CELEX: 51990PC0679
Language: en
Date: 1990-12-14
Title: AMENDMENT TO THE PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DECISION CONCERNING A SPECIFIC PROGRAMME OF RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE FIELD OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ( 1990-1994 )

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             Amendment to the proposal for a Council Decision concerning a specific programme of
                      research and technological development in the field of information technology
                                                      (1990 to 1994) (')
                                               COM(90) 679 final — SYN 258
              (Submitted by the Commission pursuant to Article 149 (3) of the EEC Treaty on 14 December
                                                             1990)
                                                        (91/C 30/07)
             (') OJ No C 174, 16. 7. 1990, p. 1.
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                                                                                       (Amendment No 1)
                          Recital 4                                                          Recital 4
Whereas, pursuant to Article 4 of and Annex I to                   Whereas, pursuant to Article 4 and Annex I of Decision
Decision 90/221/Euratom, EEC, the amount deemed                    90/221/Euratom, EEC, the amount deemed necessary
necessary for the whole framework programme includes               for the whole framework programme includes an amount
an amount of ECU 57 million for the centralized                    deemed necessary of ECU 57 million for the centralized
dissemination and exploitation of results, to be divided           dissemination and exploitation of results, to be divided
up in proportion to the amount envisaged for each                  up in proportion to the amount envisaged for each
activity; whereas in view of the importance of this                activity; whereas in view of the importance of this
specific programme within the information               and        specific programme within the information                and
communications technologies action the estimate of the             communications technologies action the estimate of the
financial resources needed by this programme is to be              financial resources needed by this programme is to be
reduced by ECU 13,52 million, which amount is to be                reduced by ECU 13,52 million, which amount is to be
allocated to the centralized activities, in order to comply        allocated to the centralized activities, in order to comply
with the second sentence of Article 130p (2) of the                with the second sentence of Article 130p (2) of the
Treaty;                                                            Treaty;
                                                                                       (Amendment No 2)
                                                                                            Recital 4a
                                                                                              (new)
                                                                   Whereas, in addition to the specific programme on
                                                                   human capital and mobility, training of researchers in the
                                                                   various activities of the programme must be ensured;
                                                                                       (Amendment No 3)
                                                                                            Recital 4b
                                                                                              (new)
                                                                   Whereas the implications for society of projects and
                                                                   project clusters must be investigated in the form of tech-
                                                                   nological impact and risk assessments that are integral
                                                                   components of the projects and project clusters
                                                                   concerned. Steps must be taken to ensure that
                                                                   assessments are carried out independently;
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                                                                                      (Amendment No 4)
                         Recital 6                                                         Recital 6
Whereas this programme must be implemented essen-                Whereas this programme must be implemented essen-
tially by the selection of research and development              tially by the selection of research and development
projects to enable them to benefit from Community                projects to enable them to benefit from Community
participation; whereas the Commission should encourage           participation; whereas the Commission should encourage
the submission of such projects by the usual means of            the submission of such projects by the usual means of
publishing calls for proposals in the Official Journal of the    publishing calls for proposals in the Official Journal of the
European Communities; whereas a special procedure                 European     Communities;      whereas     an   exceptional
should also be devised so as to maintain a degree of             procedure should also be devised so as to come into
flexibility enabling the Commission, in the face of the          effect between calls for proposals and so as to maintain a
continuous evolution and gradual acceleration of techno-         degree of flexibility enabling the Commission, in the face
logical progress, also to take into consideration spon-          of the continuous evolution and gradual acceleration of
taneous proposals consistent with the objectives of the          technological progress, also to take into consideration
programme;                                                       spontaneous proposals consistent with the objectives of
                                                                 the programme;
                                                                                           Recital 6 a
                                                                                             (new)
                                                                 Whereas support for the international competitiveness of
                                                                 European industry through Community research and
                                                                 technological development programmes, is linked with
                                                                 the Community's external relations policy based on the
