CELEX: 31973D0126
Language: en
Date: 1973-05-14 00:00:00
Title: Council Decision of 14 May 1973 adopting a research programme for the European Economic Community on the protection of the environment

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                                                COUNCIL DECISION
                                                   of 14 May 1973
               adopting a research programme for the European Economic Community on the protec­
                                               tion of the environment
                                                      (73/126/EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,                      HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS :
                                                                                      Article 1
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­             A research programme for the European Economic
pean Economic Community, and in particular Article             Community on the protection of the environment as
235 thereof;                                                   set out in the Annex to this Decision is hereby
                                                               adopted for a period of four years beginning on
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission;             1 January 1973 . This Annex forms an integral part
                                                                of this Decision .
Having regard to the Opinion of the European Par­
liament ;                                                                             Article 2
                                                               The upper limit for expenditure commitments and
Having regard to the Council Resolution of 17                  for staff necessary for the implementation of this
December 1970 on the procedure for adopting                    programme shall be fixed at 13 million units account
research and education programmes ;                             and 142 staff, the unit of account being defined
                                                               in the Financial Regulation on the establishment and
                                                               implementation of the budget of the European Com­
Whereas Article 3 of the Treaty establishing the               munities and the responsibility of authorizing and
European Economic Community lays down that the                 accounting officers.
 activities of the Community shall include the elimin­
 ation, as between Member States, of customs duties                                    Article 3
and of quantitative restrictions on the import and
export of goods, and of all other measures having              The Commission shall ensure that this programme is
equivalent effect, the institution of a system ensuring        carried out and to this end shall request the assist­
that competition in the common market is not dis­               ance of the Joint Research Centre. It shall submit an
torted, and also the approximation of the laws of              annual report to the Council on the subject.
Member States to the extent required for the proper                                    Article 4
 functioning of the common market ; whereas the
 activities defined in the Annex to this Decision are          The programme defined in the Annex shall be subject
necessary, among others, for achieving these objec­            to review at the beginning of the second year, in
tives and promoting, in accordance with Article 2              accordance with the appropriate procedures, and in
of the same Treaty, a harmonious development of                the light of the decisions of the Paris Summit Con­
 economic activities throughout the Community and               ference .
 an improvement in conditions of life and employ­                                      Article 5
 ment in the Member States ;
                                                                The information resulting from the implementation
Whereas the research projects which are the subject             of the parts of the programme defined in the Annex
                                                                will be disseminated in accordance with the condi­
 of this Decision therefore appear necessary in order
 to achieve certain Community objectives in the con­            tions and within the limits laid down by the Com­
                                                                mission .
 text of the functioning of the common market ;
                                                                Done at Brussels, 14 May 1973 .
                                                                                                    For the Council
 Whereas the Treaty establishing the European Econ­
 omic Community made no provision for the powers                                                     The President
 required for these purposes ;                                                                   R. VAN ELSLANDE
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                                                            ANNEX
                                                       DIRECT ACTION
                                                 NON-NUCLEAR PROJECTS
                                             ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
              Joint programme
              A maximum amount of 13.0 million units of account shall be allocated to this objective and the
              upper limit for staff shall be fixed at 142 staff (including 75 programme staff).
              The objective shall be :
              — analysis and supervision (particularly development of a multidetection unit ; studies on
                 teledetection and measurement of pollution ; formation of a data bank for chemicals) ;
              — spread and effect of pollutants (in particular studies of biological indicators of water pol­
                 lution , genetic toxicity and bio-telemetry of subacute toxic effects on laboratory animals) ;
              — model and systems analysis of the process of eutrophication of an alpine lake and of atmos­
                 pheric pollution ;
              — theoretical studies on thermal pollution and the purification of water by catalytic oxidation.
              — These activities will be carried out by the Ispra Establishment.