CELEX: 51980PC0494
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Date: 1980-09-10
Title: DRAFT COUNCIL DECISION concerning the conclusion of the agreement on a concerted action project in the field of teleinformatics (COST project 11 bis)#DRAFT COUNCIL DECISION concerning the conclusion of the agreement on a concerted action project on the effects of thermal processing and distribution on the quality and nutritive value of food (COST project 91) (presented by the Commission to the Council)

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 ---pagebreak--- COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                          COM(80)494 final
                                          Brussels - 10th September 1980
                          DRAFT COUNCIL DECISION
                concerning the conclusion of the agreement
             on a concerted action project in the field of
                  teleinformatics ( COST project 11 bis )
                          DRAFT COUNCIL DECISION
                concerning the conclusion of the agreement
         on a concerted action project on the effects of thermal
              processing and distribution on the quality and
                 nutritive value of food ( COST project 91 )
              ( presented by the Commission to the Council )
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                                           /
 C0M(80 ) 494 final
 ---pagebreak---                   COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE COUNCIL
Subject :   Agreements on two concerted action projects in the following
            fields :
            - Teleinformatics ( COST Project 11 bis )
                to be concluded between the EEC / Finland and Sweden .
                Effects of thermal processing and distribution on the quality
                and nutritive value of food ( COST Project 91 ) to be concluded
                between the EEC - Switzerland and Sweden .
1 . A research project concerning the establishment of a European
Informatics Network was the subject of COST Project 11 in the period
1972-79 .
The Agreement for the implementation of this project was signed on
23 November 1971 by the following countries : EAEC , France / Italy / Norway
Portugal / Sweden / Switzerland / United Kingdom and Yugoslavia .     The
Netherlands and the Federal Republic of Germany signed the Agreement in
1973 and 1975 respectively .           '
Following the very encouraging results obtained by this project and as
a response to the Council Resolution of 15 July 1974 ^ concerning a Community
data processing policy / a multiannual programme ( 1979-83 ) covering several
data processing sectors / in particular teleinformatics / was adopted by the
Council on 11 September 1979 ( Decision 79 /783 / EEC)2 .
2 . A research programme on food technology had been proposed by the
Swedish delegation to COST ( European Cooperation in the Field of Scientific
and Technical Research ).
Following the Council Decision of 16 June 1975 / acknowledging the interest
to the Community of the &aid programme / and the Decision of 20 February-
1978^ adopting a concerted action project on the effect of processing on
 1
   0J No C.86 of 20 July 1974/ p. 2 arid corrigendum published, in
   0J No C 91 of 3 August 1974/ p. 10 .
 2 ..         .    . ...
   0J No L 231 of 13 September 1979 / P - 23 .
 30J No L 54 of 25 February 1978/ p. 25 .
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the physical properties of foodstuffs , a concerted action project on the
effects of thermal processing and distribution on the nutritive value of
food was adopted by the Council on 22 October 1979 ( Decision 79 / 878 / EEC )^.
3.   Article 5 of Decision 79 / 783 / EEC and Article 6 of Decision 79 / 878 / EEC
provide for the conclusion of an international agreement between the
Community and the non-member states participating in COST with a view to
ensuring    coordination of     the concerted action projects covered by
those decisions and the relevant programmes carried out in such states .
The negotiations are completed and have culminated in the draft agreement
set out in the Annex to the attached draft Council decision .
These Agreements , couched in similar terms , stipulate that :
- a Community-COST Concertation Committee will be set up for each project ,
- concertation between the Community project and the relevant programmes
   of the non-Community states will be effected in this Committee , the
   secretariat for which will be provided by the Commission .
This structure has been established in accordance with the arrangements
for cooperation within COST approved by the Council on 18 July 1978^.
4 . The Agreement on the concerted action project in the field of
teleinformatics ( COST Project 11 bis ) will be signed by the following
States which are not members of the Community : Finland and Sweden .
The Agreement on the concerted action project concerning the effects of
thermal processing and distribution on the quality and nutritive value
of food ( COST Project 91 ) will be signed by the following States which
are not members of the Community : Switzerland and Sweden .
 OJ No L 270 of 27 October 1979 , p. 53 .
50J No C 100 of 21 April 1979, p. 1 .
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                        DRAFT COUNCIL DECISION CONCERNING
                        THE CONCLUSION OF THE AGREEMENT
                        ON A CONCERTED ACTION PROJECT IN
                        THE jlELD OF TELEINFORMATICS
                              ( COST PROJECT 11 bis )
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ,
Having regard to Council Decision 79 / 783 / EEC of 11 September 1979
adopting a European Economic Community multiannual programme in the field
                      1
of data processing and in particular Article 5(1 ) thereof .
