CELEX: 51991PC0289
Language: en
Date: 1991-07-25
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DECISION CONCERNING THE CONCLUSION OF A MULTILATERAL COOPERATION AGREEMENT " COMMUNITY-COST " ON ELEVEN CONCERTED ACTION PROJECTS IN THE FIELD OF FOOD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ( " FLAIR " PROGRAMME ) BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY AND COST THIRD STATES

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                                C0M(91) 289 final-SYN 355
                                                Brussels, 25 July 1991
                                  Proposal for a
                                 COUNCIL DECISION
 concerning the conclusion of a multilateral Cooperation Agreement "Community-
 COST" on eleven concerted action projects in the field of food science and
 technology ("FLAIR" programme) between the European Economic Community and
 COST third states.
                          (presented by the Commission)
 ---pagebreak---                              EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Su             Proposal for a Council Decision concerning the conclusion of a
               multilateral Cooperation Agreement "Community-COST" on eleven
               concerted action projects in the field of Food science and technology
               between the European Economic Community and COST/EFTA third
               States (Austria, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland,
               Turkey, Yugoslavia)
1.     The importance of European cooperation in Food science and technology is
       steadily growing due to the industrial and economic development in this field
       and to the increasing progress in public health and consumer protection;
       mutual benefit shall be derived from coordination of national research via
       concerted action projects in the relevant sectors, and utilization of specialized
       skills and capabilities disseminated throughout Europe.
2.     Pursuant to four Council Decisions', four Community-COST concertation
       Agreements on concerted action projects in the field of Food science and
       technology have been concluded between the Community and several COST
       states. The research carried out between 1980-1988 under those Agreements,
       the latter of which expired on 7.06.1988, have produced very encouraging
       results.
3.     Moreover the ad hoc COST Technical Committee in the field of food
       technology together with the CREST ad hoc Committee have recommended
       that a number of concerted action projects could be implemented as COST
       projects in the framework of a Community programme in this field.
4.     By its Decision of 20 June 1989, the Council adopted a multiannual RDT
       programme in the field of Food science and technology ("FLAIR" programme:
       1/7/89 - 30/6/93) part of which is carried out by means of eleven concerted
       action projects.
5.     Article 7 of this Decision authorises the Commission to negotiate Agreements
       with third countries involved in European cooperation in the field of scientific
       and technical research (COST) or having concluded bilateral framework
       Agreements2 for scientific and technical cooperation with the Community.
    1
      80/179/EEC of 18/12/1979 (COST 90), 82/839/EEC of 22/11/1982 (COST
90 bis), 80/1183/EEC of 4/12/1980 (COST 91) and 84/304/EEC of 24/5/1984
(COST 9Ibis)
    2
      As an EFTA state, Iceland has concluded a S/T framework bilateral Agreement
with the Community but has also formally requested to become a new Member of
the COST framework (formal adhesion planned in 1991).
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6.      As third COST States expressed their interest to participate in some of the
        above-mentioned concerted action projects, the Commission has negotiated a
        draft Community-COST Cooperation Agreement on the following eleven
        concerted action projects3:
       COST 901 : Spectroscopic techniques (Near Infrared (NIR), Fourier
                     Transform Infrared (FTIR), Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)
                      for the rapid direct measurement of food quality
       COST 902 : Relating sensory, instrumental and consumer choice studies
       COST 905 : Predictive modelling of microbial growth and survival in foods
       COST 906 : Prevention and control of potentially pathogenic micro-
                     organisms in poultry and poultry meat processing
       COST 907 : Food safety and quality based on the application of combined
                     processes and Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP)
       COST 908 : In-Vitro toxicological studies and real-time analysis of residues
                     in food
       COST 909 : Improvement of food safety and quality through the use of
                     interactive and competitive bindings of food lectins and bacterial
                     adhesins in the gut
       COST 910 : Measurement of micronutrient absorption and status
       COST 911 : Physiological implication of the consumption of resistant starch
                     in man
       COST 912 : Improvement of the quality and compatibility of food
                     consumption and food composition data in Europe
       COST 913 : Information flow on food technology, food safety and healthy
                     eating to SMEs and consumers ("FLAIR-FLOW project)
    3
      It must be noted that the initially proposed COST 903 and COST 904 projects
will not be implemented.
