CELEX: 31973D0175
Language: en
Date: 1973-06-18 00:00:00
Title: Council Decision of 18 June 1973 adopting a research programme for the European Economic Community in the field of standards and reference substances (certified reference substances)

No L 189 /32                            Official Journal of the European Communities                                       11.7.73
                                                     COUNCIL DECISION
                                                        of 18 June 1973
             adopting a research programme for the European Economic Community in the field
                          of standards and reference substances (certified reference substances)
                                                          73 / 175 /EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                          period of four years beginning on 1 January 1973 .
COMMUNITIES,                                                         The Annex forms an integral part of this Decision .
Having regard to the . Treaty establishing the
                                                                                                  Article 2
European Economic Community, in particular Article
235 thereof;
                                                                     The maximum expenditure commitment and staff
Having regard to the Proposal from the Commission ;                  necessary for the implementation of this programme
                                                                     shall be 0-8 million units of account, and 9 staff, the
                                                                     unit of account being defined in Article 10 of the
Having regard to the Opinion of the European                         Financial Regulation of 25 April 1973 (2) applicable
Parliament;                                                          to the general budget of the European Communities.
Having regard to the Council Resolution of 17
December 1970 (*) on the procedure for adopting                                                   Article 3
research and training programmes ;
                                                                     The Commission shall be responsible for the
Whereas, pursuant to Article 3 ( a) and (h) of the                   implementation of this programme and, to that end,
Treaty establishing the European Economic                            shall avail itself of the facilities of the Joint Research
Community, the activities of the Community shall                     Centre. It shall submit an annual report to the
include especially the elimination, as between the                   Council on the subject.
Member States, of quantitative restrictions on the
import and export of goods and of all other measures                                              Article 4
having equivalent effect, together with the
approximation of the laws of the Member States to                    The programme defined in the Annex shall be subject
the extent required for the proper functioning of the                to review at the beginning of the second year, and
common market ;                                                      subsequently each year, in accordance with the
                                                                     appropriate procedures, and in the light of the
Whereas the research projects which are the subject                  Decisions of the Paris Summit Conference .
of this Decision therefore appear necessary in order
to achieve certain Community objectives in the
functioning of the common market ;                                                                Article 5
Whereas the Treaty establishing the European                         The information resulting from the implementation
Economic Community made no provision for the                         of the parts of the programme defined in the Annex
powers required for these purposes ;                                 will be disseminated in accordance with the
                                                                      conditions and within the limits which will be fixed
                                                                     at a later date .
 HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
                          Article 1                                  Done at Luxembourg, 18 June 1973 .
A research programme for the European Economic                                                                  For the Council
 Community in respect of standards and reference                                                                 The President
substances ( certified reference substances) as set out in
 the Annex to this Decision is hereby adopted for a                                                               A. LAVENS
 (') OJ No L 16, 20. 1 . 1971 , p. 13 .                               ( s ) OJ No L 116, 1 . 5 . 1973 , p . 1 .
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                                                                       ANNEX
                                                               DIRECT PROJECT
                                                         NON-NUCLEAR PROJECTS
                                                       Standards and reference substances
                                                         (certified reference substances)
            JOINT PROGRAMME
            A maximum of 0-8 million units of account, and a staff of 9 ( including a programme staff of 5 ),
            shall be allocated to this objective .
            The objective, which shall complete the programme adopted by the Council on 14 May 1973 H
            in the same field, shall include :
            — technical assistance for Community projects within the framework of the elimination of
                  technical barriers and the management of the Common Customs Tariff;
            — experimental work on reference substances and methods (physical and technological
                  properties).
            The experimental work will be carried out, for the time being, by the Ispra Establishment.
            ( i ) OJ No L 153 , 9 . 6 . 1973 , p . 9 .