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#### **`COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES`**

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                         C0M(91) 289 final-SYN 355

                         Brussels, 25 July 1991

                   Proposal for a

                 COUNCIL DECISION

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**concerning the conclusion of a multilateral Cooperation Agreement "Community-**
**COST"** **on eleven concerted action projects in the field of food science and**
**technology ("FLAIR" programme) between the European Economic Community and**
**COST third states.**

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               (presented by the Commission)

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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM

_Su_ Proposal for a Council Decision concerning the conclusion of a
multilateral Cooperation Agreement "Community-COST" on eleven
concerted action projects in the field of Food science and technology
between the European Economic Community and COST/EFTA third
States (Austria, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland,
Turkey, Yugoslavia)

1. The importance of European cooperation in Food science and technology is
steadily growing due to the industrial and economic development in this field
and to the increasing progress in public health and consumer protection;
mutual benefit shall be derived from coordination of national research via
concerted action projects in the relevant sectors, and utilization of specialized
skills and capabilities disseminated throughout Europe.

2. Pursuant to four Council Decisions', four Community-COST concertation
Agreements on concerted action projects in the field of Food science and
technology have been concluded between the Community and several COST
states. The research carried out between 1980-1988 under those Agreements,
the latter of which expired on 7.06.1988, have produced very encouraging
results.

3. Moreover the ad hoc COST Technical Committee in the field of food
technology together with the CREST ad hoc Committee have recommended
that a number of concerted action projects could be implemented as COST
projects in the framework of a Community programme in this field.

4. By its Decision of 20 June 1989, the Council adopted a multiannual RDT
programme in the field of Food science and technology ("FLAIR" programme:
1/7/89    - 30/6/93) part of which is carried out by means of eleven concerted
action projects.

5. Article 7 of this Decision authorises the Commission to negotiate Agreements
with third countries involved in European cooperation in the field of scientific
and technical research (COST) or having concluded bilateral framework
Agreements [2] for scientific and technical cooperation with the Community.

1 80/179/EEC of 18/12/1979 (COST 90), 82/839/EEC of 22/11/1982 (COST
90 bis), 80/1183/EEC of 4/12/1980 (COST 91) and 84/304/EEC of 24/5/1984
(COST 9Ibis)

2 As an EFTA state, Iceland has concluded a S/T framework bilateral Agreement
with the Community but has also formally requested to become a new Member of
the COST framework (formal adhesion planned in 1991).

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**6.** **As third COST States expressed their interest to participate in some of the**
**above-mentioned concerted action projects, the Commission has negotiated a**
**draft** **Community-COST Cooperation Agreement on the following eleven**
**concerted action projects** **[3]** **:**

**COST 901 : Spectroscopic techniques (Near Infrared** **(NIR),** **Fourier**

**Transform Infrared** **(FTIR),** **Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)**
**for the rapid direct measurement of food quality**

**COST 902 : Relating sensory, instrumental and consumer choice studies**

**COST 905 : Predictive modelling of microbial growth and survival in foods**

**COST 906 : Prevention and control of potentially pathogenic** **micro-**
**organisms in poultry and poultry** **meat** **processing**

**COST 907 : Food safety and quality based on the application of combined**
**processes and Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP)**

**COST 908 :** **In-Vitro** **toxicological studies and real-time analysis of residues**
**in food**

**COST 909 : Improvement of food safety and quality through the use of**

**interactive and competitive bindings of food lectins and** **bacterial**
**adhesins in the gut**

**COST 910 : Measurement of micronutrient absorption and status**

**COST 911 : Physiological implication of the consumption of resistant starch**
**in man**

**COST 912 : Improvement of the quality and compatibility of food**
**consumption and food composition data in Europe**

**COST 913 : Information flow on food technology, food safety and healthy**
**eating to SMEs and consumers** **("FLAIR-FLOW** **project)**

**3** **It must be noted that the initially proposed COST 903 and COST 904 projects**
**will not be implemented.**

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**7.** **A** **formal** **meeting with representatives of the above-mentioned eight**
**EFTA/COST** **third states, was held on 11 December 1990*. During this**
**meeting, the Commission proposed a new multilateral Community-COST**
**Agreement pattern introducing a new element "the Cooperation Committee"**
**which did not exist in the S** **&** **T concertation Agreements previously**
**concluded between the** **EC** **and third countries.**

