CELEX: 51988PC0357
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Date: 1988-06-17
Title: Re-examined Proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION (EEC) on a Research and Development Programme for the European Economic Community in the field of Applied Metrology and Chemical Analysis (1988-1992) The Community Bureau of Reference - BCR (presented by the Commission pursuant to Article 149.2(d) of the EEC Treaty)

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    (presented by the Commission pursuant to Article 149.2(d )
                         of the EEC Treaty )
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                     PART I
             Re-examined Proposal for
             a COUNCIL DECISION ( EEC )
      on a Research and Development Programme
for the European Economic Community in the field of
      Applied Metrology and Chemical Analysis
                    ( 1988-1992 )
      The Community Bureau of Reference - BCR
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THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES :
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic
 Community and , in particular , Article 130 q(2 ) thereof ,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission , (^)
In co-operation with the European Parliament , ( 2 )
Having regard to the opinion of the Econonoraic and Social
Committee , ( 3 )
Whereas the Community has assigned itself the objective of completing
the internal market by 1992 for which it has the task of eliminating
technical trade barriers mainly through the harmonisation of
norms and technical regulations ;
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 ;
( 1 ) OJ N 0 C 3014 / 87 , 14 . 11.87 , p. 4 , and C 66 /88 , 1 1.3.1988 , p. 5
( 2 ) 0J N° .
( 3 ) OJ N ° C 35 / 88 , 8.2.1988 , p. 3-
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 Whereas the Framework Programme of Community activities in the
 field of Research and Technological Development adopted by the
 Council for the period 1987-1991 includes support to the application
 of technical norms ; '('*■)
Whereas the elimination of supplementary technical barriers requires
 that the laboratories of the Member States have the technical
means necessary to ensure the uniform application of norms , technical
regulations and directives ;
Whereas , to achieve this aim , it is important that the Community
supports collaborative activities having as objective the har ¬
monisation of the measurements and chemical analyses in the Member
States so as to ensure concordance of the results of tests and
controls ;
Whereas , to maximise the effect of this work , the results achieved
should be widely disseminated and publicised in the appropriate
circles ;
Whereas work on metrology and chemical analysis in progress in
some EFTA States could usefully be co-ordinated with Community
work under the present programme ;
Whereas CREST has expressed its opinion ,
( 1 ) OJ N° L 302 , 2H . 10 . 1987 .
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 ---pagebreak---  HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
                                Article  1
 1.        A research and development programme for the European
      Economic Community in the field of applied metrology and chemical
      analyses as defined in Annex I , is hereby adopted for a period
      of five years with effect from 1 January 1988 .
2.         Experimental work shall be carried out under contract .
     The participants may be industrial organisations , research
      institutes , laboratories and universities established in the
     Community .
                                Article 2
        The funds estimated as necessary for the execution of the
programme amount to 59.2 MECU , including expenditure on a staff
of 32 .
                                Article 3
        The Commission shall be responsible for the execution of
the programme . It shall be assisted in its function of programme
management by the Management and Co-ordination Advisory Committee
( CGC ) ( Scientific and Technological Standards ) created by Council
Decision 84 / 338 / Euratom , ECSC , CEE ( 1 ).
( 1 ) OJ N° L 177 of 4.7 . 1984 .
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                              Artide 4
 1.       The Commission is authorised to negotiate , in accordance
    with Article 130 N of the EEC Treaty , agreements with non-Member
    States and international organisations , in particular with
    those countries participating in European Co-operation in
    the field of Scientific and Technological Research ( COST )
    and those 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
    Pari iament .
                              Article 5
      The Commission shall address a report to the Council and
to the European Parliament at the end of the third year 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 .
      At the end of the programme , the Commission shall send to
Member States and the European Parliament a report on the performance
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and results of the programme .
      The abovement ioned reports will be carried out having regard
to the evaluation criteria set out in Annex II to this decision
and in conformity with the provisions of Article 2 §2 of the
Framework Programme .
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                           Article 6
     This Decision shall apply from 1 January 1988 .
                           Article 7
     This Decision is addressed to the Member States .
Done at Brussels ,
                                      For the Council
                                       The President
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                                                              ANNEX I
                          PROGRAMME SUMMARY
       The objective of the programme is to improve the reliability
of chemical analyses and physical measurements ( applied metrology )
so as to achieve agreement of results in all Member States .
