science and technology. 
The Parliament also defined the indicative allocation of expenditure 
mentioning, where relevant, the percentage of the expenditure destined 
for the researchers themselves. 
Finally, the Parliament took into account certain points resulting from 
the agreement reached between the Council, the Parliament and the 
Commission on 17 April last ("Trilogue"). 
In accordance with the "tri logue" of 17 April, the Commission withdrew 
amendments no. 3 (on condition that it is reformulated to conform 
precisely with the "tri logue" of 17 April 1991), 11, 14 (second part) 
and 16. 
On the other hand, taking into account the agreement of 17 April 1991, 
the Commission was unable to accept amendments no. 1, 12, 13, 14 (first 
part), 15, 18 (paragraph on staff) or the paragraph on the 
dissemination of knowledge in amendment no. 19. 
Concerning the specific amendments relating to the scientific and 
technical content of the Programme, the Commission accepted amendments 
no. 2, 4 to 10, 17 (provided that the paragraph on the eastern European 
countries and those on the form and nature of networks are 
reformulated), 18 (except that part which is of a horizontal nature, 
already quoted). On the other hand the Commission cannot give its 
approval to the part of amendment no. 19 which is concerned with the 
selection procedure for grant recipients, this being impracticable and 
d i ff icu11 to manage. 
In order to take into account the amendments of the European 
Parliament, the Commission is presenting a modified proposal to the 
Council based on Article 149, paragraph 3 of the E.E.C. Treaty which 
will include all of the elements of the agreement of the 17 April. 
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Modified proposal for a 
COUNCIL DECISION 
adopting a specific research and technological development 
programme in the field of Human Capital and Mobility 
(1990-1994) 
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,*1) 
In cooperation with the European Par I lament,(2) 
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee,^3) 
(1 ) 0J No C 
(2) OJ No C 
(3) OJ No C 332, 31.12.90, p.45. 
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Whereas, by its Decision 90/221/Euratom, EEC(4), the Council adopted a 
third framework programme for Community activities in the field of research 
and technological development (1990-94), specifying inter alia the 
activities to be pursued for the management of intellectual resources 
(human capital and mobility); whereas this Decision should be taken in the 
light of the grounds set out in the preamble to that Decision; 
Whereas Article 130k of the Treaty stipulates that the framework programme 
is to be implemented through specific programmes developed within each 
act ivi ty; 
Whereas the Joint Research Centre shall contribute through its own 
programme to the implementation of the aforesaid activities; 
Whereas, pursuant to Article 4 and Annex I of Decision 90/221/Euratom, EEC, 
the amount deemed necessary for the whole framework programme includes an 
amount of 57 million ecus for the centralized dissemination and 
exploitation of results, to be divided up in proportion to the amount 
envisaged for each of the actions; 
Whereas in the context of this programme an assessment should be made of 
the economic and social impact as well as any eventual technological risks; 
Whereas the training of young European scientists is one of the priorities 
of the third Framework Programme as is the mobility of research staff and 
the creation of scientific and technological cooperation networks; 
Whereas any action designed to exploit the potential of the Community's 
intellectual resources must essentially be of benefit to the scientists and 
researchers themselves; 
(4) OJ No L 117, 8.5.1990, P.28. 
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Whereas a further objective of this programme should be the creation of a 
"researchers' Europe", through the internationalization of their advanced 
training, enabling it to take place outside their Member State of origin; 
Whereas a suitable application of the subsidiarity principle in this field 
implies the extending of training received by young researchers in their 
own country by enabling them, through traineeships made available by the 
Community to develop a research activity in a team or laboratory of 
excellence situated in another Member State; 
Whereas in order to increase and improve the supply of host opportunities, 
it would appear useful also to provide for networks of associated teams or 
laboratories of excellence and for possibilities for access to major 
installat ions; 
Whereas the JRC with its laboratories and installations can effectively be 
included among those organisations capable of playing an important role in 
the training of young researchers; 
Whereas it is appropriate to adopt decentralised methods of selecting 
candidates thereby closely associating teams or laboratories of excellence 
with the implementation of this action-, 
Whereas the setting up of the network infrastructure is of crucial 
importance for the achievement of the objectives of the Community's R&TD 
policy, since it will consolidate and supplement the structuring effects of 
the thematic programmes; 
Whereas the Scientific and Technical Research Committee (CREST) has been 
consul ted, 
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HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION: 
Article 1 
A specific research and technological development programme for the 
European Economic Community in the field of human capital and mobility, as 
defined in Annex I, Is hereby adopted for a period commencing on ... (date 
of adoption by Council) and ending on 31 December 1994. 
