CELEX: 31973D0176
Language: en
Date: 1973-06-18 00:00:00
Title: Council Decision of 18 June 1973 adopting a programme of research in new technologies for the European Economic Community (use of solar energy and recycling of raw materials)

No L 189/34                            Official Journal of the European Communities                                   11 . 7. 73
                                                   COUNCIL DECISION
                                                       of 18 June 1973
              adopting a programme of research in new technologies for the European Economic
                               Community (use of solar energy and recycling of raw materials)
                                                        (73 / 176/EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                        Annex is hereby adopted for a period of four years
COMMUNITIES,                                                       from 1 January 1973 . The Annex forms an integral
                                                                   part of this Decision .
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the
European Economic Community, and in particular                                               Article 2
Article 235 thereof;
Having regard to the Proposal from the Commission ;                The maximum expenditure and staff required for
                                                                   implementing this programme shall be 3-05 million
Having regard to the Opinion of the European                       units of account and 30 staff; the unit of account is
Parliament;                                                        defined in Article 10 of the Financial Regulation of
                                                                   25 April 1973 (2 ) applicable to the general budget of
Having regard to the Council Resolution of 17                      the European Communities .
December 1970 (*) on the detailed rules for the
adoption of research and education programmes ;
                                                                                            Article 3
Whereas Article 2 of the Treaty establishing the
European Economic Community assigns to the                         The Commission shall be responsible for the
Community, inter alia, the task of promoting                       implementation of this programme and to that end
throughout       the      Community a           harmonious         shall avail itself of the facilities of the Joint Research
development of economic activities, a continuous and               Centre . It shall submit an annual report to the
balanced expansion and an accelerated improvement                  Council on this subject.
of the standard of living ; whereas the objectives of
Community action for these purposes are set out in                                          Article 4
Article 3 of the same Treaty ;
Whereas the use of solar energy as part of the                     The programme defined in the Annex shall be subject
exploitation of natural resources and the recycling of             to review at the beginning of the second year and
raw materials are important constituents of these                  then annually, in accordance with the appropriate
objectives ;                                                       procedures and in the light of the Decisions of the
                                                                   Paris Summit Conference .
Whereas the research projects covered by this
Decision therefore appear to be necessary to achieve                                        Article 5
certain Community objectives in the operation of the
common market ;                                                    Knowledge gained from the implementation of those
Whereas the Treaty establishing the European                       parts of the programme defined in the Annex shall be
                                                                   disseminated in accordance with conditions               and
Economic Community makes no provision for all the
                                                                   within limits to be laid down at a later date .
powers required for these purposes ;
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :                                        Done at Luxembourg, 18 June 1973 .
                          Article 1
                                                                                                          For the Council
A programme of research for the European Economic                                                          The President
Community in new technologies ( use of solar energy
and recycling of raw materials ) as indicated in the                                                        A. LAVENS
(') OJ No L 16 , 20. 1 . 1971 , p . 13                             (-) OJ No L 116 , 1-5 . 1973 , p . 1 .
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                                                        ANNEX
                                                  DIRECT PROJECT
                                              NON-NUCLEAR PROJECT
                                                    New technologies
                                  (Use of solar energy and recycling of raw materials)
        JOINT PROGRAMME
        A maximum of 3-05 million units of account, and a staff of 30 ( including a programme staff of
        15 ), shall be allocated to this objective.
        The initial phase will be devoted to the preparation of a detailed programme. The objective
        shall include :
        Use of solar energy
        — bibliographical research and technical and economic evaluation of the various concepts for
             the collection and storage of solar energy ;
        — studies and measurements in the field of heat pipes and selective surfaces ;
        — technico-economic and feasibility studies of autonomous units of 1 to 10 kW ;
        — studies and assessments on photolysis and thermodissociation of water, and biological
             conversion .
        Recycling of raw materials
        — general study of strategies (statistical studies of long-term trends, studies on the utilization
             cycle of materials);
        — special studies on technical and/or technico-economic evaluations concerning:
             — the pyrolysis of plastics ;
             — the separation of strongly-bound alloy waste ;
             — other subjects which might arise during the general studies .
        These activities shall be conducted by the Ispra Establishment.