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7.     A formal meeting with representatives of the above-mentioned eight
       EFTA/COST third states, was held on 11 December 1990*. During this
       meeting, the Commission proposed a new multilateral Community-COST
       Agreement pattern introducing a new element "the Cooperation Committee"
       which did not exist in the S & T concertation Agreements previously
       concluded between the EC and third countries.
8.     This new pattern allows the EFTA countries to participate in the Community
       R & D programmes which are managed by Committees laid down in the
       Council Decision 87/373/EEC of 13 July 1987 and takes into account the
       three-phase procedure described in the statements minuted at the Research
       Council meeting of 20 June 1989 when the FLAIR programme was adopted.
9.     The Commission will endeavour to achieve consistency between the functions
       of the Cooperation Committee offered to individual third
       COST-EFTA countries and the coordination requirement provided for in
       Article 3.4 of the proposed draft Agreement.
10.    The COST third states having accepted as a fundamental criterion of reference
       the principle that FLAIR was, and has to remain, a Community programme in
       which the Community interests have to be safeguarded, this draft Agreement
       has been agreed on by the contracting parties.
11.    The draft Agreement, which is annexed to the attached proposal for a Council
       Decision, provides for :
       -   the association of the interested COST/EFTA third states with the
           implementation of one or several concerted action projects of the
           Community programme;
       -   a financial contribution of each third state to each of the concerted action
           projects in which it participates, amounts to one twelth of the Community
           contribution to the project, i.e. for the period 1990-1993 :
           COST 901 : 46,000 Ecus from each participating non-Member State
           COST 902 : 61,000 Ecus from each participating non-Member State
           COST 905 and 906 : for each of these projects 27,000 Ecus from each
           participating non-Member State
           COST 909 : 18,500 Ecus from each participating non-Member State
           COST 907, COST 908, COST 910, COST 911, COST 912, COST 913 :
           for each project, 41,500 Ecus from each participating non-Member State.
* planned at the date of 28.11.90
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        the establishment of a Cooperation Committee with representatives of the
        Community and of the participating third COST/EFTA States to ensure a
        proper implementation of the Agreement and mutual coordination and
        information on the development of the concerted projects of the FLAIR
        programme. The Committee shall adopt its own rules of procedure.
12. In view of the nature of the cooperation, any additional expenditure paid
    from the Community budget (relevant budget heading B6-8004) resulting
    from the implementation of this draft Agreement will be covered by the
    financial contribution from the participating COST/EFTA third states.
13. The following COST third states have already expressed their willingness to
    participate in one or more of the eleven concerted action projects : Norway,
    Sweden, Switzerland, Finland, Yugoslavia.
14. The Commission proposes that the Council adopt the attached proposal for a
    Decision.
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                                    Proposal for a
                                 COUNCIL DECISION
 concerning the conclusion of a multilateral Community-COST Cooperation
Agreement on eleven concerted action projects in the field of food science and
 technology ("FLAIR" programme) between the European Economic Community and
COST third states.
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in
particular Article 130 Q2 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission1,
In cooperation with the European Parliament2,
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee3,
WHEREAS by Decision 89/411/EEC4, the Council adopted a specific research and
technological development programme in the field of food science and technology
("FLAIR" programme) (1/07/1989 - 30/06/1993); whereas Article 7 of this Decision
authorises the Commission to negotiate agreements with third countries involved in
European cooperation in the field of scientific and technical research (COST) and
those European countries having concluded framework agreements in scientific and
technical cooperation with the Community,
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
Article 1
The Community-COST Agreement between the European Community and COST
third states on concerted action projects in the field of Food Science and Technology
is hereby approved on behalf of the European Economic Community.
     1
       O.J. No C
    2
       O.J. No C
    3
       O.J. No C
    4
       O.J. No L 200, 13.07.1989 - p.18
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Article 2
The President of the Council is hereby authorized to designate the persons
empowered to sign the Agreement in order to bind the Community.
