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FRCMCHAPTER100-PROVISIONAL APPROPRIATIONS
TOCHAPTER37-EXPENDITURE INTHEINDUSTRIAL AND
TRANSPORT SECTORS
Article374 ',-Technicalrulesinrespectof
industrialproducts
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Item3740 -Safetyofcaroccupants
1000000EUA
TheFinancialControllerapprovedthisproposal
attestedthattheappropriations areavailable.on30July1980and

REASONSFORTRANSFER
Theaimof"thestudiesandexperiments "beingconductedundertheCommunity's
multiannualprogrammeinthefieldofbiomechanics (studyofhumantolerance
tophysicalconstraintsoccasionedbyroad,accidents)initiatedin1978isto
establishbasiccriteriaanddataforuseintheformulationoftechnical
specifications forincorporation infutureCommunityrulesinrespectofthe
EECtype-approval ofmotorvehicles.Theintentionistoincreasethepassive
safetyofmotorvehicles,andasaresultreducetheeffectsofaccidentson
vehicleoccupantsandotherroadusersbysavinglivesandlesseninginjury,
andatthesametimemaketheCommunityindustrymorecompetitive onmarkets ,
whererulesofthisnaturehavealreadybeenintroduced (USA,Canada).
Implementation ofthefirsttwophasesoftheprogramme(1978and1979)has
beenjudgedsatisfactory bythegroup'ofexpertsresponsibleforassisting
theCommissionwiththescientificevaluationofthework(onthebasisof
reportssubmittedbycontractors )andwithcheckingthatitiscompatible
withthecontractobjectives ;itcanthereforebeassumedthatworkonthe
programmeasawholewillgoahead.
Thestudieswillcontinuetofocusonthesixareaslistedbelow,themain
aimofthethirdphaseoftheprogrammewillbetoconsolidateresultsobtained
inthetwoearlierphases,viz:
1.humantoleranceandinjurycriteriainrespectofvehicleoccupantsin
theeventoffrontalimpact;
2.humantoleranceandinjurycriteriainrespectofvehicleoccupantsinthe
eventofsideimpact:
knowledgeofthemechanismsofinjuriestopedestriansintheeventof
frontalimpact; v
4*developmentofatestdummy;
5.mathematical models;
6»studyoftheresponseofoccupantsinacollision.
Thelaboratorieswithwhichcontractsaretobeconcludedarewithoneexception
thesameasthosewithwhichtheCommissionsignedcontractsin1979»namely:
.Bundesanstalt fürStrassenwesen (BAST),Köln,Germany
.Groupementd'IntérêtsEconomiques,deRechercheded'ÉtudesPeugeot-Renault
(GIEPR),LaGarenne-Colombes ,France
•OrganismeNationaldeDécuritéRoutière(ONSER),Arcueil,France
•NederlandseOrganisatievanToegepastNatuurwetenschappen jkOnderzoek
(TNO),Delft,Netherlands
•TransportResearchDelegation,Stockholm,Sweden
.UniversityofBirmingham,Edgbaston,Birmingham,UnitedKingdom
•MotorIndustryResearchAssociation (MIRA),Nuneaton,UnitedKingdom
.JointBiomechanical ResearchProject(KOB),Koln,Germany
•InstituteforRoadSafetyResearch(SWOV),Voorburg,Netherlands
•FIATAutoSpA,Torino,Italy•

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Thenewlaboratorywithwhichacontractistobesignedis:
•UniversiteLibredeBruxelles,Brussels,Belgium#
AllocationoffundsforphaseIII(1980)willbeasfollows:
152000EUA
265000EUA
150000EUA
166000EUA
122000EUA
107000EUA
962000EUA
TheabovesumsrepresenttheCommission'scontribution towardstheexpenses
ofspecialistorganizations andexpertswithwhomtheCommissionis'
planningtosigncontractsinI98Oforthenecessarystudiesandexperiments.
AsinthecaseofthefirsttwophasestheCommunity'scontribution willvary
dependingonwhetherthestudiesarebeingcarriedoutbythepublicsector
(inwhichcaseitcanbeashighas50%)ortheprivatesector(inwhichcaseitisgenerallyaround30$£).
Aspecialistbody,ONSER,willagainbeaskedtoassumeresponsibility forthe
scientificcoordination oftheworkandtheperiodicconsolidation ofresults.
Asumof38.000EUAisearmarkedforthispurpose.
Theresultsoftheexperimentscarriedoutundertheprogrammewillalsobe
distributedtointerestedparties.
Continuation oftheprogrammewillinvolveusingthetotalappropriations of
•1millionEUAenteredforthepurposeintheI98OBudget.TheBudgetaryAuthority
isaccordinglyrequestedtoauthorizethetransferofthissumfromChapter100*
ofthe1980Budget(seecomments,item17)toArticle374*Theme1:
Theme2:
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