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Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION adopting a research programme on competitiveness of agriculture and management of agricultural resources (1989-1993) (presented by the Commission)

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                                             СOМ(88 ) 459 final - SYN 152
                                             Brussels , 12 September 1988
                             Proposai for a
                            COUNCIL DECISION
   adopting a research programme on competitiveness of agriculture
         and management of agricultural resources ( 1989-1993 )
                     (presented by the Commission )
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                             Explanatory Memorandum
1. Provision for activities to coordinate agricultural research in the
   Community is made in Article 5 of Regulation ( EEC ) No 1728 / 74 .
2. The Council Decision     of 22 July 1975 provided for the implémentation of
   spécifie measures in the four year period 1975-1978 . The Council
   Decision of 30 October 1978 provided for the implémentation of spécifie
   measures in the five year period 1979-1983 . These spécifie measures
   terminated on 31 December 1978 and 31 December 1983 respectively .
3. The Council Decisions of 12 December 1983 and 19 March 1987 provided for
   spécifie measures , over the five year period 1984-1988 , conceming
        Energy in Agriculture
        Land and Water Use and Management
        Mediterranean Agriculture
        Other less-favoured regions
        Agro-Food
        Animal Husbandry
        Plant Productivity
        Création of an inventory of ail the research programmes under way in
        the Member States .
   These specific measures will terminate on 31 December 1988 .
4. The Commission is submitting to the Council the attached proposai for a
   spécifie programme foreseen under the Framework Programme for Community
   activities in the field of research and technological development
   ( 1987-1991 ) . In this Decision the scheme to exploit and optimise the
   use of biological resources includes a sub-scheme on competitiveness of
   agriculture and management of agricultural resources . It is under this
   sub-action that the next Community programme for agricultural research
   in the Directorate General for Agriculture is located . The Standing
   Committee for Agricultural Research has endorsed this proposai .
5. Efforts are needed in the Community to overcome the problems of agri ¬
   cultural surpluses , to implement the objectives of the Single Act , and
   in particular to achieve économie and social cohésion . There is scope
   to increase the efficiency of human and financial resources devoted to
   agriculture and to respond to the économie , social , environmental and
   régional challenges arising from the évolution of agricultural
   activities in the socio-economic framework of rural areas .     This will
   encourage the development of a scientific Community in the area of agri ¬
   culture with research efforts oriented to current market realities and
   new requirements of the common agricultural policy .
   Agricultural research , and development and information services can make
   an important contribution .
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6.   Essentially , to improve the efficiency of the agricultural research
     programme , work will be concentrated on selected important specific
     targets . Work towards these targets will be conducted jointly with the
     ocher- work carried out under the Framework Programme for Community
     activities in the field of research and technological development
     ( 1987-91 ). There will be no overlapping between the agricultural
     research programme and research being pursued under other Community
     programmes , including those specified in the Framework Programme .
7.   The objectives of the Community Agricultural Research Programme
     ( 1989-1993 ) are based on guidelines set out in the Communication "A
     future for Community Agriculture " C0M(85)750 final , 18 December 1985 .
     The objectives are listed in the proposal and clearly Community agri ¬
     cultural production has to be adjusted to be in line with market demand ,
     agricultural incomes have to be maintained at a reasonable level , agri ¬
     cultural structures have to be rationalised and modernised , and all at
     the same time as caring for and improving the environment .
8.   The proposai lists a number of thèmes which are especially important if
     the technical content is to meet the research objectives .
   . The topics the programme is to address hâve been defined through
     extensive consultation with the leaders of agricultural research in the
     Community .
     The Standing Committee on Agricultural Research will be consulted by the
     Commission in connection with the management of the programme , and will
     establish the invitations for proposals to be made by the Commission and
     in other ways . The technical committees will assist the Commission’s
     staff in work on achievement of the research objectives .
     The programme will be developed in close collaboration , coordination and
     interaction with the work carried out under the Framework Programme for
     Community activities in the field of research and technological
     development ( 1987-1991 ) which directly or indirectly impacts on
     agricultural activities .