Article 2 
1. The funds estimated as necessary for the execution of the programme 
amount to 488.07 million ecus. This includes funds for personnel and 
administration, of an amount of 15 million ecus. 
2. An indicative allocation of funds is set out in Annex II. 
3. If the Council takes a decision in application of Article 1(4) of 
Decision 90/221/Euratom, EEC, this decision shall be adapted to take 
into account the aforementioned decision. 
Art icle 3 
1. Rules for the implementation of the programme are set out in Annex III 
2. The rate of the Community financial contribution shall be laid down in 
accordance with Annex IV to Decision 90/221/Euratom, EEC. 
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Article 4 
1. During the second year, the Commission shall review the programme and 
address a report to the Council and the European Parliament on the 
results of the review together with a proposal for any necessary 
changes. 
2. At the end of the programme the Commission, by means of a group of 
independent experts, shall assess the results. The report of the 
group, together with the observations of the Commission, shall be 
presented to the Council and the European Parliament. 
3. The reports mentioned in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall be drawn up having 
regard to the objectives set out in Annex I to this Decision and in 
accordance with Article 2(4) of Decision 90/221/Euratom, EEC. 
Art icle 5 
1. The Commission shall assure the implementation of the programme. 
2. Contracts concluded by the Commission shall govern the rights and 
obligations of each party, in particular the arrangements for the 
dissemination, protection and exploitation of research results, in 
accordance with the provisions adopted pursuant to the second 
subparagraph of Article 130k of the Treaty. 
3. A work programme shall be drawn up in accordance with the aims set out 
in Annex I and updated where necessary. It shall set out the detailed 
objectives and types of projects to be undertaken, and the financial 
arrangements to be made for them. The Commission shall make calls for 
proposals for projects on the basis of the work programme. 
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Article 6 
The Commission shall be assisted by a Committee composed of representatives 
of the Member States and chaired by the representative of the Commission. 
The representative of the Commission shall submit to the Committee a draft 
of the measures to be taken. The Committee shall deliver its opinion 
within a time limit which the Chairman may lay down according to the 
urgency of the matter. The opinion shall be delivered by the majority 
provided for in Article 148(2) of the Treaty as regards adoption of 
decisions which the Council is required to adopt on a proposal from the 
Commission. When the Committee votes, the votes of the representatives of 
the Member States shall be weighed as laid down in the abovementioned 
Article. The Chairman shall not vote. 
The Commission shall adopt the proposed measures when they are In 
accordance with the Committee's opinion. 
When the proposed measures are not in accordance with the Committee's 
opinion, or where no opinion is delivered, the Commission shall submit to 
the Council without delay a proposal concerning the measures to be taken. 
The Council shall act by a qualified majority. 
If, on the expiry of a period of three months from referral of the matter 
to the Councj I , the latter has not acted, the proposed measures shall be 
adopted by the Commission. 
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Article 7 
1. The procedure laid down in Article 6 shall apply: 
to the preparation and updating of the work programme referred to in 
Article 5(3); 
to the contents of the calls for proposals; 
to the assessment of the projects provided for in Annex III and the 
estimated amount of the Community's contribution to them where this 
amount exceeds ECU 0.3 million; 
to departures from the general rules set out in Annex III; 
to the participation in any project by non-Community organizations and 
enterprises referred to in Article 8(1) and (2); 
to any adaptation of the indicative allocation of the amount set out in 
Annex I I ; 
to the measures to be undertaken to evaluate the programme; 
to arrangements for the dissemination, protection and exploitation of 
the results of research carried out under the programme. 
2. Where, pursuant to the third indent of paragraph I, the amount of the 
Community contribution deemed necessary is less than or equal to ECU 
0.3 million, the Commission shall inform the Committee of the projects 
and of the outcome of their assessment. 
The Commission shall also inform the Committee of the implementation of 
the accompanying measures and concerted action referred to in Annex 
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3. The Commission may, and at the request of the representatives of four 
Member States, must consult the Committee on any matter falling within 
the scope of this Decision. 