                                                        /
Having regard to the draft Decision submitted by the Commission ,
Whereas , pursuant to Article 5(2 ) of Decision 79/ 783 / EEC the Commission
has negotiated an Agreement with certain non-member States involved in
European Cooperation in the field of Scientific and Technical Research
( COST ) with a view to ensuring that the Community project and the
corresponding programmes of these states are harmonized :
                         \                            •    «
Whereas , therefore , this Agreement should be approved ,
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS ;
                                   ARTICLE 1
The Community-COST Concertation Agreement between the European Economic
Community, Finland and Sweden, on a'cbncerted action project in the field
of teleinformatics ( COST Project 11 bis) is herefey approved on behalf of *
the . -Community .
 The text of the Agreement is annexed to this decision .
 1
   OJ N 0 4 L231 , 13.9.1979, p. 23 .
 ---pagebreak---                               ARTICLE 2
The President of the Council is hereby authorized to designate the
persons empowered to sign the Agreement in order to bind the Community.
 Done at Brussels , -
                                    For the Council
                                    The President
 ---pagebreak---                             COMMUNITY-COST CONCERTATION AGREEMENT
                            ON A CONCERTED ACTION RESEARCH PROJECT
                            IN THE FIELD OF TELE INFORMATICS
                                     ( COST PROJECT 11 bis )
      The European Economic Community , hereinafter referred to as " the Community ",
      Finland and Sweden, hereinafter referred to as the " participating non-member
      States ",
      Whereas a research project on a European Informatics Network , carried out
                                                                              /
      pursuant to an Agreement concluded on 23 November 1971 in the framework of
      European Cooperation in the field of Scientific and Technical Research ( COST
      Project 11 ), produced very encouraging results ;
      Whereas a European concerted research project in the above-mentioned field
      will contribute effectively in particular to
      - the study of the specification of the new services which can be offered by
         the combination of computation and data communication with a view to maxi­
         mizing their potential         for the user ;
      - the study of the influence of the new technical developments from the point
         of view of the user of distributed services and networks ;
      - the promotion of international standardization in developing and testing
         common solutions ;
      Whereas by its Decision of 11 September 1979 the Council of the European
       Communities adopted a four-year programme for the development of data
       processing in the Community which includes support forThe concertation of
       the research activities of the Member States in the field of network techno­
       logy;
       Whereas by its Decision of 13 March 1980 the Council of the European Commu­
       nities adopted a research programme that includes activities in the field
       of teleinformatics;
       Whereas the Member States , the participating non-member States , hereinafter
       referred to as " the States ", and the Community intend, subject to the rules
       and procedures applicable to their national programmes , to carry out the
       research described in Annex A and are prepared to integrate such research
" ttnttntacar .process of concertation which they consider will be of rroutuafe.ibehefit ;
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Whereas the implementation of the research covered by the concerted action
project will require a financial contribution of about 15; million European
units of account from the states and the .Community .
HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS :
                                    ARTICLE 1
The Community and the participating non-member States , hereinafter
referred to as " the contracting parties ", shall participate for a period
extending until 1t September 1983 in a concerted action project in the
field of teleinformatics .
The main purpose of the project is to create an environment and a
structure for promoting concertation between the Community concerted
action programme and the corresponding programmes of the participating
non-member States .
The project is described in greater detail in Annex A.
The States remain entirely responsible for the research executed by their
national institutions or bodies except research under contract with the
Commission of the European Communities , hereinafter referred to as
" the Commission ".
                                     ARTICLE 2
The concertation between the contracting parties shall be effected through
a Community-COST Concertation Committee , hereinafter referred to as       ■
" the Committee'' ^    The Committee shall draw up its rules of procedure ;
its secretariat will be provided by the Commission./^~The terms of
reference and the composition of this Committee are defined in Annex B.
                                     ARTICLE 3
In order to ensure optimum efficiency in the execution of this concerted
action project , a technical secretariat headed by a project leader and
composed of         . 3 to 5 technical experts will be set up .  The project
 ---pagebreak---    Leader shall be appointed by the Commission in agreement with the delegates
  of the participating non-member        States of the Committee .
                                        ARTICLE 4
   The maximum financial contribution by the Contracting Parties to the
   coordination costs shall be :
  - 1 200 000 European units of account from the Community ,
          38 880 European units of account from each participating non-member
       State for the period referred to in the first paragraph of Article 1 .
