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Activites

• 1997/12/18 Final act published in Official Journal
  • Decision 1997/2535
  • OJ L 347 18.12.1997, p. 0001
• 1997/12/01 Final act signed
• 1997/12/01 End of procedure in Parliament
• #2042
• 1997/11/10 Council Meeting
• 1997/10/21 Text adopted by Parliament, 3rd reading
  • T4-0479/1997 summary

    In adopting the common position, the European Parliament approved funding of ECU 15 million for the fourth framework programme of research as agreed with the Council. The supplementary funding is less than the amount of ECU 200 million initially called for by Parliament. However, the rapporteur welcomes the fact that appropriations for research to anti-personnel mines has been increased by ECU 6 million and that a further ECU 9 million has been earmarked for research in the field of non nuclear energy. At the same time, an amount of ECU 35 m has been earmarked for activities related to BSE-related illnesses.

  • OJ C 339 10.11.1997, p. 0019-0026
• 1997/10/20 Debate in Parliament
• 1997/10/16 Joint text approved by Conciliation Committee co-chairs
  • 3625/1997
• 1997/10/15 Report tabled for plenary by Parliament delegation to Conciliation Committee, 3rd reading
  • A4-0322/1997
  • OJ C 339 10.11.1997, p. 0008
• 1997/10/14 Draft report by Parliament delegation to the Conciliation Committee
  • PE223.210
• 1997/09/23 Final decision by Conciliation Committee
• 1997/09/09 Formal meeting of Conciliation Committee
• 1997/04/30 Parliament's amendments rejected by Council
• 1997/04/22 Document attached to the procedure
  • COM(1997)0164 summary

    The Commission Communication related to the evaluation of the Joint Research Centre (JRC) and its activities during the period 1992-1996. The summary report on the current situation highlighted the progress that had been made during the previous three years and stressed that most of the recommendations issued at the time of the previous assessment had been implemented. The report noted that the JRC had a much clearer mission statement and was now more open and accessible to the outside world, with increasing activities in support of the services of the European Commission and the Union's policies, as well as wide-ranging networking with research organisations, the authorities and industry. In particular, the JRC had reacted rapidly to the new competitive mandate that it had been given; it had successfully committed itself to the shared-cost actions under the Union's framework programme and had gradually become more of a prime mover in common enterprises with industry. In order keep this satisfactory situation on track, the report recommended that a number of measures be taken, in particular as regards personnel management and recruitment, support for quality and focusing of research fields.

• 1997/04/16 Document attached to the procedure
  • COM(1997)0149 summary

    This communication contained the European Commission's responses to the recommendations from the independent external assessments of the last five years of activities in the domains covered by the Specific Programmes and the Joint Research Centre (JRC) Institutes under the Fourth Framework Programme. It should be noted that during the second half of 1996, 18 expert panels assessed RTD efforts sponsored by the EU over the previous five years under the various Specific Programmes. In addition, seven independent visiting groups had been established to assess the JRC activities. All in all, some 170 independent experts had been involved in the exercise, producing 18 Specific Programme Reports, 7 JRC Institutes reports, one global JRC report and one overall Framework Programme report.

• 1997/04/15 Document attached to the procedure
  • COM(1997)0151
• 1997/04/09 Commission opinion on Parliament's position at 2nd reading
  • COM(1997)0155 summary

    The Commission considered that, despite the differences between the Council and the European Parliament with regard to the overall allocation and breakdown of supplementary funding, the basis for a final agreement does exist. In order to encourage a satisfactory overall agreement, the Commission did not intend to take account of Parliament's amendments at this stage, despite the fact that it agreed with their general thrust. The Commission considered that the amendments did in fact warrant consideration and constructive discussion within the Council, which is why it intended to include a sufficient margin in its 1998 preliminary draft budget to allow the budgetary authority to exceed the ECU 100 million already entered in the 1997 budget.

• 1997/03/13 Text adopted by Parliament, 2nd reading
  • T4-0097/1997 summary

    In adopting the report by Mr Rolf LINKOHR (PSE, D) on the adapting of the fourth framework programme in the field of research and technological development Parliament called for the maximum overall amount for Community financial participation in the fourth framework programme to be increased by ECU 200 million and not ECU 100 million as proposed by the Council. The maximum overall amount for Community financial participation in the fourth framework-programme would be ECU 11 964 million (instead of ECU 11 864 million). Of this amount ECU 5 449 million is provided for the period 1994/1996 and Parliament called for ECU 6 515 million rather than ECU 6 415 million to be provided for the period 1997/1998. With regard to the first activity (research, technological development and demonstration programmes), it proposed the following breakdown for the use of the additional ECU 200 million: - telematics applications : ECU 30 m. - information technologies : ECU 44 m. - industrial and material technologies : ECU 30 m. - environment and climate : ECU 14 m. - biotechnology : ECU 7.5 m. - biomedicine and health : ECU 16 m. - agriculture and fisheries : ECU 11.5 m. - transport : ECU 14 m. - energy : ECU 33 m.