Done at
                                                For the Couiidl
                                               The President
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            COOPERATION AGREEMENT
               "COMMUNITY-COST"
 BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY
             AND COST THIRD STATES
    ON ELEVEN CONCERTED ACTION PROJECTS
IN THE FIELD OF FOOD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    (SPECIFIC RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGICAL
       DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME "FLAIR")
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                COOPERATION AGREEMENT "COMMUNITY-COST" ON
                        ELEVEN CONCERTED ACTION PROJECTS
           IN THE FIELD OF FOOD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (FLAIR)
THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY, hereinafter called "the Community"
and
THE SIGNATORY STATES TO THIS AGREEMENT, hereinafter called "the participating
non-Member States",               x       .        •
both hereinafter called "the Contracting Parties",
WHEREAS European cooperation in the field of food science and technology is likely
to contribute to the combined progress in public health and consumer protection with
industrial and economic development within the Community;
WHEREAS four Community-COST concertation agreements on four concerted action
projects in the field of food science and technology1 have produced encouraging results
and further initiatives in the COSTframeworkin this field are underway;
WHEREAS the ad-hoc COST Technical Committee in the field of food technology
together with the CREST ad-hoc Committee have recommended that a number of
concerted action projects could be implemented as category A COST projects in the
framework of a Community programme in this field - this COST category A being
defined by the COST Senior Officials Committee at its meetings of 20-21/04/89 and
28-29/06/89;
WHEREAS, by its Decision of 20 June 19892, the Council of the European
Communities adopted a specific research and technological development programme
in the field of food science and technology "FLAIR" for the period 1/07/1989 -
30/06/1993, hereinafter called "the Community programme", covering among other
possibilities, the implementation of concerted action projects;
WHEREAS the Member States of the Community and the participating non-Member
States intend, subject to the rules and procedures applicable to their national
programmes, to carry out the research described in Annex A and are prepared to
integrate such research into a process of concertation which they consider will be of
mutual benefit,
      COST 90, COST 91, COST 90bis and COST 91bis projects
      OJ N° L 200, 13.07.1989, p. 31
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HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS :
ARTICLE 1
The Contracting Parties shall participate for a period extending until 30 June 1993
to one or several of the following concerted action projects3 :
- COST 901 :          Spectroscopic techniques "Near Infrared (NIR), Fourier Transform
                      Infrared (FTIR), Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)" for the
                      rapid direct measurement of food quality
- COST 902 :          Relating sensory, instrumental and consumer choice studies
- COST 905 :          Predictive modelling of microbial growth and survival in foods
- COST 906 :          Prevention and control of potentially pathogenic micro-organisms
                      in poultry and poultry meat processing
- COST 907 :          Food safety and quality based on the application of combined
                      processes and hazard analysis critical control point (HACCP)
- COST 908 :          In vitro toxicological studies and real-time analysis of residues in
                      food
- COST 909 :          Improvement of food safety and quality through the use of
                      interactive and competitive bindings of food lectins and bacterial
                      adhesins in the gut
- COST 910 :          Measurement of micronutrient absorption and status
- COST 911 :          Physiological implications of the consumption of resistant starch
                      in man
- COST 912 :          Improvement of the quality and compatibility of food consumption
                      and food composition data in Europe
- COST 913 :          Information flow on food technology, food safety and healthy
                      eating to SMEs and consumers ("FLAIR-FLOW* project)
    3
      It must be noted that the initially proposed COST 903 and COST 904
projects will finally not be implemented
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These projects shall consist in concertation between the Community concerted action
projects and the corresponding programmes of the participating non-Member States.
The content of research topics covered by this Agreement is specified in Annex A.
The Member and non-Member States of the Community shall remain entirely
responsible for the research carried out by their own institutions or bodies.
