CELEX: 31976D0310
Language: en
Date: 1976-03-15 00:00:00
Title: Council Decision of 15 March 1976 adopting a research programme (1976 to 1978) for the European Economic Community in the field of reference materials and methods (Community Bureau of Reference)

No L 74/34                           Official Journal of the European Communities                              20. 3 . 76
                                                 COUNCIL DECISION
                                                    of 15 March 1976
              adopting a research programme ( 1976 to 1978) for the European Economic
              Community in the field of reference materials and methods (Community
                                                  Bureau of Reference)
                                                       (76/310/EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                                               Article 2
COMMUNITIES,
                                                                The upper limit for expenditure commitments and
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European           the maximum number of staff necessary for the execu­
Economic Community, and in particular Article 235               tion of the programme shall be 2-7 million units of
thereof,                                                        account and seven staff respectively, the unit of
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,              account being defined in Article 10 of the Financial
                                                                Regulation of 25 April 1973 applicable to the general
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parlia­            budget of the European Communities (4).
ment (*),
                                                                                          Article 3
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and
Social Committee (2),                                           On a proposal from the Commission the programme
Whereas, according to Article 3 (a) and (h) of the              shall be reviewed during the first year to ensure, if
Treaty, the activities of the Community shall include           necessary, its harmonization with the new direct
inter alia the elimination, as between Member States,           action programme. Any amendments which result
of quantitative restrictions on the import and export           from this review will take effect from the beginning of
of goods, and of all other measures having equivalent            1977 at the latest.
effect, together with the approximation of the laws of
                                                                As long as no decision to revise is taken, any projects
the Member States to the extent required for the                which have been started will be continued within the
proper functioning of the common market ;
                                                                limits of the funds granted.
Whereas, therefore, the research projects dealt with by
this Decision appear necessary in order to achieve                                        Article 4
certain Community objectives within the functioning
of the common market ;                                          The Commission shall be responsible for the imple­
                                                                mentation of the programme. It shall be assisted in
Whereas the Treaty does not provide the necessary               this task by the Advisory Committee on Programme
powers for these purposes ;                                     Management set up by the Council resolution of 19
Whereas by its resolution of 14 January 1974 (3), the           November 1973 . It shall submit a report to the
Council adopted an initial outline programme of the             Council on the implementation of the programme
European Communities in the field of science and                annually.
technology ;
                                                                                          Article 5
Whereas     the  Scientific    and    Technical   Research
Committee (CREST) has delivered an opinion on the               The information resulting from the implementation
proposal from the Commission,                                   of the programme shall be disseminated in accor­
                                                                dance with Council Regulation (EEC) No 2380/74 of
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS :                                         17 September 1974 (5).
                         Article 1
                                                                 Done at Brussels, 15 March 1976.
A research programme for the European Economic
 Community to be carried out by the Community
                                                                                               For the Council
 Bureau of Reference (CBR) in the field of reference
 materials and methods, as defined in the Annex, is                                              The President
 hereby adopted for a period of three years beginning 1
January 1976 .                                                                                     R. VOUEL
 ') OJ No C 280 , 8 . 12. 1975, p . 62.
(2) OJ No C 35, 16 . 2. 1976, p. 23 .                           (4) OJ No L 116, 1 . 5. 1973, p. 1 .
(3) OJ No C 7, 29 . 1 . 1974, p. 6.                              (5) OJ No L 255, 20 . 9 . 1974, p. 1 .
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                                                           ANNEX
                                      REFERENCE MATERIALS AND METHODS
                                              (Community Bureau of Reference)
                                          (indirect action — non-nuclear projects)
            Joint programme
            A maximum amount of 2-7 million units of account and a maximum staff of seven Community
            servants will be allocated to this objective.
            The aim of the Community programme shall be to strengthen, coordinate, harmonize and supple­
            ment national efforts in the field of reference materials and methods of measurement .
            The aim shall include :
            (a) the activities of a secretariat ;
            (b) —   characterization of materials,
                —   inventory and definition of requirements for new certified reference materials (CRM),
                —   technical specification of CRM,
                —   perfecting and preparation of CRM,
                —   organization of inter-Jaboratory comparisons,
                —   European certification of the technical characteristics of CRM,
                —   approval of laboratories.
            Surveys and laboratory projects will be carried out under contract.