CELEX: 51988PC0098
Language: en
Date: 1988-03-17
Title: DRAFT COUNCIL DECISION UPON A EUROPEAN STIMULATION PLAN FOR ECONOMIC SCIENCE ( 1989-1992 ) SPES

No C 109/4                               Official Journal of the European Communities                                  26. 4. 88
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                                                        (Preparatory Acts)
                                                   COMMISSION
              Proposal for a Council Decision on a European stimulation plan for economic science (1989 to
                                                           1992) (SPES)
                                                        COM(88) 98 final
                               (Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 22 March 1988)
                                                          (88/C 109/04)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                            Whereas it is in the Community's interest to involve third
                                                                    countries and international organizations in certain
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               Community       programmes       and  particularly     those
Economic Community, and in particular Article 130Q                  programmes contributing to the overall strengthening of
(2) thereof,                                                        Europe's scientific potential;
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                  Whereas the Scientific and Technical               Research
                                                                    Committee has given its opinion,
In cooperation with the European Parliament,
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and                    HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Social Committee,
"Whereas Article 130K of the Treaty provides that                                             Article 1
implementation of the framework programme be carried                A plan to stimulate cooperation between and the inter-
out by means of specific programmes developed within                change of researchers in economic science, hereinafter
each of its action lines;                                           referred to as the 'programme', as set out in the Annex,
                                                                    is hereby adopted for a four-year period commencing on
Whereas Council Decision 87/516/Euratom, EEC (')                    1 January 1989.
adopting the multiannual framework programme 1987 to
1991 includes the stimulation, enhancement and better
use of existing Community human research and devel-                                           Article 2
opment resources among the activities it provides for;
                                                                    The procedural arrangements for implementing the
                                                                    programme are set out in the Annex. The rate of the
Whereas Decision . . . of . . . adopting the second plan to
                                                                    Community's financial contribution to stimulation ac-
stimulate the international cooperation and interchange             tivities shall amount to 100 % of the cost of these
needed by European research scientists (Science) for the            scientific cooperation or interchange activities.
period 1988 to 1992 concerns only the exact and natural
sciences; whereas it is recognized that support would be
advantageous in other scientific areas;                                                       Article 3
Whereas economic science addresses itself to the funda-             The funds estimated as necessary for the execution of
mental objectives of the Community, is able to contribute           the programme amount to 6 million ECU for the period
to a better formulation of Community policies and, more             1989 to 1992, including expenditure on a staff of two.
generally, aims to increase the wealth and productivity of
the whole economy; it is therefore appropriate that of                                        Article 4
the human and social sciences priority should be given to
stimulating economic science;                                       1.     The Commission shall be responsible for the
                                                                    execution of the programme and shall be assisted by the
Whereas the creation of a 'Researchers' Europe' is                  Committee for the European Development of Science
necessary in order to ensure that the development gap               and Technology (Codest), set up pursuant to
between different Member States of the European                     Commission       Decision     82/835/EEC (2)      and     by
Community does not widen further;                                   consultants.
(') OJ No L 302, 24. 10. 1987, p. 1.                                O OJ No L 350, 12. 12. 1982, p. 45.
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2.    Contracts entered into by the Commission shall                        out in the Annex and in conformity with the provisions
regulate the rights and obligations of each party and in                    of Article 2 (2) of the framework programme.
particular the methods of disseminating, protecting and
exploiting research results and any necessary reim-                                                     Article 6
bursement of funding given.
                                                                            The Commission is authorized to negotiate, in
                                                                            accordance with Article 130N of the EEC Treaty,
                              Article 5                                     agreements with European non-member States and inter-
1.    In its fourth year, the Commission shall undertake                    national organizations (in particular those countries
a review of the programme. It shall report to Council                       participating in European Cooperation in the field of
and the European Parliament on the results of this                          Scientific and Technical Research (COST) and those
review together, if necessary, with any proposals for                       having concluded framework agreements in S/T co-
modification or prolongation in the light of the interim                    operation with the Community) with a view to associ-
results achieved.                                                           ating them wholly or partially with the programme.
2.    After     completion        of the programme,             the                                     Article 7
Commission shall report to Council and the European                         This Decision shall apply from 1 January 1989.
Parliament on the evaluation of the final results.
