CELEX: 51991PC0306
Language: en
Date: 1991-07-24
Title: RE-EXAMINED PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DECISION ADOPTING A SPECIFIC RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME IN THE FIELD OF BIOMEDICINE AND HEALTH ( 1991-1994 )

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                                       COM(91)306 final - SYN 267
S!W?*fW';                                              Brussels,-24 July 1991
                                   fle-examined proposal for a
                                        COUNCIL DECISION
             adopting a specific research and technological development programme
                             in the field of biomedicine and health
                                           (1991-1994)
                   (presented by the Commission pursuant to Article 149.2(d)
                                       of the EEC treaty)
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                       EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1. On 10 July 1991 the European Parliament in its second reading of
   the "Biomedicine and Health" proposal (initial proposal COM(90)
   162 final - SYN 267 of 28 May 1990, modified proposal COM(90) 676
   final - SYN 267 of 14 December 1990) has adopted one amendment to
   the Common Position of the Council. The Commission, when defending
    its position, accepted this amendment, which restores to AIDS 50%
   of the budget allocated to Area 2 "Major health problems and
   diseases of great socio-economic impact", and which raises to 6.67
   MECU the resources of Area 4, "Research on Biomedical ethics".
2. Consequently, pursuant to Article 149.2.(d) of the EEC Treaty, the
   Commission establishes its re-examined proposal by integrating the
   accepted amendment into the Common Position of the Council (to be
    found in the Annex).
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                         Re-examined proposal for a
                               COUNCIL DECISION
  adopting a specific research and technological development programme
                   in the field of biomediclne and health
                                    (1991-1994)
The re-examined proposal of the Commission consists of the text of the
Common Position adopted by the Council on 24 April 1991 (doc. 5502/91)
modified as follows :
                                     ANNEX II
Indicative breakdown of the amount deemed necessary in mi I H o n ECU -
Area 1       Development of coordinated research on
             prevention, care and health systems :                    27
Area 2       Major health problems and diseases of great
             socio-economic impact, with AIDS receiving
             50% of the sum for this Area :                           71
Area 3        Human Genome Analysis :                                 27
Area 4        Research on Biomedical ethics :                          6.67
                        TOTAL 1 - 2                                 131.67
 The breakdown between different            headings does not exclude       the
 possibility that projects could cover several headings.
 1    Including expenditure on staff which comes to 5 MECU                  and
     administrative expenditure totalling 8 MECU. Five per cent of          the
     total   will    be allocated       to training    research workers     and
     specialists.
 2    A sum deemed necessary of      ECU 1.33 million, not included in the ECU
      131.67 million, will be        earmarked as the contribution from the
      specific programme in the      field of "Biomediclne and Health" to the
      centralised scheme for         the dissemination and exploitation of
      results.
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