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Proposalfora
CouncilDecisión
,,amending ;
Council Decision of22July1975
adoptingcommonresearchprogrammesandprogrammesfor"the
coordination ofresearchinthefieldsofanimalleucoses,
livestockeffluents ,"beefproductionand
plantproteinproduction(75/460/EEC)
(submittedtotheCouncil "bytheCommission)
COM(77)248final.

Explanatory memorandum
1.The "Applications ofnuclear techniques toagricultural research "programme
has been inexistence since 1959 •
Preparation ofthe1976-1980 five-year programme began in1974 ;CPRA
wasconsulted and itrecognized thesoiontifio value ofthis progra /jneand
suggested that everything should bedone tobring these activities gradually
into step with thecoordination ofagricultural research .
2.The implementation ofthis programme was largely based ontheactivity of
i'TAL (instituut voor Toepassing vanAtoomenergie indeLandbcuw )and
subcontracts concluded bythat Institute .
3.While theprogrammes oonnected with thecoordination ofagricultural
research were being prepared ,account wastaken oftheexistence ofthe
"Applications "activities andtheprojects submitted inthoframework
ofthe1976-20 five-year programme .Thus ,projects whose aims conformed
exactly with theagricultural research programmes butwhich had
traditionally figured among theactivities ofthe "Applications "programme
were left inthe latter .
4.TheCouncil didnotadopt the "Applications "programme .Hoi-rover ,atthe
meeting of24February 19 theCounoil duly noted theCommission 's
intention toinvestigate towhat extent theactivities mentioned inthe
proposed "Applications "programme ooul.d beinserted intheframework of
thecoordination ofagricultural research .
5.Intheabsence ofthis programme
-thehypothesis under which the oomrnon programmes ofagricultural research
were prepared isnolonger apposite .This applies mainly tothe
"Proteins "and "Livestock effluents "programmes :

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-aniroortantp?rtofITAL'sactivitieshaslosttheCommunity'sfinan­
cialbacking;existingteamsthereforefacetheprospectofdisappear­
ingwithoutbeinggiventheindispensable timeforadjustmentsothat
theyconarrangeforotheractivitiesincontinuance oftheircareer.
6.Withthisinmind,andwiththeassistanceofCPRA,theCommission
identified anumberofprojectswhichwerecontainedintheproposalfor
an"Applications "programmebutwhich,intheabsenceofsuchaprogramme,
wouldnormallyhaveformedpartofoneoftheCommunityprogram' ;resfor
thecoordination ofagricultural researchpursuanttotheCouncil
Decisionof22July1975.
7»Initsproposalappendedhereto^'■»ieCommissiondruwsconclusions from
thesituationdescribedabove,moreespeciallyinpoint5,andproposes
anamendmenttotheabove-mentioned Decisionof22July1975.
Thisamendmentconsistsoftheaddition :
-totheProteinsprogramme
-ofprojectstobeimplementedinitiallywithinthe"Applications "
prograr-neinthefieldsofthesymbioticfixationofnitrogenand
theuseofmutations;
-ofcertainotherprojectscloselyconnectedwiththeabovefields
alsoprovidedforbythe"Applications "programmeinthefieldof
fertilizers; -
-tothe"LivestockEffluents"programme
-ofaprojectconsideredtobecomplementary tothecurrentprojects
forthebuildingofmathematical models.
8.Theperiodassignedtcsuchextensionsofeachprogrammemustbethe
sameastheperiodassignedtotheprogrammeitself.
Communityfinancing,however,islimitedtoaperiodovtwoyears.
9.ThefinancialinvolvementoftheCommunityamountsto0,75millionu.a.

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Proposa lfora
Council Decisión
amending
Council Decision of22July 1975
adopting common research programmes andprogrammes forthecoordination of
research inthefields ofanimal leucoses ,livestock effluents ,"beef
production andplant protein production (75/4SO/S3C)
THECOUNCIL OPTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES , '
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic Community ,
andinparticular Artiole 43 .thereof ;
(1Having regard totheproposal from theCommission v';
(2)Having regard totheOpinion oftheEuropean Parliament ;
Whereas Counoil Regulation (EEC)V°1728/74of27June 1974 onthe
coordination ofagricultural research provides forthecoordination at
Comnmnity level ofnational agricultural research activities inorder to
further theattainment oftheaims oftheoommon agricultural policy :
(1)
(2)
(3)OJN°L182.5July 1974 ,p.1

Whereas Article 5of "theabove mentioned Regulation provides that the
Council shall decide onspecific measures for the coordination ofresearch
activities designed toallow rational organization ofmeans employed ,
efficient use ofresults and the orientation ofsuch ,work towards the aims
,ofthecommon agricultural policy a.nd shall also decide onthe implementation
ofjoint projeots designed tosecond orsupplement work undertaken inthe
Member States infields which areofparticular importanoa tothe
Community ;
Whereas Council D-jcision (75/460/KEC)of22July 1975 adopted common
research programmes andprogrammes forthecoordination ofresearch inthe
fields ofanimal leucoses ,livestock effluents ,"beef production andplant
protein production } ,
Whereas itisdesirable toinclude inthecommon research programmes on
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livestook effluents and plant protein production additional projects which
will complete orcomplement theexisting programmes ;
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Whereas itisdesirable tomake useoftheexperience gained bythe
Communities intheir research programmes onApplications ofNuclear
Techniques toAgriculture ;whereas this experience isdireotly relevant
tothecommon research programmes onlivestock effluents and plant protein
production ; , ,. ,
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Whereas thefinancial contribution oftheCommunity shall bedecided bythe
Council ,
HAS DECIDED ASFOLLOWS t
(4)OJN®L199,30 Juty 1975 ,p.37

Article1
Article5ofCouncilDecisionnc75/4^0/feiJGof22July1975ishere"by
amendedasfollows s
atLiveetookEffluenta CommonProgrammeÀelete"2.140.000u„A."and
insert"2.200.000u.a.". '
atPlantProteinProduction CommonProgrammedelete"2.572.875u.a."and
insert"3.512.875u.a.".
Article2
ThisDecisionshalltakeeffeotfrom1January1977.
DoneatBrussels