       In addition , each participating non-member State shall pay an amount
       calculated by applying to a basic amount of 850 000 EUA representing
       a part of the Community contribution the ratio between the gross domestic
       product of each participating non-member State and the gross domestic
     - product of the Community
  The European unit of account is as defined by the Financial Regulation in
   force applicable , to the general budget of the European Communities and by
   the financing arrangements adopted pursuant thereto .
   The rules governing the financing of the Agreement are set out in Annex C.
                                        ARTICLE 5
    1 * Through the Committee , the States and the Community shall exchange
    regularly all useful information concerning the execution of the research
    covered by the concerted action project . They shall also endeavour to
    provide information on similar research planned or carried out by other
    bodies .- Any information shall be treated as confidential if the State
    which provides it so requests .
    2 . In agreement with the Committee the Commission shall prepare yearly
    progress reports on the basis of the information supplied and shall forward
    them to the States .
    3.   At the end of the concertation period, the Commission shall , in agree­
    ment with the Committee, forward to the States a genera^report on the
    execution and results of the project .     This report shall be published by the
    Commission six months after it has been forwarded, unless a State objects .
   .Inathet scase the report shall be confidential and shall be forwarded, on
cecr.equest.)iK.:and with the agreement of the Committee , solely to the institutions
 ---pagebreak---                                         4
and undertakings whose research or production activities justify access
to knowledge resulting from the performance of the research covered by the
concerted action projects
                                    ARTICLE 6
1.    Each of the contracting parties shall , after signing this Agreement ,
notify the Secretary-General of the Council of the European Communities as
soon as possible of the completion of the procedures necessary under its
internal provisions for the implementation of this Agreement .
2.    For the contracting parties which have transmitted the notification
provided for in paragraph 1     this Agreement shall enter into force on the
first day of the month following- that in which the Community and at least
one of the participating non-member States transmitted these notifications .
For those contracting parties which transmit the notification after the
entry into force of this Agreement ,. it shall come into- farce on , the first
day of the second month following the month in which the notification was
transmitted .
Contracting parties which have not yet transmitted this notification at the
time of entry into force of this Agreement shall be able to take part in
the work of the Committee without voting rights for a period of six months
following the entr^y into force of this Agreement .
3.'   For a period of 6 months, following its entry into- force, the Agreement
shall be open for accession by the other European States which took part in
the Ministerial Conference held in Brussels on 22 and 23 November 1971 .
The instruments of accession shall be deposited with the Secretariat-General
of the Council of the European Communities .     A State which accedes to this
Agreement shall become a contracting party within the meaning of Article 1
on the date of deposit of the instrument of accession .
4 . The Secretariat-General of the Counci L of the European Communities shall
notify each of the contracting parties of the deposit of the notifications
provided for in paragraph 1 A of the date of entry into force of this
Agreement and of the deposit of the instruments of accession provided for
in paragraph 3 -                                  '    '
                                                                L
 ---pagebreak---                                   ARTICLE 7
This Agreement / drawn up in a single original in the Danish , Dutch , English ,
French , German and Italian languages , each text being equally authentic ,
shall be deposited in the archives of the General Secretariat of the Council
of the European Communities which shall transmit a certified copy to each of
the contracting parties .
For the European Economic Community ,   .
For the Government of the Republic of Finland ,
 For the Government of the Kingdom of Sweden ,
                          4
 ---pagebreak---                                                             ANNEX A
                              PURPOSE OF THE PROJECT
The main purpose of the project is to create an environment and a structure
in order
- to promote collaboration, exchange of results and pooling of resources
  between research teams working in the teleinformati cs field ;
- to facilitate the exchange of ideas , the identification of       problems
  and the definition of common strategies where this seems
  desirable and to make recommendations to the relevant authorities in
  participating countries ;
- to promote standardization in developing and testing solutions to problems
  of a transnational character in contact with appropriate official
  standardization bodies ;
- to transfer the results of the research activities to European industry,
  users , standardization bodies , and other interested parties ;
- to assist industry or other outside organizations in testing some of their
  ideas . .                                       '          -
In order to assist in achieving these objectives , the following actions in
particular should be pursued :              _/
              • M
- promoting p ^" lot projects;
-  promoting the development of tools which could also serve as models for
  col laborative ; work in other areas .
The project shall finance activities necessary to reach its objectives ,
such as :         1 !l
- exchange of researches
- sponsoring work of common interest carried out under contractual
  arrangements with industry, research institutes , consultants , etc .
