CELEX: 51988PC0358
Language: en
Date: 1988-06-16
Title: Re-examined Proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION on a programme plan to stimulate the international co-operation and interchange needed by European reserach scientists 1988 1992 (SCIENCE) (presented by the Commission pursuant to Article 149.2(d) of the EEC Treaty)

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                                                       COM ( 88 )   358 final - SYN 99
                                                       Brussels , 16    June 1988
                               Re-examined Proposal for a
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                                    COUNCIL DECISION .
  on a programme plan to stimulate the international co-operation and inter­
  change needed by European reserach scientists' -. 1988
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            (presented by the Commission pursuant to Article 149.2(d )
                                of the EEC Treaty )
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THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic
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Community , and in particular Article 130 Q , paragraph 2 , ;
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Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (^)
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In co-operation with the European Parliament ( 2 ),          j
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social
Committee ( 3 ),
Whereas by Decision 85 / 197 / CEE a first plan to stimulate European
scientific and technical co-operation and interchange was adopted
by the Council on 12 March 1985 ( 4 ),
Whereas the terms of Article 130 K of the Treaty provide that
implementation of the Framework Programme be carried out by
means of specific programmes developed within each of its action
lines ;
C 1 ) 0J N° C 1H of 19.1.1988 , Page 5 .
( 2 ) 0J N° .
( 3 ) 0J N° C 35 of 5.2.1988 , Page 5 .
 ( 4 ) 0J N° L 83 of 25.3.1985 , page 13 .
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Whereas Article 130 G(D ) provider for the stimulation of the
training and mobility of researchers in the Community ;
Whereas the Community Framework Programme should play its part
in contributing to strengthening the scientific and technological
infrastructure and potential in all Member States of the Community ;
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Whereas the Council Decision 87 / 516 / Euratora/ EEC of
28 September 1987 ( ^ ) adopting the multiannual Framework Programme
1987-1991 includes the stimulation , enhancement and use of human
resources amongst the activities it provides for ;
Whereas the stimulation of co-operation and exchange between
European research laboratories in universities and in public
and industrial institutions contributes to the achievement of
a Researchers’ Europe while aiming to reduce the gap on the
scientific and technical level between the various Member States
of the European Community and being consistent with the pursuit
of scientific and technical quality ;
Whereas it is necessary to put existing scientific potential
to good use at both the human level and that of institutions ;
Whereas it is important to improve access to communication networks
and scientific and technical information ;
Whereas there exists a need to maintain close links with complementary
activities undertaken by the European Science Foundation and
the Council of Europe ;
( 1 ) OJ N° L 302 of 21». 10 . 1987 .
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Whereas it is in the Community’s interest to involve third countries
and international organisations in certain Community programmes
and particularly those programmes contributing to the overall
European scientific infrastructure ;
Whereas the Scientific and Technical Research Committee ( CREST )
has been consulted on the following measures ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
                            Article 1
     A programme plan to stimulate the international co-operation
and interchange needed by European research scientists , hereinafter
referred to as the " Stimulation plan " is hereby adopted for a
five-year period commencing on 1 January 1988 .
                            Article 2
     The summary of the Stimulation Plan and its objectives together
with the operational arrangements for implementing the Plan are
set out in the Annex .
                            Article 3
     The funds estimated as necessary for the execution of the
Stimulation plan amount to 167 MECU , including expenditure on
a staff of 18 .
     The Community financial support awarded to stimulation activities
shall constitute 100% of the cost of these scientific and technical
co-operation and interchange actions
                                                             .../...
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1 .       The Commission . shall undertake the implementation of
     the Stimulation Plan by means . of research bursaries , research
     grants , grants for high-level courses , contracts encouraging
     the twinning of laboratories and operations contracts including
     equipment and accompanying measures where appropriate . It
     shall be assisted by the Committee for the European Development
     of Science and Technology ( CODEST ), set up under Decision
     82/835/EEC (^) and by consultants .
2.        The contracts drawn up by the Commission shall show the
     rights and obligations of each party , particularly the methods
     of disseminating , protecting and exploiting the research results
     and of making any reimbursement that may be necessary of the
     funding given .
                               Article 5
1 .       The Commission is authorised to negotiate , in accordance
     with Article 130 N of the EEC Treaty , agreements with inter¬
     national organisations , with those countries participating
     in European Co-operation in the field of Scientific and Techno¬
     logical Research ( COST ) and with those European countries
     having concluded framework agreements in S /T co-operation
     with the Community with a view to associating them wholly
     or partly with the programme .
2.        These agreements , which are founded on the criterion
     of mutual advantage , are concluded by the Council , deciding
     by qualified majority ,   in cooperation     with the European
     Parliaraent .
( 1 ) OJ N° L 350 of 10.12.1982 , p. 45 .
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                           Article 6
     The Commission shall address a report to the Council and
to the European Parliament after 30 months on the basis of an
evaluation of the results so far achieved . This report shall
be accompanied by suggestions for changes which may be necessary
in the light of these results .
     After the completion of the Plan , the Commission shall send
to Member States and the European Parliament a report on the
performance and results of the Plan .
     The abovementioned reports will be carried out in relation to the
precise objectives set out in Annex II to this Decision and in confor¬
mity with the provisions of Article 2§2 of the Framework Programme .
                           Article 7
     This Decision shall apply from 1 January 1988 .
                           Article 8
     This Decision is addressed to the Member States .
Done at Brussels ,
                                          For the Council
                                           The President
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                                                          ANNEX
          OBJECTIVES AND SUMMARY OF THE STIMULATION PLAN
1.       The Stimulation Plan consists of a range of activities
   selected on the basis of their scientific and technical quality ,
   which have as their aim the establishment of a network of
   scientific and technical co-operation and interchange at European
   level which will gradually be extended . The overall objective
   is to improve the efficacy of scientific and technological
   research in all the Member States and to contribute thereby
   to the reduction of scientific and technical development
   disparities between the different Member States of the European
   Community . It covers all fields of science and technology
   ( the exact and natural sciences ).
