CELEX: 51980PC0357
Language: en
Date: 1980-06-27
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DECISION AMENDING DECISION 78/384/EEC ADOPTING A MULTIANNUAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME FOR THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY IN THE FIELD OF PAPER AND BOARD RECYCLING (INDIRECT ACTION) (presented by the Commission to the Council)

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COM (80) 357
Vol. 1980/0128
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 ---pagebreak--- COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                               COM(80)357 final
                                               Brussels . 27th June 1980
                       PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DECISION
            AMENDING DECISION 78 / 384 / EEC ADOPTING A MULTIANNUAL
                  RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME FOR THE
                  EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY        IN THE FIELD
                        OF PAPER AND BOARD RECYCLING
                              ( INDIRECT ACTION )
                ( presented by the Commission to the Council )
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  Proposal to extend the duration of the multiannual research and development
  programme ( 1978-1980 ) for the European Economic , Community in the field of
  paper and board recycling ( indirect action ), without increasing the upper
   limit of expenditure commitment .             *         .       .         ,
, 0n 17 April 1978 the Council adopted a research and development programme
  for the European Economic Communityjn the field of p&per and board
  recycling . The programme - which runs for three years from 1- January 1978
  and has an upper limit of expenditure commitment of 2.9 million EUA - is
  due to end on 31 December 1980 ( 0J N° L 107 / 12 6f 21.4.78).
  Under this decision , the Commission is responsible for awarding contracts
  to carry out research and development projects deserving of Community
  support , which aim at recycling waste paper more intensively ; thii will be
  done by upgrading the main qualities of waste paper , leading to better use
  of the various grades , this in turn ensuring better matching of the raw
  materials so obtained to the products to be made therefrom .
  Four main research topics have been adopted :                1                      '
  Research - Topi c I :  characterisation of reclaimed fibres , thei r , upgrading- ,
                         by various processes and the effects of multiple fibre
                         recyc ling .
  Research Topic II : ; elimination of the detrimental effect of contaminants
                          in waste paper , including the dispersion of thermo- x
                          plastic contaminants .             .   v   "
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  Research Topic III :     de-inking , including the relationship between
                           different types of ink and de-inking , and the treat­
                           ment of effluent from waste-paper recycling plants .
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  Research Topic IV :     Use of urban fibres , including technological charac­
                          terisation of fibres in solid urban waste , and health
                          problems caused by the use of recycled fibres .
 ---pagebreak---  Following this Decision , on 18 May 1978 the Commission issued a      call
 for tenders " ( an invitation to submit proposals ) to carry out this
programme ( OJ N° C 115 / 3 of 18.5.78 ).  Proposals had to be submitted
by 15 July 1978 .        -
 The Commission examined the proposals submitted for each of the four
 topics very thoroughly , and made its selection with the help of the
 Advisory Committee on the Management of the " Environment and Resources "
 Programme , which met for this purpose on 27 October 1978 .
                         /               '
 The majority of the projects awarded contracts ( 14 out of 25 that « were
 accepted ) could not be started until January 1979 .    Some of them will be
 spread over more than two years .   Several projects , based on proposals
 which had to be revised , could not be started until later .
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Most of the final results from these projects will not therefore be
 available before 31 December 1980 and       it seems appropriate to make a
 general review     to highlight the results which correspond to the
programme' s objectives , with a view to making them widely known .
Consequently , the Commission thinks that it would be wise to extend the
current programme by one year without increasing the upper limit of
expenditure commitments , and requests the Council to adopt the Decision
annexed hereto .
 ---pagebreak---                                       ANNEX
  PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DECISION AMENDING DECISION 78 / 384 / EEC ADOPTING
  A MULTIANNUAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME FOR THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC
  COMMUNITY IN THE FIELD OF PAPER AND BOARD RECYCLING ( indirect action )
  THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
  and in particular Article 235 thereof ,
  Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,
  Having regard to the. Opinion of the European Parliament ,
                                                         •I
 Whereas Council Decision 78 / 384 / EEC of 17 April 1978 adopted a research
  and development programme for the European Economic Community in the
  field of paper and board recycling ( indirect action ); '
  Whereas/ since the programme could not be implemented until the end of 1978,
  it is            necessary to extend it by one year in order to complete
  the research projects and to assess the results;     whereas the abovementioned
   Council Decision should therefore be amended ,
   Whereas the Scientific and Technical Research Committee ( CREST ) has given
   its opinion on the proposal from the Commission ;
x   OJ No L 107 , 21.4.1978 , p. 12 .
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HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS :
                               Sole Article
Article 1 of Decision 78 /384/ EEC shall be replaced by the following :
"Article 1
For a period of four years from 1 January 1978 the Community shall
carry out a research and development programme in the; field of paper
and board recycling as described in the Annex ."
                   Done at Brussels
                   For the Council
                   The President
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