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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES
COM(78)15final
Brussels,26January1Q78
Proposai
fora
courreILDÉCISION
adoptingaEuropeanEconomicCommunityconcerted
actioninthefieldofanalysisoforganicmicro-
pollutantsinwater
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission)
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TABLEOFCONTENTS
1.Introduction Page3
c..Definition oftheProblem Page4
3.StateofKnowledge andResultsofCOSTProject64bPage4
4.ContentoftheProgramme Page6
5.Durâtion Page8
6.s
Implementation oftheProgramme Page8
7.Financial VolumeandStaff Page8
AnnexIOpinionoftheAdvisoryCommitteefor
Programme Management inEnvironmental
ResearchontheCommission'sproposal
foraconcertedactioninthefield
ofAnalysisofOrganicMicropollutants
inWaterPage10
AnnexIIDraftCouncilDecision
adopting aEuropeanEconomicCommunity
concerted actioninthefieldof
AnalysisofOrganicMicropollutants*-
inWaterPage11
AnnexAtoAnnexII: Page16
DivisionofResearchwork
AnnexBtoAnnexII: Page17
TermsofReference andComposition of
theConcertedActionCommittee

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1)Introduction
Thescopeofthepresentproposalforaconcertedactioninthefield
of"AnalysisofOrganicMicropollutants inWater"istoco-ordinatethe
relevantresearchon'handorplannedinthisfieldintheMemberStates
inthespnritoftheCouncilresolutionof14January1974onaniniti­
aloutlineprogrammeoftheEuropeanCommunities inthefieldof
scienceandtechnology.Theassociation ofinterestedEuropeanNon-
MemberStatesisenvisaged.TheCommissionintendstointroducethe
relevantresearchexecutedintheJointResearchCentreintheconcer­
tedaction.
Thisprojectiscloselylinkedtothe2ndEnvironmental Research
ProgrammeadoptedbytheCouncilinitsdecisionof15March1976.
Itisafurtherdevelopment andextensionofresearchcarriedoutwithin
COSTProject64b"AnalysisofOrganicMicropollutants inWater",1972-
1975.
Theresultsofthisresearchwillprovideimportantinformation onthe
impactofhumanactivities ontheaquaticenvironment,andnecessary
toolsforthesurveillance ofthequalityoftheenvironment .
Theproposedresearchisindirectrelationship withtheCommunity's
ActionProgrammeontheEnvironment,laiddownintheCouncilresolu­
tionof17May1977,inparticulartoTitleII,Chapter2"Preventinq
andreducingthepollutionoffreshandseawater".
Themainaimsoftheprogrammearethefollowing:
-development andassessmentofequipmentandmethodsforthedetec­
tionandquantitative determination oforganicmicropollutants in
wateratlowconcentrations ,
-elaboration andcollection ofdataonthecharacteristics ofsuch
pollutants (e.g.chromatographic data,massspectra)necessaryas
referencefortheidentification ofunknownpollutants,
collectionofinformation onpollutingsubstanceswhichhaveactu­
allybeenidentifiedinvariouswaters(inventoryofpollutants).
Fortheelaboration ofthisproposaltherecommendations givenbythe
Management CommitteeofCOSTProject64bweredulytakenintoaccount.
Theproposalwascomprehensively discussedbytheAdvisoryCommittee
onProgrammeManagementforEnvironmental Research.Itsopinionis
giveninAnnex1.

