CELEX: 31973D0174
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 on the protection of the environment (direct project)

No L 189/30                               Official Journal of the European Communities                                       11 . 7. 73
                                                       COUNCIL DECISION
                                                          of 18 June 1973
              adopting a research programme for the European Economic Community on the
                                           protection of the environment (direct project)
                                                           ( 73 / 174/ EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                             set out in the Annex, is hereby adopted for a period
COMMUNITIES ,                                                           of four years beginning on 1 January 1973 . The
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                            Annex forms an integral part of this Decision .
European Economic Community, and in particular
Article 235 thereof;                                                                               Article 2
Having regard to the Proposal from the Commission ;                     The maximum expenditure commitment and number
Having regard to the Opinion of the European                            of staff required for the implementation of this
Parliament ;                                                            programme shall be 2-85 million units of account and
                                                                        30 staff, the unit of account being defined in Article
Having regard to the Council Resolution of 17                           10 of the Financial Regulation of 25 April 1973 (2 )
December 1970 (*) on the procedure for adopting                         applicable to the general budget of the European
research and education programmes ;                                     Communities .
Whereas Article 3 of the Treaty establishing the
European Economic Community lays down that the                                                     Article 3
activities of the Community shall include the
elimination , as between Member States, of customs                      The Commission shall be responsible for the
duties and of quantitative restrictions on the import                   implementation of this programme and, to this end,
and export of goods, and of all other measures                          shall avail itself of the facilities of the Joint Research
having equivalent effect, the institution of a system                   Centre. It shall submit an annual report to the
ensuring that competition in the common market is                       Council on the subject.
not distorted, and also the approximation of the laws
of Member States to the extent required for the
                                                                                                   Article 4
proper functioning of the common market; whereas
the activities specified in the Annex to this Decision                  The programme defined in the Annex shall be subject
are necessary, among others, for achieving these                        to review at the beginning of the second year, then
objectives and promoting, in accordance with Article                    annually, in accordance with the appropriate
2 of the same Treaty, a harmonious development of                       procedures, and in the light of the decisions of the
economic activities throughout the Community and                        Paris Summit Conference .
an improvement in living and working conditions in
the Member States ;
                                                                                                   Article 5
Whereas therefore the research projects which are the
subject of this Decision appear necessary in order to                   Knowledge gained from the implementation of those
achieve certain Community objectives in the                             parts of the programme defined in the Annex shall be
operation of the common market;                                         disseminated in accordance with the conditions . and
                                                                        within the limits to be laid down at a future date .
Whereas the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community made no provision for the
powers required for these purposes ;                                    Done at Luxembourg, 18 June 1973 .
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
                                                                                                                 For the Council
                           Article 1
                                                                                                                  The President
A European Economic Community research
programme on the protection of the environment, as                                                                 A. LAVENS
(') O J No L 16, 20 . 1 . 1971 , p . 13 .                               (*) O J No L 116, 1 . 5 . 1973 , p . 1 .
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                                                               ANNEX
                                                         DIRECT PROJECT
                                                      NON-NUCLEAR PROJECT
                                                       Environmental protection
           JOINT PROGRAMME
          A maximum amount of 2*85 million units of account, and a staff of 30 (including 18 programme
          staff), shall be allocated to this objective.
           The objective, which supplements the programme adopted by the Council in the same field on
           14 May 1973 (*), shall include:
          — optimization of the operation of the data bank on chemical products in the environment,
          ■— definition of criteria of compatibility of new industrial products with the environment
                 ( environment 'label', assessment and technical tests ),
           — study of the thermal balance in an urban system.
          These activities will be carried out by the Ispra Establishment.
          ( l ) OJ No L 153 , 9 . 6 . 1973 , p . 11 .