23.5.92 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 141/11 COUNCIL DECISION of 29 April 1992 adopting spcc;flc research programmes to be implemented by the Joint Research Centre for the European Economic Community (1992-1994) (92/273/EEC) THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in partlcular Article 130q (2) thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1), In cooperation with the Eur(')pean Parliament (2), Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (3), Whereas on 29 April 1992, the Council adopted a Resolution concerning the activities to be undertaken by the Joint Research Centre (4); Whereas, by its Decision 90/221/Euratom, EEC (5), the Council adopted a third framework programme for Community activities in the field of research and technological development (1990-1994), specifying in particular the activities to be pursued concerning enabling technologies, the management of natural resources and the management of intellectual resources; whereas this Decision should be taken in the light of the grounds set out in the preamble to that Decision; Whereas Article 130k of the Treaty stipulates that the framework programme is to be implemented through specific programmes developed within each activity, whereas specific Community programmes implemented by the Joint Research Centre (JRC) are carried out in parallel with the corresponding framework programmes; Wheras the JRC, as set out in Decision 90/221/Euratom, EEC and as reaffirmed in the Council Resolution of 29 April 1992, is called on to contribute to the implementation of the framework programme, particularly (1) OJ No C 234,7.9. 1991, p. 9. (2) O No C 13, 20. 1. 1992, p. 10; and Decision of 8. 4. 1992 (not yet pubhshed in the Official Journal) (3) OJ No C 49, 24. 2. 1992, p. 16. (%) O] No C 118, 9. 5. 1992, p. 8. (5) O] No L 117, 8. 5. 1990, p. 28 in those fields where it has the necessary competence to offer impartial and independent expertise for the benefit of all Community policies; whereas such activity should form part of a long-term strategy resulting in the JRC playing a significant role in European scientific cooperation with a view to meeting the international competitive challenge; Wheras the JRC can contribute to the realization of the said activity, particularly in the fields of industrial and materials technologies, measurement and testing, human capital and mobility and in the field of the environment; Whereas the JRC should contribute to research with a view to identifying options for combating the greenhouse effect and the major industrial risks facing the Community and should contribute to international cooperation in the fields of energy and environment with regard to worldwide climatic change; Whereas the JRC should continue to play a role in examining the issues relating to renewable energy sources, with particular regard to the harmonization of standards; Whereas the JRC with its laboratories and installations can ~ provide an efficient focal point for the training and mobility of researchers, in particular young researchers; . whereas, to this end, collaboration should be encouraged with public laboratories, scientific institutions and industry in all the Member States; Whereas, in the context of all these programmes, it is desirable that an assessment be made of the economic, socnal and, where appropriate, ethlcal impact as well as of any technological risks; Whereas, pursuant to Article 4 of, and Annex I to, Decision 90/221/Euratom, EEC, the funds estimated as necessary for the whole framework programme include an amount of ECU 57 million for the centralized action of dissemination and exploitation of results, to be divided up in proportion to the amount envisaged for each specific programme; Whereas Decision 90/221/Euratom, EEC provides that a particular aim of Community research must be to strengthen the scientific and technological basis of European industry and to encourage it to become more