9.   The programme to achieve the research objectives in the proposal will be
     implemented in several ways . The Commission will choose the appropriate
     ways , tailoring methods to specific research themes . The essential
     methods will be :
     a)   Cost-shared activities
          Contracts with the Commission will provide Community finance for the
          research projects at up to 50% of the total project cost .
          The main targets for cost-shared activities are provided in the
          Annex to the proposal .
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     b)  High priority pilot activities
         Contracts with the Commission will provide Community finance at a
         level above 50% of the total cost .
         The criteria which high priority pilot activities should respond to
         are included in the Annex to the proposai .
     c)  Coordination activities
         The types of activities envisaged , to ensure that the impact of
         programme is strengthened , are in the Annex to the proposal . The
         Community finances coordination activities up to a level of 100% .
10 . The proposal contains provisions designed to improve the dissemination
     of research results among farmers' advisory services and the farmers
     themselves , the priorities in this connection being listed in the
     Annex . The Commission will be assisted for this purpose by the Advisory
     Committee on the dissemination of agricultural information , set up in
     accordance with Commission Decision No 86 / 200 of 12 May 1986 .
11 . Independent external evaluation is necessary and is mentioned in the
     Annex to the proposal .
12 . The Commission will prepare a detailed " Information Package " to launch
     the programme . This will provide full information on all aspects of the
     execution of the programme . The types of activity attracting Community
     financial support will be described , with an indication of selection
     criteria . The way in which the programme is dovetailed into the
     Framework Programme for Community activities in the field of research
     and technological development ( 1987-1991 ) will be dealt with in the
     Package .
13 . Those involved in the research will be from national or regional
     institutions such as universities , research centres and agencies
     concerned with research and development for agriculture . Preference
     will go to work of a multinational character .
14 . The budget proposed allows for the Council's Decision of
     28 September 1987 on the Framework Programme for Community activities in
     the field of research and technological development ( 1987-1991 ) , the
     amount being 55 million ECU .
     The draft breakdown for this budget allocates about 80% of the funds to
     the first three research targets in the Annex to the proposal , the
     remaining 20% to be divided between the two others .
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It is planned that cost-shared activities would account for about 45% ,
the share of pilot activities being about 30% , and the balance being
assigned to other work including that coming under coordination proper ,
training and mobility of research workers , dissemination of research
results , including the permanent inventory of agricultural research ,
publication costs and programme assessment costs . The appropriations
needed for the execution of this programme include expenditure relating
to additional staff of eight officials (2 As , 4 Bs and 2 Cs ).
                            Commitments             Payments
1989                            13                      6
1990                            13                      9
1991                            20                     12
1992                              6                    12
1993                              3                    11
beyond                          -                       5
Total                           55                     55
The SHE Task Force has endorsed the draft Council Decision , though
noting the lack of any significant impact of the Decision on the SME or
on employment .
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                                  COUNCIL DECISION
           adopting a research programme on competitiveness of agriculture
                  and management of agricultural resources ( 1989-1993 )
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community , and
in particular Article 130 q(2 ) thereof ,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ( 1 ),
In coopération with the European Parliament ( 2 ),
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee ( 3 ),
Whereas Council Regulation ( EEC ) No 1728 /74 of 27 June 1974 on the
coordination of agricultural research ( 4 ), as last amended by Regulation
( EEC ) No 3768/ 85 ( 5 ), provides for coordination at Community level of
national agricultural research activities , in order to contribute towards
attaining the objectives of the common agricultural policy ;
Whereas Article 5 of Regulation ( EEC ) No 1728 / 74 provides that the Council is
to decide upon specific measures for the coordination of national research
activities so as to allow rational organization of resources employed ,
efficient use of results and the orientation of such work towards the aims of
the common agricultural policy , as well as for implementation of projects
designed to second or supplement work undertaken in Member States in
fields which are of particular importance to the Community ,
( 1 ) OJ NO C . .
( 2 ) OJ No C . .
( 3 ) OJ No C . .
( 4 ) OJ No L 182 , 5.7.1974 , p. 1 .
( 5 ) OJ No L 362 , 31.12.1985 , p. 8 .