**8.** **This new pattern allows the EFTA countries to participate in the Community**
**R&D programmes which are managed by Committees laid down in the**
**Council Decision** **87/373/EEC** **of 13 July 1987 and takes into account the**
**three-phase procedure described in the statements minuted at the Research**
**Council meeting of 20 June 1989 when the FLAIR programme was adopted.**

**9.** **The Commission will endeavour to achieve consistency between the functions**
**of the Cooperation Committee offered to individual third**
**COST-EFTA countries and the coordination requirement provided for in**
**Article 3.4 of the proposed draft Agreement.**

**10.** **The COST third states having accepted as a fundamental criterion of reference**
**the principle that** **FLAIR** **was, and has to remain, a Community programme in**
**which the Community interests have to be safeguarded, this draft Agreement**
**has been agreed on by the contracting parties.**

**11.** **The draft Agreement, which is annexed to the attached proposal for a Council**
**Decision, provides for :**

**-** **the association of the interested COST/EFTA third states with the**
**implementation of one or several concerted action projects of the**
**Community programme;**

**-** **a financial contribution of each third state to each of the concerted action**
**projects in which it participates, amounts to one twelth of the Community**
**contribution to the project, i.e. for the period 1990-1993 :**

**COST 901 : 46,000 Ecus from each participating non-Member State**

**COST 902 : 61,000 Ecus from each participating non-Member State**

**COST 905 and 906 : for each of these projects 27,000 Ecus from each**
**participating non-Member State**

**COST 909 : 18,500 Ecus from each participating non-Member State**

**COST 907, COST 908, COST 910, COST 911, COST 912, COST 913 :**
**for each project, 41,500 Ecus from each participating non-Member State.**

*** planned at the date of** **28.11.90**

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**the establishment of a Cooperation Committee with representatives of the**
**Community and of the participating third** **COST/EFT** **A States to ensure a**
**proper implementation of the Agreement and mutual coordination and**
**information on the development of the concerted projects of the FLAIR**
**programme. The Committee shall adopt its own rules of procedure.**

**12.** **In view of the nature of the cooperation, any additional expenditure paid**
**from the Community budget (relevant budget heading B6-8004) resulting**
**from the implementation of this draft Agreement** **will** **be covered by the**
**financial contribution from the participating COST/EFTA third states.**

**13.** **The following COST third states have already expressed their willingness to**
**participate in** **one** **or more of the eleven concerted action projects : Norway,**
**Sweden,** **Switzerland, Finland, Yugoslavia.**

**14.** **The Commission proposes that the Council adopt the attached proposal for a**
**Decision.**

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**Proposal for a**

**COUNCIL DECISION**

**concerning the conclusion of a multilateral Community-COST Cooperation**
**Agreement on eleven concerted action projects in the field of food science and**
**technology ("FLAIR" programme) between the European Economic Community and**
**COST third states.**

**THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES**

**Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in**
**particular Article 130 Q2** **thereof,**

**Having regard to the proposal from the Commission** **[1]** **,**

**In cooperation with the European Parliament** **[2]** **,**

**Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee** **[3]** **,**

**WHEREAS by Decision** **89/411/EEC** **[4]** **,** **the Council adopted a specific research and**
**technological development programme in the field of food science and technology**
**("FLAIR" programme) (1/07/1989 - 30/06/1993); whereas Article 7 of this Decision**
**authorises the Commission to negotiate agreements with third countries involved in**
**European cooperation in the field of scientific and technical research (COST) and**
**those European countries having concluded framework agreements in scientific and**
**technical cooperation with the Community,**

**HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:**

**Article 1**

**The Community-COST Agreement between the European Community and COST**
**third states on concerted action projects in the field of Food Science and Technology**
**is hereby approved on behalf of the European Economic Community.**

**1** **O.J.** **No C**

**2** **O.J.** **No C**

**3** **O.J.** **No C**

**4** **O.J.** **No** **L** **200, 13.07.1989 -** **p.18**

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**Article 2**

**The President of the Council is hereby authorized to designate the persons**
**empowered to sign the Agreement in order to bind the Community.**

**Done at**

**For the** **Couiidl**

**The President**

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**COOPERATION** **AGREEMENT**

**"COMMUNITY-COST"**

**BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY**

**AND COST THIRD STATES**

**ON ELEVEN CONCERTED ACTION PROJECTS**

**IN THE FIELD OF FOOD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY**

**(SPECIFIC RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGICAL**

**DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME** **"FLAIR")**

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**COOPERATION AGREEMENT** **"COMMUNITY-COST"** **ON**