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2)Definition oftheProblem
Asaconsequence ofindustrialactivities andoftheuseofalarge
numberofchemicalsforcropprotection andforvariouspurposes,huge
amountsoforganicsubstances,arereleasedintotheenvironment .A
substantial fractionofthemendsupinthehydrosphere .Inthereport
"Acomprehensive listofpollutingsubstances whichhavebeenidenti­
fiedinvariousfreshwaters,effluentdischarges,aquaticanimalsand
plants,andbottomsediments"(Doc.EUCO/MDU/73/76),established with­
intheframeworkofCOSTProject64b,morethan1.200differentsubstan­
cesarerecorded.Itisassumedthatthisisonlyasmallfractionof
thewhole.
Manyofthesecompoundshavebeenprovedtobetoxictohumansand
animallife(e.g.,anumberofcarcinogenic compounds havebeeniden­
tified)orhaveseriousecological consequences .Itisnecessaryto
evaluatethepotentialriskstomanfromintakeviadrinkingwateror
thefoodchain.Ithasbeenshownthatpartofthesecompoundsarenotor
onlypartially removedduringtheprocessing ofdrinkingwater;there
isevidencethatsomeofthemareconvertedtomoretoxicderivatives
duringchlorination orozonization ofdrinkingwater.
Anessentialconditionfortheassessment ofthehazardstomanandthe
environment isaconsolidated knowledge onthepresenceandconcentra­
tionsofthesecompoundsintheaqueousenvironment .Reliableanalyti­
calmethodsfortheirdetermination havetobeavailable .
Thelowconcentrations andthegreatvarietyofcompoundsinthesam­
plespresentconsiderable problemsfortheirseparation,detectionand
quantitative determination ;atpresent,chromatographi cmethods,incom­
binationwithadequatedetectiondevices,thussophisticated andexpen­
siveequipment,offerthebestpossibilities tosolvetheseproblems.
Theanalytical methodshavetobecomplemented byproceduresfor
samplingandsamplepreparation .
3)StateofKnowledge andResultsofCOSTProject64b
COSTProject64b"AnalysisofOrganicMicropollutantsinWater"was
executedfromNovember1972untiltheendof1975.TheProjectwas
basedonanagreementconcludedbetweenthegovernments oftheFederal
RepublicofGermany,France,Ireland,Italy,Netherlands,UnitedKing­
dom,Denmark,Spain,Yugoslavia,Norway,PortugalandSwitzerland .25
nationalresearchprojects,includingresearchexecutedintheJoint
ResearchCentreoftheEuropeanCommunities,werecoordinated .
TheessentialresultsarepresentedinthefinalreportoftheManage­
mentCommittee (Doc.EUCO/MDU/74/76).

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COSTProject64bfollowedessentially 6researchlines:
1)Inthefieldofsamplingandsampletreatment methodsforseparating
organicsubstances fromwaterandpre-treating theextracts,sothat
theyareinaformsuitableforpresentation toequipmentforsepa­
rationanddetection,weredeveloped andevaluated.
2)Theaimsoftheprojectwithregardtoseparation anddetection
techniqueswereessentially theevaluation oftheperformance of
chromatographic equipment andofseparation anddetection methods
bymeansofcircularanalysistests.Trainingcoursesforadvanced
methodshavebeensuccessfully organised.
3)Bymeansofacircularanalysisprogramme,theavailableequipment
forcouplinggaschromatographics andmassspectrometers hasbeen
testedinoperational conditions,andimprovedcouplingdevices
havebeendeveloped.
4)Liquidchromatography isacomparatively newtechniqueoffering
possibilities forthedetermination ofnon-volatile compounds.
Specialproceduresforwateranalysisweredeveloped andevaluated
andequipment wastested.
5)Withintheactivities aimedattheacquisition ofreferencedataa
hardcopycollection ofmorethan1000massspectraofpollutants
instandarized formhasbeenestablished ;anextensionofthis
collectiontochromatographic datahasbeenstarted.
6)Asoftwareforprocessing massspectroscopic andchromatographic
databymeansofcomputers hasbeendesignedandalibraryof
spectrahasbeengeneratedwithintheframeworkoftheproject.
Besidesthisworkonmethodology,greatefforthasbeendedicatedto
thedissemination ofresultsonwaterpollution measurements obtained
withintheframeworkoftheproject.Inthissense,acomprehensive
listofpollutants,whichhavebeenidentified intheaquaticenviron­
ment,togetherwithinformation onconcentrations ,analytical methods
andoriginofthesampleswasestablished (Doc.EUC0/MDU/40/74).
ItcanbestatedthatCOSTProject64bhascontributed significantly
totheknowledgeatpresentavailablewhichpermits,inprinciple,the
identification ofvolatileorganiccompoundsinwaterandothermater­
ials.Thesemethodsneedevaluation andrefinementwithregardtotheir
routineapplication .
Asuitablemethodology fordetection,identification andquantitative
determination ofnon-volatile ,polarcompounds hasstilltobedeveloped.
Thereisanurgentneedfortheacquisition,evaluation andcompilation
ofreference data.

