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COUNCILDECISION
concerningtheconclusionofanagreement onaconcertedactionproject
inthefieldoftreatment anduseofsewagesludge(cost68bis)between
•theCommunity and
TheRepublicofAustria
.TheRepublicofFinland
TheKingdomofNorway
TheKingdomofSweden
TheSwissConfederation
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission)
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COMMUNICATION 'FROMTHE"COMMISSION TOTHECOUNCIL
Subject:AgreementbetweenthaEECandAustria,Finland,Norway,
Sweden,Switzerland onaconcerted-action projectinthefield
oftreatmentanduseofsewagesludge(COST68bis)
Aresearchprojectdirectedtowardsaspecificaspectoftheproblemofsewage
sludgewasthesubjectofCOSTProject6S("Treatmentofsewagesludge")inthe
period1972-74.Theagreementfortheimplementation ofthisprojectwassigned
on23november1971bythefollowingcountries:
Membercountries Non-Membercountries
Fintand
Norway
Turkey
Sweden
Switzerland
Yugoslavia
FollowingtheCouncilDecisionof15March1976approvingasecondresearch
programmeontheenvironment andinviewoftheresultsobtained ,inCOST
Project68,aCommunityresearchprogramme(concerted-action )inthefield
oftreatmentanduseofsewagesludgewasadoptedbytheCouncilon
27September1977+.
Article6oftheabove-mentioned Decisionprovidesfortheconclusion ofan
international agreementbetweenCommunityandnon-memberStatesparticipating
inCOST,withaviewtoensuringtheconcertation betweentheconcertedaction
whichisthesubjectofthesaidDecisionandtherelevantprogrammesunder--
takenintheseStates.TheCommissionhas,pursuanttothisprovision,autho­
rizednegotiationstothateffect.
Thenegotiations havebeencompletedandhaveresultedinthedraftagreement
whichiscontainediritheAnnextothedraftCouncildecisionattachedhereto.
Thisagreementprovides -~ '
-forasetting-upofaCommunity-COST concertation Committee
-thattheconcertation betweentheCommunityactionandtherelevant
programmesofThirdStateswillbeeffectedwithinthesaidCommitteewhose,
secretariatwillbeensuredbytheCommission.
TheseprovisionsareinaccordancewiththeschemeofCommunity-COSTCooperation
approvedbytheCouncilon18.7.1978.
Thefollowingnon-memberStateshaveindicatedtheirwishtoaccedetothe
Agreement;"
TheCommissionherebyrequeststheCounciltoadoptthedraftdecisionconcerning
conclusionofanagreementonaconcerted-action project1nthefieldoftreat­
mentanduseofsewagesludge<C0S768bis). ^-
+)O.J.No.L26?du19.10.1977Belgium .
Denmark
France v.
Germany
Italy
Netherlands
UnitedKingdom

DraftCouncilDecisionconcerning
theccnclusion-ofanagreementcn
aconcerted-action projectinthe
field -of'Treatment andu~eof
sewagesludge(COST68.bis)
TheCounciloftheEuropeanCommunities ,,-
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomicCommunity,
HavingregardtotheCouncilDecision.77/651/EECof27September1?7_7.
adoDtinqa.concerted__European -EconomicCommunityprojectin:.thefieldof
treatmentanduseofsswaqe__sludge .(1),andinparticularArticle6(1)thereof
Havingregardtotheproposalfromthe.Commission,
WhereastheCommissionhas,pursuanttoArticle6(2)oftheabove-
mentionedDecision,"has'"r.eyc-tfatrdanAgreement.with_certainnon-member
States"'participating inEuropean'cooperationinthefieldofscientific
and"technical""research"(COST)with'a'viewto"extending_the"ccorc^TndtTon
which-isthesubject'ofthe'abovemenviociea ■Oeciswtt-tOr-r^s-earrci'r-win-Jertiiken
inthoseStates; -
Whereas,therefore,thisAgreementshouldb<?concluded,.
HASDECIDEDASFOLLOWS:
«
Article 1
AnAgreementbetweentheCommunityandAustria,Finland,Norway,
Sweden..*andSwitzerland ona~concerted-actYon project~~in~thefitIdof
treatmentanduseofsewagesludgeisherebyconcludedonbehalf
oftheEuropeanEconsom'icCommunity.."
ThetextoftheAgreementisannexedhereto.
Article2
ThePresidentoftheCouncilisherebyauthorizedtodesignatethe
personsempoweredtosigntheAgreementandto.conferonthemthe
necessarypowerstocommittheCommunity.
Doneat Date:
FortheCounciI
(1)O^J.No.L267,19.10.1977 ThePresident

