CELEX: 51989PC0134
Language: en
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 )

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                                   COM (89) 134  final-SYN 168
                                                   Brussels, 12  May 1989
                             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
                              Recitals unchanged
                              Article 1 unchanged
                                   Article 2
*  The funds estimated as necessary for the execution of the two
I  programmes amount to 115 million ECU, including expenditure on a staff
•a
*  of 30, subdivided as follows:
3
         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 representative of the Commission shall submit to the Committee
     a draft of the measures to be taken. The Committee shall deliver
     Its opinion within a time limit which the Chairman may 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
                        1.1 to 1.3 unchanged
    RESEARCH AREA 2 :   ASSESSMENT OF RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH CHEMICALS     10 Z
                        2.1 to 2.5 unchanged
    RESEARCH AREA 3 :   ATMOSPHERIC PROCESSES AND AIR QUALITY             20 1
                        3.1 to 3.3 unchanged
    RESEARCH AREA 4 :   WATER QUALITY                                      5 Z
                        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 Z
                    5.1 to 5.3 unchanged
RESEARCH AREA 6 :   ECOSYSTEM RESEARCH                            12 Z
                    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 Z
                    CULTURAL HERITAGE
                    7.1 to 7.5 unchanged
RESEARCH AREA 8 :   TECHNOLOGIES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION     12 Z
                    8.1 to 8.3 unchanged
RESEARCH AREA 9 :   MAJOR TECHNOLOGICAL HAZARDS AND FIRE SAFETY   20 Z
                    9.1 to 9.3 unchanged
EPOCH (European Programme on Climatology and Natural Hazards)
RESEARCH AREA 1:    PAST CLIMATE AND CLIMATE CHANGE               15 Z
                    1.1 to 1.2 unchanged
RESEARCH AREA 2 :   CLIMATE PROCESSES AND MODELS                  30 Z
                    2.1 to 2.7 unchanged
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RESEARCH AREA 3 : CLIMATIC IMPACTS AND CLIMATE-RELATED HAZARDS 40Z
                  3.1 to 3.6 unchanged
RESEARCH AREA 4 : SEISMIC HAZARD                               15 Z
                  4.1 to 4.5 unchanged
                  III. IMPLEMENTATION unchanged
                  IV. EVALUATION CRITERIA unchanged
 ---pagebreak--- Commission of the European Communities
COM(89) 134 final
Amendment to the proposal for a
COUNCIL DECISION
adopting two specific research and technological development program-
mes in the field of the environment
STEP: Science and technology for environmental protection
Epoch: European programme on climatology and natural hazards
         (1989-92)
(presented by the Commission pursuant to the third paragraph of
Article 149 of the EEC Treaty)
12.5.1989
Office for Official Publications of the European Communities
L - 2985 Luxembourg
Series: DOCUMENTS
 1989 — 5 pp. — Format: 21.0 * 29.7 cm
EN
ISSN 0254-1475
ISBN 92-77-49511-1
Catalogue number: CB-CO-89-182-EN-C
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COM(89) 134 final
 DOCUMENTS
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
            (1989-92)
(presented by the Commission pursuant to the third
paragraph of Article 149 of the EEC Treaty)
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Catalogue number: CB-CO-89-182-EN-C
ISBN 92-77-49511-1
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