CELEX: 51987PC0534
Language: en
Date: 1987-11-10
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION concerning the conclusion of the Cooperation Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Swiss Confederation on research and development in the field of advanced materials (EURAM) (submitted by the Commission)

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                                                    COM(87 ) 534 final
                                                    Brussels , 10 November 1987
                                   Proposai for a
                                  COUNCIL DECISION
             concerning the conclusion of the Cooperation Agreement
     between the European Economic Community and the Swiss Confederation
                   on research and development in the field of
                            advanced materials ( EURAM )
                          ( submitted by the Commission )
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                COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE COUNCIL
Subject : Proposal for a Council Decision concerning the conclusion of the
           Cooperation Agreement between the European Economic Community and
           the Swiss Confederation on research and development in the field of
           advanced materials ( EURAM ).
1 . By its decision of 10 June 1986, the Council adopted a research programme
    on materials ( raw materials and advanced materials - 1986 to 1989), which
    includes a subprogramme on advanced materials ( EURAM ).
    Article 6 of this Decision authorizes the Commission to negotiate
    agreements with third States , in particular those involved in European
    cooperation in the field of scientific and technical research ( COST), with
    a view to associating them wholly or partly with this programme .
2 . The Swiss Federal Council has adopted for a period up to the end of 1990 a
    national research programme called " Materials for tomorrow 's needs", which
    is implemented and financed by the Swiss National Fund for Scientific
    Research .
3 . In the context of the Framework Agreement for scientific and technical
    coopertion between the European Communities and the Swiss Confederation ,
    the conclusion of which on behalf of the Community was approved by Council
    Decision of 9 February 1987,      Switzerland has expressed an interest in
    cooperating on research and development in the field of advanced materials .
4 . Bearing in mind the technical and scientific importance and size of the
    Swiss programme and the favourable attitude expressed on 30 June 1986 by
    the competent CGC regarding cooperation with Switzerland in the field of
    advanced materials , the Commission has negotiated a draft agreement to
    coordinate the Community and Swiss programmes in order to ensure that the
    research , undertaken by both parties is interrelated and any unnecessary
    duplication of effort is avoided .
5 . The draft agreement , which is annexed to the attached proposal for a
    Council decision , provides for :
    - a comprehensive exchange of information on the respective programmes ;
    - the participation of representatives from one contracting party at
      seminars and symposia organized by the other ;
    - visits by specialists from one contracting party to the research
      institutes of the other ;
    - regular close contacts between those responsible for the Community and
      Swiss programmes .
    Cooperation will be organized by the Commission and by the bodies appointed
    by the Swiss Federal Council .     The costs arising out of these activities
    will be borne by the contracting parties for the amounts that concern them .
6 . The Commission proposes that the Council adopt the attached proposal for a
    decision .
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                         PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DECISION
concerning the conclusion of a Cooperation Agreement between the European
Economic Community and the Swiss Confederation on research and development in
the field of advanced materials ( EURAM ).
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ,     and
in particular Article 235 thereof .
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament ,
Whereas , by its Decision 86 / 235 / EEC ( 1 ), the Council adopted a research
programme on materials ( raw materials and advanced materials - 1986 to 1989 ),/
which includes a subprogramme on advanced materials ( EURAM ); whereas Article 66
of that Decision authorizes the Commission to negotiate agreements with third
States , in particular those involved in European cooperation in the field of
scientific and technical research ( COST ), with a view to associating them
fully or partly with this programme ;
Whereas , by its Decision 87/ 177 / EEC ( 2 ), the Council approved the conclusion
on behalf of the European Economic Community of the Framework Agreement for
scientific and technical cooperation between the European Communities and ,
among others , the Swiss Confederation ;
Whereas this Agreement should be approved .
Whereas the Treaty does not provide the necessary powers ,
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS :
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                                     Artide 1
The Cooperation Agreement between the European Economic Community and the
Swiss Confederation on research and development in the field of advanced
materials ( EURAM ), is hereby approved on behalf of the Community .
The text of the Agreement is attached to this Decision .
                                     Article 2
The President of the Council shall give the notification provided for in
Article 9 of the Agreement ( 3 ).