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4)ContentoftheProgramme
Takingintoaccountthestateofknowledgeoutlinedaboveandthesuit­
abilityofcertaintypesofresearchprojectsforinclusioninacon­
certedaction,thefollowingprogrammehasbeenestablished :
Asfarastheoverallsubjectisconcerned,i.e.themultidetection
techniquesfortheanalysisoforganicmicropollutantsinwater,the
newprojectshouldbeanextensionofCOSTProject64bwithoutmajor
modifications ofthescope.1Asfarasthisiscompatiblewiththemain
lines,thescopemaybeextendedtotheanalysisofmicropollutants in
othermedia(air,soil)avoiding,however,anexcessivedispersionof
efforts.Emphasiswillbegiventoorganisinginterlaboratorycompari­
sontestsofmethodsalreadyintheearlystateoftheirdevelopment,
andofequipment.
Everyeffortwillbemadetoensureanefficientdissemination of
knowledge,stressingtheaspectsofapplication oftheresultsof
research,andprovisionswillbemadetodisseminate theinformation on
identifiedpollutantstothosebodieswhichareinchargeofevaluating
theireffectsonmanandtheenvironment .
Indetail,thefollowingitemsshouldbecoveredascomprehensively as
possiblewithintheframeworkofthenewprogramme:
1.Samplingandsampletreatment
1.1.Development andimprovement ofmethodsforthequantitative
extractionoforganiccompoundsfromwatersamples,forthe
selectiveisolationofclassesoforganicpollutants,andfor
thephysicalantjchemicaltreatmentofsuchsamples(e.g.
concentration procedures,prefractionation methods,preparation
ofderivatives fromcertainsubstances inordertoincrease
theirvolatility),includingtheorganisation ofinterlabora-
torycomparisontestsforsuchmethodsandevaluationofthe
stabilityofsamplesunderdifferentstorageconditions.
1.2.Development ofsamplingmethodsforseston,sediments,aqua­
ticorganisms,etc.andofproceduresforfurthertreatment
ofthesesamples(extractionofpollutants,etc.).
2.Gaschromatographic analysis
Evaluationoftheefficiencyofdifferenttypesofseparation
techniquesasafunctionofsubstanceclassestobeanalysed,
oftheperformances ofdetectionsystemswithemphasison
specificdetectors,includingtheorganisation ofinterlabo-
ratorycomparisontestsforgaschromatographic equipment.
3.Couplingofgaschromatographs withmassspectrometers
Evaluationoftheperformances ofequipment(couplingdevices,
etc.)includingoutputsystems(multipleiondetection,mass-
fragmentography /»etc.).

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Optimization ofresolution andsensitivity considering the
substanceclassestobeanalysed,includingtheorganisation of
interlaboratory comparisontestsforqualitative andquanti­
tativeanalysis.
4.Separation techniques otherthangaschromatography
4.1.Furtherdevelopment ofmethodsfortheapplication ofliquid
chromatography inwateranalysis,i.e.fortheanalysisof
polarcompounds,andtheevaluation ofavailableequipment,
testsandevaluationofsolidphases,solventmixtures,etc.,
useofliquidchromatography forsamplepre-fractionation and
purification beforeapplication ofotherseparation techniques,
includingtheorganisation ofinterlaboratory comparisontests.
4.2.Development andimprovement ofdetectiondevices,i.e.of
universally applicabledetectors,andcomparisonoftheir
performances ,andofequipmentforthecouplingofliquidchro­
matography equipmenttomassspectrometers .
4.3.Otherseparation techniques whichmightprovesuitablefor
wateranalysis (e.g.certainaspectsofthinlayerchromato­
graphy).
5.Processing andcollectionofchromatographic andspectroscopic
data
5.1.Editionofhard-copy massspectracollections andchromatogra­
phicdatasheetsincludingreferencestootherspectroscopic
data,togetherwithadequateindexingformanualretrieval.
5.2.Continuation ofthebuild-upofthecomputerized spectrum
libraryincludingnecessaryinformation onseparation and
detectioncharacteristics ;introduction oflinkstosubstance-
orientated databanks(e.g.ECDIN).
6.Collection anddissemination ofdataonorganicmicropollutants
inwater.
6.1.Continuation ofthebuild-upofaninventoryofidentified
waterpollutants withtheaidofcomputers;periodicalpubli­
cationofupdatedinventories .
6.2.Collection,interpretation andpublication ofinformation on
conversion anddegradation pathwaysoforganicwaterpollu­
tants,andotherrelevantinformation resultingfromthepro­
gramme,withparticular emphasisontheeffectsofwater
treatment onorganicwaterpollutants .
TheMemberCountrieswillintroduceintheconcertedactionthe
relevantresearchonhandorplanned,andtheyendeavourto
«xplorethepossibilities oflaunching newprojectsinorder
tofillgapslikelytobeidentified.TheCommissionwillintroduce
therelevantresearchexecutedbyitsJointResearchCentreinthe
concertedaction.6.1

