Draft Council decision adopting a concerted action project for the European Economic Community in the field of shore based maritime navigation aid systems. Recommendation Council decision authorizing the Commission to negotiate an agreement for the implem

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coJij'l,c.rJ1

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adopting a concerted action project

for

the European Economic

community

in

the

fietd of

shore based maritime navigation aid

systems

Recommendat ion

COUNCIL DECISION

authorizing the Commission

to

negotiate an agreement

for

the

impLenrentation

for

a concerted action proj.ect on shore based

maritime navigation aid systems between the community and

non-member states participating

in

European cooperation

in

the fieLd

of

scientifiec and technical research (C0ST)

(presented'by _{the Commission}

_to

_{the CounciL)}

,l

C^ry*,*'r

\6Y)

PROPOSAT FOR A COUNCIL DECISION' _.

ADOpTII{6

n

'CONCERTTD AcTION PR0JECT-FOR THE EUR0PEAN

EC0NOIVIIC eOfifvlUNITY _{IN THE FIETD Or} gItOR&lBAgED

MARI1II1E

.

NAVIGATION AID SXSTSMS

TINSNCIAI, AECOND r' 'F

.l

-t

' .

1i

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I

Chapter

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's

1.

BELE1IASIr BgDgEf f,EAD'il{g

Z. ffflE', r

Il(PtSl{EHfAflOil 05. A COI{OERIIED AC?ION PFOSFAUME tr$b.orq-bqsed

ma-rit,ine tra"vi6at{on

eid

eyeten€lf . ,

t.

LEOAtr EASIS :'

Articls

84.2

4.

Dnsgnaptr{N, _"Aru(s) AHD' ,tltsrrrrcArro$ oF, ftlE FRCIdEcs !

,'4,f.. &pcriptlon

l. Ooordinstion

of

the

nost important reeoarch pro$ecta

in

the

field of

technlcal

alde

to

navigation

in

coaetal waters

- i

Statig.

Thc'qeeoeiation

of

non-nenber Eunbpean cduntrlea

ie

aleo

planned.

4,a.. Aim;

r

FrevenLion

of

accidents by.lnproving. the-sgfetJr. of lnavigation

and

the

efficiency of

naritime

traffic

eervicee

ia

coaetal areas

.i

: 8r1d porte and prevention of pollutlon to the narine environrnent

{

5.

OV,ERAffi cosr _I'oR rHx, i'rioLp

or

rrsi

F{PsqtTp pglldryqry, (tu*.sItA) ,

_,

rhich

_can

raault

fron

_aecldents.

4.3. Justlfication r

fhe.propoged research

Commuriity projecte

in

ahlpping eafety

to

the

gs:etoral _res,earch progr&mne lrr (Council _DecLeion

_{of ,}

_{narch 198L).}

-

Charg:eebte to,

the

Comnunity

budge!

'

-

ChargeaFle

to

nationatr budgete

-

Char5eable

to

o,ther Bcctors

at

natlonsl

'Tota1 coet

tlull l,anauql t,lnst _$b1. e

Appropriatione

for

conmitnent

programme forme part of the

and is complenentary. prgject

the fletd sf envlronnsnt

t)

Level )

?,100;9OO

8.0oo.0o0

lo.100"ooo

5oO;O.

1n 'EUA

198a'" 1985 1984

Staff

Admi.nistretive Contrects operatioo a8.5oo

uI.500

600.o0o n.Qoo 1,59; goo

$og-oog:.

5.1.500 166.50o

1 CIO.goQ

1.,ooo.oos 3 _co"ooo

TOTAL _Soo.ooo

?

,

, ! _,.

Appropri.atlona

for

paynent

198a r985 l.gg4

Staff

Adnlniotrative Cbntracte operatlon a8.5oo 17l.5OO 400.ooo ,:L.qoo 1,5g.ooo 70o.oo0

'

_33.500

165.5OO

t+OO.OOO

TOTALg 600.ooo goq.OOO 600.ooo

*

5. O,

I.

llethqL prf__cdcuiellpg (a) Staff oxpendlture

---=-a---Stafftag category TINANCIAL See urtder FINANCIryG;

?.4.