                                                                 principle of 'the global equilibrium of opportunities' and
                                                                 that it is also in the light of this policy that the partici-
                                                                 pation of non-Community European companies must be
                                                                 considered;
                                                                                      (Amendment No 5)
                                                                                           Recital 7a
                                                                                             (new)
                                                                 Whereas Regional, Social and Structural Fund measures
                                                                 and the specific programmes must be coordinated by the
                                                                  Commission and the relevant national authorities;
                                                                                      (Amendment N o 6)
                Ninth recital, first sentence                                     Ninth recital, first sentence
Whereas, in accordance with Article 130g of the Treaty,           Whereas, in accordance with Article 130g of the Treaty,
the Community's activities aimed at strengthening the             the Community's activities aimed at strengthening the
scientific and technological basis of European industry           scientific and technological basis of European industry
and encouraging it to become more competitive include             and encouraging it to become more competitive include
promoting cooperation on research and technological               promoting cooperation on research and technological
development with third countries and international                development with third countries, in particular the
organizations; whereas such cooperation may prove                 countries of Central and Eastern Europe, and inter-
particularly beneficial for the development of this               national organizations; whereas such cooperation may
programme;                                                        prove particularly beneficial for the development of this
                                                                  programme;
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                                                                                   (Amendment No 7)
                         Article 1                                                       Article 1
 A specific research and technological development              A specific research and technological development
 programme for the European Economic Community                  programme for the European Economic Community
 in the field of information technology, as defined in          in the field of information technology, as defined in
 Annex I, is hereby adopted for a period of five years as       Annex I, is hereby adopted for the period from the date
 from 1 January 1990.                                           of publication of this decision in the Official Journal of
                                                                the European Communities to 31 December 1994.
                                                                                   (Amendment No 9)
                         Article 5                                                       Article 5
                       Paragraph 1                                                     Paragraph 1
 1.   During 1992 the Commission shall review the               1.    During 1992 the Commission shall review the
programme and address a report on the results of the           programme and address a report on the results of the
review to the Council and the European Parliament,             review to the Council and the European Parliament and
together with proposals for any necessary changes.             on the prospects for the specific programme beyond
                                                                1994.
                                                                                  (Amendment No 10)
                       Paragraph 3                                                    Paragraph 3
3.    The reports shall be drawn up having regard to the       3.    The reports shall be drawn up having regard to the
objectives set out in Annex I to this Decision and in          objectives set out in Annex I to this Decision, in
accordance with Article 2 (4) of Decision 90/221/              conformity with the provisions of Article 2 (4) of
Euratom, EEC.                                                  Decision 90/221/Euratom, EEC, and shall assess the
                                                               coherence of the programme's measurable implemen-
                                                               tation with the six major concerns set out in Annex II to
                                                               Council Decision 90/221/Euratom, EEC.
                                                                                  (Amendment No 11)
                         Article 6                                                      Article 6
 1.   The Commission shall be responsible for the
execution of the programme. It shall be assisted by a
committee, hereinafter referred to as 'the Committee',
composed of representatives of the Member States and
chaired by a representative of the Commission.
2.    The contracts concluded by the Commission shall          2.    The contracts concluded by the Commission shall
govern the rights and obligations of each party, includ-       govern the rights and obligations of each party, inducing
ing the procedures for disseminating, protecting and           the procedures for disseminating, protecting and
exploiting the research results, in accordance with the        exploiting the research results, in accordance with the
arrangements adopted pursuant to the second paragraph          arrangements adopted pursuant to the second paragraph
of Article 130k of the Treaty.                                 of Article 130k of the Treaty and where appropriate
                                                               procedures for training and evaluation.
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3.    A work programme for each year shall be drawn up         3.     A work programme shall be drawn up at the start
and updated where necessary. It shall set out the detailed     of the programme and shall be regularly revised. It shall
objectives and types of projects to be undertaken, and         set out the detailed objectives and types of projects to be
the financial arrangements to be made for them. The            undertaken, and the financial arrangements to be made
Commission shall make calls for proposals for projects         for them.
on the basis of the annual work programmes.