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InAnnexAtoAnnexII(DecisionoftheCouncil)atableindicating the
initialparticipation ofthedifferentcountriesinthedifferentre-i
searchtopicsisgiven.Itisanticipated thatfurtherprojectswillbe
includedasprogressive co-ordination inthisfieldevolves.
AnumberofEuropeanNon-Member Stateshavealreadyshownastronginter­
esttobeassociatedtotheCommunityConcertedActionwithintheframe­
workofanagreementbetweentheCommunity andthesestates.
5)Duration
Adurationof4yearsisproposedforthisconcertedaction.
6)Implementation oftheprogramme
Theprojectisimplemented asa"concertedaction"-Itiscloselylinked
totheEnvironmental ResearchProgrammeoftheEuropeanCommunities -
(IndirectAction).TheMemberStateswillsubjectallon-goingorplan­
nedgovernment-sponsored researchprojectscoveredbytheprogramme
toacoordination -withintheframeworK uitheconcertedactionand
informtheotherparticipating countries onresults,planning,etc.
AConcertedActionCommitteewillbeestablished,inwhichtheMember
Statesandassociated Non-Member StatesandtheCommission arerepre­
sentedbyadelegate,whomaybeassistedbyexperts.Thetermsof
referenceofthisCommitteearegiveninAnnexBtoAnnexII
TheCommissionwillinagreementwiththisComrnitteeappointaproject
leaderwhowillassisttheCommission inthecoordination .
ThecompetenceoftheAdvisoryCommittee onProgramme Managementfor
Environmental Researchcoversalsotheimplementation ofthisprogramme;
thiscommitteeis,inparticular,dulyqualifiedforgivingthisre­
searchitsproperplacewithintheoverallenvironmental research
programmme oftheEuropeanCommunities .
7)Financial VolumeandStaff
Thefinancial volumeofthenationalresearchtobeintroduced bythe
MemberStatesintheconcertedactionisestimatedateightmillion
EUA(1)fora4-yearperiod.Thisestimateisbasedonthecontributions
toCOSTProject64b.
(1)AmountsexpressedinEuropeanUnitesofAccount,whichareappli­
cableasof1978andthevalueofwhichisdifferent fromthat
ofthe"old"unitofaccount.

Thecostofco-ordination ,chargedtotheCommunitybudget,isestima­
tedat600.000EUA(1)forthe4-yearperiod.Thesecostsincludesalaries
forsecretarial andscientificstaff(2)involvedintheco-ordination,
expensesforexperts,fororganisingmeetingsandsymposiaandfor
publications .Thisestimateincludesalsoexpensesforthedevelopment
ofcomputerprograms,whichmayhavetobecommissioned tospecialized
institutions,andforthemaintenance ofdatabases.
CDAmountsexpressedinEuropeanUnitsofAccount,whichare
applicableasof1978andthevalueofwhichisdifferentfrom
thatofthe"old"unitofaccount.
(2)Theallocationof1Aand1Ctothisconcertedactionisrequested.
Itisintendedtopoolthisstaffwithsuchallocatedtoother
concertedactionsinthefieldofenvironmental researchapproved
orproposed,inviewofanoptimumefficiencyoftbeoverall
co-ordination ofEuropeanresearch.