ANNEX
COMMUNITY-COSTCONCERTATION
AGREEMENT
onaconcertedactionprojectinthefieldof
treatmentanduseofsewagesludge(COST68bis)
TheEuropeanEconomicCommunity,hereinafterreferredtoas"theCommunity"
andAustria,Finland,Ncrway,Swerien,Switzerland,
hereinafterreferredtoastheParticipating Non-MemberStates",
WhereasaEuropeanconcertedresearchprojectinthefieldoftreatment
anduseofsewagesludgeislikelytocontributeeffectively tothere­
ductionofenvironmental pollutionandtothemoreeconomicuseofnatural
resources;
Whereasaresearchprojectdirectedtowardaspecificaspectofthe
problemonsewagesludge,carriedoutpursuanttoanAgreementconcluded
on23rdNovember1971intheframeworkofEuropeanCooperation inthefield
ofScientificandTechnicalResearch(COSTProject68),producedveryen­
couragingresults; _
WhereastheCounciloftheEuropeanCommunities inits.decisionof27th
September1977adoptedaCommunityconcertedactionprojectinthefield
oftreatmentanduseofsewagesludge;
WhereastheCounciloftheEuropeanCommunities agreedonsomemodalities
forcooperation withintheCOSTframeworkon18July1978?
i v
WhereastheMemberStatesoftheCommunityandtheParticipating Non-
MemberStates,hereinafterreferredtoas"theStates",carryoutre­
searchinthefieldslistedinAnnexA,andexpecttoderivemutualbenefit
fromacoordination ofthisresearch;
Whereastheimplementation oftheresearchcoveredbytheconcertedaction
programmewillrequireafinancialcontribution ofabout8millionu.a.
fromtheStates, • ' ~
HAVEAGREEDASFOLLOWS:

Article 1
TheCommunity andtheparticipating non-Member States ,hateinafter
referred toas"thecontracting parties ",shall participate for a
period extending to18.10.1930 inaconcerted action project inthefield
oftreatment *nduse ofsewage sludge .
This project shall consist intheconcertation between theCommunity
concerted action andthe relevant programmes oftheparticipating
-non-Member States . -.
Thenational programmes covered bythis agreement arelisted in •
Annex A. v
Th§States remain entirely responsible fortheresearch executed by
their national institutions ororganisation .
Arti cle 2
TheConcertation between thecontracting parties will beeffected
through aCommunity-COST Concertation Committee ,hereinafter re­
ferred toas"the Committee ".
TheCommittee shall draw upitsrules ofprocedures .ItsSecretariat
will beprovided bytheCommission oftheEuropean Communities here­
inafter referred toas"the Commission ".
Theterms ofreference andthecomposition ofthis Committee are
defined inAnnex B.
Article 3
Inorder toensure optimum efficiency intheexecution ofthis project
aproject leader shall beappointed bytheCommission in "agreement with
theparticipating nonMember States . r *
Article 4
Themaximum financi a„lcontributions ofthe contracting parties tothe
coordination cost ^shall be
140.000 EUAfrom theCommunity fora^three year period
10.000 EUAfrom each participating non-Member State fortheperiod
referred toinArticle 1,
theEuropean unit ofaccount being defined bythe Financial Regulations of
.theEuropean ^Communities inforce andbyfinancial arrangements complying
therewith . Therules governing thefinancial execution oftheAgree­
ment are"'set out inAnnex C. - ,

