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The Commission shall be responsible for carrying out, Article 2 
on 20 September 1989, the calculations required to _. . _ . . . „ r „_ _ tnnn 
i . • * 1 .-1 .. This Regulation shall enter into lorce on 20 June 1989. 
determine the new national currency amounts corre- b J 
sponding to the weights set out in the present regulation; 
it shall ensure that the new composition is communicated Tnis Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and 
to the monetary authorities and published in the Official directly applicable in all Member States. 
Journal of the European Communities. 
Amendments to the proposal for a Council Decision adopting a specific research and techno­
logical development programme in the field of biotechnology (1990 to 1994) — Biotechnology 
research for innovation, development and growth in Europe (Bridge) (') 
(Submitted by the Commission pursuant to the third paragraph of Article 149 of the EEC Treaty on 
1 June 1989) 
(89/C 198/11) 
The Commission proposal is hereby modified as follows: 
In the title 
Replace '1990 to 1994' by '1990 to 1993' 
Preamble and recitals unchanged 
Article 1 
A specific research and technological development programme for the European Economic 
Community in the field of biotechnology, as defined in the Annex, is hereby adopted for a 
period of four years, from 1 January 1990. 
Article 2 
The amount deemed necessary for the execution of the programme is ECU 100 million, 
including expenditure on a staff of 30. 
The indicative allocation of these funds is set out in the technical annex. 
Article 3 to Article 6 unchanged 
Article 7 
The Commission is hereby authorized to negotiate, in accordance with Article 130 N of the 
Treaty, agreements with European non-Member States and international organizations, in 
particular with those countries participating in European Cooperation in the field of Scientific 
and Technological Research (Cost), and those having concluded framework agreements in 
scientific and technical cooperation with the Community with a view to associating them 
wholly or partly in concerted actions within this programme. 
O OJ No C 70, 20. 3. 1989, p. 1. 
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Where framework agreements for scientific and technical cooperation between European 
non-Member States and the European Communities have been concluded, organizations and 
enterprises established in those countries may participate in a project undertaken within this 
programme, on the basis of the criterion of mutual advantage. No contractor based outside the 
Community and participating as a partner in a project undertaken under the programme may 
benefit from the Community financing of the programme. The contractor shall contribute to 
the general administration costs. 
Article 8 unchanged 
TECHNICAL ANNEX 
ACTION I: RESEARCH AND TRAINING 
CONTENT 
Points 1.1 to 4.2 unchanged 
IMPLEMENTATION 
The text of this section to be completed by the following subparagraphs: 
'Pending the implementation of the provisions of a possible Council Directive on deliberate release 
into the environment of genetically modified organisms, selected proposals will have to conform, in 
the country where the release experiment is to take place, to relevant safety regulations or guidelines; 
in those countries where no such regulations or guidelines have been developed, the project proposers 
planning to initiate release experiments will ascertain that there is no objection from the competent 
authorities concerned. 
Particular attention shall be devoted, at the time of selecting proposals, to the intensity of 
transnational and multidisciplinary collaborations. The appropriate and balanced participation of at 
least three laboratories located in three different Member States will, in the majority of cases, 
constitute an important criterion of selection.' 
COST activities (category II) associated to Action I 
CONTENT 
unchanged 
IMPLEMENTATION 
unchanged 
ACTION II: CONCERTATION 
CONTENT 
unchanged 
IMPLEMENTATION 
First two subparagraphs unchanged 
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Add third subparagraph 
'An appropriate part of the resources of Action II, Concertation, will be devoted to actions concerning 
the wider implications of research and development in the areas of biotechnology — e.g. for 
consumers, society, environment and development — featuring in Action I of this programme.' 
The next heading is modified as follows: 
INDICATIVE INTERNAL ALLOCATION OF FUNDS 
Substitute the following: 
(ECU million) 
Action I: Research and Training 
— Contract research (the total to be divided equally between 'N' and 'T' projects) 
— pre-normative research 15,5 
— cell biology 27,0 
— enabling technologies 27,0 
— information infrastructure 7,5 
— Training activities 10,0 
— Cost activities 3,0 
Action II: Concertation 10,0 
100,0 
Rest of the proposal unchanged