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| 15.10.2009 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | CE 247/84 |

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Thursday 10 April 2008  
Research Fund for Coal and Steel \*

P6\_TA(2008)0117

European Parliament legislative resolution of 10 April 2008 on the proposal for a Council decision on the multiannual technical guidelines for the research programme of the Research Fund for Coal and Steel (COM(2007)0393 — C6-0248/2007 — 2007/0135(CNS))

2009/C 247 E/20

(Consultation procedure)

The European Parliament,

having regard to the Commission proposal to the Council (COM(2007)0393),

having regard to Article 4(3) of Council Decision 2003/76/EC of 1 February 2003 establishing the measures necessary for the implementation of the Protocol, annexed to the Treaty establishing the European Community, on the financial consequences of the expiry of the ECSC Treaty and on the Research Fund for Coal and Steel[(1)](#ntr1-CE2009247EN.01008402-E0001), pursuant to which the Council consulted Parliament (C6-0248/2007),

having regard to Rule 51 of its Rules of Procedure,

having regard to the report of the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (A6-0039/2008),

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| 1. | Approves the Commission proposal as amended; |

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| 2. | Calls on the Commission to alter its proposal accordingly, pursuant to Article 250(2) of the EC Treaty; |

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| 3. | Calls on the Council to notify Parliament if it intends to depart from the text approved by Parliament; |

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| 4. | Asks the Council to consult Parliament again if it intends to amend the Commission proposal substantially; |

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| 5. | Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and the Commission. |