Article 8 
The Commission is authorized to negotiate, in accordance with Article 
130n of the Treaty, international agreements with third countries 
belonging to COST, In particular the member countries of EFTA and the 
countries of Central and Eastern Europe, with a view to associating 
them with all or part of the programme. 
Organizations and enterprises established in third European countries 
may, on the principle of mutual benefit, be admitted to an action 
undertaken within the arrangements of this programme. 
No contracting organization established outside the Community and 
participating in an action undertaken within the arrangements of the 
programme shall benefit from the financing granted to the programme by 
the Community. The organization in question shall contribute to the 
general administrative costs. 
Article 9 
This Decision is addressed to the Member States 
Done at For the Counc i I , 
The President 
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Annex 
SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL OBJECTIVES AND CONTENT 
This specific programme fully reflects the approach embodied in the Third 
Framework Programme in terms of the scientific and technical goals and the 
underlying aims which it pursues. 
Paragraph 6 of Annex II of the Framework Programme forms an integral part 
of the present specific programme. 
I. Object ives 
The central objective of the programme is to help to increase the 
human resources available for research and technological development 
which will be needed by the Member States in the coming years, thus 
assisting the creation of a European scientific and technical 
Community. 
Such action should generate added value for the Community which will 
benefit all the Member States. 
As a contribution towards strengthening human resources in Central 
and Eastern European countries, the programme shall be open to 
participation by these countries. The expenditure arising from 
the participation of scientists from those countries in this 
programme shall be covered from the funds allocated for 
cooperation projects with the countries of Central and Eastern 
Europe. 
The action should be organized in a transversal manner in accordance 
with 'bottom-up' management, focused on two main aims; the training 
and mobility of staff and the formation of networks. 
In the pursuit of these objectives account will be taken of the 
experience acquired in the current SCIENCE, SPES and large-scale 
Scientific Facilities programmes. The activities carried out as part 
of these programmes will be redirected and developed in accordance 
with the spirit of this programme and taking into account its central 
object i ve. 
The activities will therefore be adapted so that they may play a more 
important role in the training and specialization of young European 
scientists attached to university laboratories and public or private 
research inst i tutes . • 
The present specific programme will be developed by means of the 
foI low i ng act i v i t i es : 
- the development of a Community system of research fellowships 
- the creation and development of scientific and technical 
cooperation networks 
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- measures to promote the access of researchers to large-scale 
scientific and technical facilities 
- the launching of a Community system of 'R&D Euroconferences'. 
The various activities will be carried out with a view to increasing 
the mobility of Community scientists, in particular young researchers 
at post-doctoral level. Scientists shall be considered as being at 
post-doctoral level if they have had at least six years' higher 
education and hold a doctorate or equivalent degree, or, if not, have 
had two years' research experience following a post-graduate course. 
Young researchers at doctoral level may also benefit from the 
Community action carried out under this programme in the case of 
recently developed scientific disciplines in which there is a 
shortage of scientists at post-doctoral level. 
Support under this programme may also be given to established 
researchers who need specific training in a field other than their 
own in the context of the retraining requirements demanded by the 
rapid pace of scientific and technological change, or in order to 
apply their scientific knowledge in new areas where their 
participation is required. 
The building-up of the infrastructure of networks envisaged under 
this programme is of crucial importance for the achievement of the 
objectives of Community R&TD policy, since it will consolidate and 
add to the structuring effects of the thematic programmes. 
Together, these networks must extend across all the regions of the 
Community countries, with particular reference to the special needs 
of the peripheral areas and the at present least-favoured regions. 
This will facilitate the establishment in those regions of a highly 
qualified scientific and technological potential. To this end, 
encouragement shall be given to the setting up in such regions of new 
research teams centred on young scientists trained abroad. 
The Human Capital activities are to complement rather than replace 
the training carried out under the specific programmes and other 
Community training activities such as COMETT, EUROTECNET, etc. 
Most of the financial resources available will be devoted to the 
development of human resources. In accordance with this aim the 
researchers themselves will be the main beneficiaries of Community 
aid. Specific aid shall be granted to facilitate the execution of 
R&D projects carried out by researchers receiving Community aid in 
the organisations receiving them, the training or scientific and 
technological cooperation networks or in a large-scale facility. 