The project should whenever possible use EURONET and other data
transmission networks provided by the authorized telecommunications
 ---pagebreak---                                     - 2 -
                                                               ANNEX A
agencies .    This will facilitate the Linking up of a very Large number of
teams interested in these developments .
A description of a few activities which can be undertaken immediately is
given below .
1.  Computer Message System
The purpose of this activity will be in part to assess the impact of
distributed processing on computer message systems ( that is , mailbox and
teleconferencing systems ), and in part to act as a tool to support the
general work of the project .                          *
It will be based on results that it is expected will be available by the end
of 1980, that is , the specifications of separate centralized systems that
will already have been implemented and used for some months .       A
specification should be developed for a decentralized system , amongst
other objectives , to reduce the extent to which messages need to be
transmitted between centres .    The user , however , should be able to operate
                             I                                      "
the system in the same way whether his correspondents are local, or remote .
This improved specification should then be subjected to practical tests ,
and the Committee should determine how the work should continue .
2.   Testing of Protocols
                                                             - matters as
The purpose of this activity is to test protocols on such / transport stations ,
virtual terminals , etc ., that have been implemented by project participants .
It will be based on results that it is expected will be available by the
end of 1980 on the testing of implementations of X 25 interfaces .        The
Committee should determine , at the start of the project , what protocols the
participants have implemented , or are intending to implement , and what are
their requirements for testing them .
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                                        - 3 -
                     .                                             ANNEX A
3.   Interconnection of Local networks
The purpose of this project would be , within the framework of the ISO
architectural model for open systems , and taking account of CCITT
specifications , to- study the design of local networks and especially the
means for interconnecting them via the new public data networks .
                                                       > . /
The work should start with a survey of the methods that have been
implemented , or can be envisaged , to connect local networks that exist
already or are otherwise well defined .          This survey should be completed
within six months , and the work could if desired be entrusted to a
specialized firm .                 *
Based on the results of this survey , protocols should be proposed for
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future local networks that simplify and harmonize their architecture ,
and improve the level of service to users ,
A classified list of possible further topics is given below .
This list of topics will be revised from time to time as the project is
progressing , taking into account the technological evolution and the
capacity of the        research teams involved".
C1 )  Distributed applications ; distributed computing
      . 11 Distributed data bases
      . 12 High level protocols and HLP based on X 25 :
           . 12T Network job control ;     network operating system
                 . 1211 File handling services
                 . 1212 Terminal handling services
           . 122 Theory of protocols
(2)   User-level applications
      . 21 Applications in everyday life
      . 22 Office-orientated applications
           . 221 Computer message services ;      ( distributed ) mailbox ;
                 ( distributed ) teleconferencing
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                                                            ANNEX A
          . 222 Text processing or editing
(3) Popularization
    . 31 User-friendly interfaces
    . 32 Simple end-to - end protocol
    . 33 Protocols for easy internetwork connections ;    local networks
    . 34 Directory and information services
(4) Technical aspects
    . 41 Universal X 25 interface
    . 42 Security systems for data in transit and in data bases
    . 43 Add-on services , e.g. , message store-and -forward, message
          broadcast , virtual terminal
    . 44 Unconventional interfaces     ■
    . 45 Use of microcomputers in interfacing and networking
    . 46 Transborder traffic flow , third party traffic switching
    . 47 Network implementation language ;   design of networks
(5) Generic aspects
     . 51 Simulation and modelling for reliability and availability
          analysis
     . 52 Testing of services ;  protocol monitoring and measurement
     . 53 Evaluation and dissemination of project experience and results .
 ---pagebreak---                                                             ANNEX B
          TERMS OF REFERENCE AND COMPOSITION OF THE COMMUNITY-COST
                   CONCERTATION COMMITTEE ON TELEINFORMATICS
1.  The Committee shall :
                              4 -
                              I
1.1   contribute to the optimum execution of the concerted action project
      giving its opinion on all its aspects , including in particular :
      - promoting and coordinating activities at national level within
        the concerted actions ;
      - defining subjects of particular importance or of common interest ;
      - allocating financial support from the coordination fund;
                                               .
      - selecting contractors for specific tasks ;
      - appointing the technical secretariat and determining its location ;
      - giving -guidance to the project leader .
1.2   evaluate the results of the project and draw conclusions as to
      their application .
1.3   be responsible for the exchange of information referred to in
      Article 5(1 ) of the Agreement .
                            1
2 . The Committee 's reports and opinions shall be forwarded to the States .
