CELEX: 51991PC0013(01)
Language: en
Date: 1991-01-28
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DECISION ADAPTING DECISION 87/516/EURATOM/EEC CONCERNING THE FRAMEWORK PROGRAMME OF COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES IN THE FIELD OF RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT ( 1987-91 )

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                                       COM(91) 13 f i n a l - SYN 326
                                                       Brussels, 28 January 1991
                                    Proposal for a
                                   COUNCIL DECISION
     adapting Decision 87/516/Euratom, EEC concerning the framework programme
               of Community activities in the f i e l d of research and
                         technological development (1987-91)
                                    Proposal for a
                                   COUNCIL DECISION                         SYN 326
         amending Decisions 87/551/EEC, 87/5907EEC, 88/28/EEC, 88/279/EEC,
            88/416/EEC, 88/418/EEC, 88/419/EEC, 88/521/EEC, 89/160/EEC,
                 89/236/EEC, 89/237/EEC, 89/413/EEC and 89/625/EEC
        adopting specific programmes under the second framework programme
                      of research and technological development
                                    Proposal for a
                                   COUNCIL DECISION
       amending Decisions 88/448/Euratom, 88/522/Euratom and 89/664/Euratom
            adopting specific programmes in the nuclear field under the
y:'^                 second framework programme of research and
                              technological development
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                            (presented by the Commission)
 ---pagebreak---                                EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
In line with Its statement made at the Council meeting of 3 December 1990, of
which Parliament has been informed, the Commission is submitting three proposals
for Council Decisions.
The first proposal seeks to adapt the second framework programme pursuant to
Article 1301(2) of the EEC Treaty. This adaptation concerns the amount which it
was intended, in 1987, to spend after 1991 (the "overhang") and the breakdown of
the total amount deemed necessary as between the different activities envisaged.
The second proposal would increase by ECU 40 million the amount deemed necessary
for the specific programme on non-nuclear energy and the rational use of energy
(Joule). Furthermore, since no Increase in the overall funding of the second
framework   programme  is provided   for, this proposal   also seeks, pursuant  to
Article 130p(2), second sentence, of the EEC Treaty, to offset the increase in
ths estimated cost of the Joule programme by a corresponding reduction In the
estimated cost of the other EEC R&TD programmes.
Lastly, since certain specific programmes fall under the Euratom Treaty, the
third   proposal  applies  the   same  reduction  procedure  to these  programmes,
 likewise with the aim of not increasing the overall financial provision in the
framework programme adopted In 1987.
The reductions in the breakdown of the total amount deemed necessary and in the
amounts deemed necessary for the specific programmes have been applied pro rata
and rounded off to simplify matters .
 ---pagebreak---                           Proposal for a Council Decision
                                        of
                       adapting Decision 87/516/Euratom, EEC
            concerning the framework programme of Community activities
       In the filed of research and technological development (1987-91)^1)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in
particular Article 130q(1) thereof,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community,
and In particular Article 7 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission^2),
Having regard to the opinion of the European Par I lament^3),
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee^4^,
 (1)   OJ No L302, 24.10.1987, p.1
 (2)   OJ No
 (3)   OJ No
 (4)   OJ No
 ---pagebreak--- Whereas, pursuant to Article 1301(2) of the EEc Treaty, the framework programme
may be adapted or supplemented, as the situation changes,
Whereas Article 1(3), first         subparagraph, of Council        Decision 87/516/Euratom,
EEC   of   28   September    1987  concerning     the   framework    programme     of   Community
activities in the field of research and technological development (1987-91), as
supplemented by Decision 88/193/Euratom, EEC ( 5 ^, states that the total amount
deemed    necessary     shall   be    '5   396  million    ECU,   of    which    no    more   than
4 533 million ECU are deemed necessary             to be committed      for the execution of
