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No C 304 / 2 Official Journal of the European Communities 10 . 11 . 93

States which have implemented the Directive . Many of
the problems of studying abroad have not been solved
by this Directive, e.g. the non-transferability of study
finance to another country .

Done at Brussels, 22 September 1993 .

2.4 . Eight Member States have already implemented
this Directive . As a decision was taken on the subject
in 1990, the ESC assumes that the Directive will very
soon be implemented in the other countries . It considers
this important .

The Chairman

of the Economic and Social Committee

Susanne TIEMANN

Opinion on the proposal for a Council Directive amending for the fourteenth time Directive
76 / 769 / EEC on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of
the Member States relating to restrictions on the marketing and use of certain dangerous

substances and preparations (*)

( 93 / C 304 / 02 )

On 17 May 1993 the Council decided to consult the Economic and Social Committee, under
Article 100 A of the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, on the
abovementioned proposal .

The Section for Protection of the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Affairs, which
was responsible for preparing the Committee 's work on the subject, adopted its Opinion on
9 July 1993 . The Rapporteur was Mir Beltrami .

At its 308th Plenary Session ( meeting of 22 September 1993 ), the Economic and Social
Committee adopted the following Opinion unanimously .

1 . The Committee approves the proposal to amend 4 . The Committee notes with approval that the test
for the fourteenth time Annex I to Directive 76 / 769 / methods for checking conformity with the essential
EEC . requirements [ being drawn up by the European Com ­

mittee for Standardisation ( CEN )] will be the subject
of a European standard which is to be incorporated in
2 . The Committee endorses the purpose of the an annex to the proposed Directive . This should ensure
amendment marketing and, which use of is certain to harmonize personal restrictions items containing on the that checks and evaluations are uniform .
nickel, thus avoiding the creation of barriers to trade
and ensuring a high level of consumer protection .

5 . Since test methods already exist for points 1 and

3 . The aim is to ensure that people who come into 2 of Annex I but not for point 3, the Committee
' direct and prolonged contact ' with articles of jewellery recommends that Member States should not be required
and other personal items containing nickel do not to apply the provisions of point 3 until the CEN has
become sensitized to nickel and suffer allergic reactions . devised an appropriate test method . This should take

the form of a European standard based on the experi ­
ence acquired in certain Member States and on derma ­
(!) OJ No C 116, 27 . 4 . 1993, p. 18 . tologists ' findings .

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6 . Lastly, the Committee calls on the Member States including the importer and retailer, and that consumers
to take steps to ensure that the Directive 's provisions are properly informed about the risks of sensitization .
are respected by all links in the distribution chain,

Done at Brussels, 22 September 1993 .

The Chairman

of the Economic and Social Committee

Susanne TIEMANN

Opinion on the proposal for a Council Decision concerning the conclusion of an Agreement
relating to scientific and technical cooperation between the European Economic Community

and Australia f 1 )

( 93 / C 304 / 03

On 15 July 1993 the Council decided to consult the Economic and Social Committee, under
Article 130 Q ( 2 ) of the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, on the
abovementioned proposal .

The Section for Energy, Nuclear Questions and Research, which was responsible for preparing
the Committee 's work on the subject, adopted its Opinion on 9 September 1993 . The
Rapporteur was Mr Gardner .

At its 308th Plenary Session ( meeting of 22 September 1993 ), the Economic and Social
Committee adopted the following Opinion unanimously .

1 . Introduction

1.1 . Cooperation with Australia in Science and T ech ­
nology was initiated in 1986 with the signing of an
Arrangement which provides for the exchange of non ­
confidential information arising from research in a
limited number of fields : telecommunications and
information technologies, agriculture, biotechnology,
materials and energy .

1.2 . The present Agreement seeks to define a formal
framework for developing further scientific and techni ­
cal cooperation between the European Community and
Australia including the scope, supervision, funding and
intellectual property rights . It is the first of its kind
concluded with a non-European country . As such it is
the prototype for similar future Agreements with other
industrialized countries outside Europe .

1.3 . The entry into force of the Agreement will allow,
on the one hand, the participation of Australian persons
and legal entities in Community research projects . On
the other hand, persons and legal entities of the Member
States will be allowed to participate in publicly-funded
research projects in Australia . However, cooperation
will be restricted to activities listed in Article 4.2 of the
Agreement, though these restrictions can be amended
as provided for in Article 11 .

2 . General comments

2.1 . Australia is both very advanced and very well
organized in scientific and technical research, both
at academic and at applied levels . It has no less than
39 cooperative research centres distributed throughout
all the States of the Commonwealth of Australia .

2.2 . In its Communication of 19 June 1990 on scien ­
(!) OJ No C 181, 3 . 7 . 1993, p. 9 . tific and technical cooperation with third countries