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II 
(Preparatory Acts) 
COMMISSION 
Proposal for a Commission Decision amending Decision 73/287/ECSC of 15 July 1973 
concerning coal and coke for the iron and steel industry in the Community (coking coal system) 
COM(85) 419 final 
(Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 2 August 1985) 
(85/C 220/04) 
Article 1 
Decision No 73/287/ECSC is amended as follows: 
Paragraph 1 of Article 7 is replaced by the following: 
The Community financing arrangements shall cover an annual quantity of coal amounting 
to no more than 8 million tonnes and an amount of no more than 36 million ECU for the 
year 1986. 
Article 2 
This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the 
European Communities. 
It shall apply with effect from 1 January 1986. 
This Decision shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. 
Proposal for a Council Decision adopting a multiannual research action programme on 
materials (raw materials and advanced materials) (1986 to 19S9) 
COM(85) 399 final 
(Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 12 August 1985) 
(85/C 220/05) 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 
Economic Community, and in particular Article 235 
thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Having regard to the opinion of the European Par­
liament, 
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and 
Social Committee; 
Whereas Article 2 of the Treaty assigns to the 
Community the task, inter alia, of promoting throughout the Community a harmonious development of economic 
activities, a continuous and balanced expansion and an 
accelerated raising of the standard of living; 
Whereas in its resolution of 14 January 1974 on an 
initial outline programme of the European Communities 
in the field of science and technology (x), the Council 
stated that the whole range of available ways and means 
should be used as appropriate; 
Whereas in its resolution of 25 July 1983 the Council 
adopted a first framework programme (1984 to 1987) for 
Community research, development and demonstration 
activities (2), two of the principal objectives of which are 
0) OJ No C 7, 29. 1. 1974, p. 6. 
O OJ No C 208, 4. 8. 1983, p. 1. 
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met by the proposed research action programme on 
materials (raw materials and advanced materials), namely 
industrial competitiveness and improvement of 
management of raw materials; 
Whereas the economic availability of raw materials and 
processed materials is indispensable to maintaining the 
industrial competitiveness of the Community; 
Whereas the programme on recycling of urban and 
industrial waste adopted by Council Decision 79/968/ 
EEC ('), and subsequently amended by Decisions 
82/402/EEC O and 83/634/EEC (3), and the 
programme in the field of raw materials which includes 
subprogrammes on metals and mineral substances, wood 
as a renewable raw material, recycling of non-ferrous 
metals and substitution and materials technology, 
adopted by Decision 82/402/EEC have produced 
encouraging results and opened up promising prospects, 
relative to the objectives sought; 
Whereas by Decision 84/197/EEC (4) the Council has 
adopted a concerted action within the Community on 
the use of lignocellulose-containing by-products and 
other plant residues for animal feeding; 
Whereas the European Parliament adopted on 9 March 
1982 a resolution concerning Community supplies of 
primary minerals and organic raw materials (5); 
Whereas the Treaty has not provided the necessary 
powers; 
Whereas the Scientific and Technical Research 
Committee (Crest) has given its opinion on the 
Commission's proposal; 
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS: 
Article 1 
1. A research action programme in the materials 
sector (raw materials and advanced materials) for the 
European Economic Community as described in the 
Annex is hereby adopted for a period of four years from 
1 January 1986. 
2. The work shall be carried out as shared-cost 
contract research, coordination and training activities, 
and one concerted action, as described in the Annex. 
(') OJ No L 293, 20. 11. 1979, p. 19. 
(2) OJ No L 174, 21. 6. 1982, p. 23. 
O OJ No L 357, 21. 12. 1983, p. 33. 
(4) OJ No L 103, 16. 4. 1984, p. 23. 
(») EP 77.602. Article 2 
1. The funds estimated as necessary for the execution 
of the programme amount to 110 million ECU, 
including expenditure for a staff of 24. 
2. In the light of the experience gained in the course 
of implementing the programme and after receiving the 
opinion of the Committee referred to in Article 3, the 
Commission shall be authorized to transfer funds from 
one subprogramme to another, provided that the final 
appropriation for any subprogramme does not differ by 
more than 15 % from the original appropriation as set 
out in the Annex. 
Article 3 
The Commission shall be responsible for the execution 
of the programme. It shall be assisted in its task by the 
Management and Coordination Advisory Committee 
(CGC) Raw Materials and Other Materials. 
The terms of reference and composition of this 
Committee shall be in accordance with Council Decision 
84/338/Euratom, ECSC EEC of 29 June 1984 dealing 
with structures and procedures for the management and 
coordination of Community research, development and 
demonstration activities (6). 