ARTICLE 2
The estimated financial contributions of the Contracting Parties to the coordination
costs for the period referred to in the first paragraph of Article 1 shall be, for each
of the eleven concerted action projects :
   COST project 901         550,000 ecus from the Community
                             46,000 ecus from each participating non-Member State
   COST project 902         730,000 ecus from the Community
                             61,000 ecus from each participating non-Member State
   COST project 905         325,000 ecus from the Community
                             27,000 ecus from each participating non-Member State
   COST project 906         325,000 ecus from the Community
                             27.000 ecus from each participating non-Member State
   COST project 907         500,000 ecus from the Community
                             41,500 ecus from each participating non-Member State
   COST project 908         500,000 ecus from the Community
                             41,500 ecus from each participating non-Member State
   COST project 909         220,000 ecus from the Community
                              18,500 ecus from each participating non-Member State
   COST project 910         500,000 ecus from the Community
                             41,500 ecus from each participating non-Member State
   COST project 911         500,000 ecus from the Community
                             41,500 ecus from each participating non-Member State
   COST project 912         500,000 ecus from the Community
                             41,500 ecus from each participating non-Member State
   COST project 913         500,000 ecus from the Community
                             41,500 ecus from each participating non-Member State
 ---pagebreak--- The rules governing the financing of this Agreement and the timetable of the
commitment estimates are set out in Annex B.
ARTICLE 3
1. For the purposes of this Agreement, a Cooperation Committee to assist the
   Commission in the implementation of the concerted action projects of the specific
   research and technological development programme in the field of food science and
   technology ("FLAIR" programme), adopted by Decision of the Council of the
   European Communities of 20 June 1989, hereinafter referred to as "the Committee",
   is hereby established.
2. The Committee shall consist of representatives of the Community and the
   participating non-Member States for the implementation of the concerted action
   projects.
3. The Committee shall be consulted on all the matters concerning the implementation
   of this Agreement. For this purpose, it shall make recommendations.
4. The representative of the Community shall take the appropriate steps to ensure
   coordination between the implementation of this Agreement and the decisions taken
   by the Community in respect of the implementation of the Community programme.
5. For the purpose of the proper implementation of this Agreement, the Contracting
   Parties shall exchange information and, at the request of any of the Parties, shall
   hold consultations within the Committee.
6. The Committee shall adopt its own rules of procedure and it shall meet, at the
   request of any of the Contracting Parties, in accordance with the conditions to be
   laid down in its rules of procedure.
ARTICLE 4
1. The Contracting Parties shall regularly exchange all useful information resulting
   from the carrying out of the research covered by the concerted action projects.
   They shall also endeavour to provide information on similar research planned or
   carried out by other bodies. Any information shall be treated as confidential if the
   Contracting Party which provides it so requests.
2. The scientific results of the concerted action projects shall be published by the
   Commission, except in so far as they are declared confidential by one of the
   Contracting Parties.
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3. The Commission shall prepare activity reports on the basis of the information
   supplied and shall forward them to the Member and non-Member States of the
   Community.
4. At the end of the period of the FLAIR programme, the Commission shall forward
   to the Member and non-Member States of the Community the general reports on
   the execution and results of these concerted action projects.
ARTICLE 5
1. This Agreement shall be open for signature by the Community and by the
   participating non-Member States which took part in the ministerial conference held
   in Brussels on 22 and 23 November 1971.
2. As a condition precedent to its participation in the concerted action projects defined
   in Article 1, each of the Contracting Parties shall, when signing this Agreement,
   have notified the Secretary-General of the Council of the European Communities
   of the concerted action projects in which it intends to participate and, after signing
   this Agreement, have notified the Secretary-General of the Council of the European
   Communities of the completion of the procedures necessary under its internal
   provisions for the implementation of this Agreement.
3. For the Contracting Parties which transmit the latter notification provided for in
   the paragraph 2, this Agreement shall come into force on the first day of the
   month following that in which the Community and at least one of the participating
   non-Member States transmitted these notifications.
   For those Contracting Parties which transmit the notification after the entry into
   force of this Agreement, it shall come into force on the first day of the second
   month following that in which the notification was transmitted. Contracting
   Parties which have not transmitted this notification when this Agreement comes
   into force shall be able to take part in the work of the Committees without voting
   rights.
4. The Secretary-General of the Council of the European Communities shall inform
   each of the Contracting Parties of the notifications made pursuant to paragraph 2
   and of the date of entry into force of this Agreement.
