CELEX: 51989PC0251
Language: en
Date: 1989-06-01
Title: AMENDMENTS TO THE PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DECISION ADOPTING A SPECIFIC RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME IN THE FIELD OF BIOTECHNOLOGY: BRIDGE, BIOTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH FOR INNOVATION, DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH IN EUROPE ( 1990-1993 ) ( PRESENTED BY THE COMMISSION PURSUANT TO THE THIRD PARAGRAPH OF ARTICLE 149 OF THE EEC TREATY )

No C 198/12                             Official Journal of the European Communities                                3. 8. 89
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determine the new national currency amounts corre-
sponding to the weights set out in the present regulation;
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it shall ensure that the new composition is communicated                  Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and
to the monetary authorities and published in the Official           directly applicable in all Member States.
Journal of the European Communities.
              Amendments to the proposal for a Council Decision adopting a specific research and techno-
              logical development programme in the field of biotechnology (1990 to 1994) — Biotechnology
                           research for innovation, development and growth in Europe (Bridge) (')
              (Submitted by the Commission pursuant to the third paragraph of Article 149 of the EEC Treaty on
                                                          1 June 1989)
                                                         (89/C 198/11)
              The Commission proposal is hereby modified as follows:
              In the title
              Replace '1990 to 1994' by '1990 to 1993'
                                            Preamble and recitals unchanged
                                                            Article 1
              A specific research and technological development programme for the European Economic
              Community in the field of biotechnology, as defined in the Annex, is hereby adopted for a
              period of four years, from 1 January 1990.
                                                            Article 2
              The amount deemed necessary for the execution of the programme is ECU 100 million,
              including expenditure on a staff of 30.
              The indicative allocation of these funds is set out in the technical annex.
                                            Article 3 to Article 6 u n c h a n g e d
                                                            Article 7
              The Commission is hereby authorized to negotiate, in accordance with Article 130 N of the
              Treaty, agreements with European non-Member States and international organizations, in
              particular with those countries participating in European Cooperation in the field of Scientific
              and Technological Research (Cost), and those having concluded framework agreements in
              scientific and technical cooperation with the Community with a view to associating them
              wholly or partly in concerted actions within this programme.
              O OJ No C 70, 20. 3. 1989, p. 1.
 ---pagebreak--- 3. 8. 89                                Official J o u r n a l of the E u r o p e a n C o m m u n i t i e s                          N o C 198/13
         W h e r e f r a m e w o r k agreements for scientific and technical c o o p e r a t i o n between E u r o p e a n
         n o n - M e m b e r States and the E u r o p e a n Communities have been c o n c l u d e d , organizations and
         enterprises established in those countries may participate in a project u n d e r t a k e n within this
         p r o g r a m m e , on the basis of the criterion of mutual advantage. N o c o n t r a c t o r based outside the
         C o m m u n i t y a n d participating as a p a r t n e r in a project u n d e r t a k e n u n d e r the p r o g r a m m e may
         benefit from the C o m m u n i t y financing of the p r o g r a m m e . T h e c o n t r a c t o r shall contribute to
         the general administration costs.
                                                       Article 8 unchanged
                                                          TECHNICAL             ANNEX
                                            ACTION I: RESEARCH AND TRAINING
                                                                 CONTENT
                                                  P o i n t s 1.1 to 4.2 u n c h a n g e d
                                                           IMPLEMENTATION
         The text of this section to be completed by the following subparagraphs:
                'Pending the implementation of the provisions of a possible Council Directive on deliberate release
                into the environment of genetically modified organisms, selected proposals will have to conform, in
                the country where the release experiment is to take place, to relevant safety regulations or guidelines;
                in those countries where no such regulations or guidelines have been developed, the project proposers
                planning to initiate release experiments will ascertain that there is no objection from the competent
                authorities concerned.
                Particular attention shall be devoted, at the time of selecting proposals, to the intensity of
                transnational and multidisciplinary collaborations. The appropriate and balanced participation of at
                least three laboratories located in three different Member States will, in the majority of cases,
                constitute an important criterion of selection.'
                                         COST activities (category II) associated to Action I
                                                                 CONTENT
                                                                 unchanged
                                                           IMPLEMENTATION
                                                                 unchanged
                                                  ACTION II: CONCERTATION
                                                                 CONTENT
                                                                 unchanged
                                                           IMPLEMENTATION
                                              First t w o s u b p a r a g r a p h s unchanged
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           Add third subparagraph
                'An appropriate part of the resources of Action II, Concertation, will be devoted to actions concerning
                the wider implications of research and development in the areas of biotechnology — e.g. for
                consumers, society, environment and development — featuring in Action I of this programme.'
           The next heading is modified as follows:
                                   INDICATIVE INTERNAL ALLOCATION OF FUNDS
           Substitute the following:
                                                                                                          (ECU million)
           Action I: Research and Training
           — Contract research (the total to be divided equally between 'N' and 'T' projects)
              — pre-normative research                                                                       15,5
              — cell biology                                                                                 27,0
              — enabling technologies                                                                        27,0
              — information infrastructure                                                                    7,5
           — Training activities                                                                             10,0
           — Cost activities                                                                                  3,0
           Action II: Concertation                                                                           10,0
                                                                                                            100,0
                                              Rest of the p r o p o s a l u n c h a n g e d