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Community activities and their funding 
1. The development of a Community system of research fellowships: 
R&TD teams, laboratories or centres of recognized quality for the 
training or specialization of researchers, may receive separately 
or Jointly (in the case of a network), young scientists in 
accordance with the procedures described in Annex III. 
To this end the Community shall grant financial aid to specific 
R&TD teams or laboratories or training networks consisting of a 
number of R&TD teams and laboratories covering a number of 
Community countries, to allow them to award research fellowships 
to researchers who are to undergo training or specialization there 
by participating in R&D work. In general these fellowships, to 
be known by the name of a man or a woman who have made an 
important contribution to the development of European Culture will 
be awarded in general for a period of two years for researchers at 
a doctoral or post-doctoral level. 
In certain cases and with a view to ensuring a balanced 
geographical spread of human resources, the two-year fellowships 
may be extended for a further year in order to enable researchers 
from less-favoured regions to return to those regions and to 
consolidate the knowledge acquired. 
The fellowships for established researchers shall last a number of 
months (less than one year). 
The training of researchers shall consist in their participation 
in practical research projects carried out in teams or research 
laboratories. 
In order to prevent a 'brain drain' from the disadvantaged regions 
of the Community and to increase the effectiveness of training, 
Community financial support may also be granted to an experienced 
researcher (whether a university researcher or not) to enable him 
to carry out R&D projects in a centre located in one of the said 
regions so as to train a number of young scientists locally. 
This experienced researcher ("visiting professor" charged with the 
research) shall be from a Community country other than that of the 
region concerned. 
The purpose of this Community system of research fellowships is to 
complete and enhance the training activities carried out under 
other specific programmes, thus laying the foundation of the 
European scientific and technical community. 
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The purpose of the grant is to enable the researcher concerned to 
cover subsistance and mobility related expenses. Special 
expenditure incurred by the researcher concerned in the course of 
publishing the findings of the research may be reimbursed. The 
grant also includes a contribution to the research expenses in the 
receiving laboratory and the expenses incurred by the laboratory 
in administering the grant. If the researcher receiving the grant 
is a scientist from an industrial firm seconded to a public 
research laboratory in another Community country, the amount of 
the grant shall be limited to covering the incidental expenses 
arising from his secondment and a contribution to research 
expenditure in the host laboratory. 
2. Assistance for the creation and development of scientific and 
technical cooperation networks 
The scientific and technical cooperation networks shall consist in 
general of at least five research laboratories or teams in at 
least three Community countries working jointly on one or more R&D 
projects. 
The networks shall consist of either public or private research 
laboratories and teams in the Member States, to enable the best of 
them to exert as much influence as possible for the benefit of ail 
the others. In particular, they shall encourage the interaction 
of different disciplines, the combining of various technologies 
and the application of techniques from one field in other fields. 
If the innovative or complex nature of a scientific area so 
requires, encouragement shall be given to the setting-up of new 
networks consisting of research teams or laboratories with 
add i t ionaI capac i ty. 
In order to assist the consolidation and development of scientific 
and" technical cooperation networks, Community funding shall cover 
expenses incurred in engaging researchers outside the network 
needed to complete the research project, incidental costs 
resulting from international cooperation (travel, accommodation 
and joint meetings), a contribution to research expenditure 
(experimental products, special purchases and the use of 
large-scale facilities if required) and administrative costs. 
If a researcher trained under this programme sets up a new 
research team in a disadvantaged region of the Community, 
Community aid may include funds to equip the team if it joins a 
scientific and technical cooperation network supported by the 
Community. 
This specific programme will pursue and further develop the 
activities already being carried out under the SCIENCE and SPES 
programmes, including them into a broader activity and giving them 
a new direction in order to take into account the principal 
objective of this specific programme. The follow up of SPES action 
will be expanded to include the human and social sciences. 
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3. Establishment of access to large scale scientific and technical 
faciIi t ies 
The purpose of this activity is to promote access for Community 
researchers to large-scale scientific and/or technical facilities 
of great importance already existing in the Community. In 
particular, it will be geared to increasing the training 
opportunities offered to European researchers by enabling them to 
become familiar with the use of such facilities in the execution 
of research projects. 