The

I'n

needs havo b6cn eveluated on the basia.of one,

C of f ici.al; !

tn

ahaition

to

the

etaffing figurce, the

calculations

take

into

account

the ratee

of

Lncreasc

in

the

remunsrationa

of

Comnitsqlon

otaff

uaed

to

catlnate the

appropriations entered Ln

the

1981 budget

"1dr.

for

eubeequent yeargt apply

a

volume increase corresponding'to

the

rate

of inbreaee

in

the

general

Ievel of

prl.ces

in

the

Comnunity ,ueed _{to' eetabliqh thrsg-Jr€ar. forecaete, nanely 8"L% p,er} year.

t u

)

_{gslsl

_{slrs!1:9-stg/sr-!}

_{e:Igl:31 :epe:e !11g.}

gleesgllrre

Thla heading covers'expendl.ture .

the

organLzation

of

meetings.

_.It

.

of

an averege-

of

needs.'

(c)

_{9gr!:eg!-ersesgllr:e}

6,

?.

connected with miseions and

is estlnated on the baeis'

Thie covers

the

Communi.tyte

financial partlcipition

_in

studles and reseFreh uork unffertak€n aE part.

of

iontraote

to

be concl.uded

with

undertakinge and l-aboratories

in

the

Meurber Statee'epeoia]lzj.ng

ln

tbc,f,{eLd.

Since

the

type of

6ubJect and the 'contractore I ' qugl"i.flcations

vary,

Lb

is

not

possible

to

ssl*51teh a unifoirn'uet-hod

of

calcuLatior..

Coheequentlyl

the

estinatLon

of

nebda tgkea

the

form

of

a hypothesfe based

:o."

nunber

of

contracte

to

be negotiated,

IMPLICATIONS Oil,STA!'F AND NONHAI, OPERATING APPROPRIAT]ONS i sectl.on

_l

above.

l'

'.

approprldtlons; aeeded

to

sover

the

Communidyts partLclpation

thio

_1''roJect

are

to

bc entercd Ln

future

budgetc.

8.'nrplicnrrolss rN REsPssf oF REvEliIiE

, - ,Cornpsntty lat on offl'cialg I eaLaries

ri - \

- offl.clalet contrLbutione to the peasion echeme l

- Coatributione fron non'-member countries' ' ; ' {

9.

TYPE oF coNrEoL Tg

Bfi"APPLTuD

.i

I-r

Adminietratf.ve oontroll by

the

Directorate-Genoral

for

tr'l"nanclal

Control

'

.

' '

! -r-t --^ -4 J.L^

aa .regarde the inrpLgmentatlor of the .,buclget and thq regularlty and ;

conroi.mityofu"pl'"*'andbyDGx1IreAdml'nietration'ofContriacte', Div{eion.

.\"f

Sclentif{c control :

COHAC

''

-.lRaaponsib}e,of,ficia].g{nDGvII'.

s.

'rrlr

.,. 1

.

f

C

rN rEE rrELD

or

suoRn-g/rsnD uEnrtrfip ilAvrsAgtoil nrp sysruus.

(Preeentsat _by

_the

_Counleelon

_to

_the

CounciL)

i.

1

*.8

-Introiuctlon

:

r .i .

Definttton

lof

the probleril

State of, the

art ,

:

Progranne contsnt

Duration

ImplenentAti.on

of

the ProgranTe

Dieeerndnation

of

knorlodge

,V

. L-' :

td'

t:

1.

;,,?.

,,

,4.

5,

"6.

.r?.

8.

,9.