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ARTICLE 6
1. This Agreement shall be concluded for the duration of the Community programme.
    Should the Community revise the Community programme, the Agreement may be
    denounced under mutually agreed conditions between the Contracting Parties.
2. Where the Community adopts a new R&D programme in the field of food science
    and technology, this Agreement may be renegotiated or renewed under mutually
    agreed conditions.
3. Subject to paragraph 1, any of the Contracting Parties may at any time terminate
    this Agreement with six months notice. Tfce projects and work in progress at the
    time of termination and/or expiry of this Agreement shall be continued until they
    are completed under the conditions laid down in this Agreement.
ARTICLE 7
This Agreement shall apply, on the one hand, to the territories in which the Treaty
establishing the European Economic Community is applied and under the conditions
laid down in that Treaty and, on the other hand, to the territories of the participating
non-Member States.
ARTICLE 8
This Agreement, drawn up in a single original in the Danish, Dutch, English, French,
German, Greek, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish languages, each text being equally
authentic, shall be deposited in the archives of the General Secretariat of the Council
of the European Communities which shall transmit a certified copy to each of the
Contracting Parties.
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                                       ANNEXA
                 RESEARCH TOPICS COVERED BY THE AGREEMENT
The Community programme includes the following eleven COST concerted action
projects :
1. Spectroscopic techniques "Near Infrared (NIR). Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR).
   Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)" for the rapid direct measurement of food
   quality (COST 901)
   To provide rapid, instrumental food quality measurement techniques to satisfy
   consumer/industrial needs within the European Community.
   a) Signal interpretation : to interpret, define, process and quantify, instrumental
       signals in order to understand and justify signal/quality relationships.
   b) Mathematical treatment/interpretation of instrumental data : to modify signals
       and combine signal data from different instrument types, in order to relate the
       signal to food quality characteristics.
   c) Instrument and experimental design : to optimise instrumental and experimental
       design for measurement of food quality.
   d) Computer database : to collate and disseminate findings from signal
       interpretation, instrument and experimental design to produce value added
       information to enable effective prediction of food quality for specific food
       applications.
2. Relating sensory, instrumental and consumer choice studies (COST 902)
   a) To characterise relationships between instrumental data and sensory data and
       between consumer choice studies and sensory data.
   b) To review and develop functional and applied models for food choice behaviour.
   c) To establish a database for state-of-the-art of instrumental methods as relating
       to sensory perception of foods.
   d) To improve compatibility of European food industries through fast and efficient
       transfer of results from research to applied product development, control and
       assurance.
   e) To develop approaches to sensory analysis issues which will permit application
       of the techniques in other foods and food constituents.
3. Predictive modelling of microbial growth and survival in foods (COST 905)
   a) Establishment of databases on predictive microbiological research by individual
       groups.
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    b) To ensure the maximum compatibility and effectiveness of the systems
        developed.
    c) To develop (an) integrated large database(s) transfer to Member States and
        COST countries and ensure their effective use for the benefit of a safe and
        stable food supply.
4. Prevention and control of potentially pathogenic microorganisms in poultry and
    poultry meat processing (COST 906)
    a) Prevention of infection of live birds (including game birds) with potentially
        pathogenic microorganisms including Salmonella, Campylobacter, Listeria and
        Staphylococcus aureus.
   b) Prevention of contamination of poultry meat and poultry meat products.
   c) Application of methods for end-product decontamination and protection.
   d) Development of sampling protocols.
   e) Development and application of microbiological detection methods.
5. Food safety and quality based on the application of combined processes and hazard
   analysis critical control point (HACCP) (COST 907)
   Cooperation between scientists and industrialists to achieve a systematic and unified
   approach to the application of combined methods for food preservation and
   implementation of hazard analysis/risk assessment systems by :
   a) the application of systems to cover quality as well as safety considerations.
   b) the application of systems to cover all major sectors of food and drink
       processing, distribution retailing and catering industries.
   c) the application of systems to classical and newly developed food products with
       emphasis on those preserved by multiple parameters.
   d) acquisition of data suitable for modelling and/or inclusion in hazard
       analysis/risk assessments.
   e) the practical application and evaluation of systems for safety and quality
       improvement in the food and drink and allied industries.
