Amendment 318
Annex III, Chapter 2, Table, Integrating research, point 3, right column
The Community may award a grant to the budget of jointly-
executed activities corresponding to a maximum of 50% oftheir total cost; it may cover on an overall basis the partici-pation of third country researchers and organisations in theactivities.The Community may award a grant to the budget of jointly-
executed activities corresponding to a maximum of 50% oftheir total cost; where national programmes are open to
other Member States and associated countries, it may cover
on an overall basis the participation of researchers and organi-sationsfromthoseothercountries in the activities.
Amendment 319
Annex III, Chapter 2, Table, Integrating research, point 4, right column
The Community may award a grant to the budget of these
activities corresponding to a maximum of 50% of their totalcost and assume responsibility for the entire budget of the JRC.The Community may award a grant to the budget of these
activities corresponding to a maximum of 50% of their totalcost(
1)(2)and assume responsibility for the entire budget of
the JRC.
(1) The ModelContract will specify the conditionsunderwhichcer-
tain legal entities, in particular public entities, will be financed
upto100%oftheirmarginalcosts.
(2) TherateofsupportcanbeadaptedinaccordancewiththeCom-
munity framework for state aid to research and development,depending on whether the activities pertain to research or
demonstration, or in view of the other activities undertaken,
such as training of researchers or the management of the con-sortium
European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a decision of the European Parlia-
ment and of the Council concerning the multiannual framework programme 2002-2006 of theEuropean Community for research, technological development and demonstration activitiesaimed at contributing towards the creation of the European Research Area (COM(2001)94 Wdash
C5-0087/2001Wdash2001/0053(COD))
(Codecision procedure: first reading)
The European Parliament,
2dash having regard to the Commission proposal to the European Parliament and the Council
(COM(2001)94)(
1),
2dash having regard to the Commission Communication ‘The Framework Programme and the European
Research Area: application of Article169 and the networking of national programmes’(COM(2001)282),
2dash having regard to the Commission Communication ‘A Mobility Strategy for the European Research
Area (COM’ (2001) 331),
2dash having regard to the Commission Communication ‘The International Dimension of the European
Research Area’ (COM(2001)346),
2dash having regard to Article251(2) and Article166(1) of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Commis-
sion submitted the proposal to Parliament (C5-0087/2001),
2dash having regard to Rule 67 of its Rules of Procedure,
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TEXT PROPOSED
BY THE COMMISSIONAMENDMENTS
BY PARLIAMENT
2dash having regard to the report of the Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy and
the opinions of the Committee on Budgets, the Committee on Citizen’s Freedom and Rights, Justiceand Home Affairs, the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs, the Committee on the Environ-ment, Public Health and Consumer Policy, the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development, theCommittee on Fisheries, the Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism, the Committee onCulture, Youth, Education, the Media and Sport, and the Committee on Women’s Rights and EqualOpportunities (A5-0376/2001),
1. Approves the Commission proposal as amended;
2. Considers that the financial envelope of the proposal should be compatible with the ceiling under
heading 3 of the current financial perspective without restricting other policies.
3. Considers that the financing of the proposal is the minimum required to achieve the objectives
outlined in the sixth framework proposal and that the Commission should undertake an urgent reviewbefore the final enactment of the legislative proposal so as to ensure that the levels proposed of thefinancial resources match the objectives of this framework programme.
4. Asks to be consulted again should the Commission intend to amend the proposal substantially or
replace it with another text;
5. Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and Commission.
6. European Research Area: EC RTDD multiannual framework programme
2002-2006*
A5-0355/2001
Proposal for a Council decision concerning the multiannual framework programme 2002-2006of
the European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom) for research and training activities aimed atcontributingtowardsthecreationoftheEuropeanResearchArea(COM(2001)94WdashC5-0171/2001
Wdash2001/0054(CNS))
The proposal was amended as follows:
TEXT PROPOSED
BY THE COMMISSION(1)AMENDMENTS
BY PARLIAMENT
Amendment 1
Recital 13a (new)
(13a) Institutions involvedinnuclear research havetotake
into account the public acceptability of their activities, andthus the opening-up of discussion of research programmes
and objectives involving democratic institutions such as the
EuropeanParliamentmustbeencouraged.
Amendment 2
Recital 13b (new)
(13b) The European Parliament is invited to submit an
own-initiativereportorsomeotheropinionontheITERpro-ject, including the choice of site, before a final recommen-dationismadescheduledforDecember 2002.
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