Article 4 
The programme shall be reviewed at the beginning of the 
third year. In the light of this review the Commission 
may, through the appropriate procedures, present to the 
Council a proposal for a new four-year programme 
which would supersede the current programme at the 
end of the third year. 
Article 5 
1. 'With regard to the concerted action, and in 
accordance with- a procedure to be laid down by the 
Commission, after having consulted the Committee 
referred to in Article 3, the participating Member States 
and the Community shall regularly exchange all useful 
information concerning the execution of the research 
covered by such activities. 
The participating Member States shall provide the 
Commission with all relevant information for coordi­
nation purposes. 
2. The Commission shall prepare annual progress 
reports on the basis of the information supplied, and 
shall forward them to the Member States and the 
European Parliament. 
3. At the end of the coordination period the 
Commission, after having consulted the Committee 
referred to in Article 3, shall forward to the Member 
States and the European Parliament a comprehensive 
report on the execution and results of the coordination 
activities. 
(') OJ No L 177, 4. 7. 1984, p. 25. 
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Article 6 2. The Commission is hereby authorized to negotiate 
the agreements referred to in paragraph 1. 
Agreements with third States participating in COST shall 
1. In accordance with Article 228 of the Treaty, the be negotiated in accordance with the conclusions of the 
Council may conclude agreements with third States, in Council of 18 July 1978 concerning European 
particular those involved in European cooperation in the cooperation in the field of science and technology 
field of scientific and technical research (COST), with a {\AJai; (,;. 
view to associating them wholly or partly with these 
programmes. (') OJ No C 100, 21. 4. 1979, p. 1. 
ANNEX I 
I. PRIMARY RAW MATERIALS (MINERALS) 
The expenditure estimated as necessary for this subprogramme is 30 million ECU. 
It covers the following research areas: 
1. Exploration 
1.1. Economic geology; 
1.2. Methods of geochemical prospecting; 
1.3. Methods of geophysical prospecting; 
1.4. Remote sensing. 
2. Mining technology 
2.1. Rock fracturing; 
2.2. Rock mechanics and stability in underground and open-cast mines; 
2.3. Application of robotics in mines; 
2.4. Problems associated with depth; 
2.5. Modelling of mining operations. 
3. Mineral processing 
3.1. Development of processing routes for treating indigenous and non-indigenous resources: 
complex and low-grade ores; 
3.2. Metallurgical processes (pyro and hydro); 
3.3. Modelling and control in mineral processing; 
3.4. Industrial minerals. 
II. SECONDARY RAW MATERIALS 
The expenditure estimated as necessary for this subprogramme is 22 million ECU. This amount 
includes a sum of 250 000 ECU for the extension from April 1988 to December 1989 of the concerted 
action (COST 84 (a)) under item 2.4 below. 
1. Recycling of non-ferrous metals 
It covers the following research areas: 
1.1. Physico-chemical characterization of metals and alloys in scraps and residues; 
1.2. Improvement of physical separation processes; 
1.3. Development of advanced technologies and improved metallurgical processes, both pyro- and 
hydro-metallurgical; 
1.4. Development of improved refining techniques for secondary metals and alloys; 
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1.5. Upgrading the characteristics of secondary alloys to the level of primary alloys; 
1.6. Manufacturing semi-product alloys from waste materials containing titanium, tungsten, 
molybdenum, aluminium, etc. 
2. Recycling and utilization of waste 
It covers the following research areas: 
2.1. Modelling of waste arisings, sampling and analysis (coordination activities); 
2.2. Recycling technologies: 
— recovery and separation processes; 
— upgrading and use of reclaimed products; 
2.3. Integrated technologies for the utilization of wastes: 
— anaerobic digestion, composting and other aerobic treatments (coordination activities), 
— production of chemicals — thermal treatment of waste (mostly coordination, with shared-
cost contracts for special projects); 
2.4. Use of lignocellulose-containing by-products and other plant residues for animal feeding 
(concerted action COST 84 (a)). 