**ELEVEN CONCERTED ACTION PROJECTS**
**IN THE FIELD OF FOOD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY** **(FLAIR)**

**THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY, hereinafter called "the** **Community"**
**and**
**THE** **SIGNATORY** **STATES TO THIS** **AGREEMENT,** **hereinafter called "the participating**

**non-Member** **States",** **x** **.** **•**

**both hereinafter called "the** **Contracting** **Parties",**

**WHEREAS European cooperation in the field of food science and technology is likely**
**to contribute to the combined progress in public health and consumer protection with**
**industrial and economic development within the Community;**

**WHEREAS four Community-COST concertation agreements on four** **concerted** **action**
**projects in the field of food science and technology** **[1]** **have produced encouraging results**
**and further initiatives in the COST** **framework** **in this field are underway;**

**WHEREAS the ad-hoc COST Technical Committee in the field of food technology**
**together with the CREST ad-hoc Committee have recommended that a number of**
**concerted action projects could be implemented as category A COST projects in the**
**framework of a Community programme in this field - this COST category A being**
**defined by** **the** **COST Senior Officials Committee at its** **meetings** **of 20-21/04/89** **and**
**28-29/06/89;**

**WHEREAS, by its Decision of 20 June 1989** **[2]** **, the Council of the European**
**Communities adopted a specific research and technological development programme**
**in the field of food science and technology "FLAIR" for the period 1/07/1989 -**
**30/06/1993, hereinafter called "the Community programme", covering among other**
**possibilities, the implementation of concerted action projects;**

**WHEREAS the Member States of the Community and the** **participating** **non-Member**
**States intend, subject to the rules and procedures applicable to their national**
**programmes, to carry out the research described in Annex A and are prepared to**
**integrate such research into a process of concertation which they consider will be of**
**mutual benefit,**

**COST 90, COST 91, COST 90bis and COST 91bis projects**

**OJ** **N°** **L 200, 13.07.1989, p. 31**

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**HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS :**

**ARTICLE 1**

**The Contracting Parties shall participate for a period extending until 30 June 1993**
**to one or several of the following concerted action projects** **[3]** **:**

**- COST 901 :** **Spectroscopic techniques "Near** **Infrared** **(NIR),** **Fourier Transform**
**Infrared** **(FTIR),** **Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)" for the**
**rapid direct measurement of food quality**

**- COST 902 :** **Relating sensory, instrumental and consumer choice studies**

**- COST 905 :** **Predictive modelling of microbial growth and survival in foods**

**- COST 906 :** **Prevention and control of potentially pathogenic micro-organisms**
**in poultry and poultry meat processing**

**- COST 907 :** **Food safety and quality based on the application of combined**
**processes and hazard analysis critical control point (HACCP)**

**- COST 908 :** **In vitro toxicological studies and real-time analysis of residues in**
**food**

**- COST 909 :** **Improvement of food safety and quality through the use of**
**interactive and competitive bindings of food lectins and bacterial**
**adhesins in the gut**

**- COST 910 :** **Measurement of micronutrient absorption and status**

**- COST 911 :** **Physiological implications of the consumption of resistant starch**
**in man**

**- COST** **912** **:** **Improvement of the quality** **and** **compatibility of food consumption**
**and food composition data in Europe**

**- COST 913 :** **Information flow on food technology, food safety and healthy**
**eating to SMEs and consumers** **("FLAIR-FLOW*** **project)**

**3** **It must be noted that the initially proposed COST 903 and COST 904**
**projects will finally not be implemented**

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**These projects shall consist in concertation between the Community concerted action**
**projects and the corresponding programmes of the participating non-Member States.**
**The content of research topics** **covered** **by this Agreement is specified in Annex A.**

**The Member and non-Member States of the Community shall remain entirely**
**responsible for the research carried out by their own institutions or bodies.**

**ARTICLE 2**

**The estimated financial contributions of the Contracting Parties to the coordination**
**costs for the period referred to in the first paragraph of Article 1 shall be, for each**
**of the eleven concerted action projects :**

