CELEX: 21986A0805(04)
Language: en
Date: 1986-07-14 00:00:00
Title: Community COST Concertation Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Finland, the Kingdom of Norway, the Kingdom of Sweden, the Swiss Confederation and the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia on a concerted action project in the field of plant in vitro culture (COST Project 87)

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                                     COMMUNITY COST CONCERTATION AGREEMENT
               between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Finland, the Kingdom of Norway,
               the Kingdom of Sweden , the Swiss Confederation and the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia on
                        a concerted action project in the field of plant in vitro culture ( COST Project 87)
THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY ,                                     participate for a period extending until 14 June 1988 in a
                                                                      concerted action project in the field of plant in vitro
hereinafter referred to as 'the Community',                           culture .
THE REPUBLIC OF FINLAND , THE KINGDOM OF
NORWAY , THE KINGDOM OF SWEDEN , THE SWISS                            This project is described in detail in Annex A.
CONFEDERATION           AND      THE    SOCIALIST      FEDERAL
REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA ,
                                                                      The States remain entirely responsible for the research
hereinafter referred to as 'the participating non-member              executed by their national institutions or bodies .
States',
Whereas a research project in the field of plant in vitro culture
                                                                                                 Article 2
was proposed in 1980 by the Swiss delegation within the
framework of European Cooperation in the field of Scientific
and Technical Research ( COST );                                      Concertation between the contracting parties shall be
                                                                      effected through the Management and Coordination
Whereas a memorandum of understanding for carrying out a              Advisory Committee ( CGC ) in the field of biotechnology set
European Research Project on in vitro cultures for the                up by the Council Decision of 29 June 1984 dealing with
purification and propagation of plants ( COST Project 87 )            structures and procedures for the management and
was signed by Belgium , Denmark , the Federal Republic of             coordination of Community research , development and
Germany , Ireland , Italy , the Netherlands , Norway , Sweden ,       demonstration activities ,       meeting in        appropriate
Switzerland and the United Kingdom in 1983 and by Spain in            configuration and enlarged to include the representatives or
1985 ;                                                                experts of the participating non-member States .
Whereas Section 3 of that memorandum lays down that it
                                                                      The terms of reference and the composition of this enlarged
will expire when a Community COST Concertation                        committee hereinafter referred to as 'the committee' are
Agreement on in vitro cultures for the purification and               defined in accordance with the said Decision .
propagation of plants comes into force ;
Whereas by its Decision of 12 March 1985 the Council of the
European Communities , hereinafter referred to as 'the                                           Article 3
Council' adopted a multiannual research action programme
for the European Economic Community in the field of
biotechnology ( 1985 to 1989 ) which provides in particular           In order to ensure optimum efficiency in the execution of this
for a concerted action project on plant in vitro culture ;            concerted action project , a project leader shall be appointed
                                                                      by the Commission after having consulted the national
Whereas the Member States of the Community and the                    representatives or experts to the committee .
participating non-member States , hereinafter referred to as
'the States', and the Community intend , subject to the rules
and procedures applicable to their national programmes , to                                      Article 4
carry out the research described in Annex A ; whereas they
prepared to integrate such research into a process of
concertation which they consider will be of mutual                    The estimated financial contribution by the contracting
benefit ;                                                             parties to the coordination costs for the period referred to in
                                                                      the first paragraph of Article 1 shall be :
Whereas the implementation of the research covered by the
concerted action project will require a financial contribution        — 400 000 ECU from the Community ,
of about     20   million   ECU     from the States     and   the
                                                                      —    33 000 ECU from each participating non-member
Community ,                                                               State .
HAS AGREED AS FOLLOWS :                                               The ECU is that defined by the financial Regulation in force
                                                                      applicable to the general Budget of the European
                                                                      Communities and by the financial arrangements adopted
                             Article 1                                pursuant thereto .
The Community and the participating non-member States ,               The rules governing the financing of the Agreement are set
hereinafter referred to as 'the contracting parties', shall           out in Annex B.
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                            Article 5                                 Contracting parties which have not yet transmitted this
                                                                      notification at the time of entry into force of this Agreement
Through the committee , the States and the Community shall            shall be able to take part in the work of the committee
regularly exchange all useful information concerning the              without voting rights for a period of six months following the
execution of the research covered by the concerted action             entry into force of this Agreement .
project . The States shall provide the Commission with all
information relevant for coordination purposes . They shall           3.     The Secretary-General of the Council shall notify each
also endeavour to provide the Commission with information             of the contracting parties of the deposit of the notifications
on similar research planned or carried out by other bodies            provided for in paragraph 1 and of the date of entry into force
which are not under their authority . Any information shall be        of this Agreement .
treated as confidential if so requested by the State which
provides it .