FLnancing and ParticipJtioo of staffingnon-member cOsT countries

Page 3

Pqge 4

Page 5

PaSe b

6

sa8e o

Page 6

Page I

P"s" 8^

Page 6

Annex

pratt

Oouncl.l Deciaion adopting

s

Connunl'ty

concerted action proJect

ln tbc

fLeLd

of

marLtin€ navigatlon ai.d eYstene

Annex

I to

the annex

List of

nat-Lo'nal reeearch proJecta

Annex

II to

tlre

annex

Terms

of

reference and conpoaLtlon

of

the Steer{ng Connittca ott Ooncertail ActJ.on

Pagq l"

Pagc 4

Pdso 5

{r.

t'

a

. _{1N TNTRODUCTION}

fhis

propoeel,

fsr a

concert€d aetlon preJect otr rtllar{t*ne navigetion.

aici syoteruert i.e dqeigned

to

coorrlinate rese€irch aLready

in

pro6ree6

or

echeduled

in t,lile

sector along.

the

lines of

Courrcil. Resolution

r, '

of

14 Janpary I9?4 on an

initlal- outline

programne

$f

_the

E\rop-ean

planned

to

lncLude non-nember European cou.ntries affected"

t

rJ-Th.o pro6re,nner'vhlch l-111 bo lnpleanented

ln the forn of a

concerte*

action proJectr. S.n an' extension.to

ths

reeearcb prograerne on the envlronmant adopted by

tbe

Souncil on

_]

March 1983.

trt

com€sponds

_{in particular}

wlth the

FXnal

Seclaration'of

the

Conference on ehtppfng eafety whtch rnet

ln

Parls

on'1-2 December

1980 and wae attenaeO-by

all

tho

mariti[ne Member

States'of

the

in

part*.r:ular

that

llbodi.ee _reoponeibLe

_fqr

_{interna'tional}

flu.ncls took an

estive

part

La the pronot*on

of scientj.fic

research and'tb"e

developnent

of

new equlppent

td

prevent

pollutlon"rl

The

_reeults

of tiris

coricerted acbion proJect

will

play

a

uajcr

i:o1e

ln

th"s

protection

of

the

coasilines'of

Connmrrnity countrioe and of

l

otl:or

Europeail countrtes affocted.. By avoldlng shipping accidentg

-

in

coaetaL areaa navigatlon

alri

eysteme wJ.Il raake

for

a

cc,naiderable reductloo *.n

the

riek of polluticn

folLowing

ehippi-ng ,'

accidents.

-

Being a reBe&rch proJect deslgned

to protect

the

env{ronment by

innprov{ng ehipplng:

eafety;

thie

concerted

action

proJect wil"L

sstabLieh

the

appl-i.cabillty

of exirting aid

eyeteme and

the

need

to.develep new tochniques

to

nreet

the

s.tandarda required

in

nari.tine

traff{c

safety'. Ttlene

reeulte

cou}d then be incorporate"d

.

Fropoeed u.nder COST (proJect _{5Ol) tne} programne

of thie

aoncerted

actlon proJect hae been examlned by CREST, where

it

tdas cansidered

to

be

of intereat to

the

Connunl"ty.

6

*&*

pErrNrfroN oF THE _lqROBLm

?he cons{derehlc ine-3ea6e

fn

the

nol.rme

gf

nsrf'ne

trefftc,

due to _-the grouth

of

bot.\

the

eize ar'rd spced.of veeeelc, tneroesl'ng _1un-bgr of,:ergog

if

o noxious

or

iaogerous natutre an$'the

rielng

nuebers

of

ahipc n9t conp1Xrigg:

with

lnternatlonally

agreed etandaras,have nade'certain

&,3iil;*eoaetal

areas and

poit

4p;roachee

potentlal'Iy

dange'roue1

T:he rrset d,aageioue and undegi,rable conaequenceg arci

col]-fe]lP

+nd

-gro:r*nd*.rgp

resulting

f-n tbe

lose

of

hunan

Liyer *rd

the qrLllage

of

noxioas-

natgrialq

for

the

env{ronneat.

