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(Preparatory Acts) 
COMMISSION 
Proposal for a Council Decision adopting a multiannual research and training programme 
for the European Atomic Energy Community in the field of radiation protection (1985 to 
1989) 
(Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 6 June 1983) 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN 
COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the 
European Atomic Energy Community, and in 
particular Article 7 thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
submitted after consulting the Scientific and 
Technical Committee, 
Having regard to the opinion of the European 
Parliament, 
Whereas the general strategy of the Commission for 
research and development within the framework 
programme for the scientific and technical activities 
of the Community emphasizes the need for a 
radiation protection programme; 
Whereas the protection of man and his environment, 
forming an integral pan of the objective of improving 
living and working conditions and being a pre­
requisite for the safe production of energy, calls for a 
renewal of the present 1980 to 1984 radiation 
protection programme for the period 1985 to 1989; 
Whereas it is in the interest of the Community to 
supplement, broaden and deepen the information 
necessary for an objective study of the effects of 
ionizing radiation, for an evaluation of their hazards 
and for the development if methods to control and 
reduce adverse consequences of radiation, in order to 
guarantee adequate protection of the general public, 
workers and the environment; 
Whereas scientific collaboration, the exchange of 
information and mobility and interchange of scientists 
at Community level are essential to radiation 
protection; Whereas the research covered by this Decision is an 
appropriate way of pursuing such action; whereas it is 
therefore in the common interest to adopt a multi-
annual programme in the field of radiation 
protection, 
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS: 
Article 1 
A research and training programme in the field of 
radiation protection as defined in the Annex is hereby 
adopted for a five-year period beginning 1 January 
1985. 
Article 2 
The appropriations necessary for the implementation 
of the programme are estimated at 94 million ECU, 
including expenditure for a staff of 60. These figures 
are given merely by way of indication. 
Article 3 
The Commission shall report to the Council and the 
European Parliament at the end of the third year of 
the programme and propose, where appropriate, any 
amendments necessary. These amendments may lead 
to a revision of the programme in the course of the 
fourth year in accordance with the appropriate pro­
cedures. 
Article 4 
The Commission will be assisted in its function of 
programme management by a Management and 
Coordination Consultative Committee (CGC) created 
by Council Decision ('). 
(') Draft Council Decision COM(83) 143 final. 
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Radiation protection programme 
(1985 to 1989) 
The aim of the programme is to improve the conditions of life with respect to safety of work and 
protection of man and his environment and to assure a safe production of energy from atomic 
fission and, later, fusion. It endeavours, through a cooperative European effort: 
— to screen and assess problems related to radiation protection and to study such problems by 
scientific means, 
— to improve methods necessary to protect workers and the population by updating the scientific 
basis for appropriate standards and by further developing techniques to prevent and counteract 
harmful effects of radiation, 
— to provide methods to cope with the consequences of radiation accidents, 
— to assess radiation risks and set them in perspective to other risks arising in modern society, 
— to provide pertinent and up-to-date information for decision-making. 
The programme will cover research on: 
— radiation dosimetry and its interpretation, 
— behaviour and control of radionuclides in the environment, 
— non-stochastic effects of ionizing radiation, 
— radiation carcinogenesis, 
— genetic effects of ionizing radiation, 
— evaluation of radiation risks and optimization of protection. 
The programme will be carried principally by research contracts and, to a small part, by the 
Commission's Biology Group at the Ispra establishment. The Commission will support the mobility 
of research workers in order to allow contracting laboratories an optimal execution of research 
work. 
Proposal for a Council recommendation concerning the International Company for 
Piggyback Transport 
(Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 15 June 1983) 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN 
COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the 
European Economic Community, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Having regard to the opinion of the European 
Parliament, 
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and 
Social Committee, 
Whereas the many advantages involved in inter­
national piggyback transport include speed and regu­
larity of service, optimum utilization of existing in­
frastructure and energy savings; Whereas, on the initiative of the railway networks 
and the piggyback companies, the International 
Company for Piggyback Transport (Interunit) has 
been set up at European level in order to encourage 
the development of piggyback transport; whereas 
certain railway networks in the Community and all 
the existing piggyback companies in the Community 
are partners in this company; 
Whereas, pursuant to its statutes, the company will 
initially undertake studies and research, and it is 
envisaged that it will subsequently undertake 
management activities such as the purchases of 
equipment and the management of a wagon pool; 
whereas it is important that the transition to the 
management stage should take place as quickly as