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AnnexI
Opinion
oftheAdvisoryCommitteeforProgramme Management
inEnvironmental ResearchontheCommission proposal
foraconcertedactioninthefieldof
AnalysisofOrganicMicropollutants inwater
TheAdvisoryCommitteeforProgramme Management inEnvironmental Re­
searchexaminedcomprehensively duringitsmeetingof28thJune1977
theCommission'sproposalforaconcertedactioninthefieldof
AnalysisofOrganicMicropollutantsinWateranditsrelationtothe
programmes ofdirectandindirectaction.
TheCommitteeagreedunanimously thattheproposalmeetstheresearch
needsintheCommunity,andthatthescientific andtechnicalcontent
issound.
TheCommittee recommended thatinimplementing thisprogramme emphasis
begiventoaspeedydissemination ofknowledge andtoacarefuleva­
luationoftheresultswithregardtotheirpracticalapplication .
TheCommitteeagreedthattheconcertedactionfitswellintothe
overallEuropeanresearcheffortofdirectandindirectaction.It
wouldcontribute tothebroaderco-ordination ofenvironmental research
withwhichtheACPMisconcerned.Thesuccessful collaboration with
Europeannon-member statesduringCOST-project 64bshouldcontinue,and
greatimportance shouldtherefore begiventotheirassociation tot.'ie
concertedaction.
TheCommitteestressedthatadequatefinancial meansandstaffbeallo­
catedtothisprogrammeinordertoensureanefficientco-ordination
towhichitwashopedJRCwouldcontribute.

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Annex II
COUNCIL DECISION
adopting aEuropean Economic Community
concerted action inthe field of
Analysis ofOrganic Micropollutants inWater
THECOUNCIL OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic
Community ,and inparticular Article 235thereof .
Having regard totheproposal from theCommission ,
Having regard tothe Opinion ofthe European Parliament
Whereas oyvirtue ofArticle 2oftheTreaty theCommunity hasbeen
assignea thetask ofpromoting throughout theCommunity aharmonious
development ofeconomic activities ,acontinuous andbalanced expansion
and anaccelerated raising ofthe standard ofliving ;
Whereas intnedeclaration of22November 1973 (1)the Council approved
theprinciples andobjectives ofaCommunity environmental policy and
thegeneral description oftheactions tobeundertaken atCommunity
level ;whereas inthe Resolution of17May 1977 (2)theCouncil approved
thecontinuation anoimplementation ofaCommunity policy andaction
programme ontheenvironment ;
Whereas initsDecision 76^311/EEC (3)the Council adopted anenviron­
mental research programme ;
Whereas initsDecision 77/488/EEC/EURATOM (4)theCouncil adopted a
research programme forthe3oint Research Centre ;
(1) OJN°C112,20.12.1973 ,p. 1
(2)OJN°C139,13.6.1977 ,p.1
(3) OJN°L 74,20.3.1976 ,p.36
(4) OJN°L200,8.8.1977 ,p.4

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WhereasinitsResolutionof14January1974onaninitialoutlinepro­
grammeoftheEuropeanCommunities inthefieldofscienceandtechno­
logy(4),theCouncilstressedthatanappropriate approachshouldbe
adoptedtowardsthewholerangeofavailable waysandmeans,including
concertedactions,andthatwheneveritprovesdesirablethatthird
countries,particularly Europeanones,shouldbeassociatedinthese
projects,stepsshouldbetakentomakethispossible;
Whereas,initsResolutionof14January1974oninparticular theco­
ordinationofnationalpoliciesinthefieldofscienceandtechnology
(2),theCouncilentrustedtheCommunityInstitutions withthetaskof
graduallyensuringsuchco-ordination ,aidedbytheScientific and
TechnicalResearchCommittee (CREST);
WhereasaresearchprojectontheAnalysisofOrganicMicropollutants
inWater,carriedoutunderanAgreementsigned23November1971inthe
frameworkofEuropeanCo-operation inthefieldofScientific and
TechnicalResearch(COST)(COSTProject64b),producedveryencouraging
results;
Whereasaconcerted CommunityresearchprojectinthefieldofAnalysis
ofOrganicMicropollutants inWater,continuing andextending COST
Project64b,willcontributeeffectively totheachievement ofthe-
above-mentioned aims,inparticular withregardtothereductionof
environmental pollution;
WhereastheMemberStatesintend,aspartoftherulesandprocedures
applicabletotheirnationalprogrammes,tocarryouttheresearch
describedinAnnexA,andarepreparedtointegrate suchresearchinto
aprocessofco-ordination atCommunityleveloveraperiodoffour
years;
Whereastheexecution ofsuchresearch asdescribed inAnnexAwill
requirefinancialcontributions ofabouteightmillioneuropsanunits
ofaccountfromtheMemberStatesar.dfromtheCommunity;
WhereastheTreatydoesnotprovidethespecificpowersnecessaryfor
thispurpose;
WhereastheScientific andTechnical ResearchCommittee (CREST)has
givenitsopinionontheCommission proposal,
(1)OJNoC7,29.1.1974,p.6
(2)OJNoC7-29.1.1974,p.2