  • OJ C 115 14.04.1997, p. 0115-0135
• 1997/03/12 Debate in Parliament
• 1997/03/10 Committee recommendation tabled for plenary, 2nd reading
  • A4-0084/1997
  • OJ C 115 14.04.1997, p. 0014
  • ENER LINKOHR Rolf PSE
• 1997/02/25 Committee draft report
  • PE220.914
• 1997/02/18 Committee referral announced in Parliament, 2nd reading
  • ENER LINKOHR Rolf PSE
• #1986
• 1997/01/27 Council Meeting
  • 12712/1/1996 summary

    The Council's common position is in line with the Commission's revised proposal of 13 November 1996 with regard to the maximum overall amount of ECU 100 million and the breakdown of the financial supplement between the various programmes and activities, namely: - transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs) : ECU 35 m.; - aeronautics : ECU 20 m.; - software and educational multimedia: ECU 12 m.; - intermodality of transport: ECU 12 m.; - environment/water: ECU 12 m.; - detection of landmines: ECU 9 m. With regard to the choice of activities which will benefit from additional funding, the Council has followed the Commission in dividing the funding between a smaller number of activities in order to achieve a critical mass and to have a significant effect on the areas of research selected. It has also taken over Parliament's amendments in this area in particular with regard to diseases associated with TSE, vaccines and anti-people landmines. With regard to TSEs the common position provides for the sum of ECU 35 million to cover both TSEs and vaccines/viral diseases.

  • OJ C 111 09.04.1997, p. 0088
• 1997/01/27 Commission communication on Council's position
  • SEC(1997)0107 summary

    The Commission considered that the allocation of appropriations was in line with its original proposal and took account of matters of concern to Parliament (land mines) and the Commission (TSE) and the Commission's assessment of the priorities to be addressed within the limit of the appropriations available. The "René Descartes Prize" proposed by the European Parliament for a research project of exceptional quality could be introduced without changing the official text of the fourth framework programme because the objectives of the prize were already covered by the fourth programme. In addition, research into vaccines could be included in the first activity, depending on the number and quality of proposals received with regard to TSE. Finally, the Commission considered that an agreement needed to reached quickly on extra funding for the fourth RDT framework programme, given the urgent need for research in these fields.

• #1976
• 1996/12/05 Council Meeting
• #1952
• 1996/10/07 Council Meeting
• 1996/09/27 Modified legislative proposal
  • COM(1996)0453 summary

    The amended Commission proposal incorporates a part of the amendments adopted by Parliament. The main amendments to the original proposal concern: - the insertion of an indicative breakdown of resources in Annex Ia; - additional information on the activities provided for in the field of educational multimedia: these must promote equal opportunities, meet the educational and training needs of the inhabitants of rural and outlying communities, and train citizens in the new information technologies. Particular attention should be paid to language problems and to the problems faced by the elderly and the disabled; - references to important Commission documents (White Papers on 'Growth, Competitiveness and Employment' and on Education and Training, Green Paper on Innovation, proposal for an amendment to the financial perspective presented in May 1996); - the methods of action of Task Forces: presentation by the Commission of a limited number of task forces on an experimental basis, with a view to considering ways and means of stepping up cooperation in certain R&D sectors; - improvement of methods for the management of programmes; - a restatement of the importance of competitiveness and sustainable development; - the award of a scientific prize (René Descartes prize) for outstanding European research work.

• 1996/06/18 Text adopted by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
  • T4-0327/1996 summary

    In adopting the report by Mr Rolf LINKOHR (PSE, D), Parliament approved the Commission proposal aimed at increasing the total appropriation for the fourth RTD programme (1994-1998). Parliament called for the amounts earmarked for the fourth framework programme to be allocated as follows: - First activity (RTD programmes): ECU 10 570 million; - Second activity (Cooperation with third countries and international organizations): ECU 615 million; - Third activity (dissemination and optimization of results): ECU 392 million; - Fourth activity (stimulation of the training and mobility of researchers): ECU 792 million. Maximum overall amount: ECU 12 369 million. Also adopted was an amendment to insert a new Annex IIIa giving an indicative breakdown of resources allocated to priority themes and special projects. 1. Priority themes: - Aeronautics: ECU 155 million; - Educational multimedia: ECU 115 million; - Environmental RTD (water): ECU 110 million; 2. Special projects: - Location and destruction of mines: ECU 50 million; - Transport intermodality and interoperability: ECU 45 million.

