CELEX: 51987PC0364
Language: en
Date: 1987-07-10
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DECISION AUTHORIZING THE UNITED KINGDOM TO APPLY AN OPTIONAL MEASURE DEROGATING FROM ARTICLE ARTICLE 17 OF THE SIXTH COUNCIL DIRECTIVE ( 77/388/EEC ) OF 17 MAY 1977 ON THE HARMONIZATION OF THE LAWS OF THE MEMBER STATES RELATING TO TURNOVER TAXES

8. 2. 88                                   Official Journal of the European Communities                                   No C 34/5
 access and which they are free to disclose concerning                                            Article 11
activities in the areas covered by this Decision, whether or
not planned or carried out under their authority.                     This Decision shall apply from 1 June 1987.
Information shall be exchanged according to a procedure to
be defined by the Commission after consulting the                                                 Article 12
Committee, and shall be treated as confidential at the
 suppliers' request.                                                  This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
               Amended proposal for a Council Decision relating to a research and development programme in the
                                 field of science and technology for development (1987 to 1991)
                                                         COM(87) 634 final
               (Submitted by the Commission to the Council pursuant to Article 149 (2) of the EEC Treaty on
                                                         27 November 1987)
                                                            (88/C 34/02)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                              Whereas the Intergovernmental Committee for Science and
                                                                      Technology for Development (ICSTD) during its eighth
                                                                      session, from 2 to 6 June 1986, adopted a resolution which
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                 invited industrialized countries to increase their research and
Economic Community, and in particular Article 130Q (2)                development efforts in the sector of agriculture and related
thereof,                                                              fields, including joint projects with developing countries;
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ( ! ),
                                                                      Whereas developing countries have become aware of the
                                                                      place of science and technology in the process of economic
In cooperation with the European Parliament,                          and social development; whereas it is consequently
                                                                      important to facilitate the introduction of a scientific and
                                                                      technical dimension into the development activities of the
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social               Community;
Committee ( 2 ),
                                                                      Whereas the research and development measures covered by
Whereas, under Article 2 of the Treaty, the Community has
                                                                      this Decision relate to two particularly grave and urgent
in particular the task of promoting a harmonious
                                                                      problems, food and health, which are bound up with the
development of economic activities and continuous balanced
                                                                      fundamental needs of the developing countries;
expansion throughout the Community; whereas Article 3 of
the Treaty provides inter alia that, for the purposes set out in
Article 2, the activities of the Community shall include
                                                                      Whereas it is necessary to establish greater cooperation
increased trade and the joint promotion of economic and
                                                                      among scientists in the various Member States and the
social development in the developing countries;
                                                                      developing countries with a view to facilitating the
                                                                      complementarity of research and methodologies and
Whereas the resolution adopted by the Council on 18                   ensuring easier access to the different networks of scientific
November 1980 underlines the importance of the                        relationships established by the Member States with their
development of research capacities oriented particularly              third world partners;
towards food agriculture in the developing countries and of
complementarity between the activities of the research
centres established in the Community and the efforts                  Whereas the Council adopted on 14 January 1974 a
undertaken in this field by the developing countries;                 resolution on an initial outline programme of the European
                                                                      Communities in the field of science and technology ( 3 );
(») OJ No C 24, 31. 1. 1987, p. 9.
(2) OJ No C 150, 9. 6. 1987, p. 13.                                   (3) O J N o C 7 , 29. 1. 1974, p. 6.
