CELEX: 51984PC0296
Language: en
Date: 1984-05-25
Title: AMENDED PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DECISION ON THE MULTIANNUAL RESEARCH AND TRAINING PROGRAMMES TO BE CARRIED OUT BY THE JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE ( JRC )

No C 156/4                           Official Journal of the European Communities                                 16.6.84
                                                            II
                                                     (Preparatory Acts)
                                              COMMISSION
              Amendment to the proposal for a Council Decision on the multiannual research and
                    training programmes to be carried out by the Joint Research Centre (JRC) (')
                                                    COM(84) 296 final
              (Submitted by the Commission to the Council pursuant to Article 119(2) of the EAEC
                             Treaty and Article 149 (2) of the EEC Treaty on 25 May 1984)
                                                      (84/C 156/05)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                      budgetary procedure (preparation of the financing
COMMUNITIES,                                                     plan and definition of the conditions for its
                                                                 application);
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the
European Atomic Energy Community, and in
                                                                 Whereas, by its Decision 84/.../Euratom the
particular Article 7 thereof,
                                                                 Commission, in altering the structure of the JRC, has
                                                                 set up a Board of Governors and a Scientific Council
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the
                                                                 to advise it and assist it in its tasks,
European Economic Community, and in particular
Article 235 thereof,
                                                                 HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission
submitted, after consultation of the Scientific and                                        Article 1
Technical Committee,
                                                                 The Council shall adopt the JRC multiannual
Having regard to the opinion of the European Par-                programme with reference to the                 following
liament,                                                         guidelines:
Whereas a programme which stretches over several                 (a) it shall indicate the research fields, corresponding
years cannot, given the rapid developments in science,                to research action programmes, in which work is
lay down in advance the^details of all the. research                  to be carried out under the programme;
activities required; whereas this is particularly the case
with the multiannual programme of the Joint                      (b) it shall provide an estimate of the relevant prop-
Research Centre Q R Q ; whereas this therefore                        ortions of financing and staffing required for
requires a higher degree of flexibility and the in-                   research work within each field;
struments for it to be speedily adapted need to be
provided;
                                                                 (c) it shall provide an estimate of the resources
Whereas it is therefore desirable to establish a                      necessary for the implementation of the
                                                                      programme on the basis of:
procedure which enables the Commission, with the
participation of representatives of the Member States,                — the staff complement authorized           for  the
to take the decisions necessary for the adaptation of                     duration of the programme,
the programme, the general content of which has                       — the financial cost of the programme in ECU,
been adopted by the Council, and to ensure close                          at the value obtaining when the decision
cooperation between the JRC and the Member States                         adopting the multiannual programme is taken.
with regard to the implementation of the research
programmes;
                                                                                           Article 2
Whereas adaptation of the multiannual programme
will not affect existing financial arrangements                   Should the need arise, and within the framework
 (Financial Regulation) or compliance with the                    fixed by the Council Decision on the multiannual
                                                                  programme, the Commission is authorized, subject to
                                                                  the provisions of Article 3, to take the necessary
 O OJ No C 225, 23. 8. 1983, p. 7.                                decisions in order to adapt the JRC multiannual
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programme, either to take account of research                        total amount is more than 150 million ECU. No
requirements that emerge at Community level after                    RAP may be increased by more than 15 %. If a
the multiannual programme has been adopted or to                     member of the Board of Governors considers that
allow the JRC the flexibility it requires.                           a decision taken within the abovementioned limits
                                                                     would be such as to alter the balance of the
                                                                     multiannual programme, he may request that the
                           Article 3                                 decision be referred to the Permanent Represen-
Where the Commission considers it necessary to                       tatives Committee;
adapt the JRC multiannual programme within the
framework defined in the Council Decision on the                (b) within an RAP, transfers between subprogrammes
multiannual programme, it shall submit a draft                       shall similarly be limited to 15 % of the indicative
Decision for the approval of the JRC Board of                        amounts of each subprogramme for those subpro-
Governors established under Article 4 of Decision                    grammes with an appropriation of less than 150
84/.../Euratom and shall inform the Committee on                     million ECU and 10 % for those subprogrammes
Energy, Research and Technology and                   the            with an appropriation of more than 150 million
Committee on Budgets of the European Parliament                      ECU;
thereof.
In order to implement the proposed measure, the                 (c) within a subprogramme, the Commission may
Commission shall obtain approval from the JRC                        delete or modify projects or introduce new
Board of Governors. Such approval shall be arrived at                projects, provided that the aggregate financial
by means of a qualified majority, within the meaning                 consequences of such actions do not modify the
of Article 148 (2) of the EEC Treaty and Article                     resources of the subprogrammes by more than
 118 (2) of the Euratom Treaty.                                      15 % in the case of subprogrammes whose share
                                                                     of the abovementioned total amount is less than
The chairman shall not vote.                                         150 million ECU and by more than 10 % in the
                                                                     case of subprogrammes whose share of that total
                           Article 4                                 amount is more than 150 million ECU;
After approval from the Board of Governors, in
accordance with Article 3, the Commission may,                  (d) in the case of the introduction of a new project,
within the framework defined by the Council                          the share allocated to it should not exceed 5
Decision on the multiannual programme, adapt the                     million ECU.
 multiannual Community programme of the JRC,
 subject to the following limitations:
                                                                                          Article 5
 (a) financial transfers between research action
     programmes (RAPs) (') shall be limited to 15 %              This Decision shall take effect on the day following
     of the indicative amounts of each RAP in the case           its publication in the Official Journal of the European
     of RAPs whose share of the total amount deemed              Communities.
     necessary for the execution of the multiannual
                                                                 It shall apply for the duration of the multiannual
     programme is less than 150 million ECU and to
                                                                 research and training programme to be carried out by
     10 % in the case of RAPs whose share of that
                                                                 the Joint Research Centre (1984 to 1987) (') and may
                                                                 be extended or amended on a proposal from the
 O O J N o L 3 , 5. 1. 1984, p. 21.                              Commission.