3.  The Committee shall be composed of two delegates from the Commission
    representing the Community programmes, one delegate from each partici­
    pating non-r.iember State, one delegate from each Ptember State represen­
    ting its national programme, and the project- Leader ;    :       r-
    Each delegate may be accompanied by experts .-        *     .-
    The Committee may invite representatives of users, of CEPT and of
    European bodies supporting standardization activities > to give their
    views .                           .
 ---pagebreak---                                                                  ANNEX C
                                      Financing rules
                                        Article 1
      These provisions Lay down the financial rules referred to in Article 4 of
      the Agreement on . the concerted action project in the field of Teleinforma-
      tics ( COST Project 11 bis ).
                                        Article 2
      At the beginning of each financial year , the Commission shall send to each
      of the participating non-member States a call for funds corresponding to its
      share of the annual coordination costs under the Agreement , calculated iri
      proportion to the maximum amounts laid down in Article 4 of the Agreement .
      This contribution shall be expressed both in European units of account and
      in the currency of the State' concerned , the value of the European unit of
      account being defined in the Financial Regulation applicable to the general
      budget of the European Communities and determined on the date of the call
      for funds .
      The total contributions shall cover the travel and subsistence costs of the
      delegates to the Committee , in addition to the coordination costs proper .
      Each participating non-member State shall pay its annual contribution to
      the coordination costs under the Agreement at the beginning of each year ,
      and~by 31 March at the latest .   Any delay in the payment of the annual
      contribution shall give rise to the payment of interest by the participating
      non-member State concerned at a rate equal to the highest discount rate
      ruling in the States on the due date . The rate1 shall be increased by 0.25
      of a percentage point for each month of delay .   The increased rate shall
      be applied to the entire period of delay .
                            1           Article_3
      The funds paid by participating non-member States shall be credited to the
      concerted action project as budget receipts allocated to a heading in the
      statement of revenue of the Budget of the Commission .
                                •       Artic le_4
     _The _ . provisional timetable for the coordination costs referred to in
*rtActAct*ctrec4eof the Agreement is annexed .
 ---pagebreak---                                                          ANNEX C
                                Article 5
The Financial Regulation in force applicable to the general budget of the
European Communities shall apply to the management of the appropriations .
                                Article 6
At the end of each financial year , a statement-of appropriations for the
concerted action project shall be prepared and transmitted to the parti­
cipating non-member States for information .
 ---pagebreak---  ΪΚΟΙ/ Ι !
PROVISIONAL TIMETABLES FOR THE COORDINATION OF THE CONCERTED ACTION PROJECT : Teleinformatics ( COST Project 11 bis )
Budget Item 3702 : Implementation of Community Projects for the development of data processing
                                                                                                                                 in EUA
                                             1980        I         1981              1982 .             1983                 TOTAL
   I •   .
   I.J
        t
                                         AC         AP          AC I      ' AP    AC        AP     AC '       AP     |  AC          AP
   I. initial estimate of
        overall requirements
        - Administrative operat­
             ing expenditure and
             contracts               | 200 000 ' 200 000    400 000   400 000  400 000  400 000 200 000    200 000 1 200 000 1 200 000
        TOTAL ( to be covered by
         3702 )                        200 000   200 000    400 000 . 400 000  400 000  400 000 200 000    200 000 1 200 000 1 200 000
  II . Revised estimate of ex­
         penditure taking into
           account additional re­
           quirements arising from
           the accession of par­
           ticipating non-member
           States
           - Administrative oper­
             ating expenditure and
             contracts                 200 000   200 000    400 000    400 000 400 000  400 000 200 000    200 000 1 200 000 1 200 000
                                                                                                                                        -
           - Supplementary
             contracts                  10 000   MO 000       50 000    50 000  50 000   50 000  30 000     30 000     140 000   140 000
                                                                                                                   t
                                       210 000   210 000    450 000   450 000  450 000  450 000 23 0 000   230 000 1 340 000 1 34O 000
                                                          I
 III . Difference between I and
           II to be covered by con­                       i
           tributions from partici-
           pat ing non-member States    10 000    10 000    , 50 000    50 000  50 000   50 000  30 000      30 000    140 000
                                                                                                                               | 140 000
           AC = Account credited ;   AP = Account paid
 ---pagebreak---                      DRAFT COUNCIL DECISION CONCERNING THE
                     CONCLUSION OF THE AGREEMENT ON A
                     CONCERTED ACTION PROJECT ON THE EFFECTS
                     OF THERMAL PROCESSING AND DISTRIBUTION
                     ON THE QUALITY AND NUTRITIVE VALUE OF
                     FOOD ( COST PROJECT 91 )
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Decision 79 / 878 / EEC of 22 October 1979
adopting a European Economic Community concerted project on the effects of
thermal processing and distribution on the quality and nutritive value of
food and in particular Article 6(1 ) thereof .