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 Whereas the Council Decision of 28 September 1987                    Projects relating to the programme shall be implemented
 concerning the framework programme of Community                      mainly on the basis of cost-sharing contracts. Contracting
 activities in the field of research and technological                parties shall be required to meet a substantial proportion of
 development (1987 to 1991) includes science and technology           the costs, which should normally correspond to at least 50 %
 for development among the activities it provides for;                of total expenditure. In specific cases a higher rate of
                                                                      Community financing may be appropriate. In such cases the
 Whereas, in view of the object and the specificity of this           Commission shall consult the Committee referred to in
 programme, which is carried out in the interest of the               Article 3.
 developing countries and should be implemented in close
 cooperation with them, it is advisable to lay down special
 rules for the dissemination of the results of the                                               Article 3
 programme;
                                                                      The Commission shall be responsible for carrying out the
 Whereas the Council, under Article 235 of the Treaty                 programme. It shall be assisted by the Management and
 establishing the EEC, adopted a first multiannual                    Coordination       Advisory      Committee      (CGC)      for
 programme of research and development in the field of                Development-Linked Research set up by Council Decision
 science and technology for development by Decision                   84/338/Euratom, ECSC, EEC( 2 ), which defines the
 82/837/EEC( 1 ), which programme has achieved positive               Committee's responsibilities.
 results, opening up promising opportunities regarding the
 objectives to be pursued;
                                                                                                 Article 4
 Whereas, at its meeting on 10 December 1985, the Council
 asked the Commission to consider the inclusion, as part of
                                                                      The programme shall be implemented as often as possible in
 this programme, of a subsection relating to the development
                                                                      agreement with the scientific institutions in developing
 of indigenous scientific and technical research capacities in
                                                                      countries, after their needs in this respect have been
 developing countries;
                                                                      established; research findings available in other parts of the
                                                                      world should be taken into account in an appropriate
Whereas the Scientific and Technical Research Committee               manner.
 (Crest) has delivered an opinion,
                                                                                                 Article S
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
                                                                      During the first year of the programme, the Commission,
                                                                      after obtaining the opinion of the Committee, shall issue
                                                                      invitations to submit the proposals necessary for progressive
                             Article 1                                implementation of the programme.
A programme of research and development to support and                During the third year of the programme, the Commission
reinforce scientific activities in the field of science and          shall carry out an evaluation of the programme in the light of
technology for development for the benefit of developing             the specific objectives given in Annex I. In carrying out this
countries, as set out in Annex I, is hereby adopted for a            evaluation, the Commission shall be assisted by independent
period of five years from 1 January 1987.                            experts among whom there must be a sufficient number of
                                                                     specialists from developing countries. Following this
                                                                     evaluation, the Commission may submit proposals for any
Within the scope of the programme, competent institutions
                                                                     consequent amendments.
established either in the Community or in developing
countries shall be invited to submit their research and
development proposals. Other international organizations
operating in this field shall also be invited to submit                                         Article 6
proposals for joint financing of research activities.
                                                                     Dissemination of information applicable to the programme
In the light of a series of problems that are common to many         shall be subject to the following conditions:
developing countries, priority should be given in certain
research projects to regional and integrated programmes.              1. Rules governing ownership, the obligations of the
                                                                          Community, and, should the need arise, of the
                                                                          contractor, with regard to information and inventions,
                                                                          whether or not patentable, resulting from research or
                             Article 2                                    work done under contract, shall be defined case by case
                                                                          in the contracts.
The cost of the programme is estimated at 80 million ECU             2. The Commission shall communicate the information
including the cost of a staff of 16.                                      and inventions in which it has the rights to the Member
(!) OJ No L 352, 14. 12. 1982, p. 24.                                (2) OJ No L 177, 4. 7. 1984, p. 25.
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    States and to persons and undertakings which pursue, on                        those in developing countries, the conditions for the
    the territory of a Member State or in a developing                             distribution of such information to research institutions
    country, a research or a production activity justifying                        unconnected with the Community or to developing
    access to such information. The Commission, after                              countries.
    obtaining the agreement of the contracting parties, must
    also communicate this information to the developing
    countries, not only to those with which the Community
                                                                                                           Article 7
    has concluded association or cooperation agreements,
    and to the non-associated developing countries which
                                                                               This Decision shall apply from 1 January 1987 until 31
    benefit from financial and technical aid from the
                                                                               December 1991.