                                                                                                  Article 7
                            Article 6
1.     Each of the contracting parties shall , after signing this     This Agreement shall apply , on the one hand , to the
Agreement , notify the Secretary-General of the Council as            territories in which the Treaty establishing the European
soon as possible , of the completion of the procedures                Economic Community is applied and under the conditions
necessary under its internal provisions for the                       laid down in that Treaty and , on the other hand , to the
implementation of this Agreement .                                    territories of the participating non-member States .
2.     For the contracting parties which have transmitted the
notification provided for in paragraph 1 , this Agreement
                                                                                                  Article 8
shall enter into force on the first day of the month following
that in which the Community and at least one of the
participating non-member States transmitted these                     This Agreement , drawn up in a single original in the Danish ,
notifications .                                                       Dutch , English , French , German , Greek , Italian , Portuguese
                                                                      and Spanish languages , each text being equally authentic ,
For those contracting parties which transmit the notification         shall be deposited in the archives of the General Secretariat of
after the entry into force of this Agreement , it shall come into     the Council of the European Communities , which shall
force on the first day of the second month following the              transmit a certified copy to each of the contracting
month in which the notification was transmitted .                     parties .
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                                                            ANNEX A
                             RESEARCH COVERED BY THE CONCERTED ACTION PROJECT
           The primary aims of this research consist of developing tissue culture methods for :
           — rapid multiplication of healthy plants ,
           — freeing plants from pathogens ,
           — safe long-term storage of plant cultures .
           The model plants selected are :
           — Apple rootstock M 26 ,
           — Cordyline ,
           — Nephrolepis ,
           — Gerbera ,
           — Pelargonium ,
           — Saintpaulia .
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                                                                   ANNEX B
                                                             FINANCING RULES
                                                                     Article 1
             These provisions lay down the financial rules referred to in Article 4 of the Agreement .
                                                                     Article 2
             At the beginning of each financial year , the Commission shall send to each of the participating non-member States a
             call for funds corresponding to its share of the annual coordination costs under the Agreement , calculated in
             proportion to the maximum amounts laid down in Article 4 of the Agreement .
             This contribution shall be expressed both in ECU and the currency of the participating non-member States
             concerned , the value of the ECU being defined in the financial Regulation applicable to the general Budget of the
             European Communities and determined on the date of the call for funds .
             The total contributions shall cover the travel costs of the national representatives or experts to the committee , in
             addition to the coordination costs proper which include meetings , contracts to be concluded with persons or bodies
             in the participating States with a view to insuring coordination and exchange of research workers between
             laboratories .
             Each participating non-member State shall pay its annual contribution to the coordination costs under the
             Agreement at the beginning of each year , and by 31 March at the latest . Any delay in the payment of the annual
             contribution shall give rise to the payment of interest by the participating non-member State concerned at a rate
             equal to the highest discount rate ruling in the States on the due date . The rate shall be increased by 0,25 % for each
             month of delay . The increased rate shall be applied to the entire period of delay . However , such interest shall be
             chargeable only if payment is effected more than three months after the issue of a call for funds by the
             Commission .
                                                                     Article 3
             The funds paid by participating non-member States shall be credited to the concerted action project as budget
             receipts allocated to a heading in the statement of the revenue of the general Budget of the European Communities
             ( Commission section ).
                                                                     Article 4
             The provisional timetable for the coordination costs referred to in Article 4 of the Agreement is appended .
                                                                     Article 5
             The financial Regulation in force applicable to the general Budget of the European Communities shall apply to the
             management of the appropriations .
                                                                     Article 6
             At the end of each financial year , a statement of appropriations for the concerted action project shall be prepared
              and transmitted to the participating non-member States for information .
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                                Appendix
       PROVISIONAL TIMETABLE FOR THE COORDINATION COSTS
                                                                                                          (x 1 000 ECU)
      1985                    1986                    1987                     1988                     Total
                                                                                                                            Official
A             PA      CA              PA      CA              PA       CA              PA       CA               PA
                                                                                                                          Journal of
              12       60              60      72              72       46              46      190              190
                       60              30      80              90       70              90      210              210        the
              12      120              90     152             162      116             136      400              400
                                                                                                                          European
              12      120              90     152             162      116             136      400              400
               +       +              +        +               +        +               +        +                +
  1          n x 1   n x 10          n x 8   n x 12          n x 13   n x 10          n x 11   n x 33           n x 33
                                                                                                                            Communities
  1          n x 1   n x 10          n x 8   n x 12          n x 13   n x 10          n x 11   n x 33           n x 33
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