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(Preparatory Acts) 
COMMISSION 
Proposal for a Council Decision amending Council Decision 83/624/EEC concerning a plan for 
the transnational development of the supporting infrastructure for innovation and technology 
transfer 
COM(86) 483 final 
(Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 16 October 1986) 
(86/C 278/03) 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, 
Having regard to Council Decision 83/624/EEC of 25 November 1983 concerning a plan for 
the transnational development of the supporting infrastructure for innovation and technology 
transfer (1983 to 1985), and in particular Article 6 and Annexes I and II (F) (') thereof, 
Whereas it is for the Commission to establish the annual list of priority actions for 1985; 
Whereas the priority actions for 1983, as set out in Annex III to Decision 83/624/EEC were 
continued through 1984; 
Whereas the results already obtained through the priority actions implemented justify the 
continuation and intensification of the work undertaken; 
Whereas the Consultative Committee for Innovation and Technology Transfer (CIT), having 
been consulted in accordance with Annex II (F) to Decision 83/624/EEC, has given a 
favourable opinion, 
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS: 
Article 1 
The list of priority actions for 1985 is set out in the Annex. This list will remain in force in 
1986 unless a new list of priority actions is established. 
Article 2 
This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the 
European Communities. 
O OJ No L 353, 15. 12. 1983, p. 15. 
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ANNEX A 
PRIORITY ACTIONS FOR 1985 
1. Support for the establishment and initial activities of liaison mechanisms between advisory bodies on 
technology and management, particularly for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). 
2. Organization of transnational activities and dissemination on a Community-wide scale of information 
concerning innovation and technology transfer in particular: 
(a) research and development results; 
(b) technologies developed in regions of the world where information is difficult to obtain; 
(c) opportunities for cooperation between business concerns, particularly SMEs; 
(d) supply and demand in transferable technologies, e. g. through technological data bases, exchanges 
and exhibitions; 
(e) industrial property and innovation; 
(f) technical standards and regulations. 
3. Organization of activities designed to facilitate innovation financing and, in particular, continued 
support for liaison mechanisms between organizations financing venture capital. 
4. Within the framework of the Consultative Committee for innovation and Technology Transfer, as a 
first step towards concertation, exchanges of information, experience and opinions on national and 
Community measures designed to promote innovation and technology transfer, on their effects and their 
efficiency. In this context, identification of new opportunities for transnational action and proposals for 
their realization. 
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ANNEX B 
Actions proposed by the Commission and examined by the CIT in 1984/85 under the plan for the transnational development of the 
supporting infrastructure for innovation and technology transfer 
I. HUMAN NETWORKS AND LIAISON 
MECHANISMS 
1. Consultative Services 
Action 1: 
Promotion of transnational cooperation between 
technology and management advisory services to small 
and medium-sized enterprises 
Action 5: 
Exploratory visits for industrial information transfer 
agents within the Community 
Action 6: 
Transnational secondments between industrial infor­
mation transfer agents 
Action 14: 
Long-term transnational secondments between 
industrial information transfer agents 
Action 22: 
Contact points and guided visits at technology fairs 
Action 13: 
European Association for the Transfer of 
Technologies, Innovation and Industrial Information 
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2. Venture Capital 
Action 3: 
'European Venture Capital Association' (October— 
December 1984) 
Action 16: 
Continuation of EVCA activities in 1985 and 1986 
3. Design 
Action 23: 
Liaison mechanism between industrial design 
promotion organizations 
4. Local Authorities 
Action 10: 
Feasibility study concerning a STCELA technical 
periodical 
Action 11: 
Feasibility study concerning a STCELA transnational 
information service on pilot schemes and 
demonstration projects in the field of new local 
government technologies 
Action 12: 
Local authority actions in household refuse treatment 
and vehicle fleet management Favourable 
opinion from 
the CIT 1984 
for a total of 
(ECU) 
1 000 000 
100 000 
100 000 
150 000 
— 
150 000 
60 000 
160 000 
— 
5 000 
5 000 
130 000 Favourable 
opinion from 
the CIT 1985 
for a total of 
(ECU) 
2 700 000 
— 
—' , 
— 
210 000 
120 000 
— 
100 000 
350 000 
— Cumulative 
total 
3 700 000 
100 000 
100 000 
150 000 
210 000 
270 000 
60 000 
260 000 
350 000 
5 000 
5 000 
130 000 Committed by the end of 1985 
in ECU 
2 458 460 
100 000 
100 000 
150 000 
210 000 
270 000 
60 000 
260 000 
351 000 
— As % of 
engagement 
66 
100 
100 
100 
100 
100 
100 
100 
100 
0 
0 
0 
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II. STRENGTHENING THE FOUNDATIONS 
Action 4: 
Promotion of the 'Europeanization' of conferences on 
technology and innovation 
Action 2: 
Technology awareness scheme on the results of research 
in Europe (EuroTechAlert) 
Action 15A: 
Access to Japanese scientific and technological infor­
mation 
Action 15B: 
Survey of user wishes with respect to Japanese infor­
mation 
Action 18: 
Telefax network 
Action 9: 
European exchange network for licence offers and 
requests 
Action 24A: 
Community contribution to the Greek programme for 
improving the use of patents in Greece 
Action 7: 
Comparative index of European standards (ICONE) 
III. CONCERTATION 
Action 20: 
Revision and new edition of 'Incentives for Industrial 
Research, Development and Innovation' 
Action 8: 
Improving the utilization of the results of publicly funded 
research 
Action 21: 
Interim assessment at national level of Actions taken 
under the plan 
Total Favourable 
opinion from 
the CIT 1984 
for a total of 
(ECU) 
400 000 
200 000 
— 
— 
— 
(') 
— 
— 
— 
— 
— 
2 460 000 Favourable 
opinion from 
the CIT 1985 
for a total of 
(ECU) 
800 000 
— 
20 000 
20 000 
50 000 
125 000 
200 000 
37 500 
350 000 
100 000 
5 182 500 Cumulative 
total 
1 200 000 
200 000 
'20 000 
20 000 
50 000 
125 000 
200 000 
37 500 
350 000 
100 000 
7 642 500 Committed by 
in ECU 
699 900 
200 000 
— 
— 
55 000 
125 000 
192 200 
37 500 
185 000 
58 750 
5 512 810 he end of 1985 
As % of 
engagement 
58 
100 
0 
0 
110 
100 
96 
100 
53 
59 
72 
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