specific programmes before the end of 1991'; whereas the twelfth recital of the
said Decision also states that for the same reason,                'fit may be expected that
part of the amount deemed necessary for the framework programme 1987 to 1991,
863 million ECU, will have to be committed              In the budget after the reference
period of the framework programme',
Whereas, however, the progress of the legislative procedure for the adoption of
the specific programmes under the third framework programme prompts fears of a
slowdown     in   the  Community's     overall   research   and   technological       development
effort    in    1991;   whereas,   the    abovementloned    estimate     should    therefore    be
 revised;
Whereas, owing to development on the energy supply market, it is appropriate to
 step up the search for and development             of new energy options         that are both
economically      viable    and  environmentally      friendly;   whereas     It    is   therefore
appropriate to adapt the estimates of budgetary commitments made by the Council
 for this purpose in 1987; whereas, under these circumstance, it is necessary so
 to determine the breakdown of the amount deemed necessary for activities in the
 energy field as to allocate ECU 162 million Instead of ECU 122 million for non-
 nuclear energy and the rational use of energy and to reduce in proportion while
 at  the   same    time   rounding   off    the other    figures    In Annex     I to     Decision
 87/516/Euratom, EEC,
 (5)    OJ No L89, 6.4.1988, p.35
 ---pagebreak---                                                                                 s
Whereas   the  Scientific and Technical  Research   Committee  (Crest) has  been
consulted,
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
                                  Sole article
Decision 87/516/Euratom, EEC is amended as follows:
1.     In Article 1(3), first subparagraph, the figure    '4 533' is replaced by
       '5 193'
2.    Annex I is replaced by the annex to this Decision
Done at                                  For the Council
                                         The President
 ---pagebreak---                                      ANNEX 1
                                                                              c
                   New Annex I (Decision 87/516/Euratom, CEE)
     FRAMEWORK PROGRAMylE OF COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES IN THE FIELD OF RESEARCH
                    AND TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT (1987-1991)
          Breakdown of the amount deemed necessary between the various
                               activities envisaged
                                                              (mi I I Ion ECU)
1.   Quality of Life                                372
1.1. Health 79
1.2. Radiation protection               34
1.3. Environment                       259
2.   Towards a large market and an information and                        2.258
     communications society
2.1.  Information technologies       1.588
2.2. Telecommunication                 546
2.3. New services of common Interest    124
     (including transport)
3.   Modernisât Ion of industrial sectors                                   839
3.1. Science and technology for manufacturing industry                       397
3.2. Science and technology of advanced materials    218
3.3. Raw materials and recycling        45
3.4. Technical standards, measurements and reference                         179
     materials
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4.   Exploitation and optimum use of biological resources
278
4.1. Biotechnology                    119
4.2. Agro-industrial Technology       104
4.3. Competitiveness of agriculture and management 55
     of agricultural resources
5.   Energy                         1.205
5.1. Fission: nuclear safety          437
     Controlled thermonuclear fusion 606
5.3. Non-nuclear energies and rational use of energy 162
6.   Science and Technology for development        79                  79
7.   Exploitation of sea bed and use of marine resources
79
7.1. Marine science and Technology     49
7.2. Fisheries                         30
8.    Improvement of European S/T cooperation                         286
8.1. Stimulation, enhancement and use of human resources              178
8.2. Use of large-scale facilities     30
8.3. Forecasting and assessment and other back-up  23
     measures (including statistics)
8.4. Dissemination and utilization of S/T research results             55
                                                      Total         5.396
 ---pagebreak---                           Proposal for a Council Decision
amending Decisions 87/551/EEC. 87/590/EEC. 88/28/EEC. 88/279/EEC, 88/416/EEC,
88/418/EEC,    88/419/EEC,   88/521/EEC.   89/160/EEC,   89/236/EEC. 89/237/EEC.