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Whereas by its Decision 87 / 51 6/ Euratom , EEC ( 6 ) the Council has adopted
a Framework Programme for Community research and technological development
( 1987-1991 )     providing for activities to be implemented to ensure the
exploitation and optimum use of biological resources ;
Whereas Article 130 k of the Treaty stipulates that the Framework Programme
shall be implemented through specific programmes developed within each of the
activities ;
Whereas a programme of agricultural research has the objective of enhancing
the competitiveness of agriculture and management of agricultural resources
with the purpose of increasing the efficiency of human and financial resources
devoted to agriculture and of providing a response to the economic , social ,
environmental and regional challenges arising from the way farming and farming
methods are changing in the socio-economic framework of rural areas ;
Whereas in the Community efforts are needed to overcome the problems of
agricultural surpluses , production has to be adjusted in line with market
demand , agricultural incomes have to be maintained at a reasonable level ,
agricultural structures have to be rationalised and modernised and all at the
same time as caring for and improving the environment ;
Whereas efforts must be directed to the promotion and development of products
which are in deficit in the Community , on the improvement of the quality of
agricultural products and the development of new uses for traditional and
novel agricultural products to give higher added value ;
 ( 6) OJ No L 302 , 24.10.1987 , p. 1 .
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Whereas numerous areas in the Community lag behind others in development and
whereas there is therefore a need to define viable solutions , to meet existing
opportunities , to reduce the economic and social disparities between the
slower zones to develop , particularly in the Mediterranean regions , and the
economically more developed parts of the Community ;
Whereas one of the major problems facing agricultural research will be
confining the rapidly escalating costs of agricultural inputs by inter alia
developing new production , processing and conservation systems aimed at
reducing costs ;
Whereas the elaboration of long-term schemes in resource management can result
in new ways of managing land and water to the advantage of agriculture , the
environment and the countryside ;
Whereas the development of methods and services to disseminate agricultural
information will assist farmers to adapt easily and efficiently to changes
which will accompany the evolution of the common agricultural policy ;
Whereas the programme will be developed in close collaboration , coordination
and interaction with the actions of the Framework Programme which directly
and indirectly involve agricultural activities ;
Whereas the sum estimated to be necessary is fixed at 55 million ECU    in the
Framework Programme, adopted for the period 1987 to 1991 , for actions on the
competitiveness of agriculture and management of agricultural resources ;
whereas due to delays in adopting the 1988 budget , the supplementary
20 million ECU awarded in March 1987 , and inserted in the 1988 budget , largely
for cost-shared contracts , would more logically be engaged in the new
programme specified for the period 1989-1993 , for actions spread over five
years with more developed objectives instead of being engaged at the end of
the preceding programme ;
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HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
                                       Article 1
A research prog ramme in the field of competitiveness of agriculture and management
of agricultural resources ( 1989-1993 ) covering a five-year period beginning on
1 January 1989 , is hereby adopted in the form set out in the Annex .      The funds
required for the execution of the programme are estimated at 55 million ECU ,
including expenditure relating to additional staff of eight .
The programme shall consist of work carried out as shared-cost contracts , as
pilot activities and as coordinated actions .      Participants in this research
will be from national and regional institutions such as universities , research
centres and agencies involved in research and development for agriculture .
Commercial operations with a contribution to make to research and development
wi 1 1 be inc luded .
Projects must involve participants from more than one Member State .
The Community contribution shall not exceed 50% in the shared-cost research
activities but may be higher in high priority pilot activities .
                                       Article 2
Detailed rules for the application of this Decision , concerning in particular
scientific priorities to be complied with within the programme , selection
criteria for participants cooperating in the execution of the projects and the
conduct of the programme on their execution , shall be adopted in accordance
with the following procedure :
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The representative of the Commission shall submit to the Standing Committee
on Agricultural Research ( the " Committee ") set up by Regulation ( EEC ) No
1728 / 74 , a draft of measures to be taken . The Committee shall deliver its
opinion on the draft within a time limit which the chairman may lay down
according to the urgency of the matter . The opinion shall be delivered by
the majority laid down in Article 148(2 ) of the Treaty in the case of
decisions which the Council is required to adopt on a proposal from the
Commission . The votes of the representatives of the Member States within
the Committee shall be weighted in the manner set out in that Article . The
chairman shall not vote .
