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(Preparatory Acts) 
COMMISSION 
Proposal for a Council Decision adopting a specific research and technological development 
programme of the European Economic Community in the fields of raw materials and recycling 
(1990 to 1992) 
COM(88) 795 final — SYN 188 
(Submitted by the Commission on 31 January 1989) 
(89/C 52/09) 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 
Economic Community and in particular Article 130 (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 130 K of the Treaty provides that the 
famework programme shall be implemented through 
specific programmes developed within each activity; 
Whereas by its Decision of 87/156/Euratom, EEC ('), 
the Council has adopted a framework programme of 
Community research and technological development 
(1987 to 1991) providing, inter alia, for activities in the 
field of raw materials and recycling; 
Whereas that Decision provides that a particular aim of 
Community research shall be to contribute to the compe­
titiveness of traditional and new industrial sectors of the 
Community, by satisfying their requirements in raw 
materials, and recycling; 
Whereas that Decision provides that a particular aim of 
Community research shall be to strengthen the scientific 
and technological basis of European industy and to 
encourage it to the strengthening of the economic and 
social cohesion of the Community and the promotion of 
its overall harmonious development, while being 
consistent with the pursuit of scientific and technical 
quality; Whereas Council Decision 86/235/EEC (2)~decided on a 
research programme on materials (raw materials and 
advanced materials) (1986 to 1989), and the ongoing 
research activities have clearly demonstrated the utility of 
Community actions in the fields of raw materials and 
recycling; 
Whereas it is necessary to react adequately to the interest 
shown by the industry in transnational cooperation; 
Whereas the participation of organizations from EFTA 
countries in industrially-oriented R&D projects, under 
appropriate conditions, may contribute to the competi­
tiveness of industry as a whole; 
Whereas it is in the Community's interest to consolidate 
the scientific and technical basis of European research by 
means of the involvement to a greater extent of the 
EFTA countries in certain Community programmes, 
particularly in programmes involving cooperation in 
research and development of primary and strategic 
metals production and recycling of secondary materials 
and wood; 
Whereas the implementation of concerted actions in the 
COST framework is an essential element to complement 
industrially-oriented R&D projects; 
Whereas the Scientific and Technical Research 
Committee (CREST) has been consulted, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION: 
Article 1 
A specific research and technological development 
programme for the European Economic Community in 
(') OJ No L 302, 24. 10. 1987, p. 1. (2) OJ No L 159, 14. 6. 1986, p. 36. 
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the fields of raw materials and recycling, as defined in 
Annex I, is hereby adopted for a period of three years, 
from 1 January 1990. 
Article 2 
The amount deemed necessary for the execution of the 
programme is ECU 45 million including expenditure on 
a staff of 17. 
Article 3 
Detailed rules for the implementation of the programme 
and the rate of the Community's financial participation 
are set out in Annex II. 
Article 4 
1. In the second year of the programme implemen­
tation, the Commission shall undertake a review of the 
programme and report to the Council and to the 
European Parliament on the result of this review, 
together, if necessary, with any proposals for modifi­
cation or prolongation. 
2. An evaluation of the results achieved shall be 
conducted before the end of the programme by the 
Commission which shall report thereon to the Council 
and the European Parliament. 
3. The abovementioned reports shall be established 
having regard to the objectives set out in Annex III to 
this Decision and in conformity with the provisions of 
Article 2 (2) of Decision 87/516/Euratom, EEC on the 
framework programme. 
Article 5 
1. The Commission shall be responsible for the 
execution of the programme. 
2. The Commission shall be assisted by a Committee 
of an advisory nature, hereinafter referred to as 'the 
Committee' composed of the representatives of the 
Member States and chaired by the representative of the 
Commission. 
3. Contracts concluded by the Commission shall 
govern the rights and obligations of each party, in 
particular arrangements for the dissemination, protection 
and exploitation of research results. Article 6 
1. The Commission shall submit to the Committee a 
draft of the measures to be taken. The Committee shall 
deliver its opinion within a time limit which the 
Chairman may lay down according to urgency of the 
matter, if necessary by taking a vote. 
2. The opinion shall be recorded in the minutes of the 
Comittee; in addition, each Member State shall have the 
right to have its opinion recorded in the minutes. 
3. The Commission shall take the utmost account of 
the opinion delivered by the Committee. It shall inform 
the Committee of the manner in which its opinion has 
been taken into account. 
Article 7 
1. Where framework agreements for scientific and 
technical cooperation between non-Community 
European countries and the European Communities have 
been concluded, organizations and enterprises estab­
lished in those countries may, under appropriate 
conditions to be defined by the Commission, become 
partners in a project undertaken within the programme. 
For each such project, the Committee referred to in 
Article 5 shall assist the Commission in defining those 
conditions. 