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| TEXT PROPOSED BY THE COMMISSION | AMENDMENTS BY PARLIAMENT |
| Amendment 2 | |
| Article 4, paragraph 1, subparagraph 1a (new) | |
|  | Such projects shall make coal more competitive on local energy markets, subject to efficient use being made of local coal reserves. |
| Amendment 3 | |
| Article 4, paragraph 2, point (ca) (new) | |
|  | |  |  | | --- | --- | | (ca) | more efficient conversion of the primary energy latent in coal into other energy forms, for example through the use of conventional coal gasification and liquefaction technologies; | |
| Amendment 4 | |
| Article 4, paragraph 2, point (cb) (new) | |
|  | |  |  | | --- | --- | | (cb) | more economic and more reliable technologies. | |
| Amendment 5 | |
| Article 6, paragraph 2, point (d) | |
| |  |  | | --- | --- | | (d) | the refurbishment of waste heaps and the  industrial  use of residues from coal production and consumption; | | |  |  | | --- | --- | | (d) | the refurbishment of waste heaps and the use of residues from coal production and consumption; | |
| Amendment 6 | |
| Article 7, paragraph 1 | |
| Research projects with this objective shall relate to the prospects for long-term energy supply and concern the upgrading — in economic, energy-related and environmental terms — of coal  deposits  which cannot be extracted economically by conventional mining techniques. Projects may include studies, the definition of strategies, fundamental and applied research and the testing of innovative techniques which offer prospects for the upgrading of Community coal resources. | Research projects with this objective shall relate to the prospects for  safeguarding  long-term energy supply and concern the upgrading  and efficient transport  — in economic, energy-related and environmental terms — of coal which cannot be extracted economically by conventional mining techniques. Projects may include studies, the definition of strategies, fundamental and applied research and the testing of innovative techniques which offer prospects for the upgrading of Community coal resources. |
| Amendment 7 | |
| Article 7, paragraph 2 | |
| Preference shall be given to projects integrating complementary techniques such as the adsorption of methane or carbon dioxide, coal bed methane extraction and underground coal gasification. | Preference shall be given to projects integrating complementary techniques such as the adsorption of methane or carbon dioxide, coal bed methane extraction and  use as an energy source, efficient coal burning in heat and electricity generation processes and unconventional  underground coal gasification  methods . |
| Amendment 8 | |
| Article 8, point (ja) (new) | |
|  | |  |  | | --- | --- | | (ja) | steel castings and forgings and sintered products obtained by powder metallurgy from iron powders and ferro-alloys as semi-finished products for further processing; | |
| Amendment 9 | |
| Article 9, point (b) | |
| |  |  | | --- | --- | | (b) | steel  properties  addressing mechanical properties at low and high temperatures such as strength  and toughness , fatigue,  wear,  creep,  corrosion and resistance against  fracture; | | |  |  | | --- | --- | | (b) | steel  characteristics  addressing  the  mechanical properties  of steels  at low and high temperatures such as strength  under varying degrees of tension, hardness, shock resistance ,  mechanical and thermal  fatigue, creep  and  fracture  resistance and abrasion wear and corrosion resistance ; | |
| Amendment 10 and 11 | |
| Article 9, point (c) | |
| |  |  | | --- | --- | | (c) | prolonging service life, in particular by improving the resistance of steels and steel structures to  heat and  corrosion; | | |  |  | | --- | --- | | (c) | prolonging service life, in particular by improving the resistance of steels and steel structures to  high-temperature wear,  corrosion  and other influences ; | |
| Amendment 12 | |
| Article 9, point (d) | |
| |  |  | | --- | --- | | (d) | steel-containing  composites and  sandwich  structures; | | |  |  | | --- | --- | | (d) | fibrous and layered  composites and structures; | |
| Amendment 13 | |
| Article 9, point (e) | |
| |  |  | | --- | --- | | (e) | predictive simulation models on microstructures  and  mechanical properties; | | |  |  | | --- | --- | | (e) | predictive simulation models on microstructures ,  mechanical properties , etc ; | |
| Amendment 14 | |
| Article 10, point (b) | |
| |  |  | | --- | --- | | (b) | steel grades and  design of  assembled  structures to  facilitate the easy  recovery of steel scrap and its reconversion into usable steels; | | |  |  | | --- | --- | | (b) | design of  steel  structures  that are easy to disassemble at the end of their service life, with a view  to the recovery of steel scrap and its reconversion into usable steels; | |
| Amendment 15 | |
| Article 13 | |
| Any undertaking, public body, research organisation or higher and secondary education establishment, or other legal entity, including natural persons, from third countries shall be entitled to participate on the basis of individual projects without receiving any financial contribution under the Research Programme, provided that such participation is in the interest of the Community. | Any undertaking, public body, research organisation or higher and secondary education establishment, or other legal entity, including natural persons, from third countries shall be entitled to participate on the basis of individual projects without receiving any financial contribution under the Research Programme, provided that such participation is in the interest of the Community  and provided that the participant is able to provide the basic resources required for the project's implementation . |
| Amendment 16 | |
| Article 20 | |
| The Coal and Steel Advisory Groups (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Advisory Groups’) shall be independent technical advisory groups. | The Coal and Steel Advisory Groups (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Advisory Groups’) shall be independent technical advisory groups  comprising appropriately qualified specialists . |
| Amendment 17 | |
| Article 22, paragraph 3 | |
| The Commission shall ensure, within each Advisory Group, a balanced range of expertise and the broadest possible geographical representation. | The Commission shall ensure, within each Advisory Group, a balanced range of expertise and the broadest possible geographical  and geo-economic  representation , with special reference to the Member States which joined the European Union in 2004 and after . |
| Amendment 18 | |
| Article 25, paragraph 3, subparagraph 1 | |
| |  |  | | --- | --- | | 3. | The Commission shall establish an information package setting out the detailed rules for participation, the methods of managing proposals and projects, application forms, rules for the submission of proposals, model grant agreements, eligible costs, the maximum financial contribution allowable, methods of payment and the annual priority objectives of the Research Programme. | | |  |  | | --- | --- | | 3. | The Commission shall establish an information package setting out the detailed rules for participation, the methods of managing proposals and projects, application forms  (including instructions for the completion thereof) , rules for the submission of proposals, model grant agreements, eligible costs, the maximum financial contribution allowable, methods of payment and the annual priority objectives of the Research Programme. | |

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