CELEX: 31973D0179
Language: en
Date: 1973-06-18 00:00:00
Title: Council Decision of 18 June 1973 adopting a research programme for the European Economic Community in the field of reference substances and methods (Community Bureau of Reference)

11 . 7 . 73                       Official Journal of the European Communities                                 No L 189/41
                                               COUNCIL DECISION
                                                  of 18 June 1973
             adopting a research programme for the European Economic Community in the field
                      of reference substances and methods (Community Bureau of Reference)
                                                   (73 / 179/EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                                              Article 2
COMMUNITIES,
                                                              The maximum expenditure commitment and staff
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                  necessary for the implementation of this programme
European Economic Community, and in particular                shall be 1-9 million units of account and siix staff, the
Article 235 thereof;                                          unit of account being defined in Article 10 of the
Having regard to the Proposal from the Commission ;           Financial Regulation of 25 April 1973 ( 1 ) applicable
                                                              to the general budget of the European Communities .
Having regard to the Opinion of the European
Parliament;
                                                                                         Article 3
Whereas, pursuant to Article 3 ( a ) and ( h) of the
Treaty establishing the European Economic                     The Commission shall be responsible for the
Community, the activities of the Community shall              implementation of this programme . It shall submit an
include especially the elimination, as between                annual report to the Council on the subject.
Member States, of quantitative restrictions on the
import and export of goods and of all other measures
having equivalent effect, together with the                                              Article 4
approximation of the laws of the Member States to
the extent required for the proper functioning of the         The programme defined in the Annex shall be subject
common market ;                                               to review at the beginning of the second year, in
Whereas the research projects which are the subject           accordance with the appropriate procedures , and in
of this Decision therefore appear necessary in order          the light of the decisions of the Paris Summit
to achieve certain Community objectives in the                Conference .
functioning of the common market;
                                                                                         Article 5
Whereas the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community made no provision for the
                                                              Knowledge gained from the implementation of those
powers required for these purposes ;
                                                              parts of the programme defined in the Annex shall be
                                                              disseminated    in accordance with conditions            and
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :                                   within limits to be fixed at a later date .
                       Article 1
A European Economic Community research                        Done at Luxembourg, 18 June 1973 .
programme to be carried out by the Community
Bureau of Reference ( CBR) in the field of reference
substances and methods, as set out in the Annex to                                                     For the Council
this Decision is hereby adopted for a period of three
                                                                                                        The President
years beginning on 1 January 1973 . The Annex shall
form an integral part of this Decision .                                                                 A. LAVENS
                                                               (') OJ No L 116, 1 . 5 . 1973 , p . 1 .
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                                                            ANNEX
                                                      INDIRECT PROJECT
                                                   NON-NUCLEAR PROJECTS
                                                Reference substances and methods
                                                ( Community Bureau of Reference)
             JOINT PROGRAMME
             A maximum of 1-9 million units of account and a staff of six shall be allocated to this
             objective.
             The aim of the Community programme shall be to strengthen, coordinate, harmonize and
             supplement national efforts in the field of reference substances and methods of measurement.
            The objective shall include:
             ( a) the activities of a Secretariat;
             ( b) — identification of materials;
                  — inventory and definition of requirements for new certified reference substances (CRS);
                  — technical specification of CRS ;
                  — perfecting and preparation of CRS ;
                  — arrangements for comparative surveys ;
                  — European certification of technical characteristics of CRS ;
                  — approval of laboratories.
            Surveys and laboratory work shall be carried out under contract.