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## `COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES`

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                           COM(91)306 final - SYN 267

                           Brussels,-24 July 1991

               fle-examined proposal for a

                  COUNCIL DECISION

   adopting a specific research and technological development programme

            in the field of biomedicine and health

                    (1991-1994)

      (presented by the Commission pursuant to Article 149.2(d)

                  of the EEC treaty)

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              EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM

1. On 10 July 1991 the European Parliament in its second reading of

   the "Biomedicine and Health" proposal (initial proposal COM(90)

   162 final - SYN 267 of 28 May 1990, modified proposal COM(90) 676

   final - SYN 267 of 14 December 1990) has adopted one amendment to

   the Common Position of the Council. The Commission, when defending

   its position, accepted this amendment, which restores to AIDS 50%

   of the budget allocated to Area 2 "Major health problems and

   diseases of great socio-economic impact", and which raises to 6.67

   MECU the resources of Area 4, "Research on Biomedical ethics".

2. Consequently, pursuant to Article 149.2.(d) of the EEC Treaty, the

   Commission establishes its re-examined proposal by integrating the

   accepted amendment into the Common Position of the Council (to be

   found in the Annex).

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                                     ANNE!

             Re-examined proposal for a

                COUNCIL DECISION

 adopting a specific research and technological development programme

          in the field of biomediclne and health

                  (1991-1994)

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**`The re-examined proposal of the Commission consists of the text of`** _**the**_

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Common Position adopted by the Council on 24 April 1991 (doc. 5502/91)

modified as follows :

                   ANNEX II

Indicative breakdown of the amount deemed necessary in mi I Hon ECU 
Area 1 Development of coordinated research on

       prevention, care and health systems : 27

Area 2 Major health problems and diseases of great

       socio-economic impact, with AIDS receiving

       50% of the sum for this Area : 71

Area 3 Human Genome Analysis : 27

Area 4 Research on Biomedical ethics : 6.67

             TOTAL [1-2] 131.67

The breakdown between different headings does not exclude the

possibility that projects could cover several headings.

1 Including expenditure on staff which comes to 5 MECU and
   administrative expenditure totalling 8 MECU. Five per cent of the
   total will be allocated to training research workers and
   specialists.

 2 A sum deemed necessary of ECU 1.33 million, not included in the ECU
   131.67 million, will be earmarked as the contribution from the

   specific programme in the field of "Biomediclne and Health" to the
   centralised scheme for the dissemination and exploitation of

   results.

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### **COM(91) 306 final**

# **DOCUMENTS**

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