23.5.92 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 141/1 (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COUNCIL COUNCIL DECISION of 29 April 1992 on the dissemination and exploitation of knowledge resulting from the specific programmes of research and technological development of the Community (92/272/EEC) THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 130q (2) thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1), In cooperation with the European Parliament (2), Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (3), Whereas Article 130g (c) of the Treaty states that the Community, complementing the activities carried out in the Member States, is to carry out activities for the dissemination and optimization of the results of activities in Community research, technological development and demonstration; Whereas the second paragraph of Article 130k of the Treaty stipulates that the Council shall define the detailed arrangements for the dissemination of knowledge resulting from the specific programmes; Whereas the Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community stipulates that the Commission is to carry (1) O] No C 53, 28. 2. 1991, p. 39. {2) OJ No C 13, 20. 1. 1992, p. 75; and Decision of 8 April 1992 (not yet published in the Official Journal). (3) O] No C 339, 31. 12. 1991, p. 90. out activities in the coal and steel sector which do not form part of the Framework Programme for research and technological development, the results of which must be disseminated and used by means of suitable separate activities, using the resources of the ECSC ‘operating budget’; ' Whereas, by its Decision 90/221/Euratom, EEC (4), the Council adopted a third Framework Programme for Community activities in the field of research and technological development (1990 to 1994), specifying, inter alia, the activities to be pursued for developing the scientific knowledge and technical know-how needed by the Community and providing that the detailed arrangements for the dissemination of the knowledge gained, in particular the definition and the implementation of the centralized action, should be the subject of a Council Decision; Whereas, pursuant to Article 4 and Annex I of Decision 90/221/Euratom, EEC, the amount deemed necessary for the whole Framework Programme includes an amount of ECU 57 million for the exploitation and dissemination of knowledge resulting form the specific R & D programmes; Whereas the Euratom Treaty contains detailed provisions for the dissemination of information which apply, inter alia, to nuclear research programmes; (4) OJ No L 117, 8. 5. 1990, p. 28.