                                                                                    (Amendment No 14)
                        Article 10                                                        Article 10
Where cooperation with third countries and international       Where cooperation with third countries and international
organizations in pursuing the objectives of this               organizations in pursuing the objectives of this
programme requires legal undertakings between the              programme requires legal undertakings between the
Community and the third parties concerned, the                 Community and the third parties concerned, the
Commission shall be authorized to negotiate, in                Commission shall be authorized to negotiate, in
accordance with Article 13 On of the Treaty, international     accordance with Article 130n of the Treaty, international
agreements establishing the arrangements for such              agreements establishing the arrangements for such
cooperation.                                                   cooperation.
                                                               Priority will also be given to cooperation with EFTA
                                                               countries and European countries not members of the
                                                               European Community and in accordance with the
                                                               guidelines agreed between the Council of Ministers and
                                                               the European Parliament ( l ).
                                                               The negotiations for such international agreements may
                                                               only be initiated with third countries who are already
                                                                signatories of an Agreement with the Community which
                                                                explicitly cites research and technological development
                                                                or scientific progress as one of the objectives of
                                                                cooperation.
Decisions on the conclusion of such agreements shall be        The decision on the conclusion of such international
adopted in accordance with the procedure referred to in         agreements shall be adopted in accordance with the
Article 130q (2) of the Treaty.                                 procedure described in Article 130q (2) of the Treaty.
                                                                (') Drawn up during the conciliation on the framework
                                                                    programme for Community activities in research and
                                                                    technological development 1990 to 1994.
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                                                          ANNEX I
                              SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL OBJECTIVES AND CONTENT
                                                                                      (Amendment N o 15)
               Last paragraph, third sentence                                    Last paragraph, third sentence
They include acquisition of information both within the           They include acquisition of information both within the
programme and from the IT community at large, as well             programme and from the IT community at large,
as measures to create awareness of opportunities and              programme-related training measures to increase skill
availability of results, and to develop synergies between         levels of researchers and engineers, as well as measures
participants and with the IT community at large.                  to create awareness of opportunities and availability of
                                                                  results, including standardization-oriented results, and to
                                                                  develop synergies between participants and with the IT
                                                                  community at large.
                                                   Area I: Microelectronics
                                                                                      (Amendment No 16)
                                                                                        First paragraph
                                                                                              (new)
                                                                  In microelectronics, which provides the technology
                                                                  foundation for information technology and telecommu-
                                                                  nications, the three main strategic actions will be to:
                                                                      contribute to the strengthening of a European
                                                                      technology base on which future manufacturing
                                                                      capability of a broad range of leading-edge ICs can
                                                                      be based. This will be done by stimulating the exploi-
                                                                      tation, and building on and extending the work
                                                                      which has been performed in the previous phases of
                                                                      Esprit and in the national programmes. Strategic
                                                                      work on submicron CMOS technologies will be
                                                                      carried out in conjunction with the joint European
                                                                      submicron silicon project (Jessi),
                                                                      strengthen the capabilities in the Community with
                                                                      respect to the chain of designing, manufacturing,
                                                                      testing and applying advanced and reliable integrated
                                                                      circuits,
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                                                                    draw on all resources available, ensuring wide
                                                                    participation of the largest number of potential actors
                                                                    (large and small industries, both producers and users,
                                                                    universities and research centres) in the Community.
                                                                                    (Amendment No 17)
                      First paragraph                                                  First paragraph
Emphasis will be on application specific integrated             Emphasis will be on application specific integrated
circuits (ASICs), including notably multifunction circuits,     circuits (ASICs), including notably multifunction circuits,
high speed circuits, optoelectronic circuits, advanced          high speed circuits, optoelectronic circuits, advanced
power circuits ('smart power'), new equipment, manufac-         power circuits ('smart power'), new equipment, manufac-
turing technology and materials for integrated circuits         turing technology and materials for advanced circuits.
and, in conjunction with other initiatives in the
Community such as the joint European submicron silicon
project (Jessi), the advanced technologies linked to
submicron silicon.
