CELEX: 51983PC0446(01)
Language: en
Date: 1983-07-13
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DECISION ADOPTING A CONCERTED ACTION RESEARCH PROJECT OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY ON THE EFFECTS OF PROCESSING AND DISTRIBUTION ON THE QUALITY AND NUTRITIVE VALUE OF FOOD

No C 260/6                           Official Journal of the European Communities                             29. 9. 83
                                                            II
                                                    (Preparatory Acts)
                                              COMMISSION
              Proposal for a Council Decision adopting a concerted action research project of the
             European Economic Community on the effects of processing and distribution on the
                                           quality and nutritive value of food
                              (Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 26 July 1983)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                     Whereas a second project in this field would make it
COMMUNITIES,                                                    possible to derive the maximum benefit from the
                                                                effort that has been made;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the
European Economic Community, and in particular
Article 235 thereof,                                            Whereas the Member States intend, as part of the
                                                                rules and procedures applicable to their national
                                                                programmes, to carry out the research described in
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
                                                                Annex I and are prepared to integrate it into a
                                                                process of coordination at Community level over a
Having regard to the opinion of the European Par-
                                                                period of four years;
liament,
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and                Whereas the execution of the research work as
Social Committee,                                               described in Annex I calls for a financial outlay of
                                                                some 15 million ECU in the Member States taking
Whereas, in its resolution of 14 January 1974 on an             part therein;
initial outline programme of the European
Communities in the field of science and                         Whereas, on 18 July 1978, the Council agreed on
technology (*), the Council emphasized that an                  certain procedural arrangements for cooperation
appropriate approach should be adopted towards the              under European Cooperation in the field of scientific
whole range of available ways and means, including              and technical research (COST);
joint projects, and that, whenever it proves desirable
that third States, particularly European ones, should
be associated in these projects, steps should be taken          Whereas, since the specific powers of action required
to make this possible;                                          to adopt this Decision have not been provided for in
                                                                the Treaty, it is necessary to invoke Article 235
Whereas, in its resolution of 14 January 1974 (2),              thereof;
relating in particular to the coordination of national
policies in the field of science and technology, the            Whereas Crest has given its opinion on the
Council entrusted the Community institutions with                Commission proposal,
the task of ensuring, with the assistance of the
Scientific and Technical Research Committee (Crest),
the gradual coordination of such policies;                       HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
Whereas, by Decision 79/878/EEC (»), the Council
 adopted a first concerted action project on the effects                               Article 1
of thermal processing and distribution on the quality            The Community shall implement for a period of four
and nutritive value of food;                                     years a concerted action project on the effects of
                                                                 processing and distribution on the quality and
Whereas the abovementioned concerted action                      nutritive value of food (hereinafter called 'the
project has given extremely encouraging results;                 project').
                                                                 The project shall consist in the     coordination at
 (*) OJ No C 7, 29. 1. 1974, p. 6.                               Community level of the research       work which is
 (2) OJNoC7, 29. 1. 1974, p. 2.                                  specified in Annex I and which shall form part of the
 (») OJ No L 270, 27. 10. 1979, p. 53.                           research programmes of the Member    States.
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                          Article 2                                by the project and forward to the Commission all
                                                                   information that may be useful for coordination
The Commission shall be responsible for cooperation.               purposes.
                          Article 3                                They shall in addition endeavour to provide the
                                                                   Commission with information relating to research in
The funds estimated as necessary for the Community                 the field planned or performed by bodies which are
contribution to the coordination is 780 000 ECU,                   not under their authority.
including expenditure on a staff of one.
                                                                   This information shall be treated as confidential if the
                          Article 4                                Member State which communicates it so requires.
To facilitate the execution of the project, a Concerted            2. The Commission shall prepare annual progress
Action Committee on the effects of processing and                  reports on the basis of the information provided and
distribution on the quality and nutritive value of food            shall send them to the Member States and the
(hereinafter called 'the Committee') is hereby                     European Parliament.
established.
                                                                   3. At the end of the coordination period, the
A project leader shall be appointed by the                         Commission shall, in agreement with the Committee,
Commission in agreement with the Committee. He                     send to the Member States and the European Par-
shall, in particular, assist the Commission in its task            liament a consolidated report on the execution and
of coordination.                                                   results of the project.
The terms of reference and the composition of the
Committee are laid down in Annex II.                                                            Article 6
The Committee shall draw up its own rules of                       In accordance with Article 228 of the Treaty, the
procedure. Its Secretariat shall be provided by the                Community may conclude an agreement with third
Commission.                                                        States participating in COST, with a view to
                                                                   concerting the Community project with the
                          Article 5                                corresponding programmes of those States.
1. In accordance with a procedure to be laid down                                               Article 7
by the Commission in agreement with the Committee,
the Member States participating in the project shall               This Decision shall take effect on the day of its pub-
regularly exchange all relevant                  information       lication in the Official Journal of the European
concerning the performance of the research covered                  Communities.
                                                           ANNEX I
                               Contributions of the Member States to the project by research topic
                                                                   Active participation proposed by
                          Research topic
                                                      D      B    DK       F      IRL      I      NL    UK  GR
              1. HTST-process (high-tempera-
                 ture short-time processing)
                 and other new thermal proces-
                 sing systems                         X      X             X               X       X      X
              2. Qualitative and nutritive pro-
                 perties of foods obtained by
                 biotechnology                        X            X       X       X               X         X
              3. Chilling and refrigerated sto-
                 rage                                 X            X       X       X                      X  X
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                                                         ANNEX II
                       Terms of reference and composition of the Committee referred to in Article 4
            1.  The Committee shall:
            1.1 Contribute to the optimum execution of the project by giving its opinion on all aspects of its
                progress;
            1.2 Evaluate the results of the project and draw conclusions regarding their applications;
            1.3 Be responsible for the exchange of information provided for in Article 5 (1);
            1.4 Keep abreast of the progress of national research work being done in the fields covered by the
                project, in particular by keeping abreast of scientific and technical developments likely to affect
                the execution of the project;
            1.5 Suggest guidelines to the project leader;
            1.6 Have the right to set up, in respect of each of the research topics defined in Annex I, a
                subcommittee to ensure that the programme is properly implemented.
            2.  The Committee's reports and opinions shall be communicated to the Commission and the
                Member States. The Commission shall forward these opinions to Crest and the Standing
                Committee on Agricultural Research (SCAR).
            3.  The Committee shall consist of the persons responsible for coordinating the Member States'
                contributions to the project and the project leader. Each member may be accompanied by
                experts.