6. In vitro toxicological studies and real-time analysis of residues in food (COST 908)
   a) To develop chromatographic/mass spectrometric methods for trace analysis such
       that real-time monitoring for a variety of food contaminants at the required
       specificity and sensitivity becomes possible.
   b) To develop and validate a set of in vitro test systems for screening of the
       biological and toxicological properties of these contaminants.
   c) To integrate the above developments to provide robust, versatile monitoring
       systems for the food industry.
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   c) To harmonise test methodologies for food safety and quality evaluation
      procedures at the European level.
7. Improvement of food safety and qaalitv through the use of interactive and
   competitive bindings of food lectins on bacterial adhesins in the gut (COST 909)
   To find specific plant lectins and/or polysaccharides which, as natural dietary
   supplements, will abolish or minimise the harmful bacterial colonisation of the
   small intestine and other parts of the gastro-intestinal tract by studies on :
   a) Effects of plant lectins from the seeds of kidney and soya bean on bacterial
      adhesins of E-coli in vitro with various human cell lines in cell cultures.
   b) Effects of plant lectins on bacterial binding and on the morphology and function
      of the rat small intestine in vivo.
   c) The blockage of the binding of bacterial adhesins to the gut wall with selected
      plant lectins or saccharides both in vitro and in vivo.
8. Measurement of micronutrient absorption and status (COST 910)
   To assess critically priorities for the status of micronutrients in the COST countries
   and to develop and validate methods which allow more accurate and sensitive
   measurements of intake, absorption and status of these micronutrients in man.
   a) To improve the precision and sensitivity of stable isotope methods for
      measuring micronutrient absorption and status.
   b) Development of instrumental and biospecific methods for quantifying
      micronutrients in food, feed components and in the diet.
   c) Development of biospecific, chromatographic and spectrometric methods for the
      assessment of micronutrient status.
   d) Identify functional indicators (e.g. growth rates, immune response, behaviourial
       and physical performance) of variations in micronutrient intake and status.
9. Physiological implication of the consumption of resistant starch in man (COST
   °±n
   a) Problem of measurement and characterisation of various forms of resistant
      starch (RS) in various foods and raw materials.
   b) Content of RS in present Western diets.
   c) Variability and dependency of the molecular structure of RS on the source of
      starch, processing conditions, amylose/amylopectin ratio.
   d) Physicochemical and physiological similarities and differences between RS and
      fermentable dietary fibre.
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    e) RS from various sources and their effects on human physiology : blood
        cholesterol, lipoproteins, gastrointestinal function (anti-constipation, gas
        formation, diarrhoea) absorption of other nutrients, risk of colon cancer,
        atherosclerosis, diabetes and energy content.
    0   If RS appears beneficial for health how can the consumption be raised by
       production of foods with increased RS content ?
    g) How should foods containing RS be labelled to guide the consumer ?
10.    Improvement of the quality and compatibility of food consumption and food
       composition data in Europe (COST 912)
    Assessment of data on food intake and formulation of guidelines to ensure the
    construction of compatible food compositional databases for use with food
    consumption surveys.       Provide adequate information on food availability,
   expenditure by households and individuals on food and what people actually eat.
   The action wfll provide :
    a) an overview of results already obtained ;
    b) a series of recommendations for collection and use of food balance sheets and
       for the construction of a food compositional database of food balance sheets ;
    c) a series of recommendations for improvement, harmonisation and use of
       household budget surveys and for the construction of a food compositional
       database of household budget surveys ;
    d) a series of recommendations for the implementation of individual dietary
       surveys and for the construction of a food compositional database for use with
       individual dietary studies, both at a national and regional level ;
   e) a series of studies in which the recommendations will be tested with a limited
       number of surveys.
11-    Information flow and food technology, food safety and healthy eating to small
       and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) and consumers ("FLAIR-FLOW1 project)
       (COST 913)
   Explore/investigate existing and new national routes and procedures in EC and
   COST Third States for the dissemination of information on food technology, food
   safety and "healthy" eating :
   a) to achieve effective dissemination flow with consequent benefits to industry,
       SMEs, consumers and policy makers ;
   b) to study/analyze/assess/recommend different methods and effectiveness of
       alternative ways of dissemination - i.e; results of the FLAIR programme, other
       COST actions (Cat. B) and other R&D projects to be used for planning future
       programmes ;
   c) to ensure dissemination via national existing networks of databases and
       national/international workshops, food industry newsletters, consumer bulletins,
       etc.
