COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 
Amendment to the 
Proposal for a 
COUNCIL DECISION COM (89) 134 final-SYN 168 
Brussels, 12 May 1989 
adopting two specific research and technological development programmes 
in the field of the environment 
STEP: Science and Technology for Environmental Protection 
EPOCH: European Programme on Climatology and Natural Hazards 
1989-1992 
(presented by the Commission pursuant to the third paragraph of Article 149 
of the EEC Treaty) 
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The Commission proposal is hereby amended as follows: 
Preamble unchanged 
Recitals unchanged 
Article 1 unchanged 
Article 2 
* The funds estimated as necessary for the execution of the two 
I programmes amount to 115 million ECU, including expenditure on a staff 
•a 
* of 30, subdivided as follows: 
3 
STEP (Science and Technology for Environmental Protection): 75 
million ECU, 
* - EPOCH (European Programme on Climatology and Natural Hazards): 40 
; million ECU. 
An indicative breakdown of these funds is set out in Annex II. 
Articles 3 and 4 unchanged 
Article 5 
The Commission shall be responsible for the execution of the two 
programmes. 
The Commission shall be assisted by a committee of an advisory nature, 
hereinafter referred to as "the Committee", composed of the represen­
tatives of the Member States and chaired by the representative of the 
Commission. 
The contracts entered into by the Commission shall regulate the rights 
and obligations of each party, including the methods of disseminating, 
protecting and exploiting the research results. 
(1) OJ no. C 327 of 20.12.1988 
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Add the following new article: 
Article 6 
1. The representative of the Commission shall submit to the Committee 
a draft of the measures to be taken. The Committee shall deliver 
Its opinion within a time limit which the Chairman may lay down 
according to urgency of the matter, if necessary by taking a vote. 
2. The opinion shall be recorded in the minutes of the Committee; in 
addition, each Member State shall have the right to have its 
opinion recorded in the minutes. 
3. The Commission shall take the utmost account of the opinion 
delivered by the Committee. It shall inform the Committee of the 
manner in which its opinion,has been taken into account. 
Articles 6 and 7 (unchanged) become Articles 7 and 8. 
ANNEX: I. OBJECTIVES unchanged 
II. CONTENTS 
STEP (Science and Technology for Environmental Protection) 
RESEARCH AREA 1 : ENVIRONMENT AND HUMAN HEALTH 
1.1 to 1.3 unchanged Indicative 
breakdown 
5 1 
RESEARCH AREA 2 : ASSESSMENT OF RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH CHEMICALS 
2.1 to 2.5 unchanged 10 Z 
RESEARCH AREA 3 : ATMOSPHERIC PROCESSES AND AIR QUALITY 
3.1 to 3.3 unchanged 20 1 
RESEARCH AREA 4 : WATER QUALITY 5 Z 
4.1 Analysis and conversion of pollutants 
in water and sediments 
4.2 unchanged 
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RESEARCH AREA 5 : SOIL AND GROUNDWATER PROTECTION 
5.1 to 5.3 unchanged 8 Z 
RESEARCH AREA 6 : ECOSYSTEM RESEARCH 
6.1 unchanged 
6.2 Aquatic and coastal ecosystems (including 
wetlands): water column, sediments, biota 12 Z 
RESEARCH AREA 7 : PROTECTION AND CONSERVATION OF THE EUROPEAN 
CULTURAL HERITAGE 
7.1 to 7.5 unchanged 8 Z 
RESEARCH AREA 8 : TECHNOLOGIES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 
8.1 to 8.3 unchanged 12 Z 
RESEARCH AREA 9 : MAJOR TECHNOLOGICAL HAZARDS AND FIRE SAFETY 20 Z 
9.1 to 9.3 unchanged 
EPOCH (European Programme on Climatology and Natural Hazards) 
RESEARCH AREA 1: PAST CLIMATE AND CLIMATE CHANGE 
1.1 to 1.2 unchanged 15 Z 
RESEARCH AREA 2 : CLIMATE PROCESSES AND MODELS 
2.1 to 2.7 unchanged 30 Z 
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RESEARCH AREA 3 : CLIMATIC IMPACTS AND CLIMATE-RELATED HAZARDS 
3.1 to 3.6 unchanged 40Z 
RESEARCH AREA 4 : SEISMIC HAZARD 
4.1 to 4.5 unchanged 15 Z 
III. IMPLEMENTATION unchanged 
IV. EVALUATION CRITERIA unchanged 
Commission of the European Communities 
COM(89) 134 final 
Amendment to the proposal for a 
COUNCIL DECISION 
adopting two specific research and technological development program­
mes in the field of the environment 
STEP: Science and technology for environmental protection 
Epoch: European programme on climatology and natural hazards 
(1989-92) 
(presented by the Commission pursuant to the third paragraph of 
Article 149 of the EEC Treaty) 
12.5.1989 
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Catalogue number: CB-CO-89-182-EN-C 
ISSN 0254-1475 
COM(89) 134 final 
DOCUMENTS 
Amendment to the proposal for a 
COUNCIL DECISION 
adopting two specific research and technological 
development programmes in the field of the environment 
STEP: Science and technology for environmental protection 
Epoch: European programme on climatology and natural 
hazards 
(1989-92) 
(presented by the Commission pursuant to the third 
paragraph of Article 149 of the EEC Treaty) 
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Catalogue number: CB-CO-89-182-EN-C 
ISBN 92-77-49511-1 12.5.1989 
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