Having regard to the draft Decision submitted by the Commission ,
Whereas , pursuant to Article 6(2 ) of Decision 79 / 878 / EEC the Commission
has negotiated an Agreement with certain non-member States involved in
European Cooperation in the field of Scientific and Technical Research
( COST) with .a view to ensuring that the Community project and the
corresponding programmes of these states are harmonized :
Whereas , therefore, this Agreement should be approved,
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS :
                                    ARTICLE 1
The Community-COST Concertation Agreement between the European Economic
Community , Switzerland and Sweden
  OJ No L 270, 27.10.79, p. 53
 ---pagebreak---                                   - 2 -
on a concerted action project on the effects of thermal processing and
distribution on the quality and nutritive value of food ( COST Project 91 )
is hereby approved on behalf of the Community .
The text of the Agreement is annexed to this decision . '
                                 ARTICLE 2
                           i
The President of the Council is hereby authorized to designate the
persons empowered to sign the Agreement in order to bind the Community .
 Done at Brussels .
                                     For the Counci I
                                     The President
 ---pagebreak---                     COMMUNITY-COST CONCERTATION AGREEMENT
                    ON A CONCERTED ACTION PROJECT ON THE
                    EFFECTS OF THERMAL PROCESSING AND
                    DISTRIBUTION ON THE QUALITY AND
                    NUTRITIVE VALUE OF FOOD ( COST PROJECT 91 )
The European Economic Community, hereinafter referred to as " the Community ,
Switzerland and Sweden;
hereinafter referred to as the "participating non-member States ",
Whereas a European concerted research project in the field of food
technology is likely to contribute effectively to a more economic use of
natural resources ;
Whereas a programme of research in the field of food technology has been
proposed by the Swedish Delegation within the framework of European
Cooperation in the field of Scientific and Technical Research ( COST );
Whereas by its Decision of 22- October 1979, the Council of the European
Communities adopted a Community concerted action project on the effects
of thermal processing and distribution on the quality and nutritive value
of food ;
Whereas the Member States of the Community and the participating nonrmember
States , hereinafter referred to as "the States ", intend, subject to the
rules and procedures applicable to their national programmes , to carry out
the research described in Annex A and are prepared to integrate such research
into a process of concertation which they consider will be of mutual benefit ;
Whereas the implementation of the research covered by the concerted action
project will require a financial contribution of about 9 million European
unit.s of account from the States ; .
 ---pagebreak--- HAVE AGREED AS    FOLLOWS :
                                    ARTICLE 1
The Community and the participating non-member States , hereinafter referred
to as " the contracting parties ", shall participate for a period extending
until 26 October 1982 in a concerted action project on the effects of
thermal processing and distribution on the quality and nutritive value of •
food .
This project shall consist in concertation between the Community concerted
action programme and the corresponding programmes of the participating
non-member States .     The programmes covered by this Agreement are listed
in Annex A.
The States remain entirely responsible for the research executed by their
national institutions or bodies .
                                    ARTICLE 2
The concertation between the contracting parties shall be effected through
a Community-COST Concertation Committee , hereinafter referred to as
 " the Committee ".
The Committee shall draw up its rules of procedure .      Its Secretariat will
be provided by the Commission of the European Communities , hereinafter
 referred to as " the Commission ".
The terms of reference and the composition of this Committee are defined
                                                              • •• • »
in Annex B.
                                    ARTICLE 3
 In order to ensure optimum efficiency in the execution of this concerted
 action project , a project Leader shall , be appointed by the Commission in
 agreement with the delegates of the participating non-member States of
 the Committee .
                                    ARTICLE 4
 The maximum financial contributions by the contracting parties to the
  coordination costs shall be :
 ---pagebreak--- - 287 000 European units of account from the Community for a three year
   period beginning on 27 October 1979 ,
- 24 000 European units of account from each participating non-member
   State for the period referred to in the first paragraph of Article 1 .
The European unit of account is as defined by the Financial Regulation in
force applicable to the general budget of the European Communities and by
the financial arrangements adopted pursuant thereto .
The rules governing the financing of the Agreement are set out in Annex C.
                                  ARTICLE 5
1 . Through the Committee , the States shall exchange regularly all useful
information concerning the execution of the research covered by the .
concerted action project .   They shall also endeavour to provide information
on similar research planned or carried out by other bodies .   Any
information shall be treated as confidential if the State which provides it
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so requests .