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                                       ANNEX B
                                  FINANCING RULES
1. These provisions lay down the financial rules referred to in Article 2 of the present
   "Community - COST" Cooperation Agreement.
2. Annually, or whenever the Community programme is revised so as to involve an
   increase in the amount estimated as necessary for its implementation, the
   Commission shall send to the participating non-Member States a call.for funds
   corresponding to its contribution to the costs' under this Agreement.
   In particular, at the beginning of each year, the Commission shall send to each
   participating non-Member State a call for funds corresponding to the number of,
   and the amount involved in, concerted action projects in which it participates and
   to its share of the annual coordination costs under this Agreement, calculated in
   proportion to the amounts laid down in Article 2 of this Agreement.
   This contribution shall be expressed both in ecu and the currency of the
   participating non-Member State concerned, the composition of the ecu being
   defined in Council Regulation (EEC) N° 3180/78\ as amended by Regulation (EEC)
   N° 1971/89 5 . The value of the ecu shall be determined on the date of the call of
   funds.
   The total contributions shall cover the travel and subsistence costs of the delegates,
   in addition to the coordination costs proper.
   Each participating non-Member State shall pay its annual contribution to the
   coordination costs under the Agreement at the beginning of each year, and by 31
   March at the latest. Any delay in the payment of the annual contribution shall
   give rise to the payment of interest by the participating non-Member State
   concerned at a rate equal to the highest discount rate obtained in the Member
   States of the Community on the due date. The rate shall be increased by 0.25 of
   a percentage point for each month of delay. The increased rate shall be applied
   to the entire period of delay. However, such interest shall be chargeable only if
   payment is effected more than three months after the issue of a call for funds by
   the Commission.
      OJ N° L 379, 30.12.1978, p.l
      OJ N° L 189, 04.07.1989, p.l
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3. The funds paid by participating non-Member States shall be credited to the
   concerted action projects in which they participate as budget receipts allocated to
   a heading in the statement of the revenue of the general budget of the European
   Communities (Commission Section).
4. The financial plan for the coordination costs of the 11 concerted projects referred
   to in Article 2 of the Agreement is appended hereto.
5. The Financial Regulation in force applicable to the general budget of the European
   Communities shall apply to the management of the appropriations.
6. At the end of the programme, a statement of appropriations for each concerted
   action project shall be prepared and transmitted to the participating non-Member
   States for information.
 ---pagebreak---                                                                         FINANCIAL APPENDDC
                                                          "FLAIR' : CONCERTED ACTION PROJECT COST 901
                      YEARLY FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTIONS (ECU) OF THE COMMUNITY AND OF EACH PARTICIPATING NON-MEMBER STATE
                                                         1990          1991          1222       1993      Total
1.     Community contribution :
       Estimate of administrative
       operating expenditure                             137.500       137.500       137.500    137.500   550.000
                         Total                           137.500       137.500        137.500   137.500   550.000
       Contributions from
       participating non-Member States                   (nx11500)     (nxllSOO)      (nx11500) (nxllSOO) (nx46000)
                                                                                                                       <\3
                         New Total :                      137.500+     137.500+       137.500+  137.500+  550.000+
                                                         (nxllSOO)     (nxllSOO)      (nxllSOO) (nx11500) (nx46000)
n      s number of participating non-Member States
COST 901 :      Spectroscopic techniques for the rapid direct measurement of food quality
 ---pagebreak---                                                                       FINANCIAL APPENDLX
                                                        "FLAIR' : CONCERTED ACTION PROJECT COST 902
                       YEARLY FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTIONS fECU) OF THE COMMUNITY AND OF EACH PARTICIPATING NON-MEMBER STATE
                                                       1220          1221        1222       1993      Total
1.     Community contribution :
       Estimate of administrative
       operating expenditure                           182.500       182.500      182.500   182.500   730.000
                         Total :                       182.500       182.500      182.500   182.500   730.000
