Decision No 786/2004/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 April 2004 amending Decisions No 1720/1999/EC, No 253/2000/EC, No 508/2000/EC, No 1031/2000/EC, No 1445/2000/EC, No 163/2001/EC, No 1411/2001/EC, No 50/2002/EC, No 466/2002/EC, No 1145/2002/EC, No 1513/2002/EC, No 1786/2002/EC, No 291/2003/EC and No 20/2004/EC with a view to adapting the reference amounts to take account of the enlargement of the European Union
Date: 2004-04-21
Institutions: Council of the European Union, European Parliament
Subjects: EU financing, EU programme, action programme, enlargement of the Union

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DECISION No 786/2004/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL

of 21 April 2004

amending Decisions No 1720/1999/EC, No 253/2000/EC, No 508/2000/EC, No 1031/2000/EC,
No 1445/2000/EC, No 163/2001/EC, No 1411/2001/EC, No 50/2002/EC, No 466/2002/EC,
No 1145/2002/EC, No 1513/2002/EC, No 1786/2002/EC, No 291/2003/EC and No 20/2004/EC
with a view to adapting the reference amounts to take account of the enlargement of the
European Union

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE
EUROPEAN UNION,

— No 508/2000/EC of 14 February 2000 establishing the

‘Culture 2000' programme (4),

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community, and in particular Article 129, Article 137(2),
Article 149, Article 150, Article 151(5) Article 152, Article
153, Article 156, Article 166(1), Article 175(1) and Article 285
thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and
Social Committee,

After consulting the Committee of the Regions,

— No 1031/2000/EC of 13 April 2000 establishing the

‘Youth' Community action programme (5),

— No 1445/2000/EC of 22 May 2000 on the application of
to the
remote-sensing

aerial-survey
agricultural statistics for 1999 to 2003 (6),

techniques

and

— No

of

163/2001/EC

the
implementation of a training programme for professionals
in
industry
audiovisual
(MEDIA-Training) (2001 to 2005) (7),

programme

European

January

2001

the

on

19

Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article
251 of the Treaty (1),

— No 1411/2001/EC of 27 June 2001 on a Community
Framework for cooperation to promote sustainable urban
development (8),

Whereas:

In order to take account of the enlargement of the European
Union,
respectively the maximum
overall amount, should be adapted in the following Decisions
of the European Parliament and of the Council:

the reference amounts,

— No 1720/1999/EC of 12 July 1999 adopting a series of
actions and measures in order to ensure interoperability of
and access to trans-European networks for the electronic
interchange of data between administrations (IDA) (2),

— No 253/2000/EC of 24 January 2000 establishing the
second phase of the Community action programme in the
field of education ‘Socrates' (3),

(1) Opinion of the European Parliament of 9 March 2004 (not yet
published in the Official Journal) and Council Decision of 5 April
2004.

(2) OJ L 203, 3.8.1999, p. 9. Decision as amended by Decision No

2045/2002/EC (OJ L 316, 20.11.2002, p. 1).

(3) OJ L 28, 3.2.2000, p. 1. Decision as amended by Decision No

451/2003/EC (OJ L 69, 13.3.2003, p. 6).

— No 50/2002/EC of 7 December 2001 establishing a
encourage
social

programme
cooperation between Member States
exclusion (9),

Community

to combat

action

to

of

— No 466/2002/EC of 1 March 2002 laying down a
Community
promoting
non-governmental organisations primarily active in the
field of environmental protection (10),

programme

action

— No 1145/2002/EC of 10 June 2002 on Community

incentive measures in the field of employment (11),

(4) OJ L 63, 10.3.2000, p. 1. Decision as amended by Decision No

626/2004/EC (OJ L 99, 3.4.2004, p. 3).

(5) OJ L 117, 18.5.2000, p. 1.
(6) OJ L 163, 4.7.2000, p. 1. Decision as amended by Decision No

2066/2003/EC (OJ L 309, 26.11.2003, p. 9).

(7) OJ L 26, 27.1.2001, p. 1.
(8) OJ L 191, 13.7.2001, p. 1.
(9) OJ L 10, 12.1.2002, p. 1. Decision as amended by the 2003 Act of

Accession.

(10) OJ L 75, 16.3.2002, p. 1.
(11) OJ L 170, 29.6.2002, p. 1.