The Commission shall adopt measures which shall apply immediately . However ,
if these measures are not in accordance with the opinion of the Committee ,
they shall be communicated by the Commission to the Council forthwith . In
that event :
The Commission may defer application of the measures which it has decided for
a period of not more than one month from the date of such communication ;
The Council , acting by a qualified majority , may take a different decision
within the time limit referred to in the previous paragraph .
                                  Article 3
The Commission shall implement the programme by concluding research contracts
with the agencies participating in cost-shared activities and pilot activities .
The Commission shall ensure implementation of the coordinated activities
related to the main research targets and shall enhance their impact by
organizing seminars , lectures , conferences , fact-finding visits , aids to
training and mobility of experts , networks , exchanges of research workers and
working meetings of scientific experts , and the publication of results and
assistance from high-level outside experts .
                                  Article 4
In the third year of implementation of the programme, the Commission shall
undertake a review of the situation , in particular of financial aspects . An
assessment of the programme and of its global impact shall be made before
its completion . The results of the review and assessment shall be laid before
the Council and Parliament .
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                               Artide 5
This Decision is addressed to the Member States
Done at Brussels                                For the Counci l
                                                 The President
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           Research programme on competitiveness of agriculture and
                management of agricultural resources ( 1989-1993 )
1. The research programme will concentrate on the following research
   objectives :
   ( a) to help farmers to adapt to the new situation created by
        over-production and a restrictive policy on prices and markets ;
   (b)  to maintain the incomes from holdings and encourage structural reform
        whilst controlling output and reducing production costs ;
   (c)  to care for and improve the agricultural situation , in line with the
        market situation , in regions which have been slow to develop ;
   (d)  to supervise and improve the environment and the countryside ;
   (e)  to develop agricultural information services and infrastructures to
        improve the dissemination of research results within and between
        Member States .
2. To realise the research objectives the emphasis will be on some of the
   following themes :
   ( a) conversion and diversification aimed at less intensive cropping and
        livestock-farming systems , and improvement in marketing of
        traditional and new products ;
   (b)  improvement in production techniques of agricultural products and in
        their quality , and research for new uses for traditional agricultural
        products with a view to enhancing their added value ;
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    (c)  definition of viable solutions where agriculture can contribute to
         meet existing opportunities to reduce the economic and social
         disparities between the slower zones to develop , particularly in the
         Mediterranean regions , and the economically more developed parts of
         the Community ;
   (d)   réduction of costs in agricultural production Systems ;
   ( e)  élaboration of long-term schemes which will resuit in different ways
         of managing land and water resources to the advantage of agriculture ,
         the environment and the countryside ;
   (f)   development of methods and services to disseminate agricultural
         information to assist farmers to adapt easily and efficiently to
         changes which will accompany the development of the common
         agricultural policy .
   Most of these topics are mentioned in the targets and technical content
   given in Annex 1 to the Framework Programme ( 1987-91 ) under the heading
   " Competitiveness of agriculture and the management of agricultural
   resources ".    These topics are juxtaposed with those in the sub-schemes
   "biotechnology" and " agro-industrial technologies " in the Framework
   Programme ( 1987-91 ).
3. The réalisation of the objectives of the programme , via more particularly
   the thèmes above , will be achieved in several ways :
   ( a)  Cost-shared activities
         In the context of the five research objectives defined above the
         cost-shared activities will be :
         ( i ) to help farmers to adapt to the new situation created by
               over-production and a restrictive policy on prices and markets
               - the development and introduction of improved varieties of
                 existing crops to improve their marketability and of new
                 varieties of existing crops and out- of- season products , for
                 which there are viable market opportunities ;
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      - the development of specific types of farm products in specific
         areas or regions , which are of high quality and high value
         added , and for which market-opportunities clearly exist ;
      - the assessment of the influence of pre-and post-harvesting
         factors , with particular reference to cropping methods and
         storage , on the quality of agricultural and horticultural
         products ;
      - the improvement of the profitability of farm woodland as an
         alternative enterprise through the development or introduction
         of integrated forestry-livestock systems , and the
          identification of ligneous species for rotation and undergrowth
          specific to various woodland areas ;
       - the identification of options for profitable alternative uses
          for land which may no longer be required for agriculture .
