CELEX: 51986PC0550
Language: en
Date: 1986-11-17
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) RELATING TO A RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME IN THE FIELD OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FOR DEVELOPMENT 1987 - 1990

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              Proposal for a Council Regulation relating to a research and development programme in the
                               field of science and technology for development (1987 to 1990)
                                                        COM(86)     550final
                              (Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 29 October 1986)
                                                           (87/C 24/06)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                             Whereas developing countries have become aware of the
                                                                     place of science and technology in the process of
                                                                     economic and social development and from then on it
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                has been important to facilitate the introduction of a
Economic Community, and in particular Article 235                    science and technical dimension into the development
thereof,                                                             activities of the Community;
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                   Whereas, therefore, the research and development
                                                                     measures covered by this Regulation relate to two par-
Having regard       to  the   opinion    of   the    European        ticularly grave and urgent problems, viz. food and
Parliament,                                                          health, which are bound up with the fundamental needs
                                                                     of the developing countries;
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and
Social Committee,                                                    Whereas it is necessary to establish greater cooperation
                                                                     among scientists in the various Member States with a
                                                                     view to facilitating the complementarity of research and
Whereas, pursuant to Article 2 of the Treaty, the                    methodologies and ensuring easier access to the different
Community has in particular the task of promoting a                  networks of scientific relationships established by the
harmonious development of economic activities and                    Member States with their Third World partners;
continuous     balanced     expansion      in    the    whole
Community; whereas Article 3 of the Treaty provides
that, for the purposes set out in Article 2, the activities of       Whereas the Council adopted on 14 January 1974 a
the Community shall include, inter alia, increased trade             Resolution on an initial outline programme of the
and the joint promotion of economic and social                       European Communities in the field of science and
development in the developing countries;                             technology (');
Whereas the resolution adopted by the Council on                     Whereas the resolution of the Council of 25 July 1983,
 18 November 1980 'underlines the importance of the                  relating to framework programmes for Community
development of research capacities orientated parti-                 research, development and demonstration activities and
cularly towards food agriculture of the developing                   to the first framework programme for 1984 to 1987 (2),
countries and of the complementarity between the                     lists among its scientific and technical activities the
activities of the research centres established in the                strengthening of development aid;
Community and the efforts undertaken in this domain by
the developing countries';
                                                                     Whereas, in view of the object and the specificity of this
                                                                     programme, which is carried out in the interest of the
Whereas the Intergovernmental Committee on Science                   developing countries and must be carried out in close
and Technology for Development (CISTD) during its                    cooperation with them, it is advisable to lay down special
eighth session, from 2 to 6 June 1986, adopted the                   rules for the dissemination of the results of the
resolution, put forward by the Netherlands on behalf of              programme;
the Member States of the European Community, which
invited industrialized countries to increase their research
and development efforts in the sector of agriculture and
related fields, including joint projects with developing             (') O J N o C 7 , 29. 1. 1974, p. 6.
countries;                                                           O OJ No C 208, 4. 8. 1983, p. 1.
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Whereas the Council, pursuant to Article 235 of the                 Committee 'Research linked to development' set up by
Treaty, adopted a first multiannual programme of                    Council Decision 84/338/Euratom, ECSC, EEC (2).
research and development in the field of science and
technology for development by Decision 82/837/                     The Committee shall consist of a maximum of two
EEC (*), and this programme has achieved positive                   representatives from each Member States responsible for
results which have opened up promising opportunities                science and technology in the field of tropical and
regarding the objectives to be pursued;                             subtropical agriculture and medicine, health and
                                                                    nutrition in tropical and subtropical areas.
Whereas the Council on 10 December 1985 asked the
                                                                   A representative of the Standing Committee on agri-
Commission to consider the inclusion, as part of this
                                                                    cultural research, of the Advisory Committee 'Medical
programme, of a subsection relating to the development
                                                                    and Health Research' and of the Technical Centre for
of indigenous scientific and technical research capacities
                                                                   Agricultural and Rural Cooperation in addition to
in developing countries;
                                                                   experts from developing countries shall be invited to
                                                                   participate in the work of the Committee.
Whereas the Scientific and Technical Research
Committee (CREST) has delivered an opinion;                        In order to ensure coordination at international level,
                                                                   representatives of relevant international organizations
                                                                   may be invited to attend Committee meetings.
Whereas the Treaty has not provided the necessary
specific powers,                                                   The Committee shall establish its rules of procedure.
                                                                   The Commission shall be responsible for the secretariat
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:                                       of the Committee.
                                                                   2.     The Committee shall debate requests for opinions
                         Article 1                                 submitted by the Commission. The latter, in requesting
                                                                   the Committee's opinion, may set a deadline for the
A programme of research and development to support                 opinion to be given. The discussions of the Committee
and reinforce scientific activities in the field of science        shall not be followed by a vote. However, each
and technology for development for the benefit of                  Committee member may request that his opinion be
developing countries, as set out in the Annex, is hereby           noted in the minutes.
adopted for a period of four years from 1 January 1987.
                                                                                              Article 5
Within the scope of the programme, competent
institutions established in the Community or in                    During the first year of the programme, the
developing countries may submit their research and                 Commission, after obtaining the opinion of the
development proposals. Proposals for joint financing of            Committee, shall issue invitations to submit the proposals
research activities undertaken by other competent inter-           necessary for progressive implementation of the
national organizations may also be submitted.                      programme. During the third year of the programme,
                                                                   the Commission, assisted by independent experts among
                                                                   whom there must be a sufficient number of specialists
                                                                   from developing countries, shall evaluate the programme
                         Article 2                                 and may submit proposals for any consequent
The cost of the programme is estimated at 80 million               amendments.
