CELEX: 31975D0266
Language: en
Date: 1975-04-14 00:00:00
Title: Council Decision of 14 April 1975 establishing a programme of technological research in the textile sector

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                                                     COUNCIL
                                                   COUNCIL DECISION
                                                       of 14 April 1975
                         establishing a programme of technological research in the textile sector
                                                         (75 /266/EEC)
 THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,                         of manufacturing costs, the testing of new fibres, the
                                                                   solution of certain environmental problems, as well
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                       as consumer safety and protection, and represents a
European Economic Community, in particular Article                 fundamental step in the development of the textile
235 thereof;                                                       industry which is an important economic sector of
                                                                   the Community ;
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;
Having regard to the Opinion of the European                       Whereas preliminary research carried out by the
Parliament (*);                                                    textile industry has demonstrated the value of a
                                                                   programme of technological research and whereas,
Having regard to the Opinion of the Economic and                   therefore, the textile industry intends to join in the
Social Committee (2);                                              programme with a, financial contribution twice that
                                                                   of the Community ;
Considering the Council resolution of 14 January
1974 (3) on ^ coordination of national policies and                Whereas, therefore, this programme appears
the definition of projects of interest to the                      necessary in order to achieve the abovementioned
Community in the field of science and technology ;                 Community objectives in the framework of the
Whereas the final communique of the conference of                  common market;
Heads of State or of Government meeting in Paris on                Whereas the Treaty does not provide all the powers
19 and 20 October 1972 envisages the joint                         necessary to achieve these objectives,
implementation of projects of interest to the
Community in the context of the development of a
common policy in the field of science and                          HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS :
technology ;
Whereas, pursuant to Article 2 of the Treaty, the                                          Article 1
Community shall have as its task inter alia to
promote throughout the Community a harmonious                      A research programme for the European Economic
development of economic activities and a continuous                Community in the textile sector as set out in the
and balanced expansion;                                            Annex hereto is hereby established for a period of
Whereas the research to which this Decision relates                three years commencing on 1 December 1974.
aims at a variety of objectives, such as the reduction
                                                                                           Article 2
t1 ) OJ No C 32, 11 . 2. 1975 , p. 8 .
(2) OJ No C 16, 23. 1 . 1975, p. 10. •                             An amount of 250 000 units of account shall be
(3) OJ No C 7, 29. 1 . 1974, p. 2.                                 allocated for the realization of this programme, the
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unit of account being as defined in the Financial           programme shall be subject to Council Regulation
Regulation on the establishment and implementation          ( EEC) No 2380/74 (») of 17 September 1974
of the budget of the European Communities and on            establishing the conditions of use of know-how
the responsibility of authorizing officers and              applicable to research programmes undertaken for
accounting officers .                                       the European Economic Community.
                        Article 3
The Commission shall implement the programme by             Done at Luxembourg, 14 April 1975 .
means of contracts .
                        Article 4                                                                  For the Council
                                                                                                    The President
Inventions, whether patentable or not, and
know-how resulting from the implementation of the                                                  G. FITZGERALD
                      /
                                                             ») OJ No L 255 , 20. 9 . 1974, p. 1 .
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                                                              ANNEX
                        PROGRAMME OF TECHNICAL RESEARCH IN THE TEXTILE SECTOR
              A maximum of 250 000 units of account shall be provided for implementing the programme
              which is concerned with the three following themes :
                                                                                               y
              1 . Thermal treatment of chemical fibres
                  Main objectives:
                  Optimization of production methods to improve the yield and the quality of products,
                  especially in small- and medium-sized textile undertakings, which generally lack the
                  required research facilities .
                  Programme:
                  Structural modification of chemical fibres, e.g. polyamides, polyester, acrylic and modacrylic,
                  olefin, di- and tri-acetate, under different conditions of thermal treatment (under tension or
                  not, under tension with twist).
                  Changes, as a result of thermal treatment, in dyeing, mechanical, physical and shape
                  properties.
             2. Textile processing in organic solvents
                  Main objectives:                                                                              1
                  Reduction of water pollution and energy consumption. Use of organic solvents instead of
                  water in production methods.
                  Programme:
                  Fibre/solvent interaction :
                  types of fibre : polyester, polyamide, wool ;
                  types of solvents : perchlorethylene, dichloromethan, hydrocarbon fraction, isopropyl alcohol .
                  Interactions: solubility of fibre in the solvent;
                  solubility of solvent in the fibre ;
                  variation in fibre structure.
                  Rheology in the solvent medium: two-phase effects (fibre/solvent), three-phase (fibre/solvent/
                  water — fibre/solvent/dyestuff), four-phase (fibre/solvent/water/dyestuff).
                  Mechanical, physical, shape and surface properties.
             .3 . Fireproofing of textile fibres by radiation grafting
                  Main objectives:
                  Consumer protection by reducing flammability in clothing and household textiles.
                  Programme:
                  Types of fibre: cellulosic, wool, polyamide, polyacrylic.
                  Type of flame retardant: various monomers of vinyl, or acrylic groups, epoxides and others,
                  halogenated, phosphorized or nitrogen-containing compounds.
                  Irradiation carried out on a pilot scale by electron accelerators.
                  Physico-chemical control of fire-retardant textiles, and tests of flammability and combustibility
                  in accordance with methods and standards laid down by Member States and certain third
                  countries .