$ush caeual,ties no J.oager corrcern on3.y

the

seamen Lnvo].ved

in

the

then,

but afe.r the coastal pipuLations subJected

to thenl

and coneequontLy thcy are

of

concern

to

governmeuta.

Although much

effort.haa

b-een-nade

in

the. paet

fen

yearB by both

public pouera.and qhl,pawire!'B

to

plrevcnt thEse

caau*ltieer.lf the

;-nu-nbar

of

accidenta

ic to

be ncAireEe

sfforta

suet be nedoubl'ed

through

a

e&fer end

bettcr

organtsid fSor

sf traffi.e tn

congeated

of

otherri.s,e' dangerona areas,

t4*

philoaoXrhy.being

that

prenentioa i&'

better

and

often

cheaper than cllr€o

Toftnttthebestre}aofaehievingtbtegoa1weutrgtft'rgt1earn

rnore about tbe are,as

affected,

mari.ne

tra.ffie

and

tke riehg

{'nvol'ved before

eetting

up apecl.fic syetens.

Coneequently, any e;:etens adopted

nust

eoapJ.y

uith the

foltr'owiag

pcinl;e

!

1.

prediction

of

d,angeroue eituatLone I

2. .tlnral-y aad cfJeetl,ve correctl've

actioa

I

t. rellable

conmunication i

4.

readl.l-y aeeee.ai.b.le generaJ. aaviga.tion Lnforration.

llo

_{,ri.* of}

_{Uhe a^bsve csrnsideratisna aXrecial.}

_attention

_{uiLL be focused}

on the appl.i.eation

of

ver{oda shore-based

sfitena of

stdtable

meriue

traffl,eal,,dayatewaea.ncau.gof,reducln5nerl"t1rarj.skthrough

bettar

or6aa**et{or.

cf

tbE

traffte

f,}.o*. .

s

2.

.it5'

t

'.

STATE OT lgE ART

-Although thero are afampl.sn

of

eueceesful

_{Jolnt efforte}

nost of, the

research work'on mari.tine navigation has been

at

nationaL l-eve}"

a

.'Of _-the 6even topice' covered'by

tLe

propoged programme aeveral Suropean

,

specialized

etudiea,

euch as

tbe

pinpolnting'of

ship poeit{.ons from

tle

ohore,

thq

deflnltion of

.a _{"epeeifteatly.naritdme operational}

:.

language

for

comnunica_tl.onel &ad

the

no-vement of, ships

in

confined

watera" $b

far,

howernarn ttre

practl.cal

effecte of

theee etudl.es h.ave

not

generally bsen

sufficient to

nake

for

a

real- improvement

4

tn

ehtpplng eafety

ln

Errropean waters.

thle is

explalned

to

sone

' :

extent by

the

f,act

that thc

appllcatlon of'theee

tu""s3ch reeults goee beyond

the

scop€

pf

{ndivl,dual countriee"

In

eome eectors

additlonal

work, both

ln

the

laboratortrl and

at

Egar t

,, , ie

n€c€aearJr, eepeclaLly nhere data

afe

involved vhich nust be based

on common paramoters.and trhete top{ce cover equlpnert

for

whlch there

C

]rr

'fo

-6-PNOGRAH},IS

qS'.TfETT

\

;he

atate'of tbs artr:

as The prograsnn€,vas dt'ewn up on the baels 'of {

degcribed abofa, along

wiin

ite linite,

and af.so'took aecount

of

the

;;;;-;{t,

corp"in

typla of

research-proJect can _{,!u "e"Tled} out

better. ae

part

sf

a-i,*rgi-q"ale proJect,

i.6.

a oomnunLty 'gsnterted actl.on proJect

fhe

ain of thls

progranme Le

to

study

the

prob.lens

of

nar{ne

liiffl"

cloee to-coasts and

at the

entraace

of portl."ld

to' deveLop

"""fgitlon

aitl

ayeteua

to

i.nprove

the safety

and

afficigncy of tbis

tra.lito

ana,

*e i rcsdl"ti

tE

raduce

tlo rieka of pollutlon to

,

coaetal waters.