Done at
                                                    For the Council
                                                    The President
( 1 ) OJ N  L159, 14.6.1986 , p. 36
( 2 ) OJ N° L 71 , 14.3.1987, P. 29
( 3 ) The date of entry into force of the Agreement will be published in the
Offical Journal of the European Communities by the General Secretariat of the
Council .
 ---pagebreak---         COOPERATION AGREEMENT
               BETWEEN
   THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY
                 AND
       THE SWISS CONFEDERATION
                  ON
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE FIELD
    OF ADVANCED MATERIALS ( EURAM )
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                               COOPERATION AGREEMENT
                                      BETWEEN
                          THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY
                                        AND
                              THE SWISS CONFEDERATION
                                         ON
                      RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE FIELD
                           OF ADVANCED MATERIALS ( EURAM )
THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY , hereinafter referred to as " the Community",
and
THE SWISS CONFEDERATION , hereinafter referred to as " Switzerland ",
hereinafter referred to as the " Contracting Parties ",
Whereas , by its decision of 3 October 1983 , the Swiss Federal Council adopted ,
for the period 1985 to 1990 , a national programme called " Materials for
tomorrow 's needs ", hereinafter referred to as " the Swiss programme ", which is
implemented and financed in Switzerland by the Swiss National Fund for
Scientific Research ;
Whereas , by Decision of 10 June 1986 , the Council adopted , for a period of
four years from 1 January 1986 , a research programme on materials ( raw
materials and advanced materials ), which includes a sub programme on advanced
materials ( EURAM ),   hereinafter referred to as " the Community Programme ";
whereas Article 6 of that Decision refers to the conclusion of agreements with
third States , in particular those involved in European cooperation in the
field of scientific and technical research ( COST );
Whereas the Community and Switzerland concluded a Framework Agreement for
scientific and technical cooperation which entered into force on 17 July 1987;
Whereas cooperation between the Swiss and Community programmes would ensure
that the respective research undertaken is complementary and avoid unnecessary
duplication of effort ,
HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS :
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ARTICLE 1
The Community and Switzerland shall cooperate on the Community and Swiss
programmes described in Annexes A and B.
ARTICLE 2
Each Contracting Party shall bear the cost of implementing its own programme .
The cost arising from inter-programme cooperation activities shall be defrayed
by the Contracting Parties , each party being responsible for the amounts which
concern it .
ARTICLE 3
The objective of the cooperation referred to in Article 1 is to coordinate the
Community and Swiss programmes and to provide a stimulus for carrying out the
programmes with a view to deriving greater benefit from the respective
research efforts .
The aims of this coordination are , in particular :
- to select and define research projects ,
- to monitor the implementation of projects ,
- to evaluate the results and identify new research priorities .
It shall be carried out through :
- a detailed exchange of information on the respective programmes ,
- participation of representatives of one Contracting Party at the seminars
  and symposia of the other ,
- organization of visits by specialists from one Contracting Party to
  research institutes of the other ,
- regular close contacts between those responsible for the Community and
  Swiss programmes .
- other means of cooperation which shall be the subject of particular
  negotiations , if appropriate .
ARTICLE 4
The Commission of the European Communities and the bodies designated by the
Swiss Federal Council shall ensure that cooperation takes place between the
Community and Swiss programmes .
To this end , the person responsible for the Community programme shall invite
the person responsible for the Swiss programme to attend meetings of Community
working parties and groups of experts , ' as necessary ,       and the person
responsible for the Swiss programme shall invite the person responsible for
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the Community programme to attend meetings of Swiss working parties and groups
of experts , as necessary .
These persons may be accompanied by experts at the meetings to which they are
invited .
ARTICLE 5
Knowledge resulting from the implementation of the Community programme during
the period of validity of this Agreement shall be communicated to Switzerland
and to its bodies ( organs , undertakings or persons ) carrying out research or
production work justifying access to this knowledge , under the same conditions
as to the Member States of the Community .
Knowledge resulting from the implementation of the Swiss programme during the
period of validity of this Agreement shall be communicated to the Member
States of the Community and to their relevant bodies under the same conditions
as to the relevant Swiss bodies .