A 'large scale facility' is understood as being an establishment 
which requires substantial initial investment or a group of 
smaller establishments which have complementary capacities. 
The Community financial aid granted to selected facilities will be 
designed to cover the costs arising from giving new scientists 
access to them (travel, subsistence expenses and user fees). 
The aid will not be granted to purchase durable equipment or 
construct infrastructure. 
4. Euroconferences 
The aim of this activity is to enable young scientists to take 
part in especially important high-level conferences - meetings of 
scientists on subjects at the cutting edge of scientific or 
technical knowledge, at which specialists present and discuss 
their work and ideas. 
Participation in such conferences will enable promising young 
scientists to keep up to date with the advance of knowledge in a 
part icular field. 
The-Community's financial support will cover the participation 
expenses (registration, travel and subsistence) of young 
scientists attending the conferences, with priority being given to 
those from less-favoured regions. 
Scientific and technological sectors 
By virtue of its horizontal nature, the present programme will cover 
all scientific and technological sectors. Thus it may in particular 
deal with strategic projects and projects drawn up in connection with 
the research sectors referred to in the first five activities 
mentioned in Article 1 of the third Framework Programme which are 
specified in Annex II .thereto. 
Nevertheless, the training measures carried out under this programme 
shall not be directly determined by the objectives of other specific 
programmes. This means that, in the sectors covered by the other 
specific programmes, measures may be carried out under this 
programme, but such measures must be in addition to the specific 
training carried out under the specific programmes themselves and any 
duplication of effort must be avoided. 
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In accordance with the open nature of the programme, the subjects to 
be included in basic research in the exact and natural sciences, 
including mathematics, will not be defined 'a priori'. 
With regard to the social and human sciences, the programme shall 
essentially deal with training in projects likely to improve or 
enhance European competitiveness and bring about sustainable economic 
development, in fields such as the economic and management sciences, 
including environmental economics, as well as the interfaces between 
science, technology and society. Attention shall also be given to 
problems connected with the general public's understanding and 
acceptance of science and technology. 
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ANNEX I I 
Indicative allocation of expenditure, specifying, where relevant, the 
percentage to be allocated to expenditure related to the researchers 
themselves. 
expenditure 
related to the 
% of total researchers 
1. Training 58 90% 
2. Networks 30 
2.1 Development of networks 24 75% 
2.2 Teams of young researchers 6 
3. Access for researchers to 
large-scale facilities 10 
4. Euroconferences 2 
Note: Personnel expenses come to 9.5 million Ecus and the expenses of 
administration to 5.5 million Ecus. An additional sum of 25 million 
Ecus will be destined for JRC activities in the field of human 
capital and mobility, including a sum of 0.25 million Ecus 
representing the contribution of the JRC to centralised action for 
dissemination under this specific programme. A sum of 4.93 million 
Ecus, not included in the 488.07 million Ecus for the programme, wil 
be res'erved as a specific contribution to the Human Capital and 
Mobility programme, for centralised action for the dissemination and 
valorisation of the results. 
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ANNEX I 
RULES FOR IMPLEMENTING THE PROGRAMME 
1. The Commission shall Implement the programme on the basis of the 
content described in Annex I. 
2. The rules for implementing the programme, referred to in Article 3, 
comprise training actions and accompanying measures. 
I. DEVELOPMENT OF A COMMUNITY SYSTEM OF RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS 
Participants in this action will comprise two categories: 
(I) individual recipients of training fellowships; 
(II) laboratories or research teams receiving fellowship 
recipients. 
The individual fellowship recipients defined in (I) must be natural persons 
established in the Community. The laboratories or research teams defined 
in (ii) must be themselves based within the framework of legal entitles 
established in the Commun!tyC), such as research centres, academic 
institutions, scientific foundations having their own research activities 
or industrial firms. 
The participants in the training actions shall be chosen on the basis of a 
annual procedure aimed at matching host organisations with applicant 
researchers. 
The procedure shall comprise two successive calls for proposals which will 
be published-in the Official Journal of the European Communities. 
(1) For the purposes of this programme, the European Organization for 
Nuclear Research (CERN), based in Geneva but with the major part of 
its installations on Community territory, may be a participant in the 
contracts. 
