CELEX: 51988PC0079
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Date: 1988-02-19
Title: Amendment to the proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) on a Research and Development Programme in the field of Applied Metrology and Chemical Analyses in the European Economic Community 1988 - 1992 (the Community Bureau of Reference - BCR) (Amendment presented by the Commission under Article 149, § 3 of the EEC treaty)

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 ---pagebreak--- COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                                   COM(88 ) 79 final
                                                   Brussels , 19 February 1988
                               Amendment to the proposal
                            for a COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
                                          on a
                          Research and Development Programme
              in the field of Applied Metrology and Chemical Analyses
                          in the European Economic Community
                                      1988 - 1992
                     ( the Community Bureau of Reference - BCR )
  ( Amendment presented by the Commission under Article 149, § 3 of the EEC treaty )
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The Commission proposal is hereby amended as follows :
                                       Tit le
               Replace " Council Régulation" by " Council Decision"
                                     Preamble
                     The first four recitals are unchanged .
                                              Add the following new recital :
                                              " Whereas   the   results   should   be
                                              widely distributed and publicized in
                                              order   to  create  maximum   awareness
                                              about the work ,"
                       The last two recitals are unchanged .
     " HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION " should read " HAD ADOPTED THIS DECISION "
                                              Article 1
                                              Unchanged
                                              Article 2
                                              Add :
                                              "The     annual   amounts    shall    be
                                              determined within the framework o?
                                              the budgetary procedure ."
                                              Article 3
                                              Unchanged
 ---pagebreak--- Artide 4
1.   At the end of the third year the
     Commission      shall     review    the
     programme .      The conclusions of
     this        review       shall       be
     communicated to      the Council and
     the European Parliament .
     This review may lead to the
     submission by the Commission of
     a proposal for a revision of the
     programme in accordance with the
     appropriate procedures .
2.   Add :
     The programme shall be evaluated
     prior      to     its     expiry     by
     independent           experts        in
     accordance with the criteria set
     out in Annex II and Article 2(2 )
     of the Framework Programme .        The
     evaluation       report     shall    be
     transmitted     to  the   Counci l  and
     the European Parliament .
Article 5
Replace by :
In accordance with       Article 130 N of
the EEC Treaty , the Commission is
hereby      authorized      to    negotiate
agreements with third States and
international       organizations ,        in
particular the countries taking part
in European Cooperation in the Field
of Scientific and Technical Research
( COST )    and       those           having
concluded framework agreements for
scientific and technical cooperation
with the Community , with a view to
associating them either fully or in
part     with the programme .
Such agreements , which are based on
a    common      interest ,      shall    be
concluded by the Council , acting by
a qualified majority , in cooperation
with Parliament .
Article 6
Delete .
 ---pagebreak---                 ANNEX I
        The title is unchanged
The first two paragraphs are unchanged
                      The     priority      fields        are      the
                      following :
                       (a)  Analyses        for        food        and
                            agriculture, in particular :
                            -   analyses        in         livestock
                                ( foodstuffs ,             hormones ,
                                antibiotics ,      etc .) and of
                                the quality         of cereals ,
                                fruit and vegetables ;
                            -   analyses of the quality of
                                processed food       ( nutritional
                                properties ,       presence          of
                                dangerous              substances ,
                                bacterial contamination ).
                       ( b) Analyses       related          to     the
                            environment , in particular :
                            -   determination of          traces     of
                                dangerous       compounds            in
                                various matrices ;
                            -   determination            of        air
                                pollutants at the workplace ;
                            -   mutagenicity       of        Chemical
                                substances .
                       (c)  Biomedical       analyses ,           with
                            priority to :
                            - the determination of enzymes
                                and     hormones       ( in     human
                                serum ) ;
                            -   haematological tests            ( e.g.
                                blood coagulation );
                            -   analyses         related             to
                                cardiovascular diseases ;
                            -   analysis of tumour markers
                                and drugs in the human body .
                      (d )  Analyses        of         ( essentally
                            non-ferrous ) metals and surface
                            analysis of materials .                •
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      <e> Applied metrology
          The emphasis will be placed on
          the measurement and calibration
          of     the       most         important
          parameters            for           test
          laboratories       and       industrial
          laboratories , in particular for
          quality control .        The subjects
          covered     will        include       in
          particular :
          -  dimensional       and    mechanical
             metrology      ( in     particular ,
             measurements           that       are
             becoming              increasingly
             necessary            for          the
             verification        of     automatic
             machines )           and          the
             characterization of surface
             states ;
          -  mechanical parameters such
             as force and pressure ;
          -  study of the performance and
             accuracy of new temperature
             measuring devices ;
             improvement          of       optical
             metrology in the             visible ,
             ultra-violet       and     infra-red
             ranges and in the field of
             fibre optics and lasers ;
          -  measurements       of     electrical
             magnitudes , in particular at
             high frequency ;
          -  acoustic measurements ,             in
             particular          as        regards
             sound-proofing ;
          -  measurements         relating      to
             ultrasonics ;
             liquid       and        gas      flow
             measurements ;
          -  methods of measurement             of
             physical         and         material
             properties such          as thermal
             conductivity ,            viscosity ,
             etc. ;
             methods of determination of
             the mechanical properties of
             metals   ( the work will cover
             only   the    methods        required
             for          the            accurate
             determination           of      these
             properties        and      not    the
             characterization            of    the
             materials ) ;
             improvement of technological
             measurements in industry .
 ---pagebreak--- The activities include in particular :
   execution          of         measurement
   programmes           involving        the
   cooperation      of laboratories in
   several           Member           States
   C in ter compari sons )
-  improvement        of      methods     of
   analysis and     measurement
-  improvement         of        instruments
   necessary for high precision
   measurements
“  development of transfer standards
-  preparation and certification of
   reference materials
-  storage      and     distribution      of
   reference materials
-  support for       the    setting up    at
   Community               level          of
   inter laboratory         circuits     for
   quality assurance
   research       grants        for    young
   scientists in subjects covered by
   the programme
   exchange        and       training    _of
   scientists in subjects covered by
   the programme .      in particular for
   the benefit o1F the Member States
   that wish to catch up in these
   fields
-  dissemination      of the      results of
   the projects
-  well-targeted advertizing of the
   reference materials and promotion
   of their sateT
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                                     ANNEX II
                               EVALUATION CRITERIA
The programme will be evaluated to assess its achievements , in particular from
the following viewpoints :
1.  To what extent the programme has contributed to the development of the
    internal market , in particular by providing support
    -  for the preparation of directives or standards ;
    -  for the application of directives or standards ;
    -  to help overcome difficulties regarding the application of commercial
       specifications .
2.  What benefit the participants have gained from their cooperation on the
    projects ( acquisition of know-how ,        dissemination of information ,
    improvement of methods , consistency of results         etc .) and from the
    contacts  with their European partners .
3.  Whether the programme has helped to increase cooperation between the
    Member States , in particular in the fields of metrology and calibration
    services ( harmonization , coordination , coopertaion in the development of
    new methods , etc .)