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No C 93/6 Official Journal of the European Communities 19.4.86

Amendments to the proposal for a Council Decision adopting a multiannual research action
programme on materials (raw materials and advanced materials) (1986 to 1989) (')

_COM(86) 153 final_

_(Submitted by the Commission to the Council pursuant to the second paragraph of Article 149 of_

_the EEC Treaty)_

(86/C 93/06)

O OJ No C 220, 30. 8. 1985, p. 3.

ORIGINAL TEXT MODIFIED TEXT

Preamble unchanged

First, second and third recitals unchanged

_Fourth recital_ _Amendment No 1_

Whereas the economic availability of raw materials and
processed materials is indispensable to maintaining the
industrial competitiveness of the Community;

Whereas the economic availability of raw materials and
advanced materials is indispensable to maintaining the
industrial competitiveness of the Community;

Fifth, sixth, seventh, eight and ninth recitals unchanged

Article 1 unchanged

_Article 2_ _Amendment No 2_

1. The funds estimated as necessary for the execution not accepted (')
of the programme amount to 110 million ECU,
including expenditure for a staff of 24.

Article 2 (2) unchanged

Article 3 unchanged

_Article 4_ _Amendment No 3_

The programme shall be reviewed at the beginning of the
third year. In the light of this review the Commission
may, through the appropriate procedures, present to the
Council a proposal for a new four-year programme
which would supersede the current programme at the
end of the third year.

The programme shall be reviewed at the end of the
second year. In the light of this review, the Commission
may, through the appropriate procedures, present to the
Council a proposal for a new four-year programme
which would supersede the current programme at the
beginning of the third year.

Articles 5 and 6 unchanged

(') Parliament proposal is for 200 million ECU and a staff
of 30.

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_ANNEX_ _I_

I. PRIMARY RAW MATERIALS (MINERALS)

unchanged

II. SECONDARY RAW MATERIALS

unchanged

III. WOOD AS A RENEWABLE MATERIAL

The expenditure estimated as necessary for this subprogramme
is 20 million ECU. It covers the following research areas:

1. Wood production

1.1. Forest tree breeding and gene resource conservation;

1.2. Protection against damage from biotic and abiotic
agents;

1.3. Better use of land resources (coordination action only);

1.4. Forest inventory (coordination action only);

2. Wood harvest, storage and transport

2.1. Organization of harvesting operations and development
of harvesting machinery;

2.2. Harvesting, treatment, storage and transport.

3. Wood as a material

3.1. Properties, protection and improvement of wood and
wood-based panels;

3.2. Development of testing and grading procedures.

4. Mechanical wood processing and use of finished wood
products

4.1. Mechanical conversion and manufacturing processes;

4.2. Drying processes;

4.3. Constructional use of wood and wood-based materials;

4.4. Other uses of finished products made of wood.

5. Pulp and paper manufacturing and processing and wood
chemicals

5.1. The physical and organic chemistry of wood defibring;

5.2. Chemi-mechanical pulping (high yield pulping);

5.3. Pulping processes with low grade wood;

5.4. Substitutes for wood fibres and material additives;

5.5. Fibre recycling;

5.6. JThe process of manufacture of paper and board;

5.7. Products derived from wood as a source of chemicals.

The expenditure estimated as necessary for this subprogramme
is 20 million ECU. It covers the following research areas:

1. Wood production

1.1. unchanged

_Amendment_ _No 4_

1.2. Protection against damage from biotic and abiotic
agents and fire;

unchanged

unchanged

2. Wood harvest, storage and transport

unchanged

3. Wood as a material

unchanged

4. Mechanical wood processing and use of finished wood
products

unchanged

5. Pulp and paper manufacturing and processing and wood
chemicals

unchanged

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IV. ADVANCED MATERIALS (EURAM)

_Amendment No 5_

The expenditure estimated as necessary for this subprogramme
is 38 million ECU. It covers the following research areas:

1. Metallic materials

1.1. Light aluminium-, magnesium- and titanium-based
alloys;

1.2. Electrical-contact materials;

1.3. High-performance magnetic materials;

1.4. Materials for surface coatings and machine, tool and
cutting equipment;

1.5. Thin-walled castings.

2. Engineering ceramics

2.1. Optimization of engineering ceramics;

2.2. Study of metal/ceramic interface cermets;

2.3. Ceramic composites with fibres and whiskers;

2.4. High temperature behaviour of engineering ceramics.

3. Composite materials

3.1. Organic-matrix composites;

3.2. Metallic-matrix composites;

3.3. Ceramic-matrix composites;

3.4. Other specific advanced materials.

not accepted (')

1. Metallic materials

1.1. Light aluminium-, magnesium- and titanium-based
alloys;

_Amendment No 6_

1.2. Electronic- and electrical-contact materials;

1.3. High-performance magnetic materials;

1.4. Materials for surface coatings and machine, tool and
cutting equipment;

1.5. Thin-walled castings.

2. Engineering ceramics

unchanged

3. Composite materials

unchanged

_Amendment No 7_

Insert the following new paragraph:

'The aim of research carried out under the subprogramme
shall be to provide the basis for a Community policy for supporting research and development in the advanced materials
sector and for coordinating national programmes.

To this end, every two years:

— an assessment shall be made of European research and
development capacity in the advanced materials sector, by
area, Member State and in the Community as a whole, by
comparison with the technological capacity of Japan and
the United States,

— a medium-term analysis and estimate shall be made of
requirements in the various sectors of the European
industry, in relation, if necessary, with other Community
programmes related to materials.'

_ANNEX_ _II_

unchanged

(') Parliament proposal is for 128 million ECU.