                                                                                                        Article 8
3.    The abovementioned reports shall be established
having regard to the objectives of the programme as set                     This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
                                                                   ANNEX
                                   European stimulation plan for economic science 1989 to 1992 (SPES)
              1. The programme consists of a range of activities which have as their aim the establishment of a network
                  of cooperation and interchange between economists of the highest professional quality at the European
                  level.
                 The purpose of these activities is to:
                 — stimulate the mobility of Community economists and cooperation on joint research projects or
                      networks by researchers of the Community member countries,
                 — improve training by encouraging doctoral students and researchers of the Community member
                      countries to continue with their work in Community universities or research centres other than those
                     of their country of origin,
                 — encourage young European economists to return to the Community if they have been working for
                      some time in centres of excellence of non-Community countries, and
                 — favour or support the exchange of knowledge and information between researchers in economic
                      science of Community member countries.
              2. The programme shall be implemented by support for the following actions:
                 — scholarships, research grants, grants for multinational networks or research projects, and
                 — subsidies for the organization of high level training courses, scientific meetings (conferences,
                      seminars, workshops), organized in collaboration with the scientific communities concerned, and
                     facilitating the realization of surveys and studies as well as access to data banks.
              3. Consideration shall be given to applications for financial support made by individuals or institutions
                 which satisfy each of the following criteria:
                 (a) scientific excellence;
                 (b) the multinational European aspect (transnational cooperation or activity outside the country of
                      origin);
                 (c) the European interest of the substance of the research either in terms of its general scientific value
                      or its applied analytical content.
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             4. The selection of stimulation measures, beneficiary projects and/or researchers shall be made by the
                Commission assisted by an ad hoc group within the European Committee for the Development of
                Science and Technology (Codest).
             5. Possible topics of research are:
                (a)    the Community's internal market programme raises many issues of microeconomic analysis,
                       including industrial organization and the economics of regulatory policies (e.g. standards) that
                       deserve urgent attention;
                (b)    European integration economics, including issues of intra-European regional              north-south
                       relations, raises a further set of issues not well covered by the research community;
                (c)    the determinants of economic growth in Western Europe, including dynamic factors such as
                       advanced technology and innovation, and constraints, such as environmental concerns;
                (d)    systemic issues in the monetary areas and macroeconomic and fiscal policy coordination have
                       received increasing academic attention in recent years, but rarely dealing adequately with their
                       intra-European as compared to their international aspects;
                (e)    problems of trade policy and the role of Western Europe in the international division of labour;
                (f)    employment and social policy issues, which have quite different characteristics in Western Europe,
                       compared to the United States or Japan; and
                (g)    methodological and modelling problems relevant to the abovementioned subjects or otherwise of
                       fundamental interest.
             Proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) on the implementation of co-financing operations
             for the purchase of food products or seeds by international bodies or non-governmental
                                                                organizations
                                                             COM(88) J 58 final
                                 (Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 7 April 1988)
                                                               (88/C 109/05)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                                   management ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
                                                                           No 3785/87 (2), contains a procedure which may be used
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                      for this purpose;
Economic Community, and in particular Article 235
thereof,                                                                   Whereas the Treaty does not provide the necessary
                                                                           powers other than those contained in Article 235,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
                                                                           HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Having regard       to   the    opinion     of    the   European
Parliament,                                                                                          Article 1
                                                                            1.   The Community may contribute to the financing of
Whereas the Community can come to the assistance of                        purchases by international bodies or non-governmental
needy sections of the population of developing and other                   organizations of food products or seeds intended for
non-member countries by helping to finance the                             needy sections of the population of developing or other
purchase by non-governmental organizations or interna-                     non-member countries.
tional bodies of food products or seeds;
                                                                           2.    Such operations may be implemented at the request
Whereas the measures to be taken for the implemen-                         of international bodies or non-governmental organiz-
tation of such co-financing operations should be                           ations when the target sections of the population are
determined;                                                                faced with serious difficulties as a result of natural
                                                                           disasters or exceptional circumstances.
Whereas provision should be made for a procedure for
the management of co-financing operations; whereas
Article 8 (2) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3972/86                       (') OJ No L 370, 30. 12. 1986, p. 1.
of 22 December 1986 on food-aid policy and food-aid                        (2) OJ No L 356, 18. 12. 1987, p. 8.