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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(81)456 final
Brussels,24September 1981
Proposalfora
COUNCILDECISION
authorizing theCommissiontonegotiateanagreementfor
theimplementation ofaconcertedactionprojectonthe
effectofprocessingonthephysicalpropertiesoffoodstuffs
betweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunityandthenon-MemberStatesparticipating
*ntheSchemeforEuropeanCooperation intheFieldofScientific and
{
Technical Research (COST)
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission )
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C0M(81)456final

Subject :"Brief authorizing theCommission tonegotiate anagreement forthe
implementation of .aconcerted action project ontheeffect oftreatment
onthephysical properties offoodstuffs (-Project COST 90;bis )between
theCommunity -andthenon-member' ste;tes participating intheEuropean
scientific andtechnical ,cooperation ,scheme (COST )»"
Aproposal foradecision instituting asecond concerted aCction project "by
theEuropean Economic Community ontheeffect oftreatments on .thephysical
properties offoodstuffs (Project C0ST90 bis)hasjust "been presented tothe
Council foradoption ..
Theproposal makes provision fortheCommunity toconclude ,inaccordance
with Article 228oftheTreaty ,anagreement with the .non-member states
participating inthescheme forEuropean cooperation inthefield of
scientific andtechnical research (COST )inorder tofacilitate coordination
between theCommunity project andthecorresponding programmes ofthe
states concerned .Inorder tofacilitate thespeedy ,implementation ofthis
project ,theCommission will take theopportunity tonegotiate theagreement
with the non-member states concerned atthe same time asdiscussions are held
inthevarious instances of^theCouncil ontheprogramme decision .This will
make itpossible fortheCouncil toadopt theprogramme atthe same time as
thedecision ontheagreement ,since neither thedecision onthenegotiating
brief northat ontheconclusion oftheagreement require that Parliament
beconsultedo
/• '
The conditions under which the non-member states involved inthe COST scheme
aretoparticipate intheCommunity project are inline with those adopted
,bytheCouncil on18July 1978 (-0JNoC100of21April I&79 ,p.I.).
Having regard totheabove ,theCommission proposes that theCouncil adopt
theattached decision authorizing theCommission tonegotiate with thenon-
member states involved intheCOST scheme regarding their participation in
theCommunity .concerted action project ontheeffect oftreatments on
thephysical properties offoodstuffs (Project COST 90bis).

PROPOSAL FORACOUNCIL DECISION AUTHORIZING THE COMMISSION TONEGOTIATE AN
AGREEMENT FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OFACONCERTED ACTION PROJECT ONTHE EFFECT
OFPROCESSING ONTHEPHYSICAL PROPERTIES OFFOODSTUFFS BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC
COMMUNITY ANDTHE NCN-MEMBER STATES PARTICIPATING INTHESCHEME FOREUROPEAN
COOPERATION INTHEFIELD OFSCIENTIFIC ANDTECHNICAL RESEARCH (COST )
\
i
THECOUNCIL OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic Community
andinparticular Article 228thereof ,
Having regard totheproposal from theCommission ,
JWhereas the Commission has forwarded tothe Council adraft decision
adopting aconcerted action project ontheeffect ofprocessing
onthephysical properties offoodstuffs ;
Whereas ,initsResolution of14January 1974 onaninitial outline programme
oftheEuropean Communities inthefield ofscience andtechnology *,the
Council stressed that theentire range ofmethods andmeans available including con­
certed action ,should bedrawn upon asappropriate ,andthat ,whenever
appropriate ,non-member States ,particularly European States ,should be
involved :
2Whereas theCouncil agreed on18July 197° '"tocertain procedures for
cooperation under theCOST scheme ;
HAS DECIDED ASFOLLOWS :
2O.J.NoC7,29.1.1974 ,p.6.
O.J. NoCIOO,21.4 .1979 ,p.I.

SOLE ARTICLE
TheCommission ishereby authorized tonegotiate ,inaccordance with the
directives ,annexed hereto , anagreement between theCommunity andthe
non-meraber States participating inthescheme forEuropean .cooperation inthe
field ofscientific andtechnical research (COST )inorder tofacilitate
coordination between theconcerted action project ofthe'Community onthe
effect ofprocessing onthephysical properties offoodstuffs anathe
corresponding programmes ofthe -States concerned .-
Done at • portheCouncil
The President

ANNEX
Negotiating directives
*
I.Theterms ofthe agreement will "beinline with the conclusions approved
bytheCouncil on18July 1978 regarding European cooperation inthe
field ofscientific andtechnical research (COST ).
2.The financial contribution ofeach .non-member State involved inthe
COST scheme andparticipating intheproject will beanamount equivalent
toone-tenth oftheCommunity contribution tothat project .