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Proposal for a Council Decision amending Council Decision 83/624/EEC concerning a plan for
the transnational development of the supporting infrastructure for innovation and technology

transfer

_COM(86) 483 final_

_(Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 16 October 1986)_

(86/C 278/03)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,

Having regard to Council Decision 83/624/EEC of 25 November 1983 concerning a plan for
the transnational development of the supporting infrastructure for innovation and technology
transfer (1983 to 1985), and in particular Article 6 and Annexes I and II (F) (') thereof,

Whereas it is for the Commission to establish the annual list of priority actions for 1985;

Whereas the priority actions for 1983, as set out in Annex III to Decision 83/624/EEC were
continued through 1984;

Whereas the results already obtained through the priority actions implemented justify the
continuation and intensification of the work undertaken;

Whereas the Consultative Committee for Innovation and Technology Transfer (CIT), having
been consulted in accordance with Annex II (F) to Decision 83/624/EEC, has given a
favourable opinion,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

_Article 1_

The list of priority actions for 1985 is set out in the Annex. This list will remain in force in
1986 unless a new list of priority actions is established.

_Article 2_

This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the _Official Journal of the_
_European Communities._

O OJ No L 353, 15. 12. 1983, p. 15.

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_ANNEX_ _A_

PRIORITY ACTIONS FOR 1985

1. Support for the establishment and initial activities of liaison mechanisms between advisory bodies on
technology and management, particularly for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).

2. Organization of transnational activities and dissemination on a Community-wide scale of information
concerning innovation and technology transfer in particular:

(a) research and development results;

(b) technologies developed in regions of the world where information is difficult to obtain;

(c) opportunities for cooperation between business concerns, particularly SMEs;

(d) supply and demand in transferable technologies, e. g. through technological data bases, exchanges
and exhibitions;

(e) industrial property and innovation;

(f) technical standards and regulations.

3. Organization of activities designed to facilitate innovation financing and, in particular, continued
support for liaison mechanisms between organizations financing venture capital.

4. Within the framework of the Consultative Committee for innovation and Technology Transfer, as a
first step towards concertation, exchanges of information, experience and opinions on national and
Community measures designed to promote innovation and technology transfer, on their effects and their
efficiency. In this context, identification of new opportunities for transnational action and proposals for
their realization.

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_ANNEX B_

Actions proposed by the Commission and examined by the CIT in 1984/85 under the plan for the transnational development of the

supporting infrastructure for innovation and technology transfer

Favourable
opinion from
the CIT 1985

for a total of

(ECU)

2 700 000

—

—'
,

—

210 000

120 000

—

100 000

350 000

—

Cumulative
total

3 700 000

100 000

100 000

150 000

210 000

270 000

60 000

260 000

350 000

5 000

5 000

130 000

Committed by the end of 1985

in ECU

2 458 460

100 000

100 000

150 000

210 000

270 000

60 000

260 000

351 000

—

As % of

engagement

66

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

0

0

0

I. HUMAN NETWORKS AND LIAISON

MECHANISMS

1. Consultative Services

_Action 1:_

Promotion of transnational cooperation between
technology and management advisory services to small
and medium-sized enterprises

_Action 5:_

Exploratory visits for industrial information transfer
agents within the Community

_Action 6:_

Transnational secondments between industrial information transfer agents

_Action 14:_

Long-term transnational secondments between
industrial information transfer agents

_Action 22:_

Contact points and guided visits at technology fairs

_Action 13:_

European Association for the Transfer of
Technologies, Innovation and Industrial Information
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2. Venture Capital

_Action 3:_

'European Venture Capital Association' (October—
December 1984)

_Action 16:_

Continuation of EVCA activities in 1985 and 1986

3. Design

_Action 23:_

Liaison mechanism between industrial design
promotion organizations

4. Local Authorities

_Action 10:_

Feasibility study concerning a STCELA technical
periodical

_Action 11:_

Feasibility study concerning a STCELA transnational
information service on pilot schemes and
demonstration projects in the field of new local
government technologies

_Action 12:_

Local authority actions in household refuse treatment
and vehicle fleet management

Favourable
opinion from
the CIT 1984

for a total of

(ECU)

1 000 000

100 000

100 000

150 000

—

150 000

60 000

160 000

—

5 000

5 000

130 000

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he end of 1985

As % of

engagement

58

100

0

0

110

100

96

100

53

59

72

Favourable
opinion from
the CIT 1985

for a total of

(ECU)

800 000

—

20 000

20 000

50 000

125 000

200 000

37 500

350 000

100 000

5 182 500

Committed by

in ECU

699 900

200 000

—

—

55 000

125 000

192 200

37 500

185 000

58 750

5 512 810

II. STRENGTHENING THE FOUNDATIONS

_Action 4:_

Promotion of the 'Europeanization' of conferences on
technology and innovation

_Action 2:_

Technology awareness scheme on the results of research
in Europe (EuroTechAlert)

_Action 15A:_

Access to Japanese scientific and technological information

_Action 15B:_

Survey of user wishes with respect to Japanese information

_Action 18:_

Telefax network

_Action 9:_

European exchange network for licence offers and

requests

_Action 24A:_

Community contribution to the Greek programme for
improving the use of patents in Greece

_Action 7:_

Comparative index of European standards (ICONE)

III. CONCERTATION

_Action 20:_

Revision and new edition of 'Incentives for Industrial
Research, Development and Innovation'

_Action 8:_

Improving the utilization of the results of publicly funded
research

_Action 21:_

Interim assessment at national level of Actions taken
under the plan

Total

Favourable
opinion from
the CIT 1984
for a total of

(ECU)

400 000

200 000

—

—

—

(')

—

—

—

—

—

2 460 000

Cumulative
total

1 200 000

200 000

'20 000

20 000

50 000

125 000

200 000

37 500

350 000

100 000

7 642 500

(') Proposal withdrawn by the Commission to avoid overlap with another Community programme.

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