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 ( 1989-1992 )
Date: 1989-05-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: environmental protection, pollution control measures, research and development, research programme, scientific research

COMMISSION  OF  THE  EUROPEAN  COMMUNITIES 

COM  (89)  134  final-SYN  168 

Brussels, 12  May  1989 

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 

1989-1992 

(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 
programmes amount to 115 million ECU, including expenditure on a staff 

of 30, subdivided as follows: 

STEP  (Science and Technology for Environmental Protection): 75 
million ECU, 
EPOCH  (European Programme on Climatology and Natural Hazards): 40 
million ECU. 

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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 

10 Z 

2.1 to 2.5 unchanged 

RESEARCH AREA 3 :  ATMOSPHERIC PROCESSES AND AIR QUALITY 

20  1 

3.1 to 3.3 unchanged 

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 

RESEARCH AREA 6 :  ECOSYSTEM RESEARCH 

6.1 unchanged 

6.2 Aquatic and coastal ecosystems (including 
wetlands): water column, sediments, biota 

RESEARCH AREA 7 :  PROTECTION AND CONSERVATION OF THE EUROPEAN 

CULTURAL HERITAGE 

7.1 to 7.5 unchanged 

8 Z 

12 Z 

8 Z 

RESEARCH AREA 8 :  TECHNOLOGIES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

12 Z 

8.1 to 8.3 unchanged 

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 

15 Z 

1.1 to 1.2 unchanged 

RESEARCH AREA 2 :  CLIMATE PROCESSES AND MODELS 

30 Z 

2.1 to 2.7 unchanged 

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RESEARCH AREA 3 :  CLIMATIC IMPACTS AND CLIMATE-RELATED HAZARDS 

40Z 

3.1 to 3.6 unchanged 

RESEARCH AREA 4 :  SEISMIC HAZARD 

15 Z 

4.1 to 4.5 unchanged 

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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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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