( ii )    to maintain the incomes from holdings and encourage structural
          reform whilst controlling output and reducing production costs
       - the definition of optimum ( least-cost ) combinations of
          agricultural resources which are compatible with current and
          foreseeable market constraints ;
       - the control of crop pests and diseases with reduced quantities
          of chemicals by the development of improved strategies of
           integrated biological control and the early detection of plant
          diseases .
        - the réduction of input levels in farming practice and the
           effective conservation of the environment and maintenance of
           the countryside ;
        - the improvement of the health and welfare status of livestock
          by controlling disease , parasites and other disorders of farm
           animais ;
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            - the establishment in environmentally sensitive areas of land
               use systems conserving the countryside and enriching its
               wildlife ;
            - the establishment of guidelines applicable to cropping and
               livestock farming systems in marginal areas ;
            - support for the development of the common agricultural
               structures policy by providing the range of data necessary for
               its conception , evaluation and management .
    ( iii ) to care for and improve , in line with the market situation ,
              regions which have been slow to develop
           - the pursuit of the research objectives 1(a ) and 1(b ) concerning
              the specificities of regions which have been slow to develop
              and taking account of the situation of the Community markets
              for the products involved ;
           - the assessment of the scope for integrated rural development ;
           - the improvement and management of natural and local resources ;
           - the provision of alternative jobs for farmers and farm workers
              who cannot obtain viable incomes in farming .
    Contracts with the Commission will provide Community finance for
    research projects at up to 50% of the total project cost .
    The cost-shared activities will be launched by a call for proposals
    published by the Commission .
(b) High priority pilot activities
    In the context of research objectives defined for the 1989-1993
    programme , high priority pilot activities will be restricted to a
    very few main problems . The projects are expected to respond to :
     ( i ) particular technical problems facing the Commission in connection
            with the common agricultural policy .
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    ( ii )  possibilities of applying promising research results in farming
            practice ,
    ( iii ) needs to demonstrate to farmers the real scope for improving
            the efficiency of agricultural production , consequently ;
            agricultural income , by adopting and exploiting new techniques
            derived from research results and from new technology .
    Contracts with the Commission will provide Community finance for high
    priority projects at a level above 50% of the total cost .
    The high priority activities will be implemented by the Commission ,
(c) Coordination activities
    These activities will in particular serve the needs of the shared
    cost and high priority activities .    Seminars and workshops will bring
    together scientists from the Member States to address a limited
    number of agricultural research problems of particular importance to
    the Community and the preoccupations of the common agricultural
    policy . By limiting to certain problems , the accent and the efforts
    will be where the needs are greatest . Such activities prime the pump
    for later collaboration which will avoid duplication of research and
    ensure the more rapid dissemination of results and other information
    across the Community . This programme will include encouragement for
    laboratory twinning and training of scientists working on techniques
    and methods of crucial interest for the Community .    The publications
    produced will assist in the overall coordination and publicise the
    results .
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(d)  Information
     There must be improved dissemination of the research results
     ( 1989-93 ) to advisory services and farmers .  The priorities are :
     (i)     to develop and implement the Community inventory of
             agricultural research ( AGREP ) ;
     ( ii )  to integrate Community information , particularly results from
             the Community agricultural research programme , into national
             information Systems ;
     ( iii ) to support and develop EUR-AGRIS ;
     ( iv )  to introduce , harmonise and utilise information technology in
             advisory and information services and on-farm information
             systems .
(e)  Evaluation
Independent évaluation is vital to proper management of the programme ,
since it is a check on the utility of the programme in terms of achieving
objectives against a background of constant change and development of the
common agricultural policy .
