CELEX: 51986PC0483
Language: en
Date: 1986-10-14
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DECISION MODIFYING COUNCIL DECISION 83/624/EEC CONCERNING A PLAN FOR THE TRANSNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE SUPPORTING INFRASTRUCTURE FOR INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER

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                                                   (Preparatory Acts)
                                             COMMISSION
         Proposal for a Council Decision amending Council Decision 83/624/EEC concerning a plan for
         the transnational development of the supporting infrastructure for innovation and technology
                                                         transfer
                                                  COM(86) 483 final
                         (Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 16 October 1986)
                                                    (86/C 278/03)
         THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
         Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
         Having regard to Council Decision 83/624/EEC of 25 November 1983 concerning a plan for
         the transnational development of the supporting infrastructure for innovation and technology
         transfer (1983 to 1985), and in particular Article 6 and Annexes I and II (F) (') thereof,
         Whereas it is for the Commission to establish the annual list of priority actions for 1985;
         Whereas the priority actions for 1983, as set out in Annex III to Decision 83/624/EEC were
         continued through 1984;
         Whereas the results already obtained through the priority actions implemented justify the
         continuation and intensification of the work undertaken;
         Whereas the Consultative Committee for Innovation and Technology Transfer (CIT), having
         been consulted in accordance with Annex II (F) to Decision 83/624/EEC, has given a
         favourable opinion,
         HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
                                                        Article 1
         The list of priority actions for 1985 is set out in the Annex. This list will remain in force in
          1986 unless a new list of priority actions is established.
                                                        Article 2
         This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the
         European Communities.
         O OJ No L 353, 15. 12. 1983, p. 15.
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                                                                    ANNEX       A
                                                    PRIORITY ACTIONS FOR 1985
             1. Support for the establishment and initial activities of liaison mechanisms between advisory bodies on
                technology and management, particularly for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).
             2. Organization of transnational activities and dissemination on a Community-wide scale of information
                concerning innovation and technology transfer in particular:
                (a) research and development results;
                (b) technologies developed in regions of the world where information is difficult to obtain;
                (c) opportunities for cooperation between business concerns, particularly SMEs;
                (d) supply and demand in transferable technologies, e. g. through technological data bases, exchanges
                     and exhibitions;
                (e) industrial property and innovation;
                (f) technical standards and regulations.
             3. Organization of activities designed to facilitate innovation financing and, in particular, continued
                support for liaison mechanisms between organizations financing venture capital.
             4. Within the framework of the Consultative Committee for innovation and Technology Transfer, as a
                first step towards concertation, exchanges of information, experience and opinions on national and
                Community measures designed to promote innovation and technology transfer, on their effects and their
                efficiency. In this context, identification of new opportunities for transnational action and proposals for
                their realization.
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                                                                     ANNEX B
Actions proposed by the Commission and examined by the CIT in 1984/85 under the plan for the transnational development of the
                                       supporting infrastructure for innovation and technology transfer
                                                                                                                   Committed by the end of 1985
                                                                         Favourable      Favourable
                                                                       opinion from    opinion from
                                                                       the CIT 1984    the CIT 1985    Cumulative
                                                                        for a total of  for a total of    total                     As % of
                                                                                                                     in ECU
                                                                                                                                   engagement
                                                                            (ECU)          (ECU)
  I. H U M A N NETWORKS AND LIAISON
     MECHANISMS
     1. Consultative Services
        Action 1:
        Promotion of transnational cooperation between
        technology and management advisory services to small
        and medium-sized enterprises                                      1 000 000      2 700 000     3 700 000    2 458 460           66
        Action 5:
        Exploratory visits for industrial information transfer
        agents within the Community                                         100 000           —          100 000      100 000          100
        Action 6:
        Transnational secondments between industrial infor-
        mation transfer agents                                              100 000           —' ,       100 000      100 000          100
        Action 14:
        Long-term       transnational     secondments       between
        industrial information transfer agents                              150 000           —          150 000      150 000          100
        Action 22:
        Contact points and guided visits at technology fairs                  —             210 000      210 000      210 000          100
        Action 13:
        European       Association    for     the     Transfer     of
        Technologies, Innovation and Industrial Information
        — Til                                                                150 000        120 000      270 000      270 000          100
     2. Venture Capital
        Action 3:
         'European Venture Capital Association'          (October—
         December 1984)                                                       60 000          —            60 000       60 000         100
        Action 16:
         Continuation of EVCA activities in 1985 and 1986                    160 000        100 000      260 000      260 000          100
     3. Design
         Action 23:
         Liaison     mechanism     between       industrial    design
         promotion organizations                                               —            350 000      350 000       351 000         100
     4. Local Authorities
         Action 10:
         Feasibility study concerning a STCELA technical
         periodical                                                            5 000          —              5 000       —                0
         Action 11:
         Feasibility study concerning a STCELA transnational
         information      service   on     pilot     schemes      and
         demonstration projects in the field of new local
         government technologies                                               5 000                         5 000                        0
         Action 12:
          Local authority actions in household refuse treatment
          and vehicle fleet management                                       130 000                      130 000                         0
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                                                                                                                  Committed by he end of 1985
                                                                         Favourable      Favourable
                                                                       opinion from    opinion from
                                                                       the CIT 1984    the CIT 1985    Cumulative
                                                                        for a total of  for a total of     total                  As % of
                                                                                                                    in ECU
                                                                                                                                 engagement
                                                                           (ECU)           (ECU)
 II. STRENGTHENING T H E FOUNDATIONS
     Action 4:
     Promotion of the 'Europeanization' of conferences on
     technology and innovation                                              400 000         800 000    1 200 000     699 900          58
     Action 2:
     Technology awareness scheme on the results of research
     in Europe (EuroTechAlert)                                             200 000           —           200 000     200 000         100
     Action 15A:
     Access to Japanese scientific and technological          infor-
     mation                                                                  —               20 000       '20 000      —               0
     Action 15B:
     Survey of user wishes with respect to Japanese infor-
     mation                                                                  —               20 000        20 000      —               0
     Action 18:
     Telefax network                                                         —               50 000        50 000     55 000         110
     Action 9:
     European     exchange    network   for   licence offers    and
     requests                                                                (')
     Action 24A:
     Community contribution to the Greek programme for
     improving the use of patents in Greece                                  —              125 000      125 000     125 000         100
     Action 7:
     Comparative index of European standards (ICONE)                         —             200 000       200 000     192 200          96
III. C O N C E R T A T I O N
     Action 20:
     Revision and new edition of 'Incentives for Industrial
     Research, Development and Innovation'                                   —               37 500        37 500     37 500         100
     Action 8:
     Improving the utilization of the results of publicly funded
     research                                                                —             350 000       350 000     185 000          53
     Action 21:
     Interim assessment at national level of Actions taken
     under the plan                                                          —              100 000      100 000      58 750          59
                                                              Total      2 460 000       5 182 500     7 642 500   5 512 810          72
(') Proposal withdrawn by the Commission to avoid overlap with another Community programme.
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