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— No 1513/2002/EC of 27 June 2002 concerning the sixth
framework programme of the European Community for
technological development and demonstration
research,
activities, contributing to the creation of
the European
Research Area and to innovation (2002 to 2006) (1); the
adapted amount must apply to the implementation of all
activities provided for
in the framework programme,
according to Article 166(3) of the Treaty,

— No 1786/2002/EC of 23 September 2002 adopting a
programme of Community action in the field of public
health (2003 to 2008) (2),

— No 291/2003/EC of 6 February 2003 establishing the

European Year of Education through Sport 2004 (3),

— No 20/2004/EC of 8 December 2003 establishing a
framework for financing Community actions in
the years 2004 to

general
support of consumer policy for
2007 (4),

HAVE DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 3

Article 3 of Decision No 508/2000/EC shall be amended as
follows:

1. The heading ‘Budget' shall be replaced by the heading

‘Funding'

2. The first paragraph shall be replaced by the following:

‘The financial framework for the implementation of the
“Culture 2000” programme for the period referred to in
Article 1 is hereby set at EUR 170,7 million.'

Article 4

Article 9(1) of Decision No 1031/2000/EC shall be replaced by
the following:

The financial framework for the implementation of
‘1.
this programme for the period specified in Article 1 is
hereby set at EUR 605 million.'

Article 1

Article 5

Article 15 of Decision No 1720/1999/EC shall be replaced by
the following:

The first paragraph of Article 3 of Decision No 1445/2000/EC
shall be replaced by the following:

‘Article 15

Funding

1.
The financial framework for Community action under
this Decision for the period 2002 to 2004 shall be EUR
34,9 million.

Annual appropriations shall be authorised by the
the financial

2.
budgetary authority within the limit of
perspective.'

Article 2

‘The financial framework for the implementation of this
programme for the period 2004 to 2007 is hereby set at
EUR 14,75 million. EUR 11 million shall be for the period
up to 31 December 2006. For the period beginning on 1
January 2007, the amount proposed shall be deemed to be
confirmed if, for the phase in question, it is consistent with
the financial perspective in force for the period beginning
on 1 January 2007. '

Article 6

Article 4(5) of Decision No 163/2001/EC shall be replaced by
the following:

The financial framework for the implementation of
‘5.
this programme for the period referred to in Article 1 is
hereby set at EUR 52 million.'

Article 10(1) of Decision No 253/2000/EC shall be replaced by
the following:

Article 7

‘1.
The financial framework for the implementation of
this programme for the period specified in Article 1 is
hereby set at EUR 2 060 million.'

(1) OJ L 232, 29.8.2002, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 271, 9.10.2002, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 43, 18.2.2003, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 5, 9.1.2004, p. 1.

first

The
1411/2001/EC shall be replaced by the following:

subparagraph of Article 6(1) of Decision No

‘1.
This cooperation framework shall start on 1 January
2001 and shall end on 31 December 2004. The financial
framework for
this cooperation
the implementation of
framework for the period 2001 to 2004 shall be EUR 14,8
million.'

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Article 8

Article 6(1) of Decision No 50/2002/EC shall be replaced by
the following:

‘1.
The financial framework for the implementation of
the programme for the period referred to in Article 1 is
hereby set at EUR 85,04 million, including technical and
administrative expenditure.'

The financial framework for the implementation of
‘1.
the programme for the period specified in Article 1 is
hereby set at EUR 353,77 million. EUR 227,51 million
shall be for the period up to 31 December 2006.

For the period beginning on 1 January 2007, the amount
proposed shall be deemed to be confirmed if, for the phase
in question, it is consistent with the financial perspective
in force for the period beginning on 1 January 2007.'

Article 9

Article 7(2) of Decision No 466/2002/EC shall be replaced by
the following:

‘2.
The financial framework for the implementation of
this Programme for the period 2002 to 2006 is hereby set
at EUR 34,3 million.'

Article 10

Article 12(1) of Decision No 1145/2002/EC shall be replaced
by the following:

The

financial

‘1.
implementing the
framework for
Community activities referred to in this Decision for the
period 1 January 2002 to 31 December 2006 shall be EUR
62,3 million.'

Article 11

Decision No 1513/2002/EC is hereby amended as follows:

1. Article 2(1) shall be replaced by the following:

The maximum overall

for Community
‘1.
financial participation in the
sixth framework
programme shall be EUR 17 883 million. The proportion
assigned to each of the activities is fixed in Annex II.'

amount
entire

2. Annex II shall be replaced by the text in the Annex to this

Decision.