**COST project 901**

**COST project 902**

**COST project 905**

**COST project 906**

**COST project 907**

**COST project 908**

**COST project 909**

**COST project 910**

**COST project 911**

**COST project 912**

**COST project 913**

**550,000 ecus from the Community**
**46,000 ecus from each participating non-Member State**

**730,000 ecus from the Community**
**61,000 ecus from each participating non-Member State**

**325,000 ecus from the Community**
**27,000 ecus from each participating non-Member State**

**325,000 ecus from the Community**
**27.000 ecus from each participating non-Member State**

**500,000 ecus from the Community**
**41,500 ecus from each participating non-Member State**

**500,000 ecus from the Community**
**41,500 ecus from each participating non-Member State**

**220,000 ecus from the Community**
**18,500 ecus from each participating non-Member State**

**500,000 ecus from the Community**
**41,500 ecus from each participating non-Member State**

**500,000 ecus from the Community**
**41,500 ecus from each participating non-Member State**

**500,000 ecus from the Community**
**41,500 ecus from each participating non-Member State**

**500,000 ecus from the Community**
**41,500 ecus from each participating non-Member State**

**The rules governing the financing of this Agreement and the timetable of the**
**commitment estimates are set out in Annex B.**

**ARTICLE 3**

**1.** **For the purposes of this Agreement, a Cooperation Committee to assist the**
**Commission in the implementation of the concerted action projects of the specific**
**research and technological development programme in the field of food science and**
**technology ("FLAIR" programme), adopted by Decision of the Council of the**
**European Communities of 20 June 1989, hereinafter referred to as "the Committee",**
**is hereby established.**

**2.** **The Committee shall consist of representatives of the Community and the**
**participating non-Member States for the implementation of the concerted action**
**projects.**

**3.** **The Committee shall be consulted on all the matters concerning the implementation**
**of this Agreement. For this purpose, it shall make recommendations.**

**4.** **The representative of the Community shall take the appropriate steps to ensure**
**coordination between the implementation of** **this** **Agreement and the decisions taken**
**by the Community in respect of the implementation of the Community programme.**

**5. For the purpose of the proper implementation of this Agreement, the Contracting**
**Parties shall exchange information and, at the request of any of the Parties, shall**
**hold consultations within the Committee.**

**6. The Committee shall adopt its own rules of procedure and it shall meet, at the**
**request of any of the Contracting Parties, in accordance with the conditions to be**
**laid down in its rules of procedure.**

**ARTICLE 4**

**1.** **The Contracting Parties shall regularly exchange all useful information resulting**
**from the carrying out of the research covered by the concerted action projects.**
**They shall also endeavour to provide information on similar research planned or**
**carried out by other bodies. Any information shall be treated as confidential if the**
**Contracting Party which provides it so requests.**

**2.** **The scientific results of the concerted action projects shall be published by the**
**Commission, except in so far as they are declared confidential by one of the**
**Contracting Parties.**

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**3.** **The Commission shall prepare activity reports on the basis of the information**
**supplied and shall forward them to the Member and non-Member States of the**
**Community.**

**4.** **At the end of the period of the FLAIR programme, the Commission shall forward**
**to the Member and non-Member States of the Community the general reports on**
**the execution and results of these concerted action projects.**

**ARTICLE 5**

**1.** **This Agreement shall be open for signature by the Community and by the**
**participating non-Member States which took part in the ministerial conference held**
**in Brussels on 22 and 23 November 1971.**

**2.** **As a condition precedent to its participation in the concerted action projects defined**
**in Article 1, each of the Contracting Parties shall, when signing this Agreement,**
**have notified the Secretary-General of the Council of the European Communities**
**of the concerted action projects in which it intends to participate and, after signing**
**this Agreement, have notified the Secretary-General of the Council of the European**
**Communities of the completion of the procedures necessary under its internal**
**provisions for the implementation of this Agreement.**

**3.** **For the Contracting Parties which transmit the latter notification provided for in**
**the paragraph 2, this Agreement shall come into force on the first day of the**
**month following that in which the Community and at least one of the participating**
**non-Member States transmitted these notifications.**

**For those Contracting Parties which transmit the notification after the entry into**
**force of this Agreement, it shall come into force on the first day of the second**
**month following that in which the notification was transmitted.** **Contracting**
**Parties which have not transmitted this notification when this Agreement comes**
**into force shall be able to take part in the work of the Committees without voting**
**rights.**

**4.** **The Secretary-General of the Council of the European Communities shall inform**
**each of the Contracting Parties of the notifications made pursuant to paragraph 2**
**and of the date of entry into force of this Agreement.**

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**ARTICLE 6**

**1.** **This Agreement shall be concluded for the duration of the Community programme.**
**Should the Community revise the Community programme, the Agreement may** **be**
**denounced under mutually agreed conditions between the Contracting Parties.**

