CELEX: 31975D0513
Language: en
Date: 1975-08-25 00:00:00
Title: Council Decision of 25 August 1975 amending Decision No 73/127/EEC adopting a research programme for the European Economic Community in the field of teledetection of earth resources

2. 9. 75                              Official Journal of the European Communities                            N No L 231/17
                                                   COUNCIL DECISION
                                                     of 25 August 1975
              amending Decision No 73/127/EEC adopting a research programme for the European
                        Economic Community in the field of teledetection of earth resources
                                                        (75/513/EEC)
 THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,                         to this Decision. The Annex shall form an integral
                                                                   part of this Decision.
                                                                                            Article 2
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the
 European Economic Community, and in particular                    Article 2 of Decision No 73 /127/EEC shall be
 Articles 41 and 235 thereof;
                                                                   replaced by the following, with effect from 1 April
                                                                   1975 :
 Having regard to the proposal from the Commission;
                                                                       'The upper limit for expenditure commitments
 Having regard to the Opinion of the European                          and for staff necessary for carrying out this
 Parliament (1);                                                       programme shall be 1-420 million units of account
                                                                       and 19 staff.
 Whereas Council Decision No 73/127/EEC (2)               of           The unit of account is defined in Article 10 of the
 14 May 1973 adopting a research programme for           the           Financial Regulation of 25 April 1973 (8) appli­
 European Economic Community in the field                 of           cable to the general budget of the European
 teledetection of earth resources, was adopted in        ac­           Communities.'
 cordance with Article 235 of the Treaty;
                                                                                            Article 3
 Whereas Article 4 of the abovementioned Decision
 provides for a review of the said programme;                     Article 4 of Decision No            73/ 127/EEC shall   be
                                                                   replaced by the following, with effect from 1 April
                                                                   1975 :   ■
 Whereas it therefore seems appropriate to review this
 programme,                                                            'The programme defined in the Annex shall be
                                                                       subject to review at the beginning of 1976 in
                                                                       accordance with the appropriate procedures.'
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS :
                                                                   Done at Brussels, 25 August 1975 .
                         Article 1
                                                                                                         For the Council
The Annex to "Decision No 73/127/EEC shall, with                                                          The President
effect from 1 April 1975, be replaced by the Annex                                                        M. RUMOR
(x) OJ No C 95 , 28 . 4. 1975 , p. 7.
(2) OJ No L 153 , 9. 6. 1973 , p. 13 .                            (3) OJ No L 116, 1 . 5 . 1973 , p. 1 .
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                                                            ANNEX
                                                      DIRECT ACTIONS
                                                 NON-NUCLEAR PROJECTS
                                        TELEDETECTION OF EARTH RESOURCES
              Joint programme
              A maximum amount of 1-420 million units of account shall be allocated to this objective,
              the number of staff being fixed at 19 (including a programme staff of 8).
              The objective shall comprise direct support for the departments of the Commission. A pilot
              experiment on irrigated fields and different types of forest shall be carried out with a view
              to establishing a technique enabling production inventories and assessments to be made on
              the basis of aerial and spatial observations.
              These activities will be carried out by the Ispra Establishment in conjunction with the
              directorates-general concerned.