CELEX: 51988PC0024
Language: en
Date: 1988-01-29
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DECISION CONCERNING THE CONCLUSION OF A COOPERATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY AND THE REPUBLIC OF AUSTRIA ON RESEARCH RELATED TO ADVANCED MATERIALS ( EURAM )

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                                                     (Preparatory Acts)
                                                COMMISSION
          Proposal for a Council Decision concerning the conclusion of a Cooperation Agreement
          between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Austria on research related to
                                               advanced materials (EURAM)
                                                     COM(88) 24 final
                         (Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 10 February 1988)
                                                       (88/C 56/07)
          THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES;
          Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in
          particular Article 235 thereof,
          Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
          Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament,
          Whereas, by Decision 86/235/EEC ('), the Council adopted a research programme on
          materials (raw materials and advanced materials — 1986 to 1989), which includes a subpro-
          gramme on advanced materials (EURAM); whereas Article 6 of that Decision authorizes the
          Commission to negotiate agreements with third States, in particular those involved in European
          cooperation in the field of scientific and technical research (COST), with a view to associating
          them fully or partly with this programme;
          Whereas, by Decision 87/177/EEC (2), the Council approved the conclusion on behalf of the
          European Economic Community of the Framework Agreement for scientific and technical
          cooperation between the European Communities and, among others, the Republic of Austria;
          Whereas the present Agreement should be approved;
          Whereas the Treaty does not provide the necessary specific powers,
          HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
                                                         Article 1
          The Cooperation Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic of
          Austria on research related to advanced materials (EURAM) is hereby approved on behalf of
          the Community.
          The text of the Agreement is attached to this Decision.
                                                         Article 2
          The President of the Council shall give the notification provided for in Article 7 of the
          Agreement ( J ).
          O OJ No L 159, 14. 6. 1986, p. 36.
          O OJ No L 71, 14. 3. 1987, p. 29.
          (J) The date of entry into force of the Agreement will be published in the Official Journal of the European
              Communities by the General Secretariat of the Council.
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                                              COOPERATION AGREEMENT
              between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Austria on research related to
                                                 advanced materials (EURAM)
              THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY,
              hereinafter called 'the Community',
              and
              THE REPUBLIC OF AUSTRIA,
              hereinafter called 'Austria',
              both hereinafter called the 'Contracting Parties',
              Whereas the Community and Austria concluded a framework agreement for scientific and
              technical cooperation which entered into force on 30 July 1987;
              Whereas, by Decision of 10 June 1986, the Council of the European Communities adopted, for
              a period of four years from 1 January 1986, a research programme on materials which includes
              a subprogramme on advanced materials (EURAM), hereinafter referred to as 'the Community
              programme';
              Whereas comprehensive research and development activities in the field of the materials sector
              are carried out in Austria;
              Whereas the Contracting Parties expect to derive mutual benefit from a cooperation in the
              field of research on the materials sector and to avoid useless duplication of efforts,
              HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS:
                          Article 1                                2.   Austrian persons and undertakings may be co-
                                                                   signatories of the related research contracts with the
 1.   The Community and Austria shall cooperate in the             Commission.
research areas covered by the Community programme as
set out in Annex A.
                                                                                           Article 4
2.    Coordination of the cooperation shall be the joint
responsibility of the Commission of the European                   1.   For Austrian persons and undertakings the terms
Communities,       hereinafter    referred    to    as   the      and conditions for the submission and evalutation of
'Commission' and of the Federal Ministry of Science and           research projects and the terms and conditions for the
Research.                                                         granting and conclusion of research contracts under the
                                                                  Community programme, shall be the same as those
                                                                  applicable to persons and undertakings in the
                          Article 2                               Community.
The objective of the cooperation referred to in Article 1,
paragraph 1, is to bring together the research efforts of         2.    However, the Austrian persons and undertakings
the Contracting Parties with a view to deriving greater           shall bear the costs necessary to carry out the part,
benefit from the respective expertise.                            defined by them, of the research projects.
                          Article 3                               3.    The research contracts shall lay down the rights
1.    In order to implement the cooperation, persons and          and obligations of Austrian persons and undertakings.
undertakings from Austria are hereby entitled to submit
research projects, in the areas covered by the                    4.    The Commission and the Federal Ministry of
Community programme, in association with persons and              Science and Research shall, in accordance with their
undertakings from the Community. The research                     existing procedures, jointly monitor the proper execution
projects shall indicate clearly the leadership of the             of the research contracts referred to in paragraph 1
project.                                                          hereabove.
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                             Article 5                                  Contracting Parties in accordance with their existing
                                                                        procedures. It shall enter into force on the date on which
This Agreement shall apply, on the one hand, to the                     the Contracting Parties have notified each other of the
territories in which the Treaty establishing the European               completion of the procedures necessary for this purpose.
Economic Community is applied and under the
conditions laid down in that Treaty and, on the other                                             Article 8
hand, to the territory of the Republic of Austria.
                                                                        This Agreement shall be drawn up in duplicate in the
                                                                        Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Italian,
                             Article 6                                  Portuguese and Spanish languages, each of these texts
The Annex A to this Agreement shall be an integral part                 being equally authentic.
thereof.
                                                                        Done at
                             Article 7                                                              For the Republic of Austria
This Agreement is concluded for the duration of the                                                       For the Council
Community programme and shall be approved by the                                                   of the European Communities
                                                                ANNEX A
               COMMUNITY PROGRAMME IN THE FIELD OF ADVANCED MATERIALS (EURAM)
                                                              (1986 to 1989)
               The Community programme shall cover the following research areas:
                1. Metallic materials
                   1.1. Light aluminium-based alloys.
                   1.2. Light magnesium-based alloys.
                   1.3. Light titanium-based alloys.
                   1.4. Electronic and electrical-contact materials.
                   1.5. High-performance magnetic materials.
                   1.6. Materials for surface coating for machine-tool and cutting equipment.
                   1.7. Thin-walled castings.
                2. Engineering ceramics
                   2.1. Optimization of engineering ceramics.
                   2.2. Study of metal/ceramic interface: cermets.
                   2.3. Ceramic composites with fibres and whiskers.
                   2.4. High-temperature behaviour of engineering ceramics.
              . 3. Composite materials
                   3.1. Organic-matrix composites.
                   3.2. Metallic-matrix composites.
                   3.3. Ceramic-matrix composites.
                   3.4. Other specific advanced materials.
               The work shall be carried out as shared-costs contract research and coordination and training activities.