No C 74/12 Official Journal of the European Communities 22. 3. 89 
II 
(Preparatory Acts) 
COMMISSION 
Amendment to the proposal for a Council Decision adopting a specific research and techno­
logical development programme in the field of strategic analysis, forecasting and evaluation in 
matters of research and technology 'Monitor'O (1988-1992) 
COM(89) 104 final — SYN 147 
(Submitted by the Commission pursuant to the third paragraph of Article 149 of the EEC Treaty on 
24 February 1989) 
(89/C 74/05) 
The Commission proposal is hereby amended as follows. 
Preamble unchanged. 
Recitals 1 and 2 unchanged. 
Add the following new recital: 
'Whereas it is necessary to provide an independent guarantee of the quality of an 
evaluation of each research action programme within the context of an evaluation 
procedure applicable to all research activities at European level;' 
All other recitals unchanged. 
Articles 1 to 4 unchanged. 
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. 
Add the following new Article: 
Article 6 
1. The representative of the Commission shall submit to the Committee a draft of the 
measures to be taken. The Committee shall deliver its opinion on the draft, within a time 
limit which the Chairman may lay down according to the urgency of the matter, if 
necessary by taking a vote. 
2. The opinion shall be recorded in the minutes; in addition, each Member State shall 
have the right to ask to have its position 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.' 
(') OJ No C 29, 4. 2. 1989, p. 4. 
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Article 7 
See the former Article 6. 
Article 8 
See the former Article 7. 
ANNEX 
I. AIMS AND ACTIVITIES 
1. (a) The purpose of the programme is to be instrumental in identifying new directions and priorities 
for Community research and technological development policy and to help show more clearly 
the relationships between it and the other common policies; 
(b) it involves factual and strategic analysis and forecasting relating to the scientific and techno­
logical environment and its interaction with economic and social developments; 
(c) the programme shall form an integral part of the procedure for the revision of the Framework 
Programme of Community research and technological development. 
2. The programme comprises three activities: 
— strategic and impact analysis (SAST); 
— FAST forecasting; 
— research and studies to improve methodologies and effectiveness of evaluation of R&D activities 
(Spear). 
II. CONTENT AND WORKING METHODS 
Paragraphs 3 and 4 unchanged. 
Paragraph 5: 
5. The Commission will establish an annual calender of priority activities which will be adopted after 
consultation with the Committee. 
Paragraphs 6 and 7 unchanged. 
Paragraph 8: 
8. These activities will be defined according to a biennial work programme established by the 
Commission in consultation with the Committee. 
Paragraphs 9 and 10 unchanged. 
Paragraph 11: 
11. Research and studies in support of evaluation of R&D activities at the Community level are 
intended to improve the theoretical and methodological bases, as well as the methods of organ­
ization and management of, Community, national and international R&D programmes. They will 
also analyse and improve the effectiveness and impact of R&D activities and define an evaluation 
procedure applicable to all research activities at European level carried out under the responsibility 
of the Commission and incorporating an independent quarantee of the quality of such evaluation. 
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Paragraph 12: 
Add the following two points at the end of the second indent: 
'— prepare guidelines for evaluating the quality of management using a set of related criteria (utili­
zation of appropriations, sound budgetary management, allocation of contracts, meeting of 
deadlines, etc.), 
— examine the idea of assigning parts of a given evaluation to a task force to investigate points of 
detail and to assess the application of results of the research programme in question.' 
Paragraph 13: 
13. The Commission will establish an annual calendar of priority activities which will be adopted after 
consultation with the Committee. 
III. IMPLEMENTATION 
Paragraph 14 unchanged. 
Add the following new paragraphs: 
'15. The Commission will actively stimulate the diffusion of know-how and information obtained from 
the work of SAST, FAST and Spear in order to maximize the impact of Monitor for similar 
bodies in the Member States. Diffusion will take the form of research publications, policy 
memoranda, organizing Monitor seminars and other publicity measures. 
16. The contracts entered into by the Commission shall regulate the rights and obligations of each 
party, including the methods of disseminating, protecting and exploiting the research results.' 
Proposal for a Council Directive amending Directive 77/143/EEC on the approximation of the 
laws of the Member States relating to roadworthiness tests for motor vehicles and their trailers 
(COM(89) 6 final) 
(Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 23 February 1989) 
(89/C 74/06) 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 
Economic Community and in particular Article 75 
thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Having regard to the opinion of the European 
Parliament, 
Whereas the Council and the representatives of the 
Governments of the Member States, meeting within the 
Council, adopted a resolution on 19 December 1984 on 
road safety ('); Whereas Council Directive 77/143/EEC (2), as amended 
by Directive 88/449/EEC (3), provides for the annual 
roadworthiness testing of certain road vehicles; 
Whereas the present standards and methods of testing 
vary from one Member State to another and this 
situation affects the equivalence of safety and environ­
mental performance levels of tested vehicles operating in 
the Member States; 
Whereas testing must take place on the basis of 
harmonized technical test standards until separate 
Directives relating to the various items as listed in Annex 
II to Directive 77/143/EEC take effect; 
Whereas, as a transitional measure, national test 
standards remain applicable in respect of items not 
covered by such Directives; 
(') OJ No C 341, 29. 12. 1984, p. 1. (2) OJ No L 47, 18. 2. 1977, p. 47. 
(3) OJ No L 222, 12. 8. 1988, p. 10.