If in the implementation of the respective programmes patentable inventions ,
which will be protected by patents , are made or conceived , the Contracting
Parties shall encourage as far as possible the granting by the holders of such
patents of non-exclusive licenses to persons and undertakings established in
the Community and Switzerland .       Any such licenses shall be granted on
non-discriminatory terms .
ARTICLE 6
This Agreement shall apply to the territories in which the Treaty establishing
the European Economic Community applies and under the conditions laid down in
that Treaty , on the one hand , and to the territory of the Swiss Confederation ,
on the other .
ARTICLE 7
1 . This Agreement shall be concluded for the duration of the programme of the
     Contracting Party which expires first .
    Unless notice of terminiation of the Agreement is served in the month
     following a decision to revise the programme of one of the Contracting
     Parties , Annex A or 8 shall be amended to take account of the revision .
     The Contracting Parties shall inform one another of decisions to revise
    the programmes .
 ---pagebreak--- 2.  Unless notice of termination is served in the month following the decision
     to adopt a new programme by one of the Contracting Parties , this Agreement
     shall be extended for the duration of the programme of the Contracting
    Party which expires first .
     The provisions of the second sub-paragraph of the paragraph 1 above shall
    be applicable mutatis mutandis .
3 . This Agreement shall be not deemed to have expired solely by the fact of a
    delay in the adoption of a subsequent programme of one of the Contracting
    Parties .
4 . With the exception of the provisions set out in paragraphs 1 and 2 of this
     Article , each Contracting Party may at any moment terminate the Agreement
    by serving notice of six months .
ARTICLE 8
Annexes A and B to this Agreement shall form an integral part thereof .
ARTICLE 9
This Agreement shall be approved by the Contracting Parties under the
procedures in force for each of them .     It shall enter into force as soon as
the Contracting Parties have notified one another of completion of the
procedures necessary to this effect .
ARTICLE 10
This Agreement shall be drawn up in duplicate in Danish , Dutch , English ,
French , German , Greek , Italian , Portuguese and Spanish , each text being
equally authentic .
Done at ....
                                        For the Swiss Confederation
                                        For the Council of the
                                       European Communities
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                                         ANNEX A
                  Community programme on advanced materials ( EURAM )
                                      ( 1986-1989 )
The Community programme shall cover the following research areas :
1 . Metallic Materials
    1.1 . Light aluminium-based alloys .
    1.2 . Light magnesium-based alloys .
    1.3 . Light titanium-based alloys .
    1.4 . Electronic and electrical-contact materials .
    1.5    High-performance magnetic materials .
    1.6    Materials for surface coating for machine-tool and
           cutting equipment .
    1.7    Thin-walled castings .
2 . Engineering Ceramics
    2.1 . Optimization of engineering ceramics .
    2.2 . Study of metal / ceramic interface : cermets .
    2.3    Ceramic composites with fibres and whiskers .
    2.4    High temperature behaviour of engineering ceramics .
3 . Composite materials
    3.1 . Organic-matrix composites .
    3.2 . Metallic-matrix composites .
    3.3 Ceramic-matrix composites .
    3.4 Other specific advanced materials .
The programme shall be implemented by means of shared-cost research contracts
and coordination and training activities .
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             Swiss programme on " Materials for tomorrow 's needs "
                                   ( 1985-1990 )
The Swiss programme covers the following areas of research :
- Materials for magnetic functions
- Materials for the coating of surfaces intended for cutting and
  machining components
- Development of engineering ceramics
- Development of composite materials
- Materials for electronics and optoelectronics
- Special polymers
- Materials for sensors
 ---pagebreak---                 FICHE D' IMPACT SUR LA COMPETITIVITE ET L' EMPLOI
Ce projet a trait à une décision du Conseil concernant la conclusion
d' un accord de coopération entre la CEE et la Suisse relatif à la
recherche et au développement dans le domaine des matériaux avancées
( EURAM ) .
                  " En tant que tel , ce projet peut avoir un impact
     posid'f sur les PME , dans la mesure où i l constitue un
     instrument facilitant l' accès è la connaissance et à l' échange
     d ' expéri ences . "