ECU including the cost of a personnel of 16.
                                                                                              Article 6
                         Article 3                                 Dissemination of information applicable to the present
                                                                   research programme shall be subject to the following
The Commission shall be responsible for carrying out the
                                                                   conditions:
programme.
                                                                   1. Rules governing ownership, the obligations of the
                                                                       Community, and, should the need arise, of the
                         Article 4                                     contractor, with regard to information and inventions,
1.    In carrying out its action, the Commission will be               whether or not patentable, resulting from research or
assisted by an advisory committee 'Research linked to                  work done under contract, shall be defined case by
development* hereinafter referred to as the 'Committee',               case in the contracts.
which shall replace the Management and Advisory
O OJ No L 352, 14. 12. 1982, p. 24.                                (2) OJ No L 177, 4. 7. 1984, p. 25.
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  The Commission shall communicate the information                         but also to all developing countries which have an
  and inventions in which it has the rights to the                         urgent need and which are in a position to make use
  Member States and to persons and undertakings                            of such knowledge. It may also make communication
  which pursue, on the territory of a Member State or                      of this information subject to conditions which it shall
  in a developing country, a research or a production                      lay down.
  activity justifying access to such information. The
  Commission must also communicate this information
                                                                                                      Article 7
  primarily to the developing countries, not only to
  those with which the Community has concluded                          This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1987.
  association or cooperation agreements, and to the
  non-associated developing countries which benefit                     This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and
  from financial and technical aid from the Community,                  directly applicable in all Member States.
                                                               ANNEX
                                                       INDIRECT ACTION
            Programme of research and development in the field of science and technology for development
                                                            (1987 to 1990)
            The programme, for which the expenditure commitments are estimated at 80 million ECU, comprises the
            following two subprogrammes:
            A. SUBPROGRAMME TROPICAL AND SUBTROPICAL AGRICULTURE':
                1. Improvement of agricultural products:
                   — crop production: food and agro-industrial crops; crop genetics; crop protection,
                   — proteins of animal origin: stock farming; animal genetics and reproduction; veterinary medicine;
                      sea and inland fisheries, aquaculture,
                   — forestry production in humid and arid areas;
                2. Conservation and better use of the environment:
                   — appraisal of resources; water resources and their use; soil management and protection, deser-
                      tification and management of savannahs; underexploited genetic resources; wild flora and fauna;
                3. Agricultural engineering and post-harvest technology:
                   — agricultural engineering/mechanization; preservation of products; processing of products;
                4. Production systems:
                   — multi-disciplinary approaches relating to plant products; inter-cropping; relationships between
                      crop-growing and stock-farming; ecologically fragile environments.
            B. SUBPROGRAMME 'MEDICINE,                   HEALTH        AND     NUTRITION         IN    TROPICAL  AND
                SUBTROPICAL AREAS':
                1. Medicine:
                   — transmissible tropical diseases: parasitological; bacterial; viral; mycological,
                   — non-transmissible tropical diseases: genetic disorders; acquired diseases;
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                2. Health:
                   — health services research: operational research; planning management and evaluation,
                   — environmental health: water-related diseases; traditional medicine — tropical medicinal plants;
                3. Nutrition:
                   — nutritional deficiencies; impact of agricultural, alimentary and socio-economic strategies on
                       nutritional status,
                   — relationships between production and storage systems, food habits and health status,
                   — bioavailability of nutrients and their toxicology.
             The carrying-out of research activities envisaged for the two above subprogrammes also involves training
             and mobility of scientific personnel, team assistance and the creation of research networks.
             Proposal for a Council Directive amending for the third time Directive 75/726/EEC on the
             approximation of the laws of the Member States concerning fruit juices and certain similar
                                                                products
                                                         COM(86) 688 final
                               (Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 30 December 1986)
                                                             (87/C 24/07)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                                Whereas to prevent fraud the           sweetening of certain
                                                                        concentrated fruit juices should       be authorized only if
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                   they are intended for direct sale     to the consumer, since
Economic Community, and in particular Articles 43 and                   the sweetening may not exceed         the permitted limits at
100 thereof,                                                            the final stage;
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
                                                                        Whereas the option under national legislation of adding
Having regard to the opinion of the European Par-                       citric acid to correct the natural acidity of grape juice
liament,                                                                and apple juice is no longer used in the Community;
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and
Social Committee,
                                                                        Whereas the Annex to the Directive should be
                                                                        supplemented as regards the category of low-acid fruits.
Whereas Council Directive 75/726/EEC C), as last
amended by Directive 81/487/EEC (2), does not allow
fruit nectars to be produced without the addition of
sugar; whereas in view of changes in eating habits the                  HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:
existence of such products should be allowed;
Whereas it is not possible to extract the juice of certain
tropical fruits without the pulp; whereas it therefore                                              Article 1
appears necessary to allow the use of fruit puree in the
manufacture of certain fruit juices;                                    Directive 75/726/EEC       is hereby amended as follows:
Whereas the option of replacing all sugars by honey
within the limits laid down should be extended to all                     1. Article 1 (7) is replaced by the following:
fruit nectars, and the option of using sugars and honey
together in certain nectars should be deleted;
                                                                              '7. Fruit nectar
                                                                                  The unfermented but fermentable product,
(») OJ No L 311, 1. 12. 1975, p. 40.                                              obtained by the addition of water, with or
O OJ No L 189, 11. 7. 1981, p. 43.                                                without the addition of sugar, to fruit juice,