CELEX: 51977PC0248
Language: en
Date: 1977-06-09
Title: Proposal for a Council Decision amending Council Decision of 22 July 1975 adopting common research programmes and programmes for the coordination of research in the fields of animal leucoses, livestock effluents, beef production and plant protein production (75/460/EEC) (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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                                Proposal for a
                               Council Decisión
                               , , amending;
                       Council Decision of 22 July 1975
     adopting common research programmes and programmes for "the
     coordination of research in the fields of animal leucoses ,
                livestock effluents , "beef production and
                 plant protein production (75/460/EEC )
             ( submitted to the Council "by the Commission)
COM(77 ) 248 final .
 ---pagebreak--- Explanatory memorandum
 1 . The " Applications of nuclear techniques to agricultural research" programme
     has been in existence since 1959 •
     Preparation of the 1976-1980 five-year programme began in 1974 ; CPRA
     was consulted and it recognized the soiontifio value of this progra/jne and
     suggested that everything should be done to bring these activities gradually
     into step with the coordination of agricultural research .
2 . The implementation of this programme was largely based on the activity of
     i'TAL ( instituut voor Toepassing van Atoomenergie in de Landbcuw ) and
     subcontracts concluded by that Institute .
3 . While the programmes oonnected with the coordination of agricultural
     research were being prepared , account was taken of the existence of the
     " Applications" activities and the projects submitted in tho framework
     of the 1976-20 five-year programme . Thus , projects whose aims conformed
     exactly with the agricultural research programmes but which had
     traditionally figured among the activities of the " Applications" programme
     were left in the latter.
4 . The Council did not adopt the " Applications " programme . Hoi-rover , at the
     meeting of 24 February 19      the Counoil duly noted the Commission 's
     intention to investigate to what extent the activities mentioned in the
     proposed " Applications" programme ooul.d be inserted in the framework of
     the coordination of agricultural research .
5 . In the absence of this programme
     - the hypothesis under which the oomrnon programmes of agricultural research
        were prepared is no longer apposite . This applies mainly to the
        " Proteins" and "Livestock effluents" programmes :
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    - an iroortant p?rt of ITAL 's activities has lost the Community 's finan­
      cial backing ; existing teams therefore face the prospect of disappear­
      ing without being given the indispensable time for adjustment so that
      they con arrange for other activities in continuance of their career .
6 . With this in mind , and with the assistance of CPRA , the Commission
    identified a number of projects which were contained in the proposal for
    an "Applications" programme but which , in the absence of such a programme ,
    would normally have formed part of one of the Community program' ;res for
    the coordination of agricultural research pursuant to the Council
    Decision of 22 July 1975 .
7» In its proposal appended hereto ^ '■»ie Commission druws conclusions from
    the situation described above , more especially in point 5 , and proposes
    an amendment to the above-mentioned Decision of 22 July 1975 .
    This amendment consists of the addition :
    - to the Proteins programme
      - of projects to be implemented initially within the " Applications "
        prograr-ne in the fields of the symbiotic fixation of nitrogen and
        the use of mutations ;
      - of certain other projects closely connected with the above fields
         also provided for by the " Applications " programme in the field of
         fertilizers ;                    -
    - to the " Livestock Effluents " programme
      - of a project considered to be complementary to the current projects
        for the building of mathematical models .
8 . The period assigned tc such extensions of each programme must be the
    same as the period assigned to the programme itself .
    Community financing , however , is limited to a period ov two years .
9 . The financial involvement of the Community amounts to 0,75 million u.a .
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                                  Proposal for a
                                 Council Decisión
                                     amending
                       Council Decision of 22 July 1975
adopting common research programmes and programmes for the coordination of
research in the fields of animal leucoses , livestock effluents , "beef
production and plant protein production (75/4SO/S3C )
THE COUNCIL OP THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,       '
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ,
and in particular Artiole 43 . thereof ;
                                                      (1
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission v ' ;
                                                            (2)
Having regard to the Opinion of the European Parliament         ;
Whereas Counoil Regulation (EEC ) V° 1728/74 of 27 June 1974 on the
coordination of agricultural research         provides for the coordination at
Comnmnity level of national agricultural research activities in order to
further the attainment of the aims of the oommon agricultural policy :
(1)
(2 )
(3 ) OJ N° L 182 . 5 July 1974 , p. 1
 ---pagebreak---   Whereas Article 5 of "the above mentioned Regulation provides that the
  Council shall decide on specific measures for the coordination of research
  activities designed to allow rational organization of means employed ,
  efficient use of results and the orientation of such, work towards the aims
, of the common agricultural policy a.nd shall also decide on the implementation
  of joint pro jeots designed to second or supplement work undertaken in the
  Member States in fields which are of particular importanoa to the
  Community ;
  Whereas Council D-jcision (75/460/KEC ) of 22 July 1975      adopted common
  research programmes and programmes for the coordination of research in the
  fields of animal leucoses , livestock effluents , "beef production and plant
  protein production }            ,
  Whereas it is desirable to include in the common research programmes on
                                                                          *
  livestook effluents and plant protein production additional projects which
  will complete or complement the existing programmes ;
                                        y ■
 Whereas it is desirable to make use of the experience gained by the
  Communities in their research programmes on Applications of Nuclear
 Techniques to Agriculture ; whereas this experience is direotly relevant
  to the common research programmes on livestock effluents and plant protein
  production ; ,                            , . ,
                                     ι
 Whereas the financial contribution of the Community shall be decided by the
 Council ,
 HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS t
  (4 ) OJ N® L 199,30 Juty 1975 , p. 37
 ---pagebreak---                                    Article 1
Article 5 of Council Decision nc 75/4^0/feiJG of 22 July 1975 is here"by
amended as follows  s
at Liveetook Effluenta Common Programme Àelete " 2.140.000 u „ A. " and
insert " 2.200.000 u.a .".           '
at Plant Protein Production Common Programme delete " 2.572.875 u.a ." and
insert " 3.512.875 u.a .".
                                   Article 2
This Decision shall take effeot from 1 January 1977 .
Done at Brussels