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2.~ In agreement with the Committee the Commission shall prepare yearly
progress reports on the basis of the information supplied and shall forward
them to the States .
3 . At the end of the concertation period , the Commission shall , in
agreement with the Committee , forward to the States a general report on
the execution and results of the project .   This report shall be published
by the Commission six months after it has been forwarded , unless a State
objects .   In that case the report shall be confidential and shall be
forwarded on request and with the agreement of the Committee , solely to
the institutions and undertakings whose research or production activities
justify access to knowledge resulting from the performance of the research
covered by the concerted action project .
 ---pagebreak---                                   ARTICLE 6
1.   Each of the contracting parties shall , after signing this Agreement ,
notify the Secretary-General of the Council of the European Communitieis as
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soon as possible of the completion of the procedures necessary under its
internal provisions for the implementation of this Agreement .
2.   For the contracting parties which have transmitted the notification
provided for in paragraph 1 , this Agreement shall enter into force on the
first day of the month following that in which the Community and at least
one of the participating non-member States transmitted these notifications .
For those contracting parties which transmit the notification after the
entry into force of this Agreement , it shall come into force on the first
day of the second month following the month in which the notification was
transmitted .
Contracting parties which have not yet transmitted this notification at the
time of entry into force of this Agreement shall be able to take part in
the work of the Committee without voting rights for a period of six months
following the entry into force of this Agreement .
3.   For a period of 6 months following its entry into force , the Agreement
shall be open for accession by the other European States which took part in
the Ministerial Conference held in Brussels on 22 and 23 November 1971 .
The instruments of accession shall be deposited with the Secretary-General
of the Council of the European Communities .      A State which accedes to this
                                                !  I I
Agreement shall become a - contracting party within the meaning of Article 1
on the date of deposit of the instrument of accession .
4.   The Secretary-General of the Council of the European Communities shall
notify each of the contracting parties of the deposit of the notifications
provided for in paragraph 1 , of the date of entry into force of this
Agreement and of the deposit of the instruments of accession provided for
in paragraph 3 .
 ---pagebreak---                                 ARTICLE 7
This Agreement , drawn up in a single original in the Danish , Dutch , English ,
French , German and Italian languages , each text being equally authentic ,
shall be deposited in the archives of the General Secretariat of the
Council of the European Communities which shall transmit a certified copy
to each of the contracting parties .
For the European Economic Community ,
For the Government of the Swiss Confederation ,
For the Government of the Kingdom of Sweden ,
 ---pagebreak---                                                                                 P .
                                                                                A
                                                              ANNEX A
                      . PROGRAMMES COVERED BY THE AGREEMENT
1.    Mi lk products
1.1      Refrigeration
1.2      Coagulation of milk proteins by heat treatment
1.3      Analytical methodology including predictive tests
2.    Fruit and vegetables
2.1      Effects of heat treatment
3.    Cereals
3.1      Non-traditional heat treatment
3.2      Effects of heat treatment on the biopolymers of cereals ,
         especially with respect to lipid , starch and protein inter-reaction
3.3      Effects of freezing and thawing on the quality of cereal-based foods .
4.    Fi sh
4.1      Heat treatment in relation to under-uti lized species and utilization
         of waste material
4.2      Heat treatment and microbiological safety
5 . . Meat
5.1      Curing ingredients and their interaction in pasteurized and
         canned products       |
5.2      Chilling and freezing of meat
5.3      Heat treatment processes and interactions with vegetable matter
5.4      Thawing of meat
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                                - 2 -
                                                       , ANNEX A
6.  Nutrition
6.1  Heat treatment processes and protein quality
6.2  Heat treatment and polyunsaturated fat
6 3  Nutritional consequences of the cooking of food .
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                                                             ANNEX  B
          TERMS OF REFERENCE AND COMPOSITION OF THE COMMUNITY-COST
                   CONCERTATION COMMITTEE ON THE EFFECTS OF
                  THERMAL PROCESSING AND DISTRIBUTION ON THE
                     QUALITY AND NUTRITIVE VALUE OF FOOD
1.  The Committee shall : '                ■    '   ' ■
1.1    contribute' to the optimum execution - of the project by giving its
       opinion on all of its progress ;
1.2    evaluate the results of the project and draw conclusions regarding
       their application ;
1.3    be responsible for the exchange of information referred to in
       Article 5(1 ) of the Agreement ;
1.4    suggest guidelines to the project leaders ;
1.5    have the right to set-up a sub-committee in respect of each of the
                             1    . .      . .            ... ..      •
       topics covered , as given in Annex A , to ensure that the project is
       properly implemented .