The progranne

of

eeven etudiee

wiLl

provLde a solLd basie

in

order to 'detsrnlne ftrhethatr _nessnree

_viLl

have

to

be taken and where

-for

shore baeed alit. eyaten

to

belp reducs

the

nunber

of

bol"ligi'one

and''

l groundlnge

ln

gensitlv€

areasrr.

fhe

general prograr6e

le

aubdLvided

into

seven Frog?agmae designed to

-'develop knorLedga

of

the precJ.elon of, aavigation

ln regtricted

'.

araas I

cr{n lhnL nn?r s gn.deaomloator to define

-, develop

criterLa thai

caa serve aB

a

conmr

trriskrt

_in

_{nariti.me navl.gitLon}

_vith

_a

vlev to

eetabliehLngr on thcl baqie of.theee

crlterla,

curre4t

or

foreseeable problen areas

in

European coestaL

raters

i

*

-

teke etock

of

existing,5trota baaed

Palitle

nivigction ald

iyatems

'

_{with lndication}

_of

_the

_{Beographical \area covered,}

_the

t,3rpe8'of,

eervie.a. pupplled and

their

operatl'ng reguJ"atLpae I

-

devatop veeaetr

identlfication'

r€thod'a ileaigued

for traffio

aseis'bance

by

traffic

centrea i

-

deflne'common steudards aad basl.c tecbnieal. apec{flcations.

f,sr

veesel

pinpolnting and

tracklng

devices used by

Lraffic

oontres

i'

-

devel.op nethods

of

ehore-to;shlp and

shlp-to-ahlp

connunl.cati.on aird

defin.edataexchangesystendbetveentraffl,ccentregandshipe1

-

eetablleh hardonlzed, proc;dures incorporatlng

trafflc

eervice

inforniiatiou, guidance and

piLottng

on

the

baei..e

of

exietJ.ng

.. proceduree Ln European ahlBplngr

Tire progrann€ aleo pute

Ilnits

on

its

scoPe

inasfar ": il is

not

Latenaea,,to encroach on

aflag of paritine safcty

regulations

already

-covered by iateraat"lonal organizatlsne.

fhe techn{caL bortndarl.cg ara {aterni.ned by

the varlous

eh{p Oategorig6r i

priority

beLng glven

to

large

veasele and veesele carrying bazardoue

;;t;;

io*iorl Gargoe.r

*

{:

r

4,

-,: -- "

.. '

a

The operatl.tr6 a.r6a nuet bc Llmlted

!o

eoafffi.L areaae

port

sntryr .port

areaa and

port

approbch s,rses, and thf,ougb

trafflc.

areats l-n confined

'

ugterg.

'':

_fhe

_{field of}

_appHcatlol

_{of ald}

_{syetene uould}

_not

_{extend beyond the}

ttarea

_of

_{ecohomlc lnteresttf}

_.

_ProJect6

_t{lll

_vsry

_likely

be.devel,oped

.

_{along th.e}

_{lines of a divielon'of}

_Surgpean

1ate1e l.n

the tno

reglonet

AtLantie and Medlterran€anf Ln order

to

gal.n

_a

better picture

of

their different

characterlstice.

Hember States

wllI

Lnclude neJor, reeearch trork

in

progresa or

planned

ln

the

concerted

actlon

proJect and

wlIl attenpt to fill

any gaps

likeltrrrtl tr ldentlftcl.

..1

ilhnex

I

contalna

e

tablc

ahoitng

the

lu{tiaL parfitlpatton of

the.

dlfferent

countr{ca'

ln'tbc

aroat

of

rcscarch.

"{

5.

Sun4qrolf

iEi*

:t''fr-*

_{I *.}

:

l,periold,

of

three

yeirs

ls

rrSosed

f,or

this

concertedlaction FroJebt.