**2.** **Where the Community adopts a new R&D programme in the field of food science**
**and technology, this Agreement may be renegotiated or renewed under mutually**
**agreed conditions.**

**3.** **Subject to paragraph 1, any of the Contracting Parties may at any time terminate**
**this Agreement with six months notice.** **Tfce** **projects and work in progress at the**
**time of termination and/or expiry of this Agreement shall be continued until they**
**are completed under the conditions laid down in this Agreement.**

**ARTICLE 7**

**This Agreement shall apply, on the one hand, to the territories in which the Treaty**
**establishing the European Economic Community is applied and under the conditions**
**laid down in that Treaty and, on the other hand, to the territories of the participating**
**non-Member States.**

**ARTICLE 8**

**This Agreement, drawn up in a single original in the Danish,** **Dutch,** **English,** **French,**
**German,** **Greek,** **Italian,** **Portuguese and Spanish languages, each text being equally**
**authentic, shall be deposited in the archives of the General Secretariat of the Council**
**of the European Communities which shall transmit a certified copy to each of the**
**Contracting Parties.**

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**ANNEXA**

**RESEARCH TOPICS COVERED BY THE AGREEMENT**

**The Community programme includes the following eleven COST concerted action**
**projects :**

**1.** **Spectroscopic techniques "Near Infrared (NIR). Fourier Transform Infrared** **(FTIR).**
**Nuclear Magnetic Resonance** **(NMR)"** **for the rapid direct measurement of food**
**quality (COST 901)**

**To provide rapid, instrumental food quality measurement techniques to satisfy**
**consumer/industrial needs within the European Community.**

**a) Signal interpretation : to interpret, define, process and quantify, instrumental**
**signals in order to understand and justify** **signal/quality** **relationships.**

**b) Mathematical treatment/interpretation of instrumental data : to modify signals**
**and combine signal data from different instrument types, in order to relate the**
**signal to food quality characteristics.**

**c) Instrument and experimental design** **:** **to optimise instrumental and experimental**
**design for measurement of food quality.**

**d) Computer database : to collate and disseminate findings from signal**
**interpretation, instrument and experimental design to produce value added**
**information to enable effective prediction of food quality for specific food**
**applications.**

**2.** **Relating** **sensory,** **instrumental and consumer choice studies (COST 902)**

**a) To characterise relationships between instrumental data and sensory data and**
**between consumer choice studies and sensory data.**

**b) To review and develop functional and applied models for food choice behaviour.**

**c) To establish a database for state-of-the-art of instrumental methods as relating**
**to sensory perception of foods.**

**d) To improve compatibility of European food industries through fast and efficient**
**transfer of results from research to applied product development, control and**

**assurance.**

**e) To develop approaches to sensory analysis issues which will permit application**
**of the techniques in other foods and food constituents.**

**3.** **Predictive modelling of microbial growth and survival in foods (COST 905)**

**a) Establishment of databases on predictive microbiological research by individual**

**groups.**

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**b) To ensure the maximum compatibility and effectiveness of the systems**
**developed.**

**c) To develop (an) integrated large database(s) transfer to Member States and**
**COST countries and ensure their effective use for the benefit of a safe and**
**stable food supply.**

**4.** **Prevention and control of potentially pathogenic microorganisms in poultry and**
**poultry meat processing (COST 906)**

**a) Prevention of infection of live birds (including game birds) with potentially**
**pathogenic microorganisms including Salmonella, Campylobacter, Listeria and**
**Staphylococcus aureus.**

**b) Prevention of contamination of poultry meat and poultry meat products.**

**c) Application of methods for end-product decontamination and protection.**

**d) Development of sampling protocols.**

**e) Development and application of** **microbiological** **detection methods.**

**5. Food safety and quality based on the application of combined processes and hazard**
**analysis critical control point** **(HACCP)** **(COST 907)**

**Cooperation between scientists and industrialists to achieve a systematic and unified**
**approach to the application of combined methods for food preservation and**
**implementation of hazard analysis/risk assessment systems by :**

**a) the application of systems to cover quality as well as safety considerations.**
**b) the application of systems to cover all major sectors of food and drink**
**processing, distribution retailing and catering industries.**
**c) the application of systems to classical and newly developed food products with**
**emphasis on those preserved by multiple parameters.**
**d) acquisition of data suitable for modelling and/or inclusion in hazard**
**analysis/risk assessments.**
**e) the practical application and evaluation of systems for safety and quality**
**improvement in the food and drink and allied industries.**

