CELEX: 51983PC0354
Language: en
Date: 1983-06-08
Title: 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 ( 1984-1987 )

7.7.83                           Official Journal of the European Communities                                 N o C 180/7
2.     Member States may be authorized to issue                                          Article 3
import licences for the products referred to in
paragraph 1 up to the limit of quantities                      Detailed rules for the application of this Regulation
corresponding to their traditional imports coming              shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure
from the non-member countries concerned.                       laid down in Article 26 of Regulation (EEC) No
                                                               1837/80.
                                                                                         Article 4
                                                               This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of
                                                               its publication in the Official Journal of the European
                                                               Communities.
                         Article 2                             It shall apply from 1 January 1984 until the entry into
For the products and non-member countries specified            force of voluntary restraint agreements with the non-
in Article 1, the import licences provided for in              member countries concerned and at the latest until
Article 16 of Regulation (EEC) No 1837/80 shall be             31 March 1984.
issued during the first quarter of 1984 subject to the         This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and
quantitative limits laid down in Article 1.                    directly applicable in all Member States.
               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)
                             (Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 10 June 1983)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                    Whereas, on 3 December 1982, the Council adopted
COMMUNITIES,                                                   a programme of research and development in the
                                                               field of science and technology for development
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                    (1983 to 1986) O aimed at the undertaking of
European Economic Community, and in particular                 research measures by the relevant institutions
Article 235 thereof,                                           established in the Community or in the developing
                                                               countries, relating to two particularly serious and
 Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,            urgent problems, namely agriculture, and food and
                                                                health in tropical regions;
Having regard to the opinion of the European                    Whereas one of the main objectives of development
Parliament,                                                     action proposed for adoption by the memorandum on
                                                                the Community's development policy, presented by
 Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and               the Commission to the Council on 4 October 1982, is
 Social Committee,                                              'the development of independent capacities for
                                                                scientific research and technical applications and the
Whereas, under Article 2 of the Treaty, the                     use of the whole range of science and technology in
 Community has in particular the task of promoting a            the service of development';
 harmonious development of economic activities and a            Whereas the European Parliament has recommended
 continuous and balanced expansion throughout the               (2) that field research be stepped up in the developing
 Community; whereas Article 3 of the Treaty provides            countries, account being taken of cultural identity
 that, for the purposes set out in Article 2, the               and the economic, social and cultural environment;
 activities of the Community shall include increased
 trade and the joint promotion of economic and social
 development in the developing countries;
                                                                (*) OJ No L 352, 14. 12. 1982, p. 24.
 Whereas the resolution adopted by the Council at its           (2) Resolution closing the procedure for consultation of the
 meeting of 18 November 1980 stresses the importance                European Parliament on the proposal from the
 of developing research capacity geared in particular               Commission of the European Communities to the
 to food agriculture in the developing countries and of             Council for a Decision adopting a programme of
                                                                    research and development in the field of science and
 the efforts undertaken in this area by developing                  technology for development (1982 to 1985) (OJ No C
 countries;                                                         182, 19.7. 1982, pp. 83-88).
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Whereas the developing countries have frequently              more particularly with research capacities in agri-
expressed their awareness of the major role of                culture, food and public health.
indigenous scientific and technical research in
economic and social development;                                                       Article 2
Whereas, in consequence, the Community should                 The money needed for implementing the first phase
help the developing countries to strengthen and               of the programme, estimated at 60 million ECU
extend over the long term their scientific and                including expenditure required for a staff of nine,
technical research capacities;                                which is necessary for the Commission to administer
                                                              the programme, shall be provided from the appro-
Whereas the development of research capacities, in            priations for this purpose in the general budget of the
order to take account of the guidelines of Community          European Communities. These figures are purely
development assistance policy, must cover six                 indicative.
sectors ('): agriculture, environment, health, popu-
lation, energy and underground resources;                                              Article 3
Whereas it is desirable to devote an initial phase of         The Commission shall carry out the programme. It
the programme as a matter of priority to improve              shall be assisted in its task by an advisory committee,
research capacities in the areas of agriculture and of        established by Commission Decision and made up of
food and health, where the gravity of the situation           experts from the Member States and the developing
has already been recognized, notably in the                   countries.
abovementioned Council Decision 82/83/EEC of 3                The Committee's function shall be to keep the
December 1982;                                                Commission informed of the scientific and technical
Whereas a second phase of the programme will have             needs of the developing countries and to help it
to cover the other four areas referred to above;              establish and subsequently evaluate the guidelines and
                                                              results of the programme.
Whereas, having regard to the object and the specific
nature of this programme, special rules should be                                      Article 4
established to provide access for the developing
countries      to     knowledge       resulting     from      At the end of the second year of operation of the
implementation of the programme;                              programme, an evaluation shall be carried out for the
                                                              purpose of adapting it to specific needs which may
Whereas the Treaty does not provide for the powers            become apparent.
of action required to these ends,
                                                                                       Article 5
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:                                       Knowledge and inventions, whether or not patent-
                         Article 1                            able, resulting from          implementation   of   the
                                                              programme shall be made available to the Community
A programme of assistance for the development of              and to the developing countries which have played a
indigenous scientific and technical research capacities       part in undertaking the research. The Commission
 in the developing countries, as set out in the Annex, is     shall see that they are protected. It shall communicate
 hereby adopted for a period of four years beginning          this information both to the Member States and to
 on 1 January 1984. The programme shall comprise              the developing countries which require it and are in a
 two phases, the first of which shall be concerned            position to use it.
(') Proposals for a European scientific and <• technical
     strategy. Framework programme 1984 to 1987.
     COM(82) 865 final, p. 67.
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                                                           ANNEX
         Programme of assistance for the development of indigenous scientific and technical research
                                           capacities in the developing countries
                                                        (1984 to 1987)
         A. The aim of the programme is to assist the developing countries to strengthen and expand their
            own scientific and technical research capacities, thereby fostering indigenous and self-reliant
            development, taking account of their cultural identity and their economic, social and physical
            environment.
         B. The programme covers six main sectors:
            1. agriculture in the broad sense, including forestry, the campaign against desertification,
                fisheries (and fish-farming), and favouring those topics relating to self-sufficiency in food and
                rural development;
            2. health, notably problems of nutrition and tropical diseases;
            3. population: demographic trends;
            4. the environment, notably hydrogeology and climatology;
            5. energy: renewable sources of energy appropriate to developing countries' economies;
            6. underground resources: geological prospecting.
         C. An initial phase of the Community operation will concentrate on sectors 1 and 2 of the above.
         D. The programme will be implemented in agreement with the beneficiary countries, following an
            assessment of needs.
            The details of research operations proper will be decided when the Advisory Committee on
            Management and Coordination has given its opinion. They will be executed locally, in
            accordance with the social and economic priorities of the countries concerned and in line with
            the Community's development policy guidelines.
         E. The Community's aid may cover the following:
              (i) the training and advanced training of research workers;
             (ii) training and refresher courses for technicians;
            (iii) North-South and South-South exchanges of research workers;
            (iv) scientific and technical information;
             (v) the supply of means of operation and equipment for the developing countries' research
                   centres and, if necessary and on a selective basis, aid for the repatriation of highly qualified
                   research workers currendy engaged in research abroad.