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                           AGR ICULTURAL RESEARCH PROGRAfWE ( 1989-95 )
                                         PRELIMINARY DRAFT
                                   Budget allocation ( 1989-93 )
                                        Common       Pi lot      Coordin-      MECU            %
:      Research targets                 activities activities    ated
                                        with                     activities
                                        shared                   *
                                        costs
: Helping farmers to adapt to the
: new situation due to over -
: production and the restrictive
: policy on prices and markets             11,20         7,40       6,10       24,70       45,00 l :
:  Maintaining farm incomes
:  and encouraging structural
:  changes while controlling
:  production and reducing its
: cost                                      4,70         2,50       2,45        9,65       17,50 % :
:  Taking responsibility for and
:  improving the agricultural
:  situation of slow-developing
:  regions , in accordance with
: present or foreseen market
: outlets                                   4,70         2,50       2,45        9,65       17,50 l :
: Ensuring the protection and
: improvement of the environment
: and the maintenance of the
: countryside                               2 , 10       2,00       1,40        5,50       10,00 l :
: Dissemination of results
: of the Community agricultural
: research programme ; improving
: information services and
: communications in and between
: the Member States                         2,10         2,00       1,40        5,50       10,00 1 :
 : TOTAL : MECU                            24,80        16,40      13,80       55,00               :
: TOTAL : %                                45 %         50 %       25 1          -
                                                                                            100 l  :
(*) The coordinated activities include coordination proper , training and mob i I i ty of
     researchers , dissemination of results of research , including the permanent inventory
     of agricultural research and publication costs , and programme assessment costs .
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1 . Budget He ading :    7344 Competitiveness of agriculture and management of
                         agricultural resources :  research in agriculture
      Research programme on competitiveness of agriculture and management of
      agricultural resources < 1989-1993 ).
2 . I.egal hasis :    Article 130
3 . Description and aims :
      The general purpose is to provide some assistance , by the use of advanced
      technology , in meeting the numerous economic , social , ecological and
      regional challenges that have come to the fore as a result of changes in
      agricultural activities and in the socio-economic framework of rural areas .
      The following research areas are proposed for this new five-year programme :
       ( a) conversion to and diversification into less intensive cropping and
            stock-feeding systems and improvements in the marketing of both new
            and traditional products ;
       ( b) improvement of production techniques and product quality and research
            into new uses for traditional products with a view to enhanced added
            value ;
       (c)  definition of viable methods of reducing economie and social
            disparities between thè Community’s underdeveloped , particularly
            Mediterranean , and most developed areas ;
       (d)  réduction of production System costs ;
       (e)  long-term plans for the development of soil and water management
            systems that will be of greater agricultural Utility and at the same
            time safeguard the environment and the landscape ;
       (f)  development of methods and structures for the dissemination of
            information so that farmers can easily and effectively adjust to
            changes in the common agricultural policy .
       These aims will be achieved by :
        (i) coordination of agricultural research and consultation ;
     ( ii ) implementation of joint / shared-cost research projects and of pilot
            schemes ;
   ( iii )  exchanges of information and reciprocal consultation on existing and
            planned agricultural research programmes in the Member States ;
     ( iv ) inventory and documentation services : the permanent computeri zed
            inventory of agricultural research ( AGREP ) will enable the Commission
            to keep up to date with approaches and trends of agricultural research
            in the Member States ;
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    ( v)    participation by the Community in the AGRIS information system ( world
            library ) for science and agricultural technology and directly related
            fields ( forestry , fisheries , food production ).
4 . Grounds of measure
    Essentially to increase the ef f ect i veness of the human and financial
    resources devoted to agriculture . To this end the development of a
    European scientific community in agriculture will be encouraged and
    rese.arch oriented in line with présent day market realities and the new
    requirements of the common agricultural policy .