**6. In vitro toxicological studies and real-time analysis of residues in food (COST 908)**

**a) To develop chromatographic/mass spectrometric methods for trace analysis such**
**that real-time monitoring for a variety of food contaminants at the required**
**specificity and sensitivity becomes possible.**

**b) To develop and validate a set of in vitro test systems for screening of the**
**biological and toxicological properties of these contaminants.**

**c) To integrate the above developments to provide robust, versatile monitoring**
**systems for the food industry.**

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**c) To harmonise test methodologies for food safety and quality evaluation**
**procedures at the** **European** **level.**

**7. Improvement of food safety and qaalitv through the use of interactive and**
**competitive bindings of food lectins on bacterial adhesins in the gut (COST 909)**

**To find specific plant lectins and/or polysaccharides which, as natural dietary**
**supplements, will abolish or minimise the harmful bacterial colonisation of the**
**small intestine and other parts of** **the** **gastro-intestinal tract by studies on :**

**a) Effects of plant lectins from the seeds of kidney and soya bean on bacterial**
**adhesins of** **E-coli** **in vitro with various human cell lines in cell cultures.**

**b) Effects of plant lectins on bacterial binding and on the morphology and function**
**of the rat small intestine in vivo.**

**c) The blockage of the binding of bacterial adhesins to the gut wall with selected**
**plant lectins or saccharides both in vitro and in vivo.**

**8. Measurement of micronutrient absorption and status (COST 910)**

**To assess critically priorities for the status of micronutrients in the COST countries**
**and to develop and validate methods which allow more accurate and sensitive**
**measurements of intake, absorption and status of these micronutrients in man.**

**a) To improve the precision and sensitivity of stable isotope methods for**
**measuring micronutrient absorption and status.**

**b) Development of instrumental and biospecific methods for quantifying**
**micronutrients in food, feed components and in the diet.**

**c) Development of biospecific, chromatographic and spectrometric methods for the**
**assessment of micronutrient status.**

**d) Identify functional indicators (e.g. growth rates, immune response, behaviourial**
**and physical performance) of variations in micronutrient intake and status.**

**9. Physiological implication of the consumption of resistant starch in man (COST**
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**a) Problem of measurement and characterisation of various forms of resistant**
**starch (RS) in various foods and raw materials.**

**b) Content of RS in present Western diets.**

**c) Variability and dependency of the molecular structure of RS on the source of**
**starch, processing conditions, amylose/amylopectin ratio.**

**d) Physicochemical and physiological similarities and** **differences** **between RS and**
**fermentable dietary fibre.**

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**e) RS from various sources and their effects on human physiology : blood**
**cholesterol, lipoproteins, gastrointestinal function** **(anti-constipation,** **gas**
**formation, diarrhoea) absorption of other nutrients, risk of colon cancer,**
**atherosclerosis, diabetes and energy content.**

**0** **If RS appears beneficial for health how can the consumption be raised by**
**production of foods with increased RS content ?**

**g) How should foods containing RS be labelled to guide the consumer ?**

**10.** **Improvement of the quality and compatibility of food consumption and food**
**composition data in Europe (COST 912)**

**Assessment of data on food intake and formulation of guidelines to ensure the**
**construction of compatible food** **compositional** **databases for use with food**
**consumption surveys.** **Provide adequate information on food availability,**
**expenditure by households and individuals on food and what people actually eat.**
**The action** **wfll** **provide :**

**a) an overview of results already obtained ;**
**b) a series of recommendations for collection and use of food balance sheets and**
**for the construction of a food compositional database of food balance sheets ;**
**c) a series of recommendations for improvement, harmonisation and use of**
**household budget surveys and for the construction of a food compositional**
**database of household budget surveys ;**
**d) a series of recommendations for the implementation of individual dietary**
**surveys and for the construction of a food** **compositional** **database for use with**
**individual dietary studies, both at a national and regional level ;**
**e) a series of studies in which the recommendations will be tested with a limited**
**number of surveys.**

**11-** **Information flow and food** **technology,** **food safety and healthy eating to small**
**and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) and consumers** **("FLAIR-FLOW** **[1]** **project)**
**(COST 913)**

**Explore/investigate existing and new national routes and procedures in EC and**
**COST Third States for the dissemination of information on food technology, food**
**safety and** **"healthy"** **eating :**