                                                                                    (Amendment No 18)
              Sixth paragraph, last sentence                                   Sixth paragraph, last sentence
Work on high-density ICs will be carried            out in      Work on high-density integrated circuits will be carried
conjunction with Jessi.                                         out in conjunction with Jessi, taking into consideration
                                                                the different research activity characteristics performed
                                                                by Community programmes and Eureka, the need to
                                                                avoid overlaps, and the need to safequard the cohesion
                                                                requirements and subsidiarity principle.
                                                                                    (Amendment No 19)
                     Ninth paragraph                                                  Ninth paragraph
                                                                The longer-term, most innovative aspects of the work in
                                                                microelectronics will be carried out taking into account
                                                                the achievements and the objectives of the basic research
                                                                area, thus securing overall coherence in this sector,
                                                                within the programme.
Technology transfer, training and other accompanying            Technology transfer, training and other accompanying
measures will be undertaken where there is a specific           measures will be undertaken where there is a specific
need for action; special emphasis will be put on prenor-        need for action to establish closer links and access to
mative work on a standard CAD framework with                    sources of IC supply in Europe. In particular a set of
interfaces allowing for an effective integration of CAD         measures will be established, building on the
systems. Measures to tackle specific skills deficits that       achievements of projects addressing ASICs and bringing
can only be addressed in cooperation with industry (for         coherence to initiatives undertaken to provide support
instance, those that require access to industrial facilities)   and stimulation for small and medium-sized enterprises
will be undertaken. Measures to promote uptake of               in the use of microelectronics; specific skills deficits that
ASIC technology in innovative products, especially by           can only be addressed in cooperation with industry (for
small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), will also be         instance, those that require access to industrial facilities)
undertaken.                                                     will be tackled.
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                                    Area 2: Information processing systems and software
                                                                                     (Amendment No 20)
      First paragraph, seventh and eighth sentences                    First paragraph, seventh and eighth sentences
Operating systems allowing information sharing between           Operating systems allowing information sharing between
existing systems and newly emerging parallel operating           existing systems and newly emerging parallel operating
systems will be addressed. Technical and scientific work-        systems, and languages will be addressed. Enabling
stations with very high performance will be based on             research for high-performance technical and scientific
parallel architectures.                                          workstations based on parallel architectures will be
                                                                 performed. Together with the substantial increases in
                                                                 computing power, there is a need to manage and process
                                                                 great increases in the volume of information currently
                                                                 available. Current data management technologies are
                                                                 estimated to be able to cope with only 5 % of the infor-
                                                                 mation available to the average organization, yet infor-
                                                                 mation is increasingly an organization's most critical
                                                                 asset. New technologies based on a convergence of
                                                                 knowledge-base techniques and highly parallel archi-
                                                                 tectures are needed. These must deal with volumes and
                                                                 data rates several orders of magnitude greater than those
                                                                 currently managed. The ranges of data types and media
                                                                 should be substantially increased.
                                                                                     (Amendment No 21)
                                                                          Second paragraph, add to last sentence
                                                                                             (new)
                                                                 Such interfaces will employ not only conventional tech-
                                                                 niques with improved integration but increasingly the
                                                                 understanding of direct speech, the use of animated
                                                                 graphics and the introduction of new techniques of inter-
                                                                 action using movement and gesture. Furthermore,
                                                                 systems are increasingly required to interact with their
                                                                 external environment in a fully automatic manner via
                                                                 vision, acoustic and other sensory elements. The need for
                                                                 automatic inspection and scene interpretation is growing
                                                                 rapidly and covers applications ranging from improved
                                                                 industrial robotics, through environmental monitoring to
                                                                 medical imaging. Of particular relevance are archi-
                                                                 tectures that will include a range of sensory devices, cope
                                                                 with an increasing range of signal types and rates and
                                                                 deal with real-time interpretation.