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HASDECIDEDASFOLLOWS:
Article 1
TheCommunityshallcarryoutoveraperiod.offour.yearsaconcerted
actioninthefieldofAnalysisofOrganicMicropollutantsinWater
(hereinafter referredtoas"theaction").
Theactionshallconsistintheco-ordination atCommunitylevelofthe
researchdescribedinAnnexAandformingpartofthenationalre­
searchprogrammesoftheMemberStatesandoftheresearchprogramme
oftheCommunity.
Article2
TheCommissionshallberesponsible fortheco-ordination .
Article3
Thefinancialcontribution bytheCommunitytosuchco-ordination is
evaluatedat600.000EuropeanUnitsofAccount,theEuropeanUnitof
Accountbeingdefinedinaccordancewiththefinancialregulations
inforce.
Astaffoftwoshallbeassignedtothecoordination -oftheaction.
Article4
Toassistincarryingputtheaction,aConcertedActionCom­
mitteeontheAnalysisofOrganicMicropollutantsinWater,herein­
afterreferredtoas"theCommittee",isherebyestablished.
AprojectleadershallbeappointedbytheCommissioninagreement
withtheCommittee.Theprojectleadershall,inparticular,assist
theCommission initsco-ordination .

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Theterms ofreference andthe composition ofthe Committee are
laid down inAnnex B«TheCommittee shall draw upitsrules of
procedure .Itssecretariat shall be ,provided bytheCommission .
Article 5
Ca)Inaccordance with aprocedure tobeadopted bytheCommission in
agreement with theCommittee ,theMember States participating inthe
action andthe Community shall exchange regularly all useful informa­
tion concerning thecarrying outoftheresearch covered "bytheaction .
Theparticipating Member States shall provide theCommission with all
information relevant fortheco-ordination purposes .They shall also
endeavour toprovide theCommission with information onsimilar
research planned orcarried outbybodies forwhich they arenot
responsible .Any information shall betreated asconfidential ifso
requested bytheMember State which provides it.
(b)TheCommission shall prepare yearly progress reports onthebasis of
the information supplied ,and shall forward them totheMember States
and the European Parliament .
(c)Attheend oftheco-ordination period ,theCommission ,inagreement
with theCommittee ,shall forward totheMember States andthe Euro­
pean Parliament ageneral report onthecarrying outand theresults ofthe
co-ordination action .TheCommission shall publish this report six
months after ithas been forwarded totheMember States ,unless a
Member State objects -Inthis case the report shall bedistributed ,
attheir request ,solely totheinstitutions andundertakings whose
research orproduction activities justify access totheknowledge
resulting from theperformance oftheresearch covered bytheprefect .
TheCommission maymake arrangements toensure that the report remains
confidential and isnotpassed ontothird parties .
Article 6
1.Inaccordance with Article 228ofthe Treaty ,theCommunity may
conclude agreements with other States involved inEuropean Co­
operation inthe field ofScientific and Technical Research
(COST )with aview toextending theco-ordination which isthe
subject ofthis Decision toresearch undertaken inthose States .
2.TheCommission ishereby authorized tonegotiate theagreements
referred toinparagraph 1.