**a) to achieve effective dissemination flow with consequent benefits to industry,**
**SMEs, consumers and policy makers ;**
**b) to study/analyze/assess/recommend different methods and effectiveness of**
**alternative ways of dissemination - i.e; results of the FLAIR** **programme,** **other**
**COST actions (Cat. B) and other R&D projects to be used for planning future**
**programmes ;**
**c) to ensure dissemination via national existing networks of databases and**
**national/international** **workshops,** **food industry newsletters, consumer bulletins,**
**etc.**

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**ANNEX** **B**

**FINANCING RULES**

**1.** **These provisions lay down the financial rules referred to in Article 2 of the present**
**"Community - COST"** **Cooperation** **Agreement.**

**2.** **Annually, or whenever the Community programme is revised so as to involve an**
**increase in the amount estimated as necessary for its** **implementation,** **the**
**Commission shall send to the participating non-Member States a** **call.for** **funds**
**corresponding to its contribution to the** **costs'** **under this** **Agreement.**

**In particular, at the** **beginning** **of each year, the Commission shall send to each**
**participating non-Member State a call for funds corresponding to the number of,**
**and the amount involved in, concerted action projects in which it participates and**
**to its share of the annual coordination costs under this Agreement, calculated in**
**proportion to the amounts laid down in Article 2 of this** **Agreement.**

**This contribution shall be expressed both in ecu and the currency of the**
**participating non-Member State concerned, the composition of the ecu being**
**defined in Council** **Regulation** **(EEC)** **N°** **3180/78\** **as amended by Regulation (EEC)**
**N°** **1971/89** **[5]** **. The value of the ecu shall be determined on the date of the call of**
**funds.**

**The total contributions shall cover the travel and subsistence costs of the delegates,**
**in addition to the coordination costs** **proper.**

**Each participating non-Member State shall pay its annual contribution to the**
**coordination costs under the** **Agreement** **at the beginning of each year, and by 31**
**March at the latest. Any delay in the payment of the annual contribution shall**
**give rise to the payment of interest by the participating non-Member State**
**concerned at a rate equal to the highest discount rate obtained in the Member**
**States of the Community on the due date. The rate shall be increased by 0.25 of**
**a percentage point for each month of delay. The increased rate shall be applied**
**to the entire period of delay. However, such interest shall be chargeable only if**
**payment is effected more than three months after the issue of a call for funds by**
**the Commission.**

**OJ N° L 379, 30.12.1978,** **p.l**

**OJ** **N°** **L 189, 04.07.1989, p.l**

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**3.** **The funds paid by participating non-Member States shall be credited to the**
**concerted action projects in which they participate as budget receipts allocated to**
**a heading in the statement of the revenue of the general budget of the European**
**Communities (Commission Section).**

**4.** **The financial plan for the coordination costs of the** **11** **concerted projects referred**
**to in Article 2 of the Agreement is appended hereto.**

**5. The Financial Regulation in force applicable to the general budget of the European**
**Communities shall apply to the management of the appropriations.**

**6. At the end of the programme, a statement of appropriations for each concerted**
**action project shall be prepared and transmitted to the participating non-Member**
**States for information.**

**FINANCIAL** **APPENDDC**

**"FLAIR'** **: CONCERTED ACTION PROJECT COST 901**

**YEARLY FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTIONS (ECU) OF THE COMMUNITY AND OF EACH PARTICIPATING NON-MEMBER STATE**

```
                1990 1991 1222 1993 Total

```

**1.** **Community** **contribution** **:**
**Estimate of administrative**
**operating expenditure**

```
137.500 137.500 137.500 137.500 550.000

```

**Total** **137.500** **137.500** **137.500** **137.500** **550.000**

**Contributions from**
**participating non-Member States** **(nx11500)** **(nxllSOO)** **(nx11500)** **(nxllSOO)** **(nx46000)**

**<\3**

**New Total :** **137.500+** **137.500+** **137.500+**
**(nxllSOO)** **(nxllSOO)** **(nxllSOO)**

**n** **s** **number of participating non-Member States**

**COST 901 :** **Spectroscopic techniques for the rapid direct measurement of food quality**

**137.500+** **550.000+**
**(nx11500)** **(nx46000)**

**FINANCIAL APPENDLX**

**"FLAIR'** **: CONCERTED ACTION PROJECT COST 902**

**YEARLY FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTIONS fECU) OF THE COMMUNITY AND OF EACH PARTICIPATING NON-MEMBER STATE**

```
             1220 1221 1222 1993 Total