2 . The Committee 's reports and opinions shall be forwarded to the States .
3 . The Committee shall be composed of one delegate from the Commission ,
     as coordinator of the Community concerted action project , one delegate
     from each participating non-member State, one delegate from each
    Member State representing its national programme , and the project
     leader .   Each delegate may be accompanied by experts .
 ---pagebreak---                                                            •  ANNEX C
                                Financing rules
                                   Article 2
These provisions Lay down the financial rules referred to in Article 4 of
the Agreement on the concerted action project on the effects^of thermal
processing and distribution on the quality and nutritive value of food
( COST Project 91 ).               .
                                   Artic le 2
At the beginning of each financial year , the Commission shall send to each
of the participating non-member States a call for funds corresponding to
its share of the annual coordination costs under the Agreement , calculated
in proportion to the maximum amounts laid down in Article A of the Agreement .
This contribution .shall be expressed both in European units of account and
in the currency of the State concerned , the value of . the European unit of
account being defined in the Financial Regulation applicable to the general
budget of the European Communities and determined on the date of the call
for funds .
Each participating non-member State shall pay its annual contribution to
the coordination costs under the Agreement at the beginning of each year ,
and by 31 March at the latest .    Any delay in the payment of the annual
contribution shall give rise to the payment of interest by the participa­
ting non-member State concerned at a rate equal to the highest discount
rate ruling in the States on the due date .     The rate shall be increased
by 0.25 of -a percentage point for each month of delay .     The increased rate
shall be applied to the entire period of delay .
                                   Arti c le_3
The funds paid by participating non-member States shall be credited to the
concerted action project as budget receipts allocated to a heading in the
statement of revenue of the Budget of the Commission .
                                   Artic le_4
The   provisional    timetable for the coordination costs referred to in
Article 4 of the Agreement is annexed .
 ---pagebreak---                                                          ANNEX C
                                Artide 5
The Financial Regulation in force applicable to the general budget of the
European Communities shall apply to the management of the appropriations .
                                Article 6
At the end of each financial year, a statement of appropriations for the
concerted action project shall be prepared and transmitted to the parti­
cipating non-member States for information .
 ---pagebreak--- HULTI ANNUAL TIMETABLE FOR THE CONCERTED ACTION PROJECT :      Effects of thermal processing and distribution on the quality
                                                               and nytritive value of food
                                         Budget . Item 3371 :  Implementation of concerted action projects
                                                                                                                                                    in EUA
                                                                 1980                    ; 1981                      1982                    TOTAL         1
                                                           AC          AP            AC      |      AP          AC          AP     I     AC    -     AP
   I. Initial estimate of overall requirements
       ( figures appearing in the* timetable of
       commitment and in the correspondence
       table shown in Annex II . to the
       Commission budget )
       - Staff                                         25 000      25 000       )              )           )           )             )           )
       - Administrative operating expenditure          39 000      39 000       ) 96 000       > 96-030    ) 96 000    ) 96 000"     ) 287 000   > 287 000
       - Contracts                                     31 000      31 000       )              )           )           )             )           )
       TOTAL ( to be covered by appropriations
               entered in 3371 )                       95 000      95 000         96 000         96 000      96 000      96 000        287 000     287 000
  II . Revised estimate of expenditure taking
       into account additional requirements
       arising from the accession of
       participating non-member States
       - Staff                                         25 000      25 000
       - Administrative operating expenditure          39 000      39 000       j96 000+ ^ 96 000+ j96 000+ ^ 96 000+ ^ 287 000+ ^ 287 000+
       - Contracts                                     31 000+     31 000+      ) 2x8 000 ) 2x8 000 ) 2 x8 000 ) 2 x8 000 )2 x24 000 )2x24 000
                                                        2x8 000     2 x8 000
                                                       95 000+     95 000+        96 000+        96 000+     96 000+     96 000+       287 000+    287 000+
    ;  NEW TOTAL                                        2x8 000     2 x8 000       2 x8 000       2 x8 000    2 x8 000    2 x8 000 2 x24 000 2x24 000
 III . Difference between I and II to be
       covered by contributions from
       participating non-member States .                2 x8 000    2 χ 8 . 000    2 x8 000       2 x8 000    2 x8 000    2 x8 000 2 x24 000 2x24 000
       AC = Account credited
       AP = Account paid