2. No contractor established outside the Community 
who participates as a partner in a project undertaken 
within the programme shall be entitled to Community 
financing intended for the programme. The contractor 
will contribute to general administrative expenses. 
Article 8 
For the parts 'renewable raw materials' and 'recycling of 
waste R & D', the Commission is hereby authorized to 
negotiate, in accordance with Article 130N of the 
Treaty, agreements with non-member States and interna­
tional organizations, in particular with those countries 
participating in European cooperation in the field of 
scientific and technological research (COST), and those 
having concluded framework agreements for scientific 
and technical cooperation with the Community, with a 
view to associating them wholly or partly with these 
parts of the programme. 
Article 9 
This Decision is addressed to the Member States. 
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ANNEX I 
(A) OBJECTIVES 
The principle objective of the programme is to help enhance the competitive position of the Community's 
industries involved with raw materials and recycling in world markets. A programme of research and devel­
opment will help to provide the technology base required for strategic, innovative developments in support 
of the supply and processing of raw materials, both minerals and renewables, and recycling. 
(B) TECHNICAL CONTENT 
Primary raw materials 
(1) Exploration: 
Ore genesis, geochemical methods, geophysical methods, remote sensing and multidata correlation, 
drilling technology. 
(2) Mining technology: 
Development of new mining methods and improvement of existing ones, rock fracturing, support 
systems, load and transportation systems, modelling and simulations in mining operations, specific 
equipment for small size mines. 
(3) Mineral processing and extractive metallurgy: 
Process innovation and process intensification, processing of high purity metals and multielement 
compounds, industrial minerals, treatment of metallurgical residues and tailings, modelling simulation 
and automatic control in mineral processing and extractive metallurgy. 
Recycling of non-ferrous metals and strategic metals 
(1) Characterization and classification of secondary materials 
(2) Physical separation and concentration 
(3) Advanced pyrometallurgical processes 
(4) Advanced hydrometallurgical processes 
(5) Refining technologies 
(6) Instrumentation on control of the processes 
Renewable raw materials, forestry and wood products 
(1) Forest resources: 
— tree improvement, 
— planning and management, 
— protection. 
(2) Wood technology: 
— quality assessment, 
— processing technology. 
(3) Pulp and paper manufacturing: 
— improvement in pulping and bleaching, 
— improvement in paper manufacture and coating. 
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Recycling of waste 
(1) Sampling, analysis and classification of waste 
(2) Recycling technologies 
(3) Energy production from waste 
ANNEX II 
RULES FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION 
Shared cost action 
The programme will be implemented by means of shared cost contracts with industry, public 
research centres and universities for applied research of a pre-competitive character. At least 
two organizations from different Member States and independent of each other must take part 
in the project. Each party is expected to make a significant contribution to the project. The 
contract parties shall bear a substantial part of the costs up to 50 % of which shall, as a rule, be 
borne by the Community. The Community may bear up to 100 % of the marginal expenditure 
incurred by universities and research institutes in relation to the project. 
Coordinated activities 
In cases where work, supported by national funds or entirely private funding is already going 
on, the Commission's role may be limited to simply organizing the coordination of the work 
and the Community funding confined to covering the cost of such coordination activities. 
However, in certain cases where it is clear that strategically important work requires more than 
simple coordination, the Commission could, in consultation with CGC, consider a higher 
Community funding. 
Other activities 
Funds will also be applied to training activities (pre- and post-doctorate fellowships), for 
exchange of research workers and for the assessment and technico-economic studies. 
In the recycling of waste subprogramme, the upgrading of lignocellulosic waste will be 
continued in the form of a formal concerted action. 
ANNEX III 
Programme evaluation criteria 
The results against which the programme should be evaluated must reflect its objectives and the wider 
objectives of the framework programme. 
1. As the principal objective is to help enhance the competitive position of the Community's industries 
involved with raw materials and recycling, the evaluation should determine: 
— the extent to which the projects were selected against measurable industrial criteria, 
— the extent to which substantial progress has resulted from the work supported. 
2. A further objective is to encourage transfrontier collaboration in strategic industrial research. The 
evaluation should determine: 
— to what extent, during the life of the project, there were continuing links between partners for 
research, development, manufacturing, marketing or staff formation. 
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3. A further programme objective is to encourage transfer of technology across Community frontiers and 
between sectors, particularly those with a predominance of SMEs. The evaluation should determine: 
— the extent to which SMEs have participated and contributed in developing the research project and 
to the possibility to exploit results arising from successfully completed projects, 
— the extent to which accomplishments are protected by patent action or are disseminated to raise 
awareness in the European research and technology Community. 
4. In the wider contect of the framework programme, the evaluation should determine: 
— the extent to which the projects have contributed to harmonization of the Community by reducing 
the technical barriers to trade. 
The evaluation will be undertaken by independent evaluators.