CELEX: 51989PC0134
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Date: 1989-05-12
Title: Amendment to the Proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION adopting two specific research and technological development programmes in the field of the environment STEP: Science and Technology for Environmental Protection EPOCH: European Programme on Climatology and Natural Hazards 1989-1992 (presented by the Commission pursuant to the third paragraph of Article 149 of the EEC Treaty)

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                             Amendment to the
                              Proposal for a
                             COUNCIL DECISION
  adopting two specific research and technological development programmes
                      in the field of the environment
       STEP :    Science and Technology for Environmental Protection
       EPOCH :   European Programme on Climatology and Natural Hazards
                                 1989-1992
(presented by the Commission pursuant to the third paragraph of Article 149
                             of the EEC Treaty)
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The Commission proposal* is hereby amended as follows:
                             Preamble unchanged
                             Récitals unchanged
                             Article 1 unchanged
                                  Article 2
The funds estimated as necessary for the execution of the two
programmes amount to 115 million ECU , including expenditure on a staff
of 30 , subdivided as follows :
-      STEP ( Science and Technology for Environmental Protection) : 75
       million ECU ,
       EPOCH ( European Programme on Climatology and Natural Hazards ) : 40
       million ECU .
An indicative breakdown of these funds is set out in Annex II .
                         Articles 3 and 4 unchanged
                                  Article 5
The Commission shall be responsible for the execution of the two
programmes .
The Commission shall be assisted by a committee of an advisory nature ,
hereinafter referred to as " the Committee", composed of the represen¬
tatives of the Member States and chaired by the representative of the
Commission .
The contracts entered into by the Commission shall regulate the rights
and obligations of each party , including the methods of disseminating ,
protecting and exploiting the research results .
( 1 ) OJ no. C 327 of 20.12.1988
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Add the following new article :
                                  Article 6
1.   The repre sentative of the Commission shall submit to the CciTni.tt^g
     a draft   of the m easures   to bs taken . The Committee shall deliver
     its opinion within a time limit which the Chairman ir s y lay down
     according to urgency of the matter , if necessary by taking a vote .
2.   The opinion shall be recorded in the minutes of the Committee ; in
     addition , each Member State shall have the right to have its
     opinion recorded in the minutes .
3.   The Commission shall take the utmost account of the opinion
     delivered by the Committee . It shall inform the Committee of the
     manner in which its opinion has been taken into account .
Articles 6 and 7 (unchanged ) become Articles 7 and 8 .
                     ANNEX : I. OBJECTIVES unchanged
                            II . CONTENTS
    STEP ( Science and Technology for Environmental Protection)
                                                                         Indicative
                                                                         breakdown
    RESEARCH AREA 1  :    ENVIRONMENT AND HUMAN HEALTH                        5 %
                          1.1 to 1.3 unchanged
    RESEARCH AREA 2 :     ASSESSMENT OF RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH CHEMICALS      10 %
                          2.1 to 2.5 unchanged
    RESEARCH AREA 3 :     ATMOSPHERIC PROCESSES AND AIR QUALITY              20 %
                          3.1 to 3.3 unchanged
    RESEARCH AREA 4 :     WATER QUALITY                                       5 %
                          4.1 Analysis and conversion of pollutants
                              in water and sediments
                          4.2 unchanged
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RESEARCH AREA 5 :    SOIL AND GROUNDWATER PROTECTION                      8 1
                     5.1 to 5.3 unchanged
RESEARCH AREA 6 :    ECOSYSTEM RESEARCH                                  12 %
                     6 . 1 unchanged
                     6.2 Aquatic and coastal ecosystems ( including
                           wetlands ) : water column , sediments , biota
RESEARCH AREA 7 :    PROTECTION AND CONSERVATION OF THE EUROPEAN          8 %
                     CULTURAL HERITAGE
                     7.1 to 7.5 unchanged
RESEARCH AREA 8 :    TECHNOLOGIES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION           12 1
                     8.1 to 8.3 unchanged
RESEARCH AREA 9 :    MAJOR TECHNOLOGICAL HAZARDS AND FIRE SAFETY         20 %
                     9.1 to 9.3 unchanged
EPOCH ( European Programme on Climatology and Natural Hazards )
RESEARCH AREA 1 :    PAST CLIMATE AND CLIMATE CHANGE                     15 %
                     1.1 to 1.2 unchanged
RESEARCH AREA 2 :    CLIMATE PROCESSES AND MODELS                        30 %
                     2.1 to 2.7 unchanged
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RESEARCH AREA 3 : CLIMATIC IMPACTS AND CLIMATE-RELATED HAZARDS 40%
                  3.1 to 3.6 unchanged
RESEARCH AREA 4 : SEISMIC HAZARD                               15 %
                  4.1 to 4.5 unchanged
                  III . IMPLEMENTATION unchanged
                  IV . EVALUATION CRITERIA unchanged
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