  • OJ C 198 08.07.1996, p. 0018-0027
• 1996/06/17 Debate in Parliament
• 1996/06/12 Committee of the Regions: opinion
  • CDR0129/1996
  • OJ C 337 11.11.1996, p. 0055
• 1996/05/30 Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading
  • A4-0183/1996
  • OJ C 198 08.07.1996, p. 0004
  • BUDG DESAMA Claude J.-M.J. PSE
  • ECON VAN VELZEN W.G. PPE
  • ENER LINKOHR Rolf PSE
  • ENVI COLLINS Kenneth D. PSE
  • TRAN FERBER Markus PPE
• 1996/05/29 Economic and Social Committee: opinion, report
  • CES0694/1996 summary

    The Committee : - stresses that research, technological development and innovation are one of the most urgent areas for action to enhance the competitiveness of Community industry and to make a positive impact on employment, against the backdrop of economic and social cohesion; - is concerned that, at a time when the level of technology in the EU is increasingly lagging that of its major competitors, there is a serious risk that the RTD financial commitments made under the fourth framework programme (1994-1998) will be called into question; - insists on the importance of immaterial investments, especially in the fields of education, training and research, as part of the strategy for revitalizing competitiveness and employment in the European Union; - broadly approves the Commission proposals.

  • OJ C 212 22.07.1996, p. 0024
• 1996/04/19 Committee draft report
  • PE217.141/B
• 1996/04/15 Committee draft report
  • PE217.141/A
• #1912
• 1996/03/25 Council Meeting
• 1996/02/28 Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
  • BUDG DESAMA Claude J.-M.J. PSE
  • ECON VAN VELZEN W.G. PPE
  • ENER LINKOHR Rolf PSE
  • ENVI COLLINS Kenneth D. PSE
  • TRAN FERBER Markus PPE
• 1996/01/31 Legislative proposal
  • COM(1996)0012 summary

    OBJECTIVE: release the contingency reserve earmarked in the budget for the Fourth R&TD Framework Programme. SUBSTANCE: The Commission is proposing to increase the budget for the framework programme by ECU 700 million, over and above the current budget of ECU 13.1 billion. That increase will take a number of factors into account: the stage reached in the framework programme, its contribution to the competitiveness of Union industry, a cost-benefit analysis, and trends in the Union's financial perspective. The Commission is proposing to earmark the appropriations in the contingency reserve for five key areas: aeronautics, the clean car, multimedia educational software, multimodal transport and environmental technologies (including water technologies and nuclear safety, particularly in Central and Eastern Europe). There is no proposal to increase the financial perspective.

Documents

• Legislative proposal published: COM(1996)0012
• Committee draft report: PE217.141/A
• Committee draft report: PE217.141/B
• Economic and Social Committee: opinion, report: CES0694/1996
• Economic and Social Committee: opinion, report: OJ C 212 22.07.1996, p. 0024
• Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading: A4-0183/1996
• Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading: OJ C 198 08.07.1996, p. 0004
• Committee of the Regions: opinion: CDR0129/1996
• Committee of the Regions: opinion: OJ C 337 11.11.1996, p. 0055
• Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T4-0327/1996
• Text adopted by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: OJ C 198 08.07.1996, p. 0018-0027
• Modified legislative proposal published: COM(1996)0453
• Council position published: 12712/1/1996
• Council position: OJ C 111 09.04.1997, p. 0088
• Commission communication on Council's position: SEC(1997)0107
• Committee draft report: PE220.914
• Committee recommendation tabled for plenary, 2nd reading: A4-0084/1997
• Committee recommendation tabled for plenary, 2nd reading: OJ C 115 14.04.1997, p. 0014
• Decision by Parliament, 2nd reading: T4-0097/1997
• Text adopted by Parliament, 2nd reading: OJ C 115 14.04.1997, p. 0115-0135
• Commission opinion on Parliament's position at 2nd reading: COM(1997)0155
• Document attached to the procedure: COM(1997)0151
• Document attached to the procedure: COM(1997)0149
• Document attached to the procedure: COM(1997)0164
• Draft report by Parliament delegation to the Conciliation Committee: PE223.210
• Report tabled for plenary, 3rd reading: A4-0322/1997
• Report tabled for plenary by Parliament delegation to Conciliation Committee, 3rd reading: OJ C 339 10.11.1997, p. 0008
• Joint text approved by Conciliation Committee co-chairs: 3625/1997
• Decision by Parliament, 3rd reading: T4-0479/1997
• Text adopted by Parliament, 3rd reading: OJ C 339 10.11.1997, p. 0019-0026
• : Decision 1997/2535
• : OJ L 347 18.12.1997, p. 0001

History

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