6.

ruplmsNr*rron

br

rgE- JEoeBAuME

Belng 6 conc6rted astion proJect,

the

progtrastsa _{let_} by

{ts

very'

.

Fatufe and obJecti"vea, corapleoeoi*ty

to

the

rescarch prograiirn€ 9n

the

is .rr'

'A

_steering connittee on concerted Aetion

,"r1I

be eet _{"p:-33'Hember} $tatee,non;nemberatateeitrvo1'vedandtheCoariEeionr*11be

""pr"""otea

uv oae delegate eacbl poeeLbly aesieted by-experta._

.

X'h; terne

of

reference

of thla

Oomrj.ttec erre

lai.il

out.Ln Annex

2:

.

' ylth

the approval -of,

the

Comolttee

the

Cotmlasi.on vLL} appol'at

a

, ,

proJcct fe*Asr rho

uilI

aeaLgt the'Coununlty

in thc

coordl'natLon. i

?.

Drg,sEl{INAErCIn

qr

K}io!{r'EDGS

1'he accqnt

riLl

be _{lrlaced on}

rapld

and- cff:iel.ent dl.eeesLnation

of

'

.knorl'*ag"

tilrt-ti" iig"ii""tton'of

nerkahop"-:oq eynpoeLal etc-'1

. '

and tlre publlcatLqn

of

regrrlar r€portE

qnderlining,

I'n

particularj

the applLcatl.on

of

reeulta.

8.

TIXANCING A$b STATTX]NG

'

..

The financ{ng

for

nqtional

research by

the

Menbe} $tatog under

thie

_,l:

".o"""t"d

*"fion

proJcct

ia

egti.mated

'at I ntllion

ECOer

for a

, -;

period'of

three Jreara

The cost

of

coordLnation

to !e

net

by

the

Qomnunity budget

ie

'dstloated

_{at a.f atffion}

SIIA*

for

the

three-year ppSiod. This an0unt conpr{eeatheeaJ.arl.eQofthee*"rei*riatpereonne1.reep9neib1e

for-cOordi.natlon, expertet e*pen!e6,

the

coets

of

orgaaiaingi

.

:

':

neetlnga and eyupocla and

tbe

pubS-icatlon of,

thcl,r

reeults,

and the

financing

of

studies,

-

i9.

pAFT,icrp{rrox or,NoN-Hn{BEn cosr

ggg]urnrps

I

"'

$everatr ndn-ConnunLty.etates

participatlng la

Suropean

coolleratlon

_:

.tn

Ene

rre}d of *cienttfic

and teclrnical. reeeareh (CAST)

_have

:

al.ready exprecsed

thelr

deeLre

to

be Lnvolved

ip

tha

Connuaity

concerted actLon proJect

[nder a

Csmnuntty/COSf

concertation

-agreement

to

be c-lociuded

uith

the

Conaunity.

Ibe

provieloris

for

th1eaeeocl-ationaro1aldoutl.rrArtlc1egorAnneiI(Counn*-!.

Decieion).

Draftterneof,r.eferenceforthe1negotl.atlouof.anagreenentvlth

non-member states affected have been subnltted

to

the

Council

at

th,e eame t{me.

(L)

_{Anrounte Crpreised}

_ln

European Unlte

of

Accourtp

.applicable.fron f

I978.r

the

value

dlfforing

fron that

of

the foruer

units

of

account.

q-Q)

Thia concerted astl.on proJect requl.rea

thc

posting of

'a

Categor,y

DnArr coltilclt Dpcr6xolf

.. _. adoptlng a doncerted aEtion pfogranme _for tfe European €conomic Cornmunlty ln the ftetd qf shore-based rnaritime navigatibn ald systetrs

.\

,

.