2.     Contributions from
       participating non-Member States                 (nx!5250)     (11x15250)   (nxl5250) (nxl5250) (nx61000)
                         New Total :                   182.500+      182.500+     182.S00+  182.500+  730.000+
                                                       (nxl5250)     (nxl52S0)    (nxl5250) (nxl5250) (nx61000)
n      * number of participating non-Member States
COST 902 :      Sensory instrumental and consumer choice studies
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                                                         'FLAIR' : CONCERTED ACTION PROJECTS COST 909
                       YEARLY FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTIONS (ECU) OF THE COMMUNITY AND OF EACH PARTICIPATING NON-MEMBER STATE
                                                         1990           1991         1992     1993     Total
1.     Community contribution :
       Estimate of administrative
       operating expenditure                             55.000         55.000      55.000    55.000   220.000
                         Total                           55.000         55.000       55.000   55.000   220.000
2.     Contributions from
       participating non-Member States                   (nx4625)       (nx4625)     (nx462S) (nx4625) (nxl8.500)
                         New Total :                     55.000+        55.000+      55.000+  S 5.000+ 220.000+
                                                         (11X4625)      (nx4625)     (nx4625) (nx4625) (nx!8.500)
n      « number of participating non-Member States
COST 909 :      The use of food lectins to improve food safety and quality
 ---pagebreak---                                                                           FINANCIAL APPENDIX
                                                     "FLAIR' : CONCERTED ACTION PROJECTS COST 905. COST 906
                       YEARLY FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTIONS (ECU) OF THE COMMUNITY AND OF EACH PARTICIPATING NON-MEMBER STATE
                                                          FOR EACH OF THE 2 ABOVE-MENTIONED PROJECTS
                                                          1222           1991         1222           1993     Total
1.     Community contribution :
       Estimate of administrative
       operating expenditure                              81.250         81.250       81.250         81.250   325.000
                          Total                           81.250         81.250       81.250         81.250   325.000
2.     Contributions from
       participating non-Member States                    (nx6750)       (nx6750)     (nx6750)       (nx6750) (nx27000)
                          New Total :                     81.250+        81.250+      81.250+        81.250+  325.000+
                                                          (nx6750)       (nx67S0)     (nx67S0)       (nx6750) (nx6750)  i
n      • number of participating non-Member States
COST 905 :       Predictive modelling of microbial growth and survival in foods
COST 906 :      Prevention and control of potentially pathogenic micro-organisms in poultry food processing
 ---pagebreak---                                                                             FINANCIAL AP?£NDIX
                                                         'FLAIR' : CONCERTED ACTION rr.OJECTS COST 907. 908. 910. 911. 912. 913
                       YEARLY FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTIONS (ECU) OF THE COMMUNnY AND OF EACH PARTICIPATING NON-MEMBER STATE
                                                           FOR EACH OF THE 6 ABOVE-NLE.NTIONED PROJECTS
                                                            1990           1991        1222          1993            Total
1.     Community contribution :
       Estimate of administrative
       operating expenditure                                125.000        125.000     125.000       125.000         500.000
                          Total :                           125.000        125.000     125.000       125.000         500.000
       Contributions from
       participating non-Member States                      (nxl0375)      (nxl0375)   (=a10375)     (nxl0375)       (nx41500)
                          New Total                         125.000+       125.000+    125.000+      125.000+        500.000+
                                                            (nxl0375)      (nxl0375)   (rji 10375)   (nxl0375)       (nx41500)     I
n      = number of participating non-Member States
COST 907 : Food safety and quality based on the application of combined processes • hazsrd analysis critical control point (HACCP)
COST 908 : In vitro toxicological studies and real-time analysis of residues in food
COST 910 : Measurements of micronutrient absorption and status
COST 911 : Physiological implications of the consumption of resistant starch in man
COST 912 : Improvement of the quality and compatibility of food consumption and food composition data in Europe
COST 913 : Information flow on food technology, food safety and healthy eating to SMEs *nd consumers CFLAIR-FLOW project")
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