```

**1.** **Community contribution :**
**Estimate of administrative**
**operating expenditure**

```
182.500 182.500 182.500 182.500 730.000

```

**Total :** **182.500** **182.500** **182.500** **182.500** **730.000**

**2.** **Contributions from**
**participating non-Member States** **(nx!5250)** **(11x15250)** **(nxl5250)** **(nxl5250)** **(nx61000)**

**New Total :** **182.500+** **182.500+** **182.S00+** **182.500+** **730.000+**
**(nxl5250)** **(nxl52S0)** **(nxl5250)** **(nxl5250)** **(nx61000)**

**n** ***** **number of participating non-Member States**

**COST 902 :** **Sensory instrumental and consumer choice studies**

**FINANCIAL APPENDIX**

**'FLAIR' : CONCERTED ACTION PROJECTS COST 909**

**YEARLY FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTIONS (ECU) OF THE COMMUNITY AND OF EACH PARTICIPATING NON-MEMBER STATE**

**1990** **1991** **1992** **1993** **Total**

**1.** **Community contribution :**
**Estimate of administrative**
**operating expenditure**

**55.000** **55.000** **55.000** **55.000** **220.000**

**Total** **55.000** **55.000** **55.000** **55.000** **220.000**

**2.** **Contributions from**
**participating non-Member States** **(nx4625)** **(nx4625)** **(nx462S)** **(nx4625)** **(nxl8.500)**

**New Total :** **55.000+** **55.000+** **55.000+** **S** **5.000+** **220.000+**
**(11X4625)** **(nx4625)** **(nx4625)** **(nx4625)** **(nx!8.500)**

**n** **« number of participating non-Member States**

**COST 909 :** **The use of food lectins to improve food safety and quality**

**FINANCIAL APPENDIX**

**"FLAIR' : CONCERTED ACTION PROJECTS COST 905. COST 906**

**YEARLY FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTIONS (ECU) OF THE COMMUNITY AND OF EACH PARTICIPATING NON-MEMBER STATE**

**FOR EACH OF THE 2 ABOVE-MENTIONED PROJECTS**

**1991**

**81.250**

**Total**

**325.000**

**1993**

**81.250**

**1222**

**81.250**

**1.** **Community contribution :**

**Estimate of administrative**

**operating expenditure**

**1222**

**81.250**

**Total** **81.250** **81.250** **81.250** **81.250** **325.000**

**2.** **Contributions from**
**participating non-Member States** **(nx6750)** **(nx6750)** **(nx6750)** **(nx6750)** **(nx27000)**

**325.000+**
**(nx6750)** **i**

**81.250+**
**(nx6750)**

**New Total :** **81.250+**

**(nx6750)**

**n** **• number of participating non-Member States**

**81.250+**

**(nx67S0)**

**81.250+**
**(nx67S0)**

**COST 905 :** **Predictive modelling of microbial growth and survival in foods**
**COST 906 :** **Prevention and control of potentially pathogenic micro-organisms in poultry food processing**

FINANCIAL AP?£NDIX

'FLAIR' : CONCERTED ACTION rr.OJECTS COST 907. 908. 910. 911. 912. 913

YEARLY FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTIONS (ECU) OF THE COMMUNnY AND OF EACH PARTICIPATING NON-MEMBER STATE

FOR EACH OF THE 6 ABOVE-NLE.NTIONED PROJECTS

**1222**

125.000

**Total**

500.000

1993

125.000

1. Community contribution :
**Estimate** of administrative
**operating** expenditure

**1990**

125.000

1991

125.000

Total : 125.000 125.000 125.000 125.000 **500.000**

Contributions from
participating non-Member States (nxl0375) (nxl0375) (=a10375) (nxl0375) (nx41500)

500.000+
(nx41500)

125.000+
**(rji** 10375)

125.000+
(nxl0375)

New Total 125.000+
(nxl0375)

n = number of participating non-Member States

125.000+
(nxl0375)

**I**

COST 907 : Food safety and quality based on the application of combined processes • hazsrd analysis critical control point (HACCP)

COST 908 : In vitro toxicological studies and real-time analysis of residues in food

COST 910 : Measurements of micronutrient absorption and status

COST 911 : Physiological implications of the consumption of resistant starch in man

COST 912 : Improvement of the quality and compatibility of food consumption and food composition data in Europe

COST 913 : Information flow on food technology, food safety and healthy eating to SMEs *nd consumers CFLAIR-FLOW project")

**ISSN** **0254-1475**

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