5 . Financial impact
    ( including costs of staff and administrative and technical management )
5.1 .     Total cost for duration of programme 1989-93 ( million ECU )
5.2 .     Multiannual plan
Commitment                 1989      1990          1991        1992        1993       Total
appropriations
Contracts                 10,090     9,980        16,960       2,940       1,280      41,250
Operating
costs                      2,500     2,400         2,400       2,400       1,040      10,740
Staff
costs                      0,410     0,620         0,640       0,660       0,680       3,010
Total                     13,000    13,000        20 , 000     6 , 000     3,000      55,000
Payment                 1989      1990       1991        1992        1993     Later     Total
appropriations                                                                years
Contracts               3,090     5,980      8,960       8,940       9,280    5,000     41,250
Operating
costs                   2,500     2,400      2,400       2,400       1,040         -
                                                                                        10,740
Staff
costs                   0,410     0,620      0,640       0,660       0,680         -
                                                                                         3,010
Total                   6,000     9,000     12,000      12,000      11,000    5 , 000   55,000
5.3 .     Method of calculation
     ( a)   costs of shared-cost joint projects and pilot actions
            The appropriations cover the Community 's financial contribution to
            contract-based activities . The average financial contribution of the
            Community in respect of each contract does not exceed 50% of the cost
            of the shared-cost joint projects but may be higher in respect of
            priority pilot actions .
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    (b)  operating costs for coordinated activities
         The appropriations cover the cost of coordination activities in the
         strict sense ( meetings , seminars , etc .), training and movement of
         researchers , dissemination of research results , including the
         permanent inventory of agricultural research and publication costs ,
         and programme assessment costs .
    (c)  staff costs
         These have been estimated on the basis of :
         2 A grade temporary officiais
         4 B grade temporary officiais
         2 C grade temporary officisls
         plus the cost of missions , consultants' fees and auxiliary staff .
         These posts are requested for 1989 to 1993 budget ; costs for the
         staff will be covered by the relevant budget and have been calculated
         as follows ( see 1989 preliminary draft budget ),
         A = 93 000 ECU , B = 58 000 ECU , C = 37 000 ECU (+ 4% increase each
         year ) .
         For 1989 the staff are covered for half the year .
6 . Financing of expenditure
    The appropriations required to cover the Community contribution to the
    programme will have to be entered in future budgets . However cancellation
    of Decision No 87 / 218 / EEC will release appropriations of 20 million ECU
    entered in the 1988 budget .
7.  Control
    ( a) implementation of budget under administrative control of
         Director-General for Financial Control .
    (b)  scientific control :
            ( i ) Standing Committee for Agricultural Research .
          ( ii ) Commission officiais .
    (c)   auditing of accounts by Court of Auditors , as required by Treaty .
 ---pagebreak---                      FICHE D' IMPACT SUR LA COMPETITIVITE ET L' EMPLOI
I.    Quelle est la justification principale de la mesure ?
      Le but de cette mesure , en relation avec l' évolution de la Politique
      Agricole Commune , est de coordonner la recherche agricole . La Commission
      assure l' exécution de programmes de recherche agricole par des actions
      réalisées avec des institutions nationales telles que les Universités ,
      des Centres et Instituts de recherche , et des instances travaillant dans
      les domaines de la recherche et du développement de l' agriculture . La
      préférence sera donnée aux activités ayant un caractère multinational .
II .  Caractéristiques des entreprises concernées .      En particulier :
      ( a ) Y a-t- il un grand nombre de PME ?
            NON
      ( b ) Note- t-on des concentrations dans des régions
            i.   éligibles aux aides régionales des Etats membres ?
                 NON
            ii . éligibles au Feder ?
                 NON
III . Quelles sont les obligations imposées directement aux entreprises ?
      NEANT
IV .  Quelles sont les obligations susceptibles d' être imposées indirectement
      aux entreprises via les autorités locales ?
      NEANT
V.    Y a - t- il des mesures spéciales pour les PME ?     NON    lequelles ?
      NEANT
VI .  Quel est l' effet prévisible
      a ) sur la compétitivité des entreprises ?      Impact non-significatif
      b ) sur l' emploi ?    Impact non-significatif
VII . Les partenaires sociaux ont-ils été consultés ? Quels sont leurs avis ?
      Le Comité Economique et Social émet un avis sur la proposition de
      décision du Conseil .