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                                                                                      (Amendment No 22)
        Third paragraph, third and fourth sentences                       Third paragraph, third and fourth sentences
Tools and methods to support systems integration and to           Tools and methods to support systems integration and to
increase software productivity will be enhanced where             increase software productivity will be enhanced where
significant progress can be expected. The work will build         significant progress can be expected, for instance in
on existing or emerging standards.                                real-time applications. The work will build on existing or
                                                                  emerging standards and aim at harmonizing European
                                                                  activities.
                                    Area 3: Advanced business and home systems; peripherals
                                                                                      (Amendment No 23)
                                                                  First paragraph, after the second sentence insert a new
                                                                                             sentence
                                                                  In this area in particular, impact on society and on the
                                                                  individual must be an integral component of research
                                                                  and development and taken account of accordingly.
                                                                                      (Amendment No 24)
           Third paragraph, from second sentence                             Third paragraph, from second sentence
It includes the integration of mobile terminals into              It includes the integration of mobile terminals into
business information systems. In this context, systems for        business information systems, where close links need to
cooperative work play an important role. They allow               be established with the work undertaken in the specific
cooperation through the provision of, e.g., the following         programmes on communication technologies and
facilities: cooperative writing, file processing, project         telematic systems. In this context, systems for
management, decision making, informal interaction,                cooperative work play an important role. They allow
problem definition and conferencing. The improvement              cooperation through the provision of, e.g., the following
of working conditions and job-level qualifications are of         facilities: cooperative writing, file processing, project
major concern.                                                    management, decision making, informal interaction,
                                                                  problem definition and conferencing. Another stra-
                                                                  tegically important research direction is open systems for
                                                                  the integration of heterogeneous software components
                                                                  supporting different applications, including multimedia
                                                                  systems. The improvement of working conditions and
                                                                  job-level qualifications are of major concern.
                                                                                      (Amendment N o 25)
                       Sixth paragraph                                                   Sixth paragraph
The peripherals technology activities include R&D                 The peripherals technology activities will focus on
aspects of specific peripheral technologies for printers,         selected areas where there are routes to exploitation and
displays, input and storage devices. Special emphasis will        where there is a chance of industrial viability. The work
be put on flat panel display technologies, magneto-               will inlcude R&D aspects of specific peripheral techno-
optical storage systems, non-impact printing techno-              logies for future generations of peripherals. Special
logies, and scanning technologies.                                emphasis will be put on flat panel display technologies,
                                                                  magneto-optical storage systems, non-impact printing
                                                                  technologies, and scanning technologies.
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                                                     Area 5: Basic research
                                                                                       (Amendment N o 26)
                First paragraph, first indent                                      First paragraph, first indent
— their potential to produce future breakthroughs or                   their potential to produce future breakthroughs or
    important advances even if they have no immediately                important advances even if they have no immediately
    visible application,                                               visible application; particular emphasis will be given
                                                                       to topics which are expected to have long-term
                                                                       industrial potential,
                                                                                       (Amendment No 27)
             Third paragraph, second sentence                                   Third paragraph, second sentence
Therefore the logical and algebraic foundations of                 Therefore the logical and algebraic foundations of
computer science will be addressed providing the                   computer science will be addressed providing the
necessary framework for the development of concurrent              necessary framework for the development of concurrent
systems, specification and verification techniques, as well        systems, efficient parallel and sequential algorithms,
as the next generation of programming languages and                specification and verification techniques, as well as the
algorithms.                                                        next generation of programming languages and algo-
                                                                   rithms.
