CELEX: 51986PC0153(02)
Language: en
Date: 1986-03-12
Title: MODIFICATION OF THE PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DECISION ADOPTING A MULTIANNUAL RESEARCH ACTION PROGRAMME ON MATERIALS ( RAW MATERIALS AND ADVANCED MATERIALS ) 1986 - 1989

No C 93/6                                Official Journal of the European Communities                                           19.4.86
             Amendments to the proposal for a Council Decision adopting a multiannual research action
                     programme on materials (raw materials and advanced materials) (1986 to 1989) (')
                                                              COM(86) 153 final
              (Submitted by the Commission to the Council pursuant to the second paragraph of Article 149 of
                                                               the EEC Treaty)
                                                                 (86/C 93/06)
              O OJ No C 220, 30. 8. 1985, p. 3.
                       ORIGINAL TEXT                                                                          MODIFIED TEXT
                                                          Preamble unchanged
                                     F i r s t , s e c o n d and t h i r d r e c i t a l s u n c h a n g e d
Fourth recital                                                                Amendment           No 1
Whereas the economic availability of raw materials and                        Whereas the economic availability of raw materials and
processed materials is indispensable to maintaining the                       advanced materials is indispensable to maintaining the
industrial competitiveness of the Community;                                  industrial competitiveness of the Community;
                            Fifth, s i x t h , s e v e n t h , e i g h t a n d n i n t h r e c i t a l s u n c h a n g e d
                                                          Article 1 unchanged
                         Article 2                                            Amendment           No 2
1.    The funds estimated as necessary for the execution                      not accepted (')
of the programme amount to 110 million ECU,
including expenditure for a staff of 24.
                                                          Article 2 (2) unchanged
                                                          Article 3 unchanged
                         Article 4                                            Amendment           No 3
The programme shall be reviewed at the beginning of the                       The programme shall be reviewed at the end of the
third year. In the light of this review the Commission                        second year. In the light of this review, the Commission
may, through the appropriate procedures, present to the                       may, through the appropriate procedures, present to the
Council a proposal for a new four-year programme                              Council a proposal for a new four-year programme
which would supersede the current programme at the                            which would supersede the current programme at the
end of the third year.                                                        beginning of the third year.
                                                   Articles 5 and 6 u n c h a n g e d
                                                                              (') Parliament proposal is for 200 million ECU and a staff
                                                                                   of 30.
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                            ORIGINAL TEXT                                                                       MODIFIED TEXT
                                                                     ANNEX       I
                                             I. PRIMARY RAW MATERIALS (MINERALS)
                                                                    unchanged
                                                    II. SECONDARY RAW MATERIALS
                                                                    unchanged
                                               III. W O O D AS A RENEWABLE MATERIAL
The expenditure estimated as necessary for this subprogramme                    The expenditure estimated as necessary for this subprogramme
is 20 million ECU. It covers the following research areas:                      is 20 million ECU. It covers the following research areas:
1. Wood production                                                              1. Wood production
    1.1. Forest tree breeding and gene resource conservation;                        1.1. unchanged
                                                                                    Amendment       No 4
    1.2. Protection    against damage from      biotic and     abiotic               1.2. Protection against damage from      biotic and   abiotic
          agents;                                                                         agents and fire;
    1.3. Better use of land resources (coordination action only);                   unchanged
    1.4. Forest inventory (coordination action only);                               unchanged
2. Wood harvest, storage and transport                                          2. Wood harvest, storage and transport
    2.1. Organization of harvesting operations and development                      unchanged
          of harvesting machinery;
    2.2. Harvesting, treatment, storage and transport.
3. Wood as a material                                                           3. Wood as a material
    3.1. Properties, protection and improvement of wood and                         unchanged
          wood-based panels;
    3.2. Development of testing and grading procedures.
4. Mechanical wood processing and use of finished                wood           4. Mechanical wood processing and use of finished           wood
    products                                                                        products
    4.1. Mechanical conversion and manufacturing processes;                         unchanged
    4.2. Drying processes;
    4.3. Constructional use of wood and wood-based materials;
    4.4. Other uses of finished products made of wood.
5. Pulp and paper manufacturing and processing and wood                         5. Pulp and paper manufacturing and processing and wood
    chemicals                                                                       chemicals
    5.1. The physical and organic chemistry of wood defibring;                      unchanged
    5.2. Chemi-mechanical pulping (high yield pulping);
    5.3. Pulping processes with low grade wood;
    5.4. Substitutes for wood fibres and material additives;
    5.5. Fibre recycling;
    5.6. JThe process of manufacture of paper and board;
    5.7. Products derived from wood as a source of chemicals.
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                           ORIGINAL TEXT                                                                        MODIFIED TEXT
                                               IV. ADVANCED MATERIALS (EURAM)
                                                                                    Amendment       No 5
The expenditure estimated as necessary for this subprogramme                         not accepted (')
is 38 million ECU. It covers the following research areas:
1. Metallic materials                                                           1. Metallic materials
    1.1. Light aluminium-,     magnesium-    and   titanium-based                    1.1. Light aluminium-,         magnesium-  and   titanium-based
         alloys;                                                                          alloys;
                                                                                     Amendment      No 6
    1.2. Electrical-contact materials;                                               1.2. Electronic- and electrical-contact materials;
    1.3. High-performance magnetic materials;                                        1.3. High-performance magnetic materials;
    1.4. Materials for surface coatings and machine, tool and                        1.4. Materials for surface coatings and machine, tool and
         cutting equipment;                                                               cutting equipment;
    1.5. Thin-walled castings.                                                       1.5. Thin-walled castings.
2. Engineering ceramics                                                         2. Engineering ceramics
    2.1. Optimization of engineering ceramics;                                       unchanged
    2.2. Study of metal/ceramic interface cermets;
    2.3. Ceramic composites with fibres and whiskers;
    2.4. High temperature behaviour of engineering ceramics.
3. Composite materials                                                          3. Composite materials
    3.1. Organic-matrix composites;                                                  unchanged
    3.2. Metallic-matrix composites;
    3.3. Ceramic-matrix composites;
    3.4. Other specific advanced materials.
                                                                                     Amendment      No 7
                                                                                     Insert the following new paragraph:
                                                                                     'The aim of research carried out under the subprogramme
                                                                                     shall be to provide the basis for a Community policy for sup-
                                                                                     porting research and development in the advanced materials
                                                                                     sector and for coordinating national programmes.
                                                                                     To this end, every two years:
                                                                                     — an assessment shall be made of European research and
                                                                                         development capacity in the advanced materials sector, by
                                                                                         area, Member State and in the Community as a whole, by
                                                                                         comparison with the technological capacity of Japan and
                                                                                         the United States,
                                                                                     — a medium-term analysis and estimate shall be made of
                                                                                         requirements in the various sectors of the European
                                                                                         industry, in relation, if necessary, with other Community
                                                                                         programmes related to materials.'
                                                                     ANNEX       II
                                                                    unchanged
                                                                                (') Parliament proposal is for 128 million ECU.