89/413/EEC and 89/625/EEC,
adopting specific programmes under the second framework programme of research
and technological development^1^
 (1)   Respectively OJ No L334, 24.11.1987, p.20;
                     OJ No L16, 21.1.1988, p. 35;
                     OJ No L118, 6.5.1988, p. 32;
                     OJ No L206, 30.7.1988, p.1, p.29 and p.34;
                     OJ No L286, 20.10.1988, p.29;
                     OJ No L60, 3.3.1989, p.48
                     OJ No L98, 11.4.1989, p.13 and p. 18;
                     OJ No L200, 13.7.1989, p.30;
                     OJ No L359, 8.12.1989, p.9; and
                     OJ No L360, 9.12.1989, p.32
 ---pagebreak--- THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in
particular Article 130q(2) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission^ 2 ),
 In cooperation with the European Par I lament(3),
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee^ 4 ),
Whereas Article 130k of the Treaty provides that the framework programme shall
be implemented through specific programmes developed within each activity,
Whereas,    by   its  Decision    87/516/Euratom,   EEC(5),        as  amended    by  Decision
88/193/EEC,     Euratom^ 6 ),  and   by  Decision    ... ( 7 ) ,   the   Council    adopted   a
 framework   programme   of   Community   activities   in      the   field  of   research   and
 technological development (1987 to 1991),
Whereas owing to developments on the energy supply market               it is appropriate to
 step up the search     for   and  development  of new energy         options  that   are both
 economically viable and environmentally friendly,
 (2)                  OJ No C
 (3)   OJ No C
 (4)   OJ No C
 (5)   OJ No L302, 24.10.1987, p.1
 (6)   OJ No L89, 6.4.1989, p.35
 (7)    OJ No L
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Whereas the Council, in Its Decision ... of .... revised its 1987 estimates with
regard to the budgetary commitments necessary for the Implementation of specific
programmes before the end of 1991 and with regard to the breakdown of the amount
deemed   necessary    for   the   second   programme   as  a   whole   between   the  various
activities envisaged,
Whereas it is appropriate, under these circumstances, to revise the estimates of
the appropriations deemed necessary for the specific programmes                adopted under
the second framework programme         In the from of an increase from ECU 120 million
to   ECU 162 million    for   the   Joule   programme;   whereas   it   is necessary,    as a
result,    In accordance     with   Article 130p(2),    second   sentence, of    the  Treaty,
correspondingly     to reduce    the amounts deemed necessary        for a number of other
specific programmes     in order not to exceed the total financial provision in the
second framework programme,
Whereas the Scientific and Technical           Research Committee     (Crest) has delivered
 its opinion,
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
                                           Article 1
 1)     Decision   87/551/EEC     (in  the   field of   medical   and   health  research)   Is
        amended as follows:
        a)    in Article 2, the figure '65' is replaced by '64'
        b)    in Annex II, the figure '65' is replaced by '64' and the part-amounts
             are reduced in proportion;
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2) Decision   87/590/EEC   (In   the   field   of   science   and    technology     for
   development) is amended as follows:
   In Article 2, the figure '80' is replaced by '79';
3) Decision 88/28/EEC (in the field of telecommunications technologies: RACE)
   is amended as follows:
   a)    in Article 5, the figure '550' is replaced by '546';
   b)    in Annex   I, the figure    '550' is replaced by      '546' and    the part-
         amounts are reduced In proportion;
4. Decision 88/279/EEC (In the field of information technologies: ESPRIT) is
   amended as follows:
   a)    in Article 5, the    figure   '1600'   is replaced   by   '1588' and     part-
         amounts are reduced In proportion;
5. Decision   88/416/EEC  (in  the   field of    informatics   for  road    transport:
   DRIVE) is amended as follows:
   a)    in Article 5(1), the figure '60' Is replaced by '59' and the part-
         amounts are reduced in proportion-,
   b)    In Annex I, the figure '60' is replaced by '59' and the part-amounts
         are reduced in proportion
6. Decision   88/418/EEC  (in   the   field  of   applied  metrology    and    chemical
   analyses: BCR) is amended as follows:-
    In Article 2, the figure '59.2' is replaced by '58.7';
7.  Decision  88/419/EEC  stimulation    of scientific    cooperation: SCIENCE)       is
    amended as follows:
    in Article 3 the figure '167' is replaced by '165';
 ---pagebreak---                                                                               ^L
8.   Decision 88/521/EEC (JRC programmes) is amended as follows:
     a)    in Article 2, the figure '521.7' is replaced by '248.7';
     b)    in Annex A, the figure '251.7' is replaced by '248.7' and the part-
           amounts are reduced in proportion;
9.   Decision 89/160/EEC (in the field of agro-Industry: ECLAIR) is amended as
     fol lows:
      in Article 2, the figure '80' is replaced by '79';
10.  Decision 89/236/EEC (in the field of non-nuclear energy and the rational
     use of energy: JOULE) is amended as follows:
     a)    in Article 2, the figure '122' is replaced by '162';
     b)    in Annex  II, the figure    '122' is replaced by  '162' and the part-
           amounts are increased in proportion;
11;  Decision 89/237/EEC (in the field of industrial manufacturing technologies
     and   applications   of  advanced   materials: BRITE/EURAM)  is  amended  as
     fol lows:
      in Article 2, the figure '499.5' is replaced by '496';
 12. Decision 89/413/EEC (in the field of marine science and technology: MAST)
      is amended as fol lows:
      in Article 2, the figure '50' is replaced by '49';
 13. Decision 89/625/EEC (in the field of the environment and climatology: STEP
     and EPOCH) is amended as follows:
      in Article 2, the figure '115' is replaced by '114' and the other figures
     are reduced in proportion;
 ---pagebreak---                                                                           *3
14.   Decision 89/621/EEC (In the field of biotechnology: BRIDGE) is amended as
      foI Iows:
      in Article 2, the figure '100' is replaced by '99'.