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The first call for proposals shall be made in accordance with the work 
programme cited in Article 5 paragraph 3. It shall outline the scientific 
domains considered as having priority. It shall refer to three categories 
of organisations which may receive fellowship recipients: 
(i) individual research teams or laboratories; 
(II) research teams or laboratories as outlined in (I) grouped to 
form intra-European networks linked for the purposes of a 
scientific and technical theme or a scientific and technical 
project; such a network shall in general involve at least 
five teams or research laboratories in at least three Member 
States of the Community; 
(iii) institutions offering large-scale, unique research 
faciIities. 
The proposals received from organisations which may receive fellowship 
recipients shall be selected by the Commission in respect of the 
arrangements of Articles 6 and 7 and published In the Official Journal of 
the European Communities. 
The second call for proposals shall be primarily addressed to young 
researchers at a post-doctoral level to fill positions made available 
following the first call outlined above. 
Criteria for the selection of proposals shall include: the curriculum 
vitae of the researcher candidate; the scientific or technological quality 
of the intended project with respect to the EC research policy-, the impact 
on cohesion and the suitability and quality of the hosting research team. 
The selection shall be decentralized and carried out by the teams or 
laboratories concerned. The Commission shall monitor the Community 
selection criteria in particular as regards Community cohesion. 
The terms given to the recipients of Community training fellowships shall 
be equal for all (allowances, mobility expenses, social insurance), 
irrespective-of the category of host organisation, and taking into account 
the cost of living in the host countries. 
II. SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL COOPERATION NETWORKS 
The participants in scientific and technical development actions are 
networks of research laboratories undertaking joint research and 
development work. The number of Member States taking part in each network 
should be as high as possible. In no case shall a network have fewer than 
five public or private laboratories from a minimum of three Member States. 
The association of recognized high-quality laboratories and promising 
laboratories situated in the less-favoured regions of the Community shall 
be particularly sought. It will allow researchers working in isolation in 
an advanced area to unite their efforts. 
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The selection of proposals shall be made by the Commission in respect of 
the arrangements of Articles 6 and 7 from a call for proposals which shall 
be open continuously. 
III. ACCESS TO LARGE-SCALE FACILITIES 
The participants in the actions planned to favour access for researchers to 
large-scale facilities In the Community are those organizations having such 
facilities at their disposal or a group of smaller facilities which 
together have the capacity of a large-scale facility. 
The beneficiaries of Community support shall be of two types: 
- scientists wishing to have access to the facilities for whom 
travel, subsistence and cost of using the equipment will be 
covered. 
- organisations having such facilities at their disposal. 
The selection procedure for choosing beneficiary organizations shall 
comprise two successive calls for proposals which shall be published in the 
Official Journal of the European Communities. 
The first call for proposals shall be addressed to centres having large-
scale scientific and technical facilities at their disposal. The proposals 
received in response shall be accompanied by expression of interest from 
potential users. 
The selection of proposals shall be made by the Commission in respect of 
the arrangements of Articles 6 and 7. 
The second call for proposals shall be published w.ith the list of 
organizations pre-selected according to the previous procedure; it will aim 
to obtain joint equipment-user proposals. 
The final selection shall bè made by the Commission in respect of the 
arrangements-of Articles 6 and 7. 
The extent of Community support shall be based on the quality and unique 
features of the facility; interest shown by potential users; cost/benefit 
ratio of Community support; value for the Community in terms of Importance 
of the facility in respect of the Community's overall scientific and 
technicaI potent ial. 
IV. EUROCONFERENCES 
The participants in the action for the development of Euroconferences shall 
be organizations, scientific associations or learned societies organizing a 
series of high-level meetings for debating the latest work undertaken in 
advanced scientific or technical areas. Specific training of promising 
young researchers allowing them to become familiar with the latest 
developments in the sector shall also be carried out. 
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The procedure shall comprise a call for proposals defining the priority 
scientific areas selected for the work programme as cited in Article 5 
paragraph 3. 
The selection of proposals shall be made by the Commission In respect of 
the arrangements of Articles 6 and 7. 
V. DISSEMINATION OF THE RESULTS 
The dissemination of the results of the training actions shall be carried 
out within the specific programme as well as through the centralised action 
of dissemination and exploitation, pursuant to the Decision referred to in 
Article 4, third paragraph of Decision 90/221/Euratom, EEC. 

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