Article 5 
1. The Commission shall be responsible for the implementation of the programme. 2. Contracts concluded by the Commission shall govern the rights and obligations of each party, in particular the arrangements for the dissemination, protection and exploitation of research results, in accordance with the provisions adopted pursuant to the second subparagraph of Article 130k of the Treaty. 3. A work programme shall be drawn up in accordance with the aims set out in Annex I and updated where necessary. It shall set out the detailed objectives and types of projects to be undertaken, and the financial arrangements to be made for them. The Commission shall make calls for proposals for projects on the basis of the work programme. Article 6 1. The Commission shall be assisted by a committee composed of the representatives of the Member States and chaired by the representative of the Commission. 2. The representative of the Commission shall submit to the committee a draft of the measures to be taken. The committee shall deliver its opinion on the draft, within a time limit which the chairman may lay down according to the urgency of the matter, if necessary by taking a vote. 3. The opinion shall be recorded in the minutes; in addition, each Member State shall have the right to request that its position be recorded in the minutes. 4. The Commission shall take the utmost account of the opinion delivered by the committee. It shall inform the committee of the manner in which its opinion has been taken into account. Article 7 1. The procedure laid down in Article 6 shall apply in particular to: - the preparation and updating of the work programme referred to in Article 5 (3), - the contents of the calls for proposals, - the assessment of the projects provided for in Annex III and the estimated amount of the Community's contribution to them where this amount exceeds ECU 0,3 million, - departures from the general rules set out in Annex III, - the participation in any project by non-Community organizations and enterprises referred to in Article 8 (1) and (2), - any adaptation of the indicative allocation of the amount set out in Annex II, - the measures to be undertaken to evaluate the programme, - arrangements for the dissemination, protection and exploitation of the results of research carried out under the programme. 2. Where, pursuant to the third indent of paragraph 1, the amount of the Community contribution is less than or equal to ECU 0,3 million, the Commission shall inform the Committee of the projects and of the outcome of their assessment. The Commission shall also inform the Committee of the implementation of the accompanying measures and concerted action referred to in Annex III. Article 8 1. The Commission is authorized to negotiate, in accordance with Article 130n of the Treaty, international agreements with third countries which are members of COST, particularly the member countries of EFTA and the countries of Central and Eastern Europe, with a view to associating them with the whole programme or a part of it. 2. Where framework agreements for scientific and technical cooperation have been concluded between the Community and European non-member States, bodies and enterprises established in those countries may, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 6 and on the basis of the criterion of mutual benefit, be allowed to become partners in a project undertaken within the programme. No contracting body based outside the Community and participating as a partner in a project undertaken under the programme may benefit from Community financing for this programme. The body concerned shall contribute to the general administrative costs. Article 9 This Decision is addressed to the Member States. Done at Luxembourg, 7 June 1991. For the Council The President R. STEICHEN (1) OJ No C 174, 16. 7. 1990, p. 48.(2) OJ No C 324, 24. 12. 1990, p. 298; and OJ No C 158, 17. 6. 1991.(3) OJ No C 332, 31. 12. 1990, p. 38.(4) OJ No L 117, 8. 5. 1990, p. 28.
Article 6 
and on the basis of the criterion of mutual benefit, be allowed to become partners in a project undertaken within the programme. No contracting body based outside the Community and participating as a partner in a project undertaken under the programme may benefit from Community financing for this programme. The body concerned shall contribute to the general administrative costs. Article 9 This Decision is addressed to the Member States. Done at Luxembourg, 7 June 1991. For the Council The President R. STEICHEN (1) OJ No C 174, 16. 7. 1990, p. 48.(2) OJ No C 324, 24. 12. 1990, p. 298; and OJ No C 158, 17. 6. 1991.(3) OJ No C 332, 31. 12. 1990, p. 38.(4) OJ No L 117, 8. 5. 1990, p. 28.