No C 93/4 Official Journal of the European Communities 19.4.86 
II 
(Preparatory Acts) 
COMMISSION 
Amendments to the proposal for a Council Decision adopting multiannual R&D programmes in 
the field of the environment (1986 to 1990) (') 
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 93/05) 
O OJ No C 301, 25. 11. 1985, p. 1. 
ORIGINAL TEXT AMENDED TEXT 
Preamble and recitals unchanged 
Article 1 unchanged 
Article 2 Article 2 
The appropriations estimated as necessary for the 
execution of the programmes amount to 105 million 
ECU, including expenditure on a staff of 27, subdivided 
as follows: 
— Protection of the environment: 65 million ECU, 17 
staff, 
— Climatology: 25 million ECU, six staff; 
— Major technological hazards: 15 million ECU, four 
staff. 
The programme shall be reviewed in the course of the 
third year; this review may lead to a revision of the 
programmes effective at the beginning of the fourth year, 
following the appropriate procedures, and after the 
Committee referred to in Article 4 has been consulted. 
The Council and the European Parliament shall be 
informed as a result of the review. The appropriations estimated as necessary for the 
execution of the programmes amount to 105 million 
ECU, including expenditure on a staff of 27, subdivided 
as follows: 
— Protection of the environment: 80 million ECU, 19 
staff; 
— Climatology: 20 million ECU, five staff; 
— Major technological hazards: five million ECU, three 
staff. 
The programme shall be reviewed in the course of the 
second year; this review may lead to a revision of the 
programmes effective at the beginning of the third year, 
following the appropriate procedures, and after the 
Committee referred to in Article 4 has been consulted. 
The Council and the European Parliament shall be 
informed as a result of the review. Article 3 Article 3 
Articles 4, 5 and 6 unchanged 
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ORIGINAL TEXT AMENDED TEXT 
ANNEX 
PARTI 
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 
Scientific content of the programme 
Points 1 to 10 unchanged 
11. Scientific basis of environmental legislation and 
management. 11. Scientific basis of environmental legislation and 
management including the development of scientific criteria 
for environmental impact assessment. 
Concerted Actions 
Points 1 to 6 unchanged 
7. Bird protection. 7. Protection of species; 
new titles: 
8. 'New technologies and environmental protection' 
— environmental impact of new technological processes, 
— environmental impact of new technological products, 
— use of new technologies for environmental protection. 
9. Compatibility of fibres with the environment and health. 
PART II 
CLIMATOLOGY 
Scientific Content of the Programme: 
unchanged 
PART III 
MAJOR TECHNOLOGICAL HAZARDS 
Scientific content of the programme 
A. Physical and chemical phenomena and mitigation of consequences of accidents 
unchanged 
B. Technological aspects Delete 
B.l. Safety and reliability of existing technologies and their 
improvement. 
B.2. Alternative technologies and processes, susceptible of 
increasing the safety of processes, plants and production 
cycles. 
B.3. Instrumentation, for the detection and mitigation of 
high risk situations. 
C. Assessment and management of risks 
unchanged