.

ttlB coutrcrl or. fEE EunoPEA]t co]tiluNxrrs8r

. l

. fiaving rogard.to tha fre*ty istablleh.lag the Stuopean Econonic Connunity,

..]:

Havl.ng regartl to tbe propoaal fron tbe Conrmla'elon _I

tlavtn6 regard to the optirlon. of'the European iarllanentl

, Ilavlng regard to'the oplalon of,thc'Econonlc and Soclal Comnltteel

Llhoreaa a coneerteil actlou prograine for Connunity reeearcp ln thc fleld

!i

of narLtlne nav.igatlon llda,uould be an affactive contrlbutlor to thc .

reductlon of, ths riek of accl,dentc ln coaetal arsaa and portel Bndl

coubequentlyl to thc protcctlon of hunat llfc, tbe aafety of ahtps

gn6theircar9d,e3peclat|.ysh|ps.transportlngp,ottutantoldangerou5

nateciatsp

llhoreaa a Eectoral rescarch,and developggnt..ptograonia Ln ths flelal of

cnvlronoent haa f,een art up by Councll DacLslon gt/Z:tt/WCl;

l|hereaaineductlonlnthotuuubar:oicol.1lgl,oncand5rouudlngaUou}d

' _{help to prevent pollutlon}

dn tho'thore and ln coastal *ateral and

coneequently, thle programre Lc conpleuantary to the aaldl scctoral

reeearch progra&rner

I

l{hereae

| .reeearch progranne ln the fteld of uarltfue navigatlon ald

eystens valt propoeed ln Lg?g bl tha Flnnleh and Frencb delegatlons trithin the framevork

.of,$uropeancooperatlon.'1nthef1e1dof.gcieatl.f|'oandtcchn1ca1reeearch

(COST) _{| and whereae CnEgT acknovledged the ionnunltyta lnteregt ln}

the eald pfogt"r"b on S AprSl _{lgSl t} '

(1) o.r tfo D 1o1, 11.4.198!.2 p.I

i,'

_{

6

:;*

Ulrereae

in its

Seaalut:lon

of

14 .Ianua

tV 1974

_' ' oa aa

initl.a{ outline

ry

'

i

prograors

of

the

Euiolcan Ce*nlaitj.es

{n

the

field of

ecielcc

apd technology'th. Cor.rocil eaphaelzed

that

an appropriatc approach should

'.,

),

-r

bc *doptail

touardi tbe

rrhoL* ranse

of

avaLl-able ualrd and neaael

includin8

:

^ ,,,',

'

_{,conelrtcd actl"on projecteq and}

_that

_rbcaever

_!.t

_{provcd nacssaaiy}

_{aono, .'}

x+

lcubsr cogntrl-aa,

_Bartlcularly

European oneBl abould be aesoc{ated

t

{r '

those

projects;

*

:

'

_{llhqreas ths.Heuber Gtatse J.ntend}

_to

_{lnpJ.cnentr,'itl,actordance}

_rith

_{the rutes}

.. and glrocadurca applicaUlc

td thcir

netLonal prograance,

tbc

re*earch

proJceta deicrl.bsd in'Aanrex

I

and are piepared

to

coord{nets theo

at

Coaguntty1evc!.fgraplr1odor.ihreeyears;

tlhereac.thainp1cuaatat{ono,f-th{sreseaich...':'.'...-'-

_{requ{res a financial}

_outtal

_of

_{the order of ,10}

_m.lltton

:

. -,,.

&rrop*an unLta

of

accouat on tha

pari of thc

Corsunltt

end

tbe

}[enber

Etatae,

EAS DECIDED .I5 FOI,IOU$ !

ASTICI,E 1.

.'t

.i

'i I

5l

':

*

_' Tha CoaqurritJr

ahall

_inplenent,

over a

pcriod

of,

thrae

_ieira

f

rorn

_,

1

.Ianuary 1982,

a

conc6rted act'ion

project

Ln

the

field of

shore-based maritimE

uavigatton el.d agretela, berei.naftcr

referred

to ae

"the project".