    Community, but also to all developing countries which
    have an urgent need and which are in a position to make
    use of such knowledge.
                                                                                                           Article 8
    The Commission shall lay down, in close consultation
    with the beneficiaries of research findings, including                     This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
                                                                     ANNEX I
              RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME IN THE FIELD OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
                                                   FOR DEVELOPMENT (1987 to 1991)
                                                                   1. Objectives
              The aim of the science and technology for development programme is to promote increased scientific cooperation
              between the European Community and third world countries to their mutual benefit.
              The main objectives are to:
              — strengthen European research capacity in areas important for the economic and social development of the
                 developing countries,
              — develop research capacities in third world countries through active and effective links with European research
                 institutes, which would continue after the period of Community financing,
              — in the case of the agriculture sub-programme, produce results which could help to raise the living standards of
                 the population in the developing countries, particularly the poorest sectors of the population,
              — in the case of the medicine sub-programme, help to improve the health of that population, in particular through
                 the prevention of disease,
              — in the case of both sub-programmes, produce results which can be disseminated as quickly and efficiently as
                 possible and used for the benefit of those institutions in the developing countries which are able to derive benefit
                 therefrom,
             — ensure coherence between the content of the research programme and the aims and activities of Community
                 development aid programmes and the aid programmes of other donor countries,
             — stimulate collaboration and coordination between research activities undertaken in the Member States
                 concerning tropical environments, in order to increase the effectiveness of these activities,
             — strengthen research teams in the developing countries, as regards both numbers (by training) and
                 equipment.
                                                       2. Scientific and technical content
             The programme, for which the expenditure commitments are estimated at 80 million ECU, comprises the
             following two sub-programmes:
             A. Tropical and sub-tropical agriculture sub-programme:
                  (The financial appropriation proposed, as an indication, for this sub-programme is 55 million ECU.)
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            ^n  improvement of agricultural products^
                — crop productions food crops, agro-mdustnal crops, crop genetics^ crop protection,
                — proteins of animal origins stocl^ farmings animal genetics and reproductions veterinary medicine,
                — sea and inland fisheries and a^uaculture,
                — forestry production in humid and and areas.
            ^   Conservation and better use of the environments
                — appraisal ofresources,water resources and their use,soil management and protection,desertification
                    and management of savannahs^ undere^ploited genetic resources^ wild flora and fauna.
            O^ Agricultural engineering and post-harvest technology^
                — agricultural engineering^mecham^ation^ preservation of products, processing of products.
            ^   production systems
                ^   multi-disciplinary approaches relating to agricultural products intercropping^ relationships
                     between crop-growing and stocl^-farming^ ecologically fragile environments
           ^The financial appropriation proposed,as an indication,for this sub-programme is ^^million^CU.^
           ^n Medicine
                ^   transmissible tropical diseases^ parasitological^ bacterial, viral^mycological,
                — non-transmissible tropical diseases^ genetic disorders^ acquired diseases
           ^    health
                — health services operational research, planning, management and models,
                — environmental health water-related diseasesmraditional medicine — tropical medicinal plants.
           ^    nutrition
                — nutritional deficiencies^ impact of agricultural, alimentary and socio-economic strategies on
                    nutritional status,
                — relationships between production and storage systems, food habits and health status,
                — bio-availability of nutrients and their toxicology.
       The carrying-out of research activities envisaged for the above two sub-programmes also involves training and
       mobility of scientific personnel, aid for equipment and the creation of research networks.
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       ^^perts from developing countries chosen on the basis ofafair geographical distribution and,in order to ensure
       coordination at international level, representatives of relevant international organisations should be invited to
       attend committee meetings when important items of the programme are on the agenda.
       Representatives of the Standing Committee on Agricultural Research, of the Management and Coordination
       Advisory CommitteeforMedicalandelealthResearch, of theTechnicalCentrefor Agricultural and Rural
       Cooperation and, if appropriate, of other Community bodies, shall be invited to participate in the Committee's
       proceedings where necessary.