III. WOOD AS A RENEWABLE RAW MATERIAL 
The expenditure estimated as necessary for this subprogramme is 20 million ECU. It covers the 
following research areas: 
1. Wood production 
1.1. Forest tree breeding and gene resource conservation; 
1.2. Protection against damage from biotic and abiotic agents; 
1.3. Better use of land resources (coordination action only); 
1.4. Forest inventory (coordination action only). 
2. Wood harvest, storage and transport 
2.1. Organization of harvesting operations and development of harvesting machinery; 
2.2. Harvesting, treatment, storage and transport. 
3. Wood as a material 
3.1. Properties, protection and improvement of wood and wood-based panels; 
3.2. Development of testing and grading procedures. 
4. Mechanical wood processing and use of finished wood products 
4.1. Mechanical conversion and manufacturing processes; 
4.2. Drying processes; 
4.3. Constructional use of wood and wood-based materials; 
4.4. Other uses of finished products made of wood. 
5. Pulp and paper manufacturing and processing and wood chemicals 
5.1. The physical and organic chemistry of wood defibring; 
5.2. Chemi-mechanical pulping (high-yield pulping); 
5.3. Pulping processes with low-grade wood; 
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5.4. Substitutes for wood fibres and material additives; 
5.5. Fibre recycling; 
5.6. The process of manufacture of paper and board; 
5.7. Products derived from wood as a source of chemicals. 
IV. ADVANCED MATERIALS (EURAM) 
The expenditure estimated as necessary for this subprogramme is 38 million ECU. It covers the 
following research areas: 
1. Metallic materials 
1.1. Light aluminium-, magnesium- and titanium-based alloys; 
1.2. Electrical -contact materials; 
1.3. High-performance magnetic materials; 
1.4. Materials for surface coatings and machine, tool and cutting equipment; 
1.5. Thin-walled castings. 
2. Engineering ceramics 
2.1. Optimization of engineering ceramics; 
2.2. Study of metal/ceramic interface cermets; 
2.3. Ceramic composites with fibres and whiskers; 
2.4. High temperature behaviour of engineering ceramics. 
3. Composite Materials 
3.1. Organic-matrix composites; 
3.2. Metallic-matrix composites; 
3.3. Ceramic-matrix composites; 
3.4. Other specific advanced materials. 
ANNEX II 
Selected publications 
— 'Mineralium deposita' , special edition of the Journal presenting selected papers arising from the EEC 
Primary Raw Materials Programme, 
Springer-Verlag, Vol. 12, Number 2B (Supplement) 1983. Also report EUR 8617. 
— 'Proceedings of the workshop on minerals leaching', Brussels, 17 November 1983, ed. M. Donato, 
Report EUR 9606. 
— Special edition of the 'Uranium' journal on EC funded projects on uranium exploration, 
Elsevier Applied Science Publ., in press. 
— 'Special publication of the Society for Geology applied to mineral deposits on metals and mineral sub­
stances results in the areas of economic geology and geochemical prospecting', eds. J. Boissonnas, 
H. J. Schneider, 
Springer-Verlag, about 450 pages, in press. 
— 'Remote sensing in mineral exploration' by D. W. Coller et al., 
Report EUR in press. 
— 'Assessment of results of the R&D programme on recycling of paper and board' by I. Hendry and 
R. Bernard, 
Seminar, Brussels 8, 9 and 10 February 1982. 
— 'Biological control of bark beetles', Proceedings of a seminar, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, 3 and 4 
October 1984, 
Doc. EEC XII/BOS/7/85, eds. J-C. Gregoire, J. M. Pasteels. 
— 'Anaerobic digestion and carbohydrate hydrolysis of waste', Proceeding of a symposium in 
Luxembourg, 8-10 May 1984, eds.: G. L. Ferrero, M. P. Ferranti, H. Naveau, 
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Elsevier Applied Science Publ., 1984, EUR 9347. 
— 'Sorting of household waste and thermal treatment of waste', Proceedings of a symposium in 
Luxembourg, 25-27 September 1984, eds.: M. P. Ferranti, G. L. Ferrero, 
Elsevier Applied Science Publ. in press. 
— 'Utilization in agriculture of anaerobically digested effluents' by M. Demuynck, 
Doc. EEC, XII/ENV/00, March 1984. 
— 'A review of waste sorting and refuse derived fuel (RDF) production in Europe' by J. R. Barton et al., 
Elsevier Applied Science Publ. in press. 
— 'Composting agricultural and other wastes', Proceedings of a seminar in Oxford, 19-22 March 1984, 
ed. J. K. R. Gasser, 
Elsevier Applied Science Publ., 1985, EUR 9419. 
— 'Nd-Fe permanent magnets, Their present and future applications', Proceedings of a workshop, 
Brussels, 25 October 1984, ed. I. V. Mitchell, EUR Report No 9229, 
Elsevier Applied Science Publ., in press.