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COMMISSION O F  TH E EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
C0M(83) 640 final
Brussels, 20 October 1983
Amended proposal for a  
COUNCIL DECISION
adopting a research programme to be implemented by the  
Joint Research Centre for the European Atomic Energy  
Community and for the European Economic Community
(1984-1987)
(submitted to the Council by the Commission pursuant to the  
second paragraph of Article 149 of the EEC Treaty)
C0M(83) 640 final

ANNEX I
Proposal for a Council Decision
adopting a research programme to be implemented by the Joint Research Centre  
for the European Atomic Energy Community and for  
the European Economic Community (1S84-87)
f r......... /EEC, EURATOM)
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 Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,  
and in particular Article 235 thereof,
HAVING REGARD TO the proposal from the Commission presented after consultation,  
with regard to nuclear projects, of the Scientific and Technical Committee,
HAVING REGARD TO the opinion of the European Parliament (l),
HAVING REGARD TO the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (2),
WHEREAS in the context of the common policy relating to the field of science  
and technology the multiannual research programme is one of the principal  
means whereby the European Atomic Energy Community can contribute to the safety  
and development of nuclear energy and to the acquisition and the dissemination  
of information in the nuclear field;
WHEREAS Article 2 of the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community  
assigns to the Community inter alia the task of promoting throughout the  
Community a harmonious development of economic activities, a continuous  
and balanced expansion and an increase in stability; whereas the objectives  
pursued by the Community's activities to this end are set out in Article 3  
of the said Treaty;
(1)
(2)

WHEREAS the non-nuclear projects provided for by the Decision appear necessary  
for the attainment of these objectives;
WHEREAS the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community has not provided  
powers required for this purpose;
WHEREAS the Council has adopted a resolution concerning the coordination of  
national policies and the definition of Community actions in the field of  
science and technology (3);
WHEREAS the programme was drawn up in accordance with the Council Resolution  
of 17 December 1970 concerning the procedures for adopting research and  
training programmes (4);
WHEREAS Article 3 of Council Decisions 77/488/EEC, EURATOM (5) and 80/317/EEC,  
Euratom (6) provides for a review of the programme during its third year;
WHEREAS there is every incentive - as reaffirmed by the Council at its meetings  
held on 9 November 1981, 8 March and 30 June 1982 and 8 February 1983 -  
for defining and embodying the common science and technology strategy in  
the multiannual framework programmes setting out the complete range of  
scientific and technical activities already conducted or due to be conducted  
on the basis of the three Treaties;
WHEREAS, during the period 1984-87, the JRC must continue to play a central role  
in the Community's research strategy and to carry out work of common concern  
by drawing on a level of resources equivalent to the current level;
(3) Concil Resolution of 14 January 1974
(4) 0J No L 16, 20.1.1971, p. 13
(5) 0J No L 200, 8.8.1977, p.
(6) 0J L 72, 18.3.1980, p. 11

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS
Article 1
A research programme as presented in Annex A to this Decision is hereby adopted  
for a period for four years, as from 1 January 1984.
Article 2
The estimated expenditure commitments based on 1983 currency levels, for the  
execution of the programme set out in Annex A is 700 million ECU. The indicative  
breakdown is given in Annex B. The Commission shall update these estimates under  
the budgetary procedure, taking account of Council Decisions on salaries and wages  
in the case of the staff expenditure appropriations and of changes in the  
economic situation in the case of the appropriations for other expenditure.
The scale of Member State contributions to the complementary research and  
training programme of the European Atomic Energy Community is set out in  
Annex C.
Article 3
The number of staff needed to execute the programme is estimated at 2 260.
However, in view of the implementation of termination-of-service measures  
which could affect 100 persons or so, provision shall be made for a temporary  
surplus of an equivalent number of staff for a period not exceeding two years.  
These transitional measures shall be determined under the budgetary procedures  
of the years in question.
Article 4
During the third year of the programme the Commission shall forward to the  
Council the proposal for a new multiannual programme to take effect from  
1 January 1987.
Article 5
The dissemination of the information resulting from the implementation of  
the non-nuclear parts of the programme shall be carried out in accordance  
with Council Regulation (EEC) No. 2380/74 of 17 September 1974, adopting  
provisions for the dissemination of information relating to research programmes  
for the European Economic Community (7).
(7) 0J No. L 255, 20.9.1974, p. 1

Article S
The Commission shall be responsible for the implementation of the programme an  
to this end, shall call upon the services of the Joint Research Centre.
Article 7
Before the next proposal for a multiannual programme, the Commission shall  
transmit to the Council and to Parliament a critical analysis, carried out by  
independent experts,  of the programmes launched by the Joint Research Centre.  
This analysis shall comprise quantitative indicators of research performance.
Done at Brussels,
For the Council  
The President

