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its actual expenditure, while observing the 
maximum eligible amounts laid down in the first 
subparagraph: 
— 70 % for the work referred to in Article 4. 
However, this amount may not exceed 60 % 
of the total cost of the investment, 
— 70 % for the measures and work referred to 
in Articles 10 (1) and 14 (1), 
— 60 % for the work and measures referred to 
in Articles 6, 8 and 12(1).' 
(b) Paragraph 2a is replaced by the following;: 
'2a. The Commission may on the occasion of 
the approval, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 21, of an adjustment of the 
programme referred to in Article 1 (4) alter the 
limits set in the first subparagraph of paragraph 2, 
but without exceeding the estimated cost specified 
in Article 16 (3). 
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day 
following its publication in the Official Journal of the 
European Communities. 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and 
directly applicable in all Member States. 
Recommendation for a Council Decision on the conclusion of a Protocol to the Agreement 
establishing an Association between the European Economic Community and the Republic of 
Malta consequent on the accession of the Kingdom of Spain and the Portuguese Republic to the 
Community 
COM(88) 582 final 
(Submitted by the Commission on 20 October 1988) 
(88/C 294/06) 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in 
particular Article 238 thereof, 
Having regard to the recommendation from the Commission, 
Having regard to the assent of the European Parliament ('), 
Whereas the Protocol to the Association Agreement between the European Economic 
Community and the Republic of Malta (2) signed at La Valetta on 5 December 1970 should be 
approved, in order to take into account the accession of the Kingdom of Spain and the 
Portuguese Republic to the Community, 
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS: 
Article 1 
The Protocol to the Association Agreement between the European Economic Community and 
the Republic of Malta consequent on the accession of the Kingdom of Spain and the 
Portuguese Republic to the Community is hereby approved on behalf of the Community. 
The text of the Protocol is attached to this Decision. 
(') Opinion published in the Official Journal of the European Communities. 
(2) OJ No L 61, 14. 3. 1971, p. 1. 
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Article 2 
The President of the Council shall give the notification provided for in Article 26 of the 
Protocol (x). 
Article 3 
This Decision shall take effect on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the 
European Communities. 
(') The Protocol and the date of entry into force will be published in the Official Journal of the European 
Communities by the General Secretariat of the Council. 
Amended proposal for a Council Decision to adopt a first multiannual programme (1988 to 
1993) for biotechnology-based agro-industrial research and technology development (L) — 
'Eclair' (European collaborative linkage of agriculture and industry through research) 
COM(88) 602 final — SYN 113 
(Submitted by the Commission pursuant to Article 149 (3) of the EEC Treaty on 28 October 1988) 
(88/C 294/07) 
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, 
In cooperation with the European Parliament, 
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and 
Social Committee, 
Whereas Article 130K of the Treaty stipulates that the 
framework programme shall be implemented through 
specific programmes developed within each of its ac­
tivities; 
Whereas by Decision 87/516/Euratom, EEC of 28 
September 1987 the Council has adopted a framework 
programme of Community research, and technological 
development (1987 to 1991) (2), providing for activities 
to be implemented to ensure the exploitation and 
optimum use of biological resources; Whereas the abovementioned Decision 87/516/Euratom, 
EEC stipulates that a specific objective of Community 
research must be to strengthen the scientific and techno­
logical basis of European industry, particularly in 
strategic sectors of advanced technology, and to 
encourage industry by making it more competitive at the 
international level; whereas the same Decision also lays 
down that Community action is justified if it contributes, 
among other things, to enhancing the Community's 
economic and social cohesion and to encouraging its 
overall harmonious development, while at the same time 
being consistent with the pursuit of scientific and 
technical excellence; whereas the Eclair programme is 
intended to contribute to the pursuit of these objectives; 
Whereas the specialized skills and capabilities relevant to 
agro-industrial development are numerous, and Europe's 
most internationally competitive capabilities are located 
in diverse Member States, mutual benefit shall be derived 
from collaboration in a Community programme; 
Whereas the European Parliament, in its assessment of 
the potential for 'biotechnology in the European farming 
industry' (3) and of 'biotechnology in Europe and the 
need for an integrated policy' (4), has emphasized that it 
must be used to promote an agricultural policy 
(«) OJ No C 62, 5. 3. 1988, p. 7. 
(2) OJ No L 302, 24. 10. 1987, p. 1. O OJ No C 76, 23. 3. 1987, p. 22. 
(4) OJ No C 76, 23. 3. 1987, p. 25.