■Article 5
(a)Through theCommittee ,theStates shall exchange regularly alluseful
information concerning theexecution oftheresearch covered "bytheconcerted
action project .They shall also endeavour toprovide information onsimilar
research planned orcarried out "byother "bodies .This information shall "be
treated asconfidential ifrequested bytheStates which provides it»
(b)TheCommission inagreement with theCommittee shall prepare yearly progress
reports onthe "oasis oftheinformation supplied and shall forward them to
The States »
4 ■ . '..• ■V ' ' '
(c)After completion oftheconcerted action project ,theCommission inagreement
with theCommittee shall forward totheStates ageneral report onthe .execution
andresults oftheproject .This report shall bepublished bytheCommission
sixmonths after ithasbeen forwarded ,unless aState objects .Inthis case
thereport shall beconfidential andtransmitted attheir request rsolely to
theinstitution and .organisation carrying outaresearch orproduction activity
justifying access toknowledge resulting from theperformance oftheresearch
covered bytheconcerted aotion project .
Article 6
(a)Each ofthecontracting parties shall ,after signing • -thisAgreement
notify theSecretary-General ofthe Council oftheEuropean Communities assoon
aspossible ofthecompletion oftheprocedures required inaccordance with its
internal provisions forthepurpose ofimplementing this Agreement . -
(b)Forthecontracting parties which have transmitted thenotification provided
forinparagraph 1,this Agreement shall enter into force onthefirst ~day of
themonth following thedate onwhich theCommunity andatleast oneofthe
participating non-Member States have transmitted these notifications .
(c)Forthose participating non-Member States which transmit this notification
after theentry into force ofthis Agreement ,itshall come into force on
thedate ofreceipt ofthenotification . _ ' '
(d)Participating non-Member States which have notyettransmitted this
notification atthetime ofentry into force ofthis Agreement shall beable
totake part inthework oftheCommittee without voting rights foraperiod
ofsixmonths after the entry into force ofthis Agreemento
(e)TheSecretary-General oftheCouncil oftheEuropean Communities shall
notify each ofthecontracting parties ofthedeposit ofthenotifications
provided forinthegai'agraph a;andofthedate ofentry into force ofthis
Agreement . . -
(f)Within aperiod of5months after theentry into force other European
States which took part In .theMinisterial Conference "held inBrussels on
22nd/23rd November 1971 mayaccede •tothepresent Agreement .Instruments of
accession shall bederosited with thaSecretary General oftheCouncil -of
theEuropean Communities ^The Agreement sJiall enter into force for -each
acceding party on'the data ofdeposit ofsv.ch instrument .-

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A--,:•..c7
Phis Agreement -,dravn opin single origivic-.i ins"«x
languages ,alltexts being -equ^ll ,;aa+he:svj.o ?=>hali bedeposited inthe
archives ofthe General Secretariat ofthe Council oftheEuropean
Communities which shall transmit 'boeach ofthe corrlracting parties a
certified true copy e
Done at oo•»ooeecoooeoeoooeoocooaoo at 09£0606·β4·<'>'>0·'*β·0·»«000

PourlaCommunstiîéÊeônofniau® Européen!*»
FürdieÖsterreichsseheBundesregierung
FortheGovernmentoftheRepublicofFinland
FortheGovernment 'oftheKingdomofNorway
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FortheGovernmentoftheKingdomofSweden
FürdenSchweizerischen Bundesrat
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ANNEXA '
!
RSSEAKCH PROGRAMME .:
INTHEfIEU>OFTREATMENT ANDUSEOFSEWAGESLUGE j
. (concertedaction)
Theresearchcoversthefollowingtopics:. |
Researchtopics .„Divisionofresearchamong
contracting parties
CEE:
iSwit­
zer-
landAustria SuedersNorwayFinland
j1.Sludgestabilization andodeurproblems:ji
i i 1
"-Definition anddetermination of'degree
ofstability' andrelationtoodeur
nuisanceIXX! •-
/
*■x
I-Comparativeevaluationofstabilization procedures !x■XX XXIX
I2.Problemsrelatedtosludgedewatering:i
j-ResearchonwaterbindingforcesX« xIX!*
-Development andstandardization of
methodsfortheassessment ofdewate-
rir.3propertiesVA**I
iXI
I
!x'■
-Problemsrelatedtotheuseoffloccu­
lants X!!xi
..i!.
ixi*x
-Comparative evaluationofthickening
'anddewatering equipment XXIix X
3.Analytical problemsrelatedtosludge
treatment sJuse:
-Characterization ofpathogens andeva­
luationofdisinfection procedures XX
I-' I
|
I
X X
-Characterisation anddetermination of
polluants (heavymetals,persistent
organiccompounds)insludgeanddeve­
lopmentofstandardized analytical
method • XX]
!
Xi
''!
xX
4.Environmental problemsrelatedtosludge
use:
-Specialprocessing ofsludgeforagri­
culturaluse(e.g.composting )including
theimprovement ofdesinfection proce­
duresandpolluantremoval XXX X X
-Transferofpolluantstoplantsand
harmfuleffectsonvegetation
-Effectsoflongrangesludgeapplica­
tiononsoilqualityandgroundwater
--Optimumlanduseofsludge,including
sludgefromdephosphatation plantsX
X
XX
XXX
X
X.X
XX
X
.X
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ANNEXB
TERMSOFREFERENCE ANDCOMPOSITION OFTHECOMMUNITY-COSTCOORDINATION
■COMMITTEE' ONTHETREATMENT ANDUSEOFSEWAGESLUDGE
1.TheCommitteeshall:
1.1.contributetotheoptimumexecutionoftheprogrammebygiving
itsopiniononallofitsaspects;
1.2.evaluatethefesultsoftheprojectanddrawconclusions asto
theirapplication;
1.3.ensuretheexchangeof.informationreferredtoin•
Article5(a); ^
1.4.suggestguidelinestotheprojectleader;v
2.TheCommittee'sreportsandopinionsshallbeforwardedto
theStates.
3.TheCommitteeshallbecomposedofonedelegatefromtheCommission,
ascoordinatoroftheCommunityconcertedaction,onedelegatefrom
eachparticipating Non-MemberState,onedelegatefromeachMember
x/StaterepresentingitsnationalprogrammeandoftheProjectLeader.
\Eachdelegatemaybeaccompained byexperts.

