CELEX: 51984PC0143
Language: en
Date: 1984-03-13
Title: AMENDED PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DECISION ADOPTING A PROGRAMME OF ASSISTANCE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF INDIGENOUS SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL RESEARCH CAPACITY IN THE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES ( 1984-87 )

30.3.84                                Official Journal of the European Communities                                   No C 88/7
                                                                    II
                                                          (Preparatory Acts)
                                                   COMMISSION
               Amendments to the proposal for a Council Decision on the adoption of a programme of
               assistance for the development of indigenous scientific and technical research capacities in
                                         the developing countries (1984 to 1987) (*)
                                                        COM(84) 143 final
               (Submitted by the Commission to the Council pursuant to Article 149 (2) of the EEC Treaty
                                                         on 19 March 1984)
                                                            (84/C 88/11)
                      ORIGINAL PROPOSAL                                                           AMENDED PROPOSAL
                                 N o c h a n g e s in t h e p r e a m b l e or in r e c i t a l s 1 t o 6
Whereas, in consequence, the Community should                            Whereas, in consequence, the Community should
help the developing countries to strengthen and                           help the developing countries to strengthen and
extend over the long term their scientific and                            extend over the long term their scientific and
technical research capacities;                                            technical research capacity, particularly those which
                                                                          are the most advantageous for rural development and
                                                                         health;
                                                                         Whereas it is desirable to take appropriate measures
                                                                         to avoid any duplication of research and encourage
                                                                         the most exhaustive exchanges of information between
                                                                         research institutes;
Whereas the development of research capacities, in                       Whereas the development of research capacity, in
order to take account of the guidelines of Community                      order to take account of the guidelines of Community
development assistance policy, must cover six                             development assistance policy, must cover seven
sectors ('): agriculture, environment, health, popu-                      sectors (*): agriculture, environment, health, popu-
lation, energy and underground resources;                                 lation, energy and underground resources, it being
                                                                         understood that the introduction of small-scale
                                                                         industrial technology, particularly that connected with
                                                                          agricultural development, is of particular importance;
                                              N o c h a n g e s in r e c i t a l s 9 or 10
                                                                         Whereas, in view of the sparse population of certain
                                                                          developing countries and the fact that some of them
                                                                         have to face common problems, priority should be
                                                                          given to a regional approach to certain aspects of
                                                                         research;
(*) OJ No C 180, 7. 7. 1983, p. 7.
(') Proposals for a European scientific and technical strategy.
    Framework programme 1984 to 1987. COM(82) 865 final,
    p. 67.
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                                          N o c h a n g e s in r e c i t a l s 11 or 12
                                           N o c h a n g e s in A r t i c l e s 1 or 2
                         Article 3                                                                 Article 3
The Commission shall carry out the programme. It                     The Commission shall carry out the programme. It
shall be assisted in its task by an advisory committee,               shall be assisted in its task by the two advisory
established by Commission Decision and made up of                     committees which have already been established by
experts from the Member .States and the developing                   Article 3 of the Council Decision of 3 December 1982
countries.                                                            concerning the research and development programme
                                                                      'Science and Technology for Development', convened
The Committee's function shall be to keep the                         on an ad hoc basis.
Commission informed of the scientific and technical
needs of the developing countries and to help it to                  The Committees' function shall be to inform the
establish and subsequently evaluate the guidelines and                Commission and help it establish and subsequently
results of the programme.                                             evaluate the guidelines and results of the programme.
                                           N o c h a n g e s in A r t i c l e s 4 or 5
                                                            ANNEX
                                                    Title unchanged
                                              N o c h a n g e s in S e c t i o n A
B. The programme covers six main sectors:                             B. The programme covers seven main sectors:
                                             N o c h a n g e s in p o i n t s 1 to 6
                                                                            7. Industrial technology, particularly that concerning the
                                                                               processing of agricultural products and the manu-
                                                                               facture of agricultural inputs, based on small-scale
                                                                               industry and artisan activities in rural areas.
                                              N o c h a n g e s in S e c t i o n C
D. The programme will be implemented in agreement with                 D. The programme will be implemented in agreement with
   the beneficiary countries, following an assessment of                    the beneficiary countries, following an assessment of
   needs.                                                                   needs, due account being taken — in order to avoid
                                                                            duplication — of research concurrently carried out on
                                                                            the subject and available in other parts of the world.
                                               N o c h a n g e s in S e c t i o n E