WRITTEN QUESTION No. 1624/98 by Amedeo AMADEO to the Commission. Fifth framework programme for RTDD (budget for implementation)
Date: 1998-05-27
Institutions: AMADEO, European Parliament
Subjects: EU programme, competitiveness, employment policy, higher education, innovation, quality of life, research and development, scientific research, small and medium-sized enterprises, technological change

C 31/62

Official Journal of the European Communities

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5.2.1999

(1999/C 31/081)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-1624/98

by Amedeo Amadeo (NI) to the Commission

(27 May 1998)

Subject: Fifth framework programme for RTDD (budget for implementation)

With regard to document COM(97) 439 final › 97/0119 COD-97/0120 CNS (1), and with reference to (cid:145)key
actions(cid:146) can the Commission:

1. Retain in every key action an appropriate margin of resources for demonstration activities, innovations and

SMEs to support the impetus to the market given by research and innovation;

2.

3.

Integrate and, as a result, rationalize the contents of the proposed key actions by adjusting them
appropriately, where possible, within the thematic programmes indicated by the Commission;

Identify ten key actions relating to the Community framework RTDD programme and one for the Euratom
framework programme and give them financial resources of a sufficient critical mass, absorption capacity,
and a high level of scientific research and a high profile;

4. Make the allocation of financial resources to key actions dependent upon the results obtained and verified so
as to avoid five years of stagnation and the (cid:145)forced(cid:146) financing of RTDD activities at a low standard of
technology and innovation;

5. Provide modern, simple and transparent administrative machinery ensuring that administrative expenditure
and time spent are restricted by assignment of specific responsibilities, restricted levels of bureaucracy and
decision-making, and reserving joint decision-making only for the highest levels of the Commissioners
concerned?

(1) OJ C 291, 25.9.1997, pp. 15-16.

(1999/C 31/082)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-1625/98

by Amedeo Amadeo (NI) to the Commission

(27 May 1998)

Subject: Fifth framework programme for RTDD (budget for implementation)

With regard to the amended proposal for a European Parliament and Council Decision concerning the Fifth
framework programme for research, technological development and demonstration activities (1998-2002) and to
the amended proposal for a Council Decision concerning the Fifth framework programme of the European
Atomic Energy Community (Euratom) for research and training activities (1998-2002) (COM(97) 439 final › 97/
0119 COD › 97/0120 CNS) (1), will the Commission make the allocation of financial resources conditional upon
a percentage shift in balance towards action involving exchanges between the academic and industrial spheres,
universities and SMEs, major research centres, industrial laboratories and SMEs?

(1) OJ C 291, 25.9.1997, pp. 15-16.

(1999/C 31/083)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-1626/98

by Amedeo Amadeo (NI) to the Commission

(27 May 1998)

Subject: Fifth framework programme for RTDD (budget for implementation)

With regard to the amended proposal for a European Parliament and Council Decision concerning the Fifth
framework programme for research, technological development and demonstration activities (1998-2002) and to
the amended proposal for a Council Decision concerning the Fifth framework programme of the European
Atomic Energy Community (Euratom) for research and training activities (1998-2002) (COM(97) 439 final › 97/
0119 COD › 97/0120 CNS) (1).