                                    ARTICLE 2
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at                                   For the Council,
                                          The President
 ---pagebreak---                          Proposal for a Council Decision
amending Decisions 88/448/Euratom. 88/522/Euratom. and 89/664/Euratom adopting
specific programmes in the nuclear field under the second framework programme of
research and technological development*1*
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community,
and in particular Article 7 thereof,
Having   regard  to  the proposal  from  the  Commission, after   consulting the
Scientific and Technical Committee^2),
 (1)   Respectively OJ No L222,12.8.1988, p.5, OJ No L286, 20.10.1988, p.33;
                    OJ No L395, 30.12.1989, p.28
 (2)                OJ No L
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Having regard to the opinion of the European Par I lament^ 3 ),
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee^ 4 ),
Whereas,   by   Its   Decision     87/516/Euratom,     EEC^ 5 ^,   as   amended    by   Decision
88/193/EEC/Euratom(6>      and by Decision     ...(7),   the Council      adopted   a framework
programme of Community       activities    in the field of research          and  technological
development (1987 to 1991),
Whereas owing to developments on the energy supply market                it is appropriate to
step up   the search     for   and development    of new energy       options    that   are both
economically viable and environmentally friendly,
Whereas   the  Council,     by   Its  Decision   No   ...  of     ....(7)    revised    its  1987
estimates   of  the   budgetary     commitments   necessary      for   the   implementation    of
specific programmes before the end of 1991 and as regards the breakdown of the
amount deemed necessary for the second programme as a whole between the various
activities envisaged-,
Whereas the Council considered        it appropriate, by its Decision No ...( 8 )(*), to
revise accordingly     its estimates of the appropriations deemed necessary for the
specific   programmes    under    the second   framework     programme     in the    form of   an
 increase  from   ECU 122    million    to  ECU 162 million       for   the   Joule   programme;
whereas it is necessary, as a result, in accordance with Article 130p(2), second
sentence, of the Treaty, correspondingly to reduce the amounts deemed necessary
for  a number   of other     specific    programmes   in order      not  to exceed     the total
financial provision in the second framework programme,
 (3)                  OJ No L
 (4)                  OJ No L
 (5)                  OJ No L302, 24.10.1987, p.1
 (6)                  OJ No L89, 6.4.1988, p.35
 (7)                  OJ No L
 (7)
 (8)   OJ No L
 (*)   (proposal    for   a Council    Decision   amending     fourteen     decisions    adopting
       specific programmes under the second framework programme of R&TD)
 ---pagebreak---                                                                                 <te
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS
                                      Article 1
1.    Decision 88/448/Euratom (in the field of controlled thermonuclear fusion)
      is amended as follows:
       in Article 2, first paragraph, the figure '735' is replaced by '730';
2.    Decision 88/522/Euratom    (JRC programme   in the field of nuclear fission:
      nuclear safety) is amended as follows:
      a)     in Article 2, the figure '448.3' is replaced by '446.3'
      b)     in Annex A, the figure '448.3' is replaced by '446.3' and the part-
            amounts are reduced in proportion
3.    Decision    89/664/euratom  (in  the  field   of management and  stockage of
       radioactive waste) is amended as follows:
      a)     In Article 2, the figure '79.6' is replaced by '78.6'
      b)     in the annex, the figure '79.6' Is replaced by '78.6' and the part-
            amounts are reduced in proportion.
                                      Article 2
This Decision is addressed to the Member States
Done at                                     For the Council
                                            The President
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