CELEX: 51983PC0643
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Date: 1983-10-26
Title: Amendment of a Progosal for a COUNCIL DECISION adopting joint research programmes and programmes for coordinating agricultural research (submitted to the Council by the Commission pursuant to the second paragraph of Article 149 of the EEC Treaty)

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                                            Amendment of a
                                              Progosal_for_a
                                            C O UN CIL DECI SIO N
               a d o p t i n g joint research p r o g r a m m e s and p r o g ram me s
                          for c o o r d i n a t i n g a g r i c u l t u r a l research
        (s ub mitted to the Council by the Co m m i s s i o n purs uan t to the
               second p a r a g r a p h of A r ti cle 149 of the EEC Treaty)
  C O M(83) 643 final
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                              EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
In response to the opinion delivered by the European Parliament at its sitting
o f 7 July 1983 the Commission has decided,  in accordance with Article 149(2)
of the Treaty,   to amend the proposal for a Council D e c i s i o n a d opting joint
research programmes and programmes for coordinating agricultural research (1).
F o r reasons connected with the effectiveness of the research and the time
required to launch the programmes the C ommission is unable to introduce the
amendments concerning the duration and structural aspects of the programmes.
(1)    OJ No C 27, 2.2.1983
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                                   Amendment of a proposal for a
                     Council Decision adopting joint research programmes
                    and programmes for coordinating agricultural research
  The proposal referred to above was submitted by the Commission to the Council
  on 3 January 1983·        F o r the reasons set out in the Expla n a t o r y Memorandum, the
  original proposal is amended as follows:
  1.  A 10th recital shall be added as follows:
      "Whereas this Decision contains a n initial series o f research projects
      which are to be carried out w i t h i n the framework of this general programme
      and whereas the Commission is to submit further proposals for projects
      which are important for the agricultural sector,";
  2.  In Annex I.       (Specific Measures;, point III    (i;(a; shall be replaced by the
      following:
      "III.(i;(a; Animal health:
      -  strategic research on important diseases,          e specially those which may
         h i n d e r trade,
         immune mechanisms and disease protection,
      -  development and harmonization o f diagnostic methods,
         occurence and economics of disease control;"
  3·  In Annex I. (Specific Measures;, point III          (i;(c; shall be replaced by the
      following:
      "III.(i;(c; Livestock productivity and management
      -  study of the physiology of reproduction in cattle, pigs and sheep,
      .  rumen function and feeding standards
      -  improvement of biological and economic efficiency."
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"IV. Coordination of Research
O v e r and above research c u r r ently c o o rdinated at the C o m m unity level the
programme will institute a registe r of all current a g r i c ultural research
p rogrammes in M e m b e r States,   to be made available to cooperating bodies,
in order that:
1. joint research programmes c a n be developed,
2. duplication can be avoided,
3. M e m b e r States can eventu a l l y discuss p r o g r a m m e s in advance of
     commencement and d r a w u p n e c e s s a r y priorities."