Article 12

first

The
1786/2002/EC shall be replaced by the following:

subparagraph of Article 7(1) of Decision No

Article 13

Article 10 of Decision No 291/2003/EC shall be amended as
follows:

1. The heading ‘Budget' shall be replaced by the heading

‘Funding'

2. Paragraph 1 shall be replaced by the following:

The financial framework for the implementation of

‘1.
this Decision is hereby set at EUR 12,1 million.'

Article 14

Article 5(1) and (2) of Decision No 20/2004/EC shall be
replaced by the following:

‘1.
The financial framework for the implementation of
this Decision for the period from 1 January 2004 to 31
December 2007 is set at EUR 81,8 million of which EUR
60,6 million shall be for the period until 31 December
2006.

2.
For the period beginning on 1 January 2007, the
amount proposed shall be deemed to be confirmed if, for
the phase in question,
it is consistent with the financial
perspective in force for the period beginning on 1 January
2007.'

Article 15

This Decision shall enter
publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

into force on the day of

its

Done at Strasbourg, 21 April 2004.

For the European Parliament

For the Council

The President

P. COX

The President

D. ROCHE

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX II

MAXIMUM OVERALL AMOUNT, RESPECTIVE SHARES AND INDICATIVE BREAKDOWN

The maximum overall financial amount and the respective indicative shares of the various activities as referred to in
Article 164 of the Treaty are as follows:

First activity (1)

Second activity (2)

Third activity (3)

Fourth activity (4)

(EUR million)

15 174

658

319

1 732

17 883

Maximum overall amount

(1) Covering the activities carried out under the heading “Focusing and integrating Community research”, with the exception of
international cooperation activities; research infrastructures, and the theme “Science and society” carried out under the heading
“Structuring the European Research Area” and activities carried out under the heading “Strengthening the foundations of the
European Research Area”.

(2) Covering the international cooperation activities carried out under the heading “Focusing and integrating Community research”, in

the thematic priority areas and under the heading “Specific activities covering a wider field of research”.

(3) Covering the specific activities on the theme “Research and innovation” carried out under the heading “Structuring the European
Research Area” in addition to innovation activities carried out under the heading “Focusing and integrating Community research”.
(4) Covering the activities concerning human resources and support for mobility carried out under the heading “Structuring the

European Research Area”.

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These activities will be carried out under the following headings (the indicative financial breakdown is set out):

1.

Focusing and integrating Community research

Thematic priorities (1)

Life sciences, genomics and biotechnology for health (2)

— advanced genomics and its applications for health

— combating major diseases

Information society technologies (3)

Nanotechnologies and nanosciences, knowledge-based
multifunctional materials and new production processes and
devices

Aeronautics and space

Food quality and safety

Sustainable development, global change and ecosystems

— sustainable energy systems

— sustainable surface transport

— global change and ecosystems

Citizens and governance in a knowledge-based society

Specific activities covering a wider field of research

Policy support and anticipating scientific and technological needs

Horizontal research activities involving SMEs

Specific measures in support of international cooperation (4)

Non-nuclear activities of the Joint Research Centre

2.

Structuring the European Research Area

Research and innovation

Human resources

Research infrastructure (5)

Science and society

3.

Strengthening the foundations of the European Research Area

Support for the coordination of activities

Support for the coherent development of policies

2 514

1 209

1 305

3 984

1 429

1 182

753

2 329

890

670

769

247

590

473

346

319

1 732

715

88

292

55

(EUR million)

14 682

12 438

1 409

835

2 854

347

(1) Of which at least 15 % for SMEs.
(2) Including up to EUR 475 million for cancer-related research.
(3) Including up to EUR 110 million for the further development of Géant and GRID.
(4) The amount of EUR 346 million will fund specific measures in support of international cooperation involving developing countries,
Mediterranean countries (including the Western Balkans), and Russia and the New Independent States (NIS). Another EUR 312
million is earmarked to finance the participation of third-country organisations in the “Thematic Priorities” and in the “Specific
activities covering a wider field of research”, thus bringing the total amount devoted to international cooperation to EUR 658
million. Additional resources will be available under section 2.2 “Human resources and mobility” to fund research training for
third-country researchers in Europe.

(5) Including up to EUR 218 million for the further development of Géant and GRID.'

Total

17 883