ANNEXC
Provisions governingthefinaiiclauarrangements fortheAgreei -i-sntona
concertedactionprojectinthefieldoftreatment anduseofsewage
sludge(COST68bis\ . '
METHODOFFINANCING
Article 1
/
Theseprovisions laydownthefinancialprocedures pursuanttoArticle4
oftheAgreementsignedon.....r..onaconcertedactionprojectin
thefieldoftreatment anduseofsewagesludge.
Article 2
Atthebeginningofeachfinancialyear,acallforfundsshallbeissued
bytheCommissiontoeachoftheparticipating Non-Member States.Suchcalls
forfundsshalldenominate thecontribution oftheNon-Member Statein
questionbothinEuropeanunitsofaccountandinthecurrencyofthe
participating Non-Member State,thevalueoftheunitofaccountbeingdefined
intheFinancialRegulationapplicabletothegeneralbudgetoftheEuropean
Communities anddetermined onthedateofthecallforfunds.
Eachparticipating Non-MemberStateshallpayitscontribution*totheAgree­
mentatthebeginningofeachyearandby31Marchatthelatest.
Onanysumunpaidbythatdate,interestshallbechargedattherateof
6%perannum.
However,suchinterestshallbechargeable onlyifpaymentiseffectedmore
thanthreernonthsaftertheissueofacallforfundsbytheCommission.
Article3
Thefundsaccruingfromthecontributions ofparticipating Non-Member States
shallbecreditedtotheprojectsbeingenteredinthestatementofrevenue
ofthebudgetoftheCommission asreceiptswithinthemeaningofthesecond
paragraphofArticle90(4)oftheFinancialRegulation dated21December1977
applicabletothegeneralbudgetoftheEuropeanCommunities .
Article4
Thetime-table setoutinAnnexIshowstheestimated scheduleforthe
implementation oftheAgreement.
Article 5
TheFinancialRegulationoftheCommissioncurrentlyinforceshallapply
tothemanagementoftheseappropriations ;furthermore,theCommissionshall
ensurethatsuchappropriations aremanagedinconformitywiththerulesof
procedurefortheimplementation ofthebudget.
Article6
Attheendofeachfinancialyear,astatementofappropriations forthis
projectshallbepreparedandtransmitted totheparticipating Non-Member
Statesforinformation .
+)Thiscontribution shallamounttoatotalof1C.OOOEUA,i.e.5.000EUA
annually. -

ANNEXJtoANNEXC
Provisional timetableofjointexpenditure
ontheconcertedactionprogramme (inEUA)
1.Administrative (operating)expenditure
(3-yearestimates)
I1978~ 1979 1980;:TOTAL– i
ofuhich
'40/000 75/000 75,000 190/000-140/000bornebythe
Community
-50/000bornebythe
Participating
Non-Member
~•_t■■
2.Estimatedbreakdownofexpenditure for1979.Financingtobe
chargedtoappropriations underItem3371:implementation of
concertedactionprojects.-
[Natureofexpenditure^ n
ISecretarialstaff20,000
• 1
IContractsforexperts 15/000
Administrative (operating)expen­
diture(costsofformalandother
meetings/symposia,publications
etc. <,0/000
TOTAL:.75/000 I