CELEX: 51977PC0374
Language: en
Date: 1977-07-27
Title: Draft Council Decision on approval of the accession of the EAEC to the Agreement on Materials for Gas Turbines (COST Projects 50/51/52) (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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                                                       COM(77 ) 374 final •
                                                       Brussels . 27 July 1977
                         Draft Council Decision
                on approval of "the accession of the EAEC
            to the Agreement on Materials for Gas Turbines
                        (COST Projects 50/51 /52 )
             ( submitted to the Council "by the Commission)
COM(77 ) 374 final
 ---pagebreak---            Memorandum from the Commission to the Council
On 23 November 1971 , nine European States (Federal Republic of Germany ,
France , Italy , Luxemburg , Netherlands , United Kingdom , Austria ,
Switzerland and Sweden) and the European Coal and Steel Community signed
the Agreement "Materials for Gas Turbines " for the implementation of
a concerted project (COST Project 50 / 51 / 52 ). This Agreement , which
at first was to last three yearsi made provision for an annual contribu­
tion by the ECSC of 120.000 u.a . to be used for research work to be
carried out by the Joint Research Centre .
On 26 July 1973 , the Commission informed the Secretariat General of the
Council that the ECSC on grounds of a negative opinion of the ECSC
Advisory Committee was not able to ratify the Agreement . In a proposal
addressed to the Council the same day , the Commission then endorsed that
the European Atomic Energy Community should accede to the agreement on
"Materials for Gas Turbines ". The Commission submitted this plan to
the Council , pursuant to Article 101 of the EAEC Treaty .
It then became apparent that the JRC Ispra in view of the guidelines
for a multiannual research programme decided upon by the Council on
14 May 1973 (OJ L 153 /73 ) could only perform a relatively limited
technical contribution to the Cost Project 50/51 / 52 . Therefore the "
Commission did not maintain its proposal of 26 .July but withdrew it
on 14 February 1975 .
This situation has changed since 25 August 1975 , when the Council
adopted a EAEC research programme in the field of High Temperature
Materials' to be carried out at the Petten establishment .     In the
JRC 1977-1980 multiannual research programme decided upon by the
Council on 29 Marcl\ 1977 (COM ( 76 ) 171 ) research work in the field
of "High Temperature Materials " will be continued .
The Commission considers that the JRC through its programme "High
Temperature Materials " can make a worthwhile contribution to the
execution of the COST 50 /51 / 52 project . Within the framework of this
COST project an important section concerns the "High Temperature
Materials for Gas Turbines ". So the research work on "High Temperature
Materials" which is included in the new multiannual programme of
the JRC coincide for a large part with the concerted COST Action
50/51 /52 . The procedure to extend the COST (50/51 /52 ) Agreement from
l.July 1977 for another period of three years bas been launched .
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COST 50/ 51 / 52
     Participation by the Joint Research Centre to the COST action
     would provide the Centre with positive benefits . Participation
     by the JRC :
     - would contribute to the acquisition of new knowledge
     - could generate new ideas for the future orientation of research
       work
     - Would provide additional opportunities for contacts outside the
       establishment , in particular with non-Community European countries .
 Participation by the European Atomic Energy Community would not result
 in additional financial support for the budget of the Community .
 In conclusion, the Commission proposes that the Council approves accession
 of the EAEC to the COST project 50/51 /52 in pursuance of Article 101
 of the EAEC Treaty and agrees on the enclosed draft decision.
 ---pagebreak---                           Draft Council Decision
  approving the accession of the European Atomic Energy Community
            to the Agreement on Materials for Gas Turbines
                        ( COST Pro.iects 50 /51 /52 )
THE COUNCIL OP THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy
Community , and in particular Article 101 thereof ,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,
Whereas nine European states and the Commission, on behalf of the
European Coal and Steel Community , signed an Agreement in Brussels
on 23 November 1971 relating to the participation of the signatories
thereto in COST Projects 5^/51 /52 ;
Whereas the Council , by a Decision of 29 March 1977 » adopted a
research and training programme for the European Atomic Energy
Community in the field of materials for high-temperatures for
1977-80 ;
Whereas this programme includes research activities that come under
the work covered by the said Agreement :
                                       J
Whereas the Community 's participation in this Agreement is likely to
assist the optimum implementation of the Community research programme ;
Whereas , therefore , the accession of the European Atomic Energy
Community to the said Agreement should be approved;
Whereas the European Coal and Steel Community is not in a position to
carry out the formalities required under its own rules of procedure
for the implementation of the Agreement ,
HAS DECIDED:
                              Sole Article
The accession of the European Atomic Energy Community to the Agreement
on Material for Cas Turbines (COST Projects 50/51/52 ) is hereby approved.
 ---pagebreak---                      TECHNICAL ANNEX
to the document sent by^the Commission to the Counoil with a view
to participation of the Joint Research Centre in COST Projects 50/51/52
The Petten establishment of the Joint Research Centre shall be
responsible for carrying out a research programme on high-temperature
materials which will include projects concerned , on the one hand , with
the study of properties of materials for high-temperature applications
and , on the other, with the comparison and dissemination of scientific
and technical information on these materials . By virtue of their
direct link with the activities carried out as part of the COST project
on materials for gas turbines , some of these activities could form
the Commission's contribution to this project .
Specifically , the Commission's contribution would cover three themes :
1 . Effect of protective coatings on the mechanical properties of
certain nickel-based alloys .
The experimental work would embrace the study of the following aspects :
                           \
   (i ) effect of the heat treatment involved in the coaling process ;
 (ii ) stability of coatings in the absence and in the presence, of
mechanical stresses and of various atmospheres j
  (iii ) behaviour of coated and uncoated alloys in the conditions
 of service for which the machinery is designed ;
    (iv) study of industrial components after use ; interpretation
 of failures .
  2 . Study of the statistics of creep behaviour in alloys and their
  effect on the prediction of alloy life .
  The aim of this project is to define and measure the effect on these
  statistics of the main variables associated with the material an
  with the measurement technique .
  3. Feasability study for a data bank on materials for gas turbines.