       The projets will be chosen from those fields which are of
priority importance for the Community as judged from an economic ,
environmental or public health view point .
       The priority fields are the following :
( a ) Analyses for food and agriculture , in particular :
      - analyses in livestock ( foodstuffs , hormones , antibiotics ,
        etc .) and of the quality of cereals , fruit and vegetables ,
      - analyses of the quality of processed food ( nutritional
        properties , presence of dangerous substances , bacterial
        contamination ) ;
( b ) Analyses related to the environment , in particular :
      - determination of traces of dangerous compounds in various
        matrices ) ,
      - determination of air pollutants at the workplace ,
      - mutagenicity of Chemical substances .
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 ( c ) Biomedical analyses , with priority to :
       - the determination of enzymes and hormones ( in human serum ),
       - haeraatological tests ( e.g. blood coagulation ),
       - analyses related to cardiovascular diseases ,
       - analysis of tumour markers and drugs in the human body ;
( d ) Analyses of ( essentially non-ferrous ) metals and surface
       analysis of materials ;
( e ) Applied metrology . The emphasis will be placed on the measure ¬
       ment and calibration of the most important parameters for
       test laboratories and industrial laboratories , in particular
       for quality control .   The subjects covered will include in
       particular :
       - dimensional and mechanical metrology ( in particular , measure ¬
         ments that are becoming increasingly necessary for the
         verification of automatic machines ) and the characterisation
         of surface states ;
       - mechanical parameters , such as force and pressure ;
       - study of the performance and accuracy of new temperature
         measuring devices ;
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    - improvement of optical metrology in the visible , ultra ¬
       violet and infra-red ranges and in the field of - fibre optics
      and lasers ;
   - measurements of electrical magnitudes , in particular at
      high frequency ;
   - acoustic measurements , in particular as regards sound-proofing
   - measurements relating to ultrasonics ;
  .- liquid and gas flow measurements ;
   - methods of measurement of physical and material properties ,
      such as thermal conductivity , viscosity , etc .;
   - methods of determination of the mechanical properties of
      metals ( the work will cover only the methods required for
      the accurate determination of these properties and not
      the characterisation of the materials );
   - improvement of technological measurements in industry .
     The activities include in particular :
execution of measurement programmes involving the co-operation
of laboratories in several Member States ( intercoraparisons ) ;
improvement of methods of analysis and measurement ;
 ---pagebreak---  improvement of instruments necessary for high precision measure¬
ments ;
development of transfer standards ;
preparation and certification of reference materials ;
storage and distribution of reference materials ;
support for the setting-up at Community level of interlaboratory
circuits for quality assurance ;
research grants in subjects covered by the programme ;
exchange and training of scientists in subjects covered by the
programme , taking into account the needs of the Member States
that wish to improve their capabilities in these fields ;
dissemination of the results of the projects ;
well - targeted advertising of the reference materials and promotion
of their sale .
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                         EVALUATION CRITERIA
     The programme will be evaluated in relation to the following
criteria :
1.         The extent to which the programme contributes to the
   development of the internal market , especially by providing
   support for :
   - the setting up of directives or norms ;
   - the application of directives or norms ;
   - removing difficulties in relation to the application of
     commercial specifications .
2.         The extent to which the participants benefit from their
   collaboration on projects ( the acquisition of know-how , the
   diffusion of information and improvement of methods , etc .).
   Any additional benefits , apart from the results obtained ,
   will also be assessed .
3.         The extent to which the programme contributes to the
   development of collaboration between Member States , especially
   in the areas of metrology and standardisation ( harmonisation ,
   co-ordination , collaboration in the development of new methods ,
   etc . ) .
 .         The extent to which the programme contributes effectively
   to the improvement of concordance in the results of clinical
   chemistry and leads to closer interlaboratory co-operation .
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                     ADDITIONAL             DECLARATION
AMENDMENT OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
NOT ACCEPTED BY THE COMMISSION
                                 Amendment n°1
                                 Article 2
                                 The funds estimated as necessary for the
                                 execution of the programme ( 1988-1991 ) amount
                                 to 59.2 mioECU which includes expenditure cn a
                                 staff of 32 . The total amount of appropriations
                                 shall be calculated definitively on the basis of
                                 the appropriations allocated annually by the
                                 Budgetary Authority in the light of actual
                                 requirements .
  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 . "