                                                                                       (Amendment No 28)
       Final paragraph, second and third sentences                        Final paragraph, second and third sentences
Both technology transfer and training demand the                   Both technology tansfer and training demand the
emergence of European centres of excellence in different           emergence of European networks of excellence in
areas of IT. Basic research is uniquely positioned to play         different areas of IT. Basic research is uniquely posi-
an important role in meeting this demand by acting as a            tioned to play an important role in meeting this demand
catalyst for the emergence of such centres of excellence.          by acting as a catalyst for the emergence of such
                                                                   networks of excellence.
                                                          ANNEX II
                    INDICATIVE BREAKDOWN OF EXPENDITURES FOR THE PERIOD 1990 TO 1994
                                                                                       (Amendment N o 31)
                                                                                             Point 5a
                                                                                              (new)
                                                                   In areas 1 to 4, at least 5 % of appropriations shall be
                                                                   used for the training of researchers.
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                                                       ANNEX III
             RULES FOR IMPLEMENTING THE PROGRAMME AND ACTIVITIES FOR DISSEMINATION
                                        AND EXPLOITATION OF THE RESULTS
                                                                                  (Amendment No 33)
                 Point 2, fourth paragraph                                     Point 2, fourth paragraph
The concerted actions shall be as defined in the Financial     The concerted actions shall be as defined in Article 92 of
Regulation.                                                    the Financial Regulation.
                                                                                  (Amendment N o 35)
                   Point 3, paragraph 1                                           Point 3, paragraph 1
The participants in the projects must be natural or legal      The participants in the projects must be natural or legal
persons established in the Community, such as univer-          persons established in the Community, such as univer-
sities, research organizations and industrial firms,           sities, research organizations and industrial firms,
including small and medium-sized enterprises, or associ-       including small and medium-sized enterprises, or associ-
ations thereof, in particular European economic interest       ations thereof, for example European economic interest
groupings (EEIGs).                                             groupings (EEIGs).
                                                                                  (Amendment No 38)
                 Point 3, second paragraph                                     Point 3, second paragraph
Natural or legal persons established in countries which        Natural or legal persons established in countries which
have concluded agreements with the Community fore-             have concluded cooperation agreements on scientific and
seeing scientific and technical research, may, based on        technical research with the Community may, on the
the criterion of mutual advantage, take part in the            principle of mutual benefit, participate in the projects
projects undertaken in the context of this programme.          undertaken in the framework of this programme. Such
The contracting parties under such arrangements shall          contracting parties will no benefit from Community
not benefit from Community funding. They shall                 financing under the framework programme. They will
contribute to the general administrative costs.                contribute to the general administrative costs.
                                                                                  (Amendment No 39)
                                                                           Point 3, add to second paragraph
                                                                                          (new)
                                                                Central and Eastern European organizations may be
                                                                exempted from mandatory cost-sharing. They may
                                                                furthermore benefit from Community funding, provided
                                                               that monies for this are made available from special
                                                               programmes (e.g. Phare).
                                                                                  (Amendment N o 40)
                                                                                 Point 4, paragraph 2a
                                                                                          (new)
                                                               Where other criteria of scientific excellence are satisfied,
                                                                and in accordance with the guidelines agreed between
                                                                Council and the European Parliament, in the case of a
                                                                number of project proposals of equal scientific value,
                                                               preference shall be given:
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                                                                  (i) to project proposals whose implementation involves
                                                                        project participants in less-developed regions and/or
                                                                        regions in industrial decline as defined by Articles 8
                                                                        and 9 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88;
                                                                  (ii) to     project    proposals    involving   small     and
                                                                        medium-sized enterprises or an association of such
                                                                        enterprises.
                                                                 The Commission shall determine in each case whether
                                                                 the management of the programme, or parts thereof, can
                                                                 be undertaken by organizations or institutions outside
                                                                 the Commission without delegating its decision-making
                                                                 powers.