ANNEX A
RESEARCH PROGRAMME (1984-87)  
OF THE JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE
RESEARCH ACTION PROGRAMME - INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGIES  
Nuclear measurements and reference materials
- Nuclear measurements
- Reference materials
High-temperature materials
- Research on steels and alloys
- Research on subassemblies
- Research on ceramics
- Data bank on high-temperature materials
- Information centre on high-temperature materials
RESEARCH ACTION PROGRAMME - FUSION  
Fusion technology
- Studies in respect of reactors
- Technology of the breeding blanket
- Study on structural materials
Safety and licensing criteria
- Risk assessment
- Laboratory for tritium and operating safety

RESEARCH ACTION PROGRAMME - FISSION  
Reactor safety
- Reliability and risk assessment
- Integrity of components and systems for light-water reactors
- Study on abnormal behaviour in core-cooling systems in light-water  
reactors
- Study on severely damaged fuel
- Construction of models relating to accidents in fast reactors
- Study on the properties of materials and on the behaviour of structures  
in fast reactors
- Evaluation of a vibrating table
Management of radioactive waste
- Waste management and the fuel cycle
- Safety factors connected with the storage of waste in continental  
geological formations
- feasibility and safety of storing waste in deep ocean sediments  
Safeguarding and management of fissile materials
- Methods and instruments for the determination of fissile materials  
and for containment and monitoring
- Processing, transmission and evaluation of safeguards data
- Integration of safeguards activities
Nuclear fuels and actinides research
- Limits to the use of nuclear fuels
- Behaviour of oxide fuels under transitory conditions and release of fission  
products in the event of severe damage
- Safety of the actinide cycle
- Research on actinides

RESEARCH ACTION PROGRAMME - NON-NUCLEAR ENERGY SOURCES
Techniques for solar energy tests
- Photovoltaic systems
- Heat conversion
Management of energy in dwellings
- Evaluation of hybrid systems
- Passive technologies
- Energy audit
RESEARCH ACTION PROGRAMME ~ ENVIRONMENT
Environmental protection
- Chemical products in the environment
- Quality of the environment
- Energy and the environment
Application of remote-sensing techniques
- Agriculture and soil management
- Protection of the marine environment
- Natural disasters
Industrial hazards
- Accident prevention
- Accident management and control
ACTIVITIES OF SCIENTIFIC DEPARTMENTS  
(complementary programme)
Exploitation of the HFR reactor

ANNEX B
INDICATIVE BREAKDOWN OF RESOURCES  
(Appropriations in millions of ECU at 1983 currency levels)
PROGRAMMESCOMMITMENT
APPROPRIATIONSPERCENTAGE  
OF RESOURCES
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGIES
- Nuclear measurements and reference  
materials
- High-temperature materials64
289.2
4.0
TOTAL 9213.2
FUSION
- Fusion technology
- Safety and licensing criteria for  
fusion reactors44
24 (*)6/3
3/4
TOTAL 68 9,7
FISSION
- Reactor safety
- Management of radioactive waste
- Safeguarding and management of  
fissile materials
- Nuclear fuels and actinides research186 (**) 
47 
44
6626,6
6,7
6,3
V
TOTAL 343 49,0
NON-NUCLEAR ENERGY SOURCES
- Techniques for solar energy tests
- Management of energy in dwellings22
173.1
2.4
TOTAL 395.5
ENVIRONMENT
- Environmental protection
- Application of remote-sensing  
techniques
- Industrial hazards49
29
217.0
4.1 
3.0
TOTAL 99 14.1
ACTIVITIES OF SCIENTIFIC DEPARTMENTS  
- Exploitation of the HFR 59 8.4
TOTAL PROGRAMME (1984-87) 700 (***) 100.0
(*) including an indicative sum of 12.5 MioECUS for the tritium handling laboratory
(**) including an indicative sum of 2.5 MioECUS to continue studies on a large 
capacity vibration table
(***) non programmed research is carried out within the overall level of resources,
■  7C0 MioECUS. When the annual resources made available to the JRC to implement 
the programme are adequate to carry out exploratory actions of this kind, 
whose nature is not yet identified, a sum not exceeding 5X of the total 
specific scientific appropriation can be set aside for this purpose on chapter 
100 of the budget of the relevant year.

ANNEX C
SCALE OF MEMBER STATE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE COMPLEMENTARY RESEARCH AND  
TRAINING PROGRAMME OF THE EUROPEAN ATOMIC ENERGY COMMUNITY
Standard scale
Operation of the HFR reactor:
- Federal Republic of Germany 50%
- Netherlands 50%