No C 93/6 Official Journal of the European Communities 19.4.86 
Amendments to the proposal for a Council Decision adopting a multiannual research action 
programme on materials (raw materials and advanced materials) (1986 to 1989) (') 
COM(86) 153 final 
(Submitted by the Commission to the Council pursuant to the second paragraph of Article 149 of 
the EEC Treaty) 
(86/C 93/06) 
O OJ No C 220, 30. 8. 1985, p. 3. 
ORIGINAL TEXT MODIFIED TEXT 
Preamble unchanged 
First, second and third recitals unchanged 
Fourth recital Amendment No 1 
Whereas the economic availability of raw materials and 
processed materials is indispensable to maintaining the 
industrial competitiveness of the Community; 
The programme shall be reviewed at the beginning of the 
third year. In the light of this review the Commission 
may, through the appropriate procedures, present to the 
Council a proposal for a new four-year programme 
which would supersede the current programme at the 
end of the third year. Whereas the economic availability of raw materials and 
advanced materials is indispensable to maintaining the 
industrial competitiveness of the Community; 
The programme shall be reviewed at the end of the 
second year. In the light of this review, the Commission 
may, through the appropriate procedures, present to the 
Council a proposal for a new four-year programme 
which would supersede the current programme at the 
beginning of the third year. 
(') Parliament proposal is for 200 million ECU and a staff 
of 30. Articles 5 and 6 unchanged Fifth, sixth, seventh, eight and ninth recitals unchanged 
Article 1 unchanged 
Article 2 Amendment No 2 
1. The funds estimated as necessary for the execution not accepted (') 
of the programme amount to 110 million ECU, 
including expenditure for a staff of 24. 
Article 2 (2) unchanged 
Article 3 unchanged 
Article 4 Amendment No 3 
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ANNEX I 
I. PRIMARY RAW MATERIALS (MINERALS) 
unchanged 
II. SECONDARY RAW MATERIALS 
unchanged 
III. WOOD AS A RENEWABLE MATERIAL 
The expenditure estimated as necessary for this subprogramme 
is 20 million ECU. It covers the following research areas: 
1. Wood production 
1.1. Forest tree breeding and gene resource conservation; 
1.2. Protection against damage from biotic and abiotic 
agents; 
1.3. Better use of land resources (coordination action only); 
1.4. Forest inventory (coordination action only); 
2. Wood harvest, storage and transport 
2.1. Organization of harvesting operations and development 
of harvesting machinery; 
2.2. Harvesting, treatment, storage and transport. 
3. Wood as a material 
3.1. Properties, protection and improvement of wood and 
wood-based panels; 
3.2. Development of testing and grading procedures. 
4. Mechanical wood processing and use of finished wood 
products 
4.1. Mechanical conversion and manufacturing processes; 
4.2. Drying processes; 
4.3. Constructional use of wood and wood-based materials; 
4.4. Other uses of finished products made of wood. 
5. Pulp and paper manufacturing and processing and wood 
chemicals 
5.1. The physical and organic chemistry of wood defibring; 
5.2. Chemi-mechanical pulping (high yield pulping); 
5.3. Pulping processes with low grade wood; 
5.4. Substitutes for wood fibres and material additives; 
5.5. Fibre recycling; 
5.6. JThe process of manufacture of paper and board; 
5.7. Products derived from wood as a source of chemicals. The expenditure estimated as necessary for this subprogramme 
is 20 million ECU. It covers the following research areas: 
1. Wood production 
1.1. unchanged 
Amendment No 4 
1.2. Protection against damage from biotic and abiotic 
agents and fire; 
unchanged 
unchanged 
2. Wood harvest, storage and transport 
unchanged 
3. Wood as a material 
unchanged 
4. Mechanical wood processing and use of finished wood 
products 
unchanged 
5. Pulp and paper manufacturing and processing and wood 
chemicals 
unchanged 
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IV. ADVANCED MATERIALS (EURAM) 
The expenditure estimated as necessary for this subprogramme 
is 38 million ECU. It covers the following research areas: 
1. Metallic materials 
1.1. Light aluminium-, magnesium- and titanium-based 
alloys; 
1.2. Electrical-contact materials; 
1.3. High-performance magnetic materials; 
1.4. Materials for surface coatings and machine, tool and 
cutting equipment; 
1.5. Thin-walled castings. 
2. Engineering ceramics 
2.1. Optimization of engineering ceramics; 
2.2. Study of metal/ceramic interface cermets; 
2.3. Ceramic composites with fibres and whiskers; 
2.4. High temperature behaviour of engineering ceramics. 
3. Composite materials 
3.1. Organic-matrix composites; 
3.2. Metallic-matrix composites; 
3.3. Ceramic-matrix composites; 
3.4. Other specific advanced materials. Amendment No 5 
not accepted (') 
1. Metallic materials 
1.1. Light aluminium-, magnesium- and titanium-based 
alloys; 
Amendment No 6 
1.2. Electronic- and electrical-contact materials; 
1.3. High-performance magnetic materials; 
1.4. Materials for surface coatings and machine, tool and 
cutting equipment; 
1.5. Thin-walled castings. 
2. Engineering ceramics 
unchanged 
3. Composite materials 
unchanged 
Amendment No 7 
Insert the following new paragraph: 
'The aim of research carried out under the subprogramme 
shall be to provide the basis for a Community policy for sup­
porting research and development in the advanced materials 
sector and for coordinating national programmes. 
To this end, every two years: 
— an assessment shall be made of European research and 
development capacity in the advanced materials sector, by 
area, Member State and in the Community as a whole, by 
comparison with the technological capacity of Japan and 
the United States, 
— a medium-term analysis and estimate shall be made of 
requirements in the various sectors of the European 
industry, in relation, if necessary, with other Community 
programmes related to materials.' 
ANNEX II 
unchanged 
(') Parliament proposal is for 128 million ECU.