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Article7
ThisDecisionshallbepublishedintheOfficialJournalofthe
EuropeanCo«n,un,ties.Itshalltakeeffectonthedayofitspubl
DoneatBrussels,
FortheCouncil
ThePresident

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ANALYSIS OFORGANICMICROPOLLUTANTS INWATER
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AnnexBtoAnnexII
TERMSOFREFERENCE ANDCOMPOSITION OFTHECONCERTED ACTIONCOMMITTEE
ANALYSIS OFORGANICMICROPOLLUTANTS INWATER
1. TheCommitteeshall:
1.1.contributetotheoptimumexecutionoftheprogramme by
givingitsopiniononallofitsaspects;
1.2.evaluatetheresultsanddrawconclusions astotheir
application;
1.3.beresponsible fortheexchangeofinformation referred
toinArticle5(a);
1.4.keepabreastofnationalresearchbeingdoneinthefields
coveredbytheproject,andmoreespeciallyofscientific
andtechnicaldevelopments likelytoaffecttheexecution
oftheconcertedaction;
1.5.suggestguidelinestotheprojectleader.
TheCommittee'sreportsandopinionsshallbeforwardedto
theCommission andtheMemberStatesparticipating inthe
project.TheCommission shallforwardtheseopinionsto
CREST
3. TheCommitteeshallbecomposedofthepersonsresponsible
forco-ordinating thenationalcontributions tothepro­
gramme,onedelegateoftheCommission responsible forits
contribution ,andtheprojectleader.Eachmembermaybe
accompanied byexperts.

FINANCIAL DATAι
BUDGET CHAPTER :3371
HEADING 07THEBUDGET TITLE 1
Implementation ofconcerted action projects ontheanalysis of
organic micropollutants inwater .
JURIDICAL BASIS * 235
DESCRIPTION ,OBJECTIVES ANDJUSTIFICATION OFACTION
^•1*Description t
Coordination ofthemost important research work ,inprogress
orplanned intheMember States ,inthefield oftheanalysis
ofmicropollutants inwater .Theassociation ofEuropean
non-member States isalso likely .
H.2»Objectives r
Development andextension ofresearch work performed
under COST Project 64b (1972-75 ).
Justification t
Theproposed research isinline with theSecond Environmental
Research Programme (Council Decision of15March 1976 ).It
hasadirect bearing ontheCouncil Resolution of14January
1974 andontheCommunities' Action Programme ontheEnvironment ,
especially Chapet 2ofTitle IIofthe Council Resolution of
17May 1977 . !

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«po TOTAL FINANCIAL INCIDENCE OPACTION ©UKIN3 THETERM ENVISAGED
(inEUA )
5»0 »Funded :
-onCommunity budget 600.000
-bynational administrations i i
{8.000.000
-byother sectors atnational level
TOTAL 8.600.000 EUA
5-0.0 .Multiannual term
COMMITMENT inEUA
;1978
»
I
i 1ι
|1979 1980 !1981
Staff
Manag .
Contractsi
86.000
14.000
25.000 j93.OOO
'27.OOO
45.000100.000
30.000
30.000107.000
33.000
10.000
j
TOTAL 125.000 I65.OOO 160.000 150.000
PAYMENT
1978S
1979 1980 1981
Staff
Manag .
Contracts!
86.000
14.000
25.00093.000
27.000
45.000100.000
30.000
30.000107.000
33.000
10.000
TOTAL 1125.000 I65 .OOO 160.000 150.000
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5«0.1 .Evaluation method
a)Staff expenditure
Thestaff needs forthis programme areestimated
at:
1category Astaff
3cmrte<rff<ygyxBxg*s.trg
1category Cstaff
Inaddition tostaff number estimates ,theevaluation
take account ofthedata oftheCouncil Decision of
21.12.1976 ,ontheadaptation ofsalary ofEuropean
Community staff andapplicable correction coefficients
adding toit–onahypothetical basis –possible needs
originating from thegeneral evolution ofprices
the Community .
Therates adopted arethose used forthecalculation
ofthethree-year forecast 1978/1980 .Theevaluation
ofexpenditure increases uptol98l hasbeen made on
thebasis ofthefollowing indices :108s 1Q79
116:1980,124:1981. *
to)Contracts expenditures
Inview ofthenature ofthesubject and the .qualification ofthecontractors ,auniform method
oftheevaluation cannot beestablished .
Incidence onthefunds 1
-Community income taxonstaff
-Functionaries contribution forretirement fund
»• FUNDING ACTION
6.0 .
6.1.
6.2 .
6.3. Funds toboincluded infuture (s)budget (a)