AMENDED PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DECISION ADOPTING A SPECIFIC RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME IN THE FIELD OF AGRICULTURE AND AGRO-INDUSTRY ( 1990-1994 )
Date: 1991-03-01
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agriculture-industry relationship, biotechnology, research programme, technological change

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Amended proposal  for a 

COUNCIL DECISION 

adopting a specific research and technological development programme 

in the field of Agriculture and Agro-industry 

(1990-1994) 

(presented by the Commission pursuant to Article 149(3) 
of the EEC-Treaty) 

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Whereas this programme, must be implemented essentially by the  - Jcc.ion of research, 

development  and  demonstration  projects  to  enable  them  to  bencf.  from Cominunity 

participation;  whereas  the  Commission  should  encourage  the  subirds^foii  of  such 

projects  by the usual  means of publishing  calls for proposals in the  Official  Joyrn d  of 

the European Community; whereas an exceptional procedure should also be devised to 

come  into  effect  between  calls  for proposals  so  as  to  maintain  a degree  of  flexibility 

enabling  the  Commission,  in  the  face  of  the  continuous  evolution  and  gradual, 

acceleration  of  technological  progress,  also  to  take  into  consideration  spontaneous 

proposals  consistent  with the objectives of the programme; 

Whereas agricultural and agro-industrial research is very important for the viability and 

competitiveness  of  the  agricultural  sector  in  the  less-developed  regions  of  the 

Community  and  in  those  regions  where  agriculture  suffers  from  chronic  structural 

problems: 

Whereas  the  projects  to  be  carried  out  under  the  programme  must  be  selected  with 

special attention to the principle of economic and social cohesion in the Community, the 

transnational nature of the projects, the support to be given to small and medium-sized 

enterprises  and the importance  of  agriculture and rural development  in the European 

Community; 

Whereas  there  are  the  Community  i n i t i a t i v es  aimed  at  developing  regional  research, 

technology and innovation capacities such as the STRIDE. TELEMATIQUE. MEDSPA and 

STAR programmes: 

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Whereas  there  is  a  p o t e n t i al  of  non-food  uses  for  a g r i c u l t u r al  product-, on 

both  to  encourage  the  competitiveness  of  the  European  agro-industry  and  to 

assist 

in  reducing  a g r i c u l t u r al  surpluses; 

Whereas  many  factors  (economy,  health,  environment,  tourism)  play a  role  in  the 
defence  and protection of European forests  against  the serious risks of degradation  and 

destruction caused by forest fires and increasing desertification,  notably in the  Member 

States  on  the  Mediterranean: 

Whereas  it is only in  the  light  of experience  gathered  in  the course  of this  programme 

that  the  Commission  will  be able  to propose  and  the  Council  to  adopt  supplementary 

programmes  by having  recourse  to  the  means  provided  for  in  Articles  1301, 130m  or 

130o of the Treaty, if they contribute to the achievement of the programmed objectives, 

in  accordance  with 

the  option  made  available  by  Article  2(2)  of  Decision 

90/221/Euratom, EEC; 

Whereas,  in  accordance  with  Article  130g  of  the  Treaty,  the  Community's  activities 

aimed  at  strengthening  the scientific  and  technological  basis of  European  industry  and 

encouraging it to become more competitive include promoting cooperation on  research 

and  technological  development  with  third  countries  and  international  organizations; 

whereas such cooperation  may prove particularly beneficial  to the development of this 

programme; 

Whereas  it  is  necessary,  as  Annex  II  to  Decision  90/221 /Euratom  EEC,  provides,  to 

contribute  to  securing  a  better  match  between  production  of  land  and  water-base 1 

biological  resources  and  their  use  by consumers  and  industry; 

Whereas the Scientific and Technical Research Committee (CREST) has been  consulted, 

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