                                                                                       (Amendment No 41)
             Point 4, fifth and sixth paragraphs                               Point 4, fifth and sixth paragraphs
The exceptional procedure must be completed before the           The exceptional procedure shall take effect after the first
ordinary procedure in such a way that the available              call for proposals and must be completed before the
amount for the Community's financial participation in            ordinary procedure in such a way that the available
projects retained by the ordinary procedure can be               amount for the Community's financial participation in
determined precisely. The closing date for the excep-            projects retained by the ordinary procedure can be
tional procedure shall be published each year in the             determined precisely. The closing date for the excep-
 Official Journal of the European Communities.                   tional procedure shall be published each year in the
                                                                  Official Journal of the European Communities.
The amount of the financial participation of the                 The amount of the financial participation of the
Community for all the projects retained by the excep-            Community for all the projects retained by the excep-
tional procedure will be decided each year, in relation to       tional procedure will be decided each year, in relation to
the projects selected according to particularly strict           the projects selected according to particularly strict
criteria of excellence. In any case this amount may not          criteria of excellence. In any case this amount may not
exceed 15 % ; it may be revised each year in the light of        exceed 10 % of the annual budget appropriation; it may
experience.                                                      be revised after two years in the light of experience.
                                                                                      (Amendment No 44)
                                                                                           Point 5, add
                                                                                               (new)
                                                                 Except in connection with projects relating to the area of
                                                                 basic research, these two partners should, as a rule, be
                                                                 industrial firms.
                                                                                      (Amendment No 45)
                            Point 7                                                           Point 7
   The knowledge acquired during the course of the               7. To take due account of the impact on society and on
   projects shall be disseminated on the one hand within              the individual of the measures under this programme,
   the specific programme and on the other hand by                    the Commission shall apply the following procedure:
   means of a centralized activity, pursuant to the
   Decision referred to in the third paragraph of
   Article 4 of Decision 90/221/Euratom, EEC.
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                                                                        when calls are made for projects/project clusters,
                                                                        proposers shall be required to take account, in
                                                                        their proposals, of social impact and to indicate
                                                                        the relevant accompanying research that has been
                                                                        carried out in this regard,
                                                                        when projects are selected, special importance
                                                                        shall be attached to these factors,
                                                                        the activities concerned, in both the projects or
                                                                        project clusters and accompanying studies, shall be
                                                                        funded from the monies made available in
                                                                        connection with the exceptional procedure,
                                                                        accounting for 0,8 to 3,5 °/o of the total for the
                                                                        programme.
                                                                                     (Amendment No 46)
                                                                                            Point 8
                                                                                             (new)
                                                                    With a view to establishing synergy, there shall be
                                                                    close interaction with the specific programme on
                                                                    human capital and mobility, in particular with respect
                                                                    to the activities undertaken in area 5 referred to in
                                                                    Annex I.
                                                                                     (Amendment No 58)
                         Article 8                                                         Article 8
                  Point 1, second indent                                            Point 1, second indent
    evaluation of the projects referred to in point 2 of             evaluation of the projects referred to in point 2 of
    Annex III, as well as the estimated amount of the                Annex III, as well as the estimated amount of the
    Community's financial contribution when these                    Community's financial contribution when these
    projects are submitted through the ordinary                      projects are submitted through the ordinary
    procedure referred to in point 4 of Annex III and the            procedure referred to in point 4 of Annex III and the
    abovementioned amount is more than ECU 5 million,                abovementioned amount is more than ECU 1 million
                                                                     per year,
                                                                                     (Amendment No 59)
                          Article 8                                                        Article 8
                   Point 3, third indent                                             Point 3, third indent
    projects, referred to in point 2 of Annex III,                   projects, referred to in point 2 of Annex III,
    submitted through the ordinary procedure, for which              submitted through the ordinary procedure, for which
    the Community contribution is less than ECU                      the Community contribution is less than ECU
    5 million, and the results of their evaluation,                  1 million per year, and the results of their evaluation,