CELEX: 31974D0410
Language: en
Date: 1974-08-02 00:00:00
Title: Council Decision of 2 August 1974 amending Decision No 71/236/Euratom adopting a five-year research and training programme of the European Atomic Energy Community in the field of biology and health physics

12 . 8 . 74                            Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 221 / 15
                                                    COUNCIL DECISION
                                                       of 2 August 1974
              amending Decision No 71/236/Euratom adopting a five-year research and training pro­
             gramme of the European Atomic Energy Community in the field of biology and health
                                                            physics
                                                      (74/410/Euratom)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,                          HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS :
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                                                Article 1
European Atomic Energy Community, and in
particular Article 7 thereof;
                                                                   The programme set out in the Annex to Decision No
                                                                   71 /236/Euratom shall be replaced by the programme
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission                  annexed to this Decision .
submitted after consultation with the Scientific and
Technical Committee ;
                                                                                            Article 2
Whereas the accession of the new Member States
necessitates an adjustment of the programme which is               Article 2 of Decision No 71 /236/Euratom shall be
the subject of Council Decision No 71 /236/Eura­                   replaced by the following :
tom 0 ) of 21 June 1971 adopting a five-year research
and' training programme of the European . Atomic                       'The upper limit for expenditure commitments
Energy Community in the field of biology and health                    and for staff necessary for the implementation of
physics, amended by Decision No73 / 128 /Euratom (2 );                 this programme shall be 18 886 million units of
                                                                       account and 97 Community servants in the case
                                                                       of the common programme and 5 879 million
Whereas this adjustment should strengthen the                          units of account and 1Q Community servants in
existing Community potential in the field of research                  the case of the supplementary programme; the
on nuclear methods and techniques applicable to                        unit of account shall be defined as in Article 10 of
medical and agricultural research, given the great                     the Financial Regulation of 25 April 1973 (3 )
interest which exploitation of this potential presents                 applicable to the General Budget of the European
in these areas ;                                                       Communities .'
Whereas the continuity which is necessary for
biological research should be ensured;                             Done at Brussels, 2 August 1974.
Whereas it is in the common interest to complete                                                       For the Council
Decision No 71 /236/Euratom with a view to ensuring                                                     The President
the active participation of laboratories of the new
Member States in research work,                                                                        B. DESTREMAU
(x) OJ No L 143 , 29. 6. 1971 , p. 31 .
(a) OJ No L 153 , 9. 6. 1973, p. 15 .                              (3) OJ No L 116, 1 . 5. 1973, p. 1.
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                                                                ANNEX
               BIOLOGY AND HEALTH PHYSICS' JOINT PROGRAMME AND COMPLEMENTARY
                                                             PROGRAMME
              1 . 'Radiation protection' joint programme
                  An amount of 18-886 million units of account shall be allocated to this objective and the upper
                  limit for staff shall be fixed at 97 servants .
                  The aim of the work is to acquire and promote the scientific and technical knowledge
                  necessary for determining permissible levels of radiation in man and contamination of the
                  environment, for keeping such knowledge up to date and for improving the practical organiza­
                  tion of radiation protection by the Member States .
                  This aim also includes studies on radioactive contaminants , with particular reference to the
                  path which they follow in man and the environment, on the effects of radiation on living
                  matter and on dosimetric methods and instruments .
                  This research will be carried out mainly under contracts of association or similar contracts
                  and partly by the 'Biology' Group set up at the Ispra Establishment.
              2. 'Adaptations' complementary programme
                  (a) Definition of programme :
                      Germany, Italy and the Netherlands shall allocate an amount of 5-610 million units of
                      account for the period 1971 to 1975 to this objective, for which the upper limit for staff
                      shall be 10 Community servants .
                      Denmark and Ireland shall take part in the same objective for an amount of 0-269 million
                      units of account for the period 1974 to 1975.
                      The aim of the work, in this area, consists in the development of nuclear techniques and
                      the application of nuclear methods with a view to their use in agricultural and medical
                      research .
                      The work will be carried out under contracts of association or similar contracts .
                  (b) Financial contributions from the Member States to this programme :
                      — for the amount of 5-610 million units of account :
                                                     Germany :     41-0%
                                                     Italy :       23-0%
                                                     Netherlands : 36-0 %
                       — for the amount of 0-269 million units of account :
                                                     Denmark :     82-4 %
                                                     Ireland :     17-6 %