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83/19/EEC: Council Decision of 21 December 1982 adopting a research and development programme for the European Economic Community in the field of applied metrology and reference materials (Community Bureau of Reference - BCR) (1983 to 1987)

Official Journal L 026 , 28/01/1983 P. 0048 - 0050

Spanish special edition: Chapter 16 Volume 1 P. 0146

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COUNCIL DECISION

of 21 December 1982

adopting a research and development programme for the European Economic Community in the field of applied metrology and reference materials (Community Bureau of Reference - BCR) (1983 to 1987)

(83/19/EEC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN

COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 235 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (1),

Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (2),

Whereas Article 2 of the Treaty assigns to the Community the task of promoting, throughout its territory, a harmonious development of economic activities, a continuous balanced expansion and an accelerated raising of the standard of living; whereas the objectives of the Community's activities for these purposes are set out in Article 3 of the Treaty; whereas, more specifically, paragraphs (a) and (h) of Article 3 state that the activities of the Community shall include the elimination, as between Member States, of quantitative restrictions on the import and export of goods, and of all other measures having equivalent effect, together with the approximation of the laws of the Member States to the extent required for the proper functioning of the common market;

Whereas the activities provided for by this Decision appear to be necessary in order to achieve these objectives;

Whereas the discrepancies between the results of measurements in different countries give rise to difficulties in commercial transactions;

Whereas research projects covered by this Decision are intended to reduce some of the discrepancies and improve the quality of measurements throughout the Community and will, as a result, help the competitiveness of Community products, on both the internal and the external market;

Whereas in its resolution of 14 January 1974 on an initial outline programme of the European Communities in the field of science and technology (3), the Council emphasized that an appropriate approach should be adopted towards the whole range of available ways and means, including indirect action;

Whereas the Scientific and Technical Research Committee (CREST) has delivered an opinion on the Commission proposal,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

A research and development programme for the European Economic Community in the field of applied metrology and reference materials, as defined in the Annex, is hereby adopted for a period of five years with effect from 1 January 1983.

Article 2

The funds estimated as necessary for the execution of the programme should be 25 million ECU including expenditure on a staff of 16.

Article 3

The Commission shall be responsible for the implementation of the programme. It shall be assisted in this task by the Advisory Committee on Programme Management set up by the Council resolution of 19 November 1973, the terms of reference of which are set out in the Council resolution of 18 July 1977 (4).

Article 4

At the beginning of the third year the Commission shall submit to the Council an interim report on the results of the programme. On the basis of this report, the programme shall be evaluated before the end of the third year. This evaluation shall be carried out by experts not involved in the Committee referred to in Article 3 and who have themselves not received any appropriations under the research programme. A report on this evaluation shall be sent to the...

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