         Whilst the Stimulation Plan therefore aims to improve
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   the overall scientific and technical quality of research and
   development in all Member States of the Community , its specific
   objectives are to :
   - promote training through research and , by means of co-operation ,
      the better use of high level researchers in the Community ;
   - improve the mobility of research scientists of the Member
      States of the Community ;
   - develop and support intra-european scientific and technical
      co-operation on high-quality projects ;
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     - promote the setting-up of intra-European co-operation and
       interchange networks with a view to reinforcing the overall
       scientific and technical competiti vity of the Community and
       thereby strengthening its economic and social cohesion .
  2.      The objectives set out above will be achieved by means
i    of support measures for research scientists , teams of research
     and development organisations to ensure the harmonious scientific
     and technical developent of the Community . These will take
     the following forms :
     - Research bursaries
            Financial support granted to scientists to enable them
       to acquire additional training by participating in a research
       project in a laboratory in a Community country other than
       their own for a period of at least one year and at most
       2 years .
     - Research grants
            These cover the cost to the laboratories concerned
       of the transfer or secondment of a research scientist from
       one Community country to another , either to allow a scientist
       to be taken on in a team in a country other than his own
       or to enable a science graduate to specialise before joining
       a university or industrial research laboratory .
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      Depending on the type of scientist and the purpose
of the research allocation , it may take different forms :
= funding to -enable a research scientist to make short stays
  ( from 15 days to two months ) in a foreign country within
  the Community to carry out specific experiments in a par ¬
  ticular scientific or technical facility not available
  in his own country ;
= funding to cover the costs associated with mobility ( travel ,
  subsistence , insurance , removal , etc .), the research work
  and possibly the salary of a scientist seconded to or
  incorporated in a research team in a country ( in the
  Community ) other than his own , for a period of at least
  six months and at most three years ;
= funding to cover the  costs associated with the mobility
  and research work of  a scientist taken on in industry ,
  who goes to follow a  lengthy training course ( from one
  to three years ) in a public sector laboratory in a foreign
  country ( within the Community );
= subsidies for high-level training courses : financial support
  granted to a body offering a specialised high-level course
  held within a Member State so that it can accept scientists
  from different Community Member States to give them additional
  training or enable them to retrain for other functions .
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Twinning of laboratories in different countries
       This enables researchers who are working in isolation
in ah advanced field in several Community countries to bring
their efforts together , without coming into one laboratory ,
and thus encouraging the formation of a research team exceeding
the necessary " critical size ".    Funding is granted to allow
the researchers to meet , to carry out joint experiments ,
to exchange results , to add to their equipment or to strengthen
their teams by temporarily taking on other scientists ,
preferably from a different country .
Development of multidisciplinary , multinational operations
       This would , by virtue of the financial resources made
available , enable the associated research teams to have
enough resources ( including equipment ) and be able to bring
together the best expertise available in different countries
and disciplines , in order to achieve a predetermined objective
or to undertake jointly a predetermined scientific task
in the framework of an S / T co-operation " network ".
        In addition , the Plan will be complemented by sectoral
incentive measures : research bursaries , research grants
and subsidies financed in the . framework of each of the Community
research and development programmes following the agreement
of the appropriate Management and Co-ordination Committee
( CGC ) .
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3-       Measures to stimulate interchange and co-operation apply
   to all fields relevant to the exact and natural sciences ,
   such as :
   - mathematics
   - physics
   - chemistry
   - life sciences
   - earth sciences and ocean sciences
   - scientific instrumentation
   - engineering sciences .
4.       In the fields in which support will be granted , multinational
   projects to benefit from the Community support measures will
   be chosen essentially on the basis of their quality , the extent
   to which they are multidisciplinary in content , their innovative
   aspects and their value in terms of breaking down barriers
   between diferent forms of research and development in all
   par^ts of the Community . Where scientific and technical quality
   is comparable , particular attention will be given to projects
   likely to reduce scientific and technical development disparities
   between Member States and thereby to contribute to economic
   and social cohesion within the European Community .
5.       The choice of stimulation incentive measures and the
   teams concerned will be made by the Commission which , with
   the help of the Committee for the European Development of
   Science and Technology ( CODEST ), will make use of a peer review
   system .  The Commission will see to it that there is consistency
   between the stimulation activity and programmed Community
   R&D activities .
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6.      The Commission will at the same time undertake a series
   of consultations , surveys and seminars with the co-operation
   of Community scientific and techncial circles in order to
   analyse and evaluate scientific and technical needs and oppor¬
   tunities , with the aim of providing more detail to the content
   of the Stimulation Plan .
        The Commission will co-operate closely with the national
   authorities to ensure consistency between these activities
   and national policies on research stimulation .
7.      In order to evaluate the scientific and / or technical
   quality of requests for support , as well as to analyse scientific
   and technical opportunities and needs or  to assess projects
   which have been financed or the activity  itself , the Commission
   may call upon expertise from outside its  own staff .
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NOT ACCEPTED BY THE COMMISSION
                                                      Tant aovmdod by Parfïsmant
                                             Article 3(2)a   ( new )
                                             The final amount o'f appropriations
                                             and the number of staff shall be          j
                                             determined on the basis of decisions
                                             taken annually by the budgetary
                                             authority in accordance with real       I
                                             needs .
  The Commission rejects this amendment because its substance is already
  contained ^ in arts . 130P of the EEC Treaty which states that " the amount of the
  Community 's annual Contribution shall be laid down under the budgetary
  procedure . "