CELEX: 31975D0518
Language: en
Date: 1975-08-25 00:00:00
Title: Council Decision of 25 August 1975 amending Decision No 73/180/EEC adopting a European Economic Community research programme for the protection of the environment (indirect project)

2 . 9 . 75                              Official Journal of the European Communities                              No L 231 /27
                                                    COUNCIL DECISION
                                                      of 25 August 1975
             amending Decision No 73/180/EEC adopting a European Economic Community research
                          programme for the protection of the environment (indirect project)
                                                         (75/518/EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,                                                   Article 2
                                                                   Article 2 of Decision No 73 / 180/EEC shall be re­
                                                                   placed by the following, with effect from 1 May 1974 :
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­
pean Economic Community, and in particular Article                     'The upper limit for expenditure commitments
235 thereof;                                                           and staff necessary for carrying out this pro­
                                                                       gramme shall be 6-300 million units of account
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;                    and eight staff.
                                                                       The unit of account is defined in Article 10 of
Having regard to the Opinion of the European                           the Financial Regulation of 25 April 1973 (3) ap­
Parliament (*);                                                        plicable to the general budget of the European
                                                                       Communities .'
Whereas Council Decision No 73/ 180/EEC (2) of
 18 June 1973 adopting a research programme for the                                         Article 3
European Economic Community on the protection                      Article 4 of Decision No 73 / 180/EEC shall be re­
of the environment (indirect project), was adopted in
                                                                   placed by the following, with effect from 1 May 1974 :
accordance with Article 235 of the Treaty ;
                                                                       'The programme set out in the Annex shall be
Whereas Article 4 of the abovementioned Decision                       subject to annual review in accordance with the
provides for a review of this programme ;                              appropriate procedures.'
                                                                                            Article 4
Whereas it therefore seems appropriate to review this
programme ;                                                        Article 5 of Decision No 73 / 180/EEC shall be re­
                                                                   placed by the following, with effect from 1 May 1974 :
Whereas the Treaty makes no provision for the                          'The information resulting from the implemen­
powers required for these purposes,                                    tation of the programme defined in the Annex
                                                                       shall be disseminated in accordance with Council
                                                                       Regulation (EEC) No 2380/74 (4) of 17 September
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS :
                                                                       1974 adopting provisions for the dissemination of
                                                                       information relating to research programmes for
                                                                       the European Economic Community.'
                           Article 1
                                                                   Done at Brussels, 25 August 1975 .
The Annex to Decision No 73/ 180/EEC shall, with                                                          For the Council
effect from 1 May 1974, be replaced by the Annex to
this Decision . The Annex shall form an integral part                                                      The President
of this Decision .                                                                                          M. RUMOR
(*) OJ No C 93 , 7 . 8 . 1974 , p. 85 .                            (3) OJ No L 116, 1 . 5 . 1973 , p. 1 .
(2) OJ No L 189, 11 . 7. 1973 , p. 43 .                            (4) OJ No L 255 , 20. 9. 1974, p. 1 .
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                                                            ANNEX
                                                     INDIRECT ACTIONS
                                                 NON-NUCLEAR PROJECTS
                                          PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT
                                                POLLUTION AND NUISANCES
             Joint programme
             A maximum amount of 6-300 million units of account and a staff of eight shall be allocated
             to this objective.
             The objective shall deal with the following subjects :
             (a) setting up a data bank on chemical products likely to contaminate the environment;
             ( b ) harmful effects of lead ;
             (c) epidemiological surveys of the effects of air and water pollution ;
             (d) effects of micro-pollutants on man ;
             (e) assessment of the ecological effects of water pollutants ;
             (f)    teledetection of atmospheric pollution.
             Surveys and laboratory work will be carried out under contract.