CELEX: 51991PC0305
Language: en
Date: 1991-07-24
Title: RE-EXAMINED PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DECISION WITH A VIEW TO THE ADOPTION OF A SPECIFIC RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME IN THE FIELD OF NON-NUCLEAR ENERGIES ( 1991-1994 )

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                                   C0M(91) 305 final - SYN 269
                                                   Brussels,    24 Jul y 1991
                          Re-examined proposal for a
                                 COUNCIL DECISION
                          with a view to the adoption of a
        specific research and technological development programme in
                  the field of non-nuclear Energies (1991-1994)
     (presented by the Commission pursuant to Article 149.2(d)
                               of the EEC treaty)
 ---pagebreak---                            EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
1. During its examination, at the second reading, of the proposal "Non-nuclear Energy"
   (initial proposal COM(90) 164 final SYN 269, amended proposal COM (90) 50 final SYN
   269), which was held on 10 July 1991, the European Parliament adopted three
   amendments to the common position of the Council. These amendments are intended
   to reintroduce into the draft decision the notion of "integrated projects", which was
   proposed by the Commission but anulled by the Council.
2. The Commission accepts amendements 1 and 2 in their entirety - and as far as areas 3 and
   4 of Annex II are concerned - that part of the amendment n° 3 which concerns the
   insertion of the notion of "integrated projects" into Annex II.
3. As far as the other parts of amendment 3 are concerned (cf. Annex II), the Commisison
   considers that allocating 10 to 12 % of the Programme budget to integrated projects
   would be damaging to flexibility as well as to the equilibrium between programme areas.
   Although initially proposed by the Commission, the replacement of the financial allocation
   by percentage ranges was not retained by the Commisison, in view of the fact that the
   specific Programmes already adopted by the Council contained financial allocations in Mio
   ECU.
   As a result, the Commission has formulated its re-examined proposal by incorporating the
   amendments which it has accepted into the text of the common position.
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                                      Re-examined proposal for a
                                        COUNCIL DECISION
                                   with a view to the adoption of a
                  specific research and technological development programme in
                            the field of non-nuclear energies (1991-1994)
The re-examined proposal of the Commission is comprised of the text of the Common position
adopted by the Council, on 6.5.1991 (DOC. 5733/1/91), amended in the following way :
Annex I. area 3           "Biomass"
2nd sentence to be replaced by            :
"Coordination with actions carried out under the specific agricultural and agro-industrial research
programme will be ensured through integrated projects under the responsibility of the Commisison
and assisted by the two programme committees concerned".
Annex I. area 4          "Energy efficiency in transport, including appropriate substitutes for
                         conventional fuels".
3rd sentence to be replaced by            :
"Co-ordination with transport projects carried outunder the Industrial and Materials Technologies
programme will be ensured through integrated projects under the responsibility of the
Commisison, assisted by the two programme Committees concerned".
Annex II to be read as follows :
"Indicative allocation of funds deemed necessary
 Area                                                                       Allocation
                                                                    (millions of ecus)
 1.      Analysis of strategies and modelling                                        9
 2.      Minimum emission power production from fossil                              36
         sources
 3.      Renewable energy sources                                              57,43 *
 4.      Energy utilization and conservation                                    53   *
                                                        Total         155,43 (1) (2)
 *       including the integrated projects
 (1)     Including staff costs amounting to ECU 11 million and administrative
         costs amounting to ECU 7 million.
 (2)     An amount deemed necessary of ECU 1,57 million, not included in the
         ECU 155,43 million, would be set aside as a contribution from the
         specific programme on non-nuclear energies to centralized action for
         disseminating and exploiting the results."
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 ---pagebreak---                      B U R O P B A        P A R L I A M E N T
1 JULY 1991                                                                 A3-0187/3
AMENDMENT No. 3
tabled by the Committee on Energy, Research and Technology
                   RECOMMENDATION FOR THE SECOND READING                (A3-0187/91)
                   Rapporteur: Mr Gasoliba I Bohra
                   Common position of the Council (C3-0214/91 - SYN 269)
                   NON-NUCLEAR ENERGIES
Common position of the Council               Text amended by Parliament
                                 (Amendment No. 3)
                                      Annex II
INDICATIVE ALLOCATION OF FUNDS DEEMED        INDICATIVE BREAKDOWN OF EXPENDITURES
NECESSARY                                    FOR THE PERIOD 1990-1994
AREA                          ALLOCATION                                          111
                        millions of ecus
1. Analysis of strategies     9              Area 1: Analysis of strategies       5-7
    and modelling                                    and modelling
2. Minimum emission power    36              Area 2: Minimum emission power     20-30
    production from fossil                           production from fossil
    sources                                          sources
3. Renewable energy          57,43           Area 3: Renewable energy           25-35
    sources                                          sources
4. Energy utilization        53              Area 4: Energy utilization         25-35
    and conservation                                 and conservation
                      TOTAL 155,43f1)(2)     Integrated projects                10-12
The breakdown between different areas        The breakdown between different areas
does not exclude the possibility that        does not exclude the possibility that
 projects could cover several areas.         projects could cover several areas.
 (1) Including staff costs amounting to
     ECU 11 million and administrative
     costs amounting to ECU 7 million.
 (2) An amount deemed necessary of ECU
     1,57 million, not Included in the
     ECU 155,43 million, would be set
     aside as a contribution from the
     specific     programme    on    non-
     nuclear energies to centralized
     action    for disseminating and
     exploiting the results.
                                                                       PE 152.922/3
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