Resolution of the ECSC Consultative Committee on the research programmes in the coal mining and the iron and steel industries
Date: 1986-06-20
Institutions: Consultative Committee of the European Coal and Steel Community
Subjects: EU programme, coal industry, industrial research, iron and steel industry, research programme, social analysis













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Resolution of the ECSC Consultative Committee on the research programmes in the coal mining and the iron and steel industries  


Official Journal C 257 , 14/10/1986 P. 0002 - 0003 





RESOLUTION OF THE ECSC CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEEon the research programmes in  the coal mining and the iron and steel industries(adopted unanimously at its 257th session of 20  June 1986)(86/C 257/02)THE CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE 1. having carefully examined the ECSC  research programmes and the means of financing them: (a) the steel programme: - the annual steel  research programme, -the pilot demonstration programme; (b) the coal programme: -the annual coal  research programme; (c) the social research programmes: -safety in mines, -health in mines,  -effects on health of workers of physical and other occupational loads at the work place (medical  research programme) , -technical control of nuisances in pollution at the place of work and in the  environment of iron and steel works, -ergonomics programme; 2. having regard to Article 55 of the  ECSC Treaty; 3. convinced that the three ECSC research programmes contribute considerably to the  competitiveness of the coal and steel industries, to improving working conditions, health and  safety of workers in both industries, and to taking into account the rapidly changing constraints  imposed by the protection of the environment; consequently finds it of utmost importance that the  research activities must be continued and with better funding, allowing for new and important  activities in all three research areas; 4. aware of the fact that new and important technologies  and research are needed in both the coal and the steel industries. Extra funding for these research  programmes is deemed necessary; 5. is concerned that all three research programmes can not be  carried on if the present deficit of one of them is not made up and the budgetary provisions of the  others fall short in the future. The research programmes will be limited considerably with all the  disadvantages this would entail; 6. considering that the ECSC budget can cover an extension of the  traditional research budgets and of other forms of ECSC expenditure by having recourse to sources  unused up to now for the operational budget and which are available or about to be (product of  invested funds, fines, expiring aids) and that it would be legitimate, given the strategic  importance for the whole economy of the research in progress, to call upon the general European  Communities' budget or any other exceptional source of funds; 7. requests, in these circumstances:  (a) in the field of technical research in the steel industry: (i) a substantial increase (6 million  ECU) in the level of funds allocated to 'traditional' research, to enable in particular the  adaptation of steel products to consumers' requirements and their promotion within the Community;  (ii) the maintenance of the present level of funds for the 'pilot and demonstration projects',  which are an effective way of promoting the industrial application of the research results; (iii)  the introduction of a new element to finance strategic development projects, which are a vital  necessity for the steel industry, but which are expensive and contain a large element of risk in  return for a possible benefit felt only in the distant future; (b) in the field of technical  research in the coal industry: a substantial increase also in the level of funds allocated to  'coal' research under Article 55 of the ECSC Treaty so that: (i) pursuant to the medium-term  guidelines for 1986 to 1990, research can be continued into: - mining techniques, and -  beneficiation of products, collaboration can be pursued between the national coal bodies  responsible for research and the results of this work disseminated, and, in this context; (ii)  support may be given to the efforts constantly made by the coal industry to: (a) maintain its cost  of production, through additional rationalization and modernization measures and improved yield, at  the lowest possible level; (b) improve the beneficiation and use of coal and adapt it as fully as  possible to the specific requirements of the consumers; (c) develop coal consumption; (d)  simultaneously improve safety and working conditions for the workforce by employing the most modern  technologies; (c) in the field of social research in the coal and steel industries: (i) that by the  allocation of sufficient funds to the ECSC budget it is guaranteed that the programme on social  research which had been decided upon can continuously be carried through so that research  activities do not risk being interrupted at the expense of the workers' safety and the companies'  efforts of fulfilling their obligation to carefully protect workers against damaging their health;  (ii) that at least 13,5 million ECU ought to be made available from the ECSC budget to continue  funding for the already approved social research programmes and that ways should be found of  increasing the sum of 9,5 million ECU set aside for social research in the 1986 budget; (iii) that  future programmes on social research respect the principle that aid on research should only be  granted if there is no doubt that introducing the results of this research into companies' normal  practice is a real advantage to the workers. When allocating the financial means to future  programmes it must also be ensured that research deemed urgently necessary from a practical point  of view is not excluded from aid because the means to be budgeted are mainly reserved for the  traditional fields of research.