The proJcct

eball

conel.at

of ths

coordlnation

at

Cooruaity

l.evcl

of

tlne

reeearch vork dsfl,ned

in

Annex

I

forming

part

of,

thc

reeeareh progranmes

of .thc llseber

gtatar" :

.,

,

'

.

4FrrtlF

a

?he,.Coqniselon shaLl be respons{ble

;fpr

coordl.aat{on.

(1)

_o,l

_tto,

_C

_?t

_Ag.\.?!+r

_p.

₆ .r)

T

_{ARETCLS 3.}

I.

:

one

officiaL.Hit[

be required

to

coordinate the project.

?he Europear

unlt

.of aocount tra deftrnod by

th6

fiaanclal

regulatione

r J - Lt

-appll.caDrer

To heJ.p lnpJ.emint the'proJect

a

Stserlng Connlttee on concertedt actlon

for

'ishoreJbased marit;irne navijation aid systems'l shatt be.'set up, hereinafter

refered to ae

'ttthe. Committee". '

:"

_{fbe terme}

_bt

_{rcferance and conpoeLtlon}

_of

_the

_{Coqoi.ttae ar€ .set.}

_out

_in

; lF

Annex I

I.

U

Ihe

Connlttoe

ahall

adop-t, Lte, own

rulee of

procedurc.'.8he Comnlttee

aecretarlat

shall

be provided by

the

Connisaion.

ARTICLE 5

l' -

after

coneulttng

the

Connltteen countriee

partlcipating in

the

proJect

concerning

the

implementatlon

of

research work

relating to

the

project"

Participating Member States shatL suppl.y the Commission with aLI the

,..1

wh.ich

is elther

planned

or

bas'beea conpl.eted by bsdiea

for

wbich they :ion:shaLt be treated as confidentiaL

if

the

:. '-

ar€

not

reeponelbLe. Suc[ inforrnat

ilenber

State

supptying

_it

so requests.

-: _.. , !

| .*ro

fhe

Commission shal]. eetabll,ah annual

_.acttrtty

report'B cn

the

besie of

:

_the

_{{nformation, BuppJ.i.ed}

_aud

_shalL transmit thern.to the Member States and to

the

European ParLianent.

$r

AnTrcrs 4

-4b

'

_*..4

_r

. ). lt

tlre'end

of

tbe

cogrdinatlon

psriod,

the

Conmieeionl

after congulting

.,

thg.Cqnnittea,.shal'1trane.nittothe}|embei$tategandtotheEur.opean

;

_{Parlienent'a Eunoery}

_report

_on

_the

_{implenentqtion and}

_thc

_:reeulte

_of

_the

.

proJect.,

It

ehaI1

publish

ttris report six

months

after'traneniseion

_{t.*,, ,}

, .

to

the ltembef $tetee'unless one

of

the

l,lenber States..obJects.

Ill

'

t}la.t event

the'report

shal1 be d{strdbuted, on reqrreetl on'[y

to those

i

_jl

lnstitutione

and undertakings.whose r€eearch

or

production

activitiee

Juqttf.y es.c€Ba

to ths results

.of

'the

research

rork

gsrrled out

*nder

:

, , .!h{e

proJect. Thg Conuteeion may prov'ide

for

the report

to renain

_.,.. l

cirnfldentlal

and not

to

be disctosed'to, outslde bodies or _{-individuaLs.}

.t.'.

AssICrE 6

&1 accordance

nlth Article

?28

of

the

fraaty,

the

Conqnnlty nay

cotrclude-

: an eerlgmerlt rith.non-oenbef Stetes _and,

_in

_particuf,arr

_{pith those}

,

.,, .;

participating ln

Suropean ColporatLon Ln _,the

field of Scientifiq and

_.*.

:

TechnLcel _.lteeeareh {COST)

yftb

a vieu

to

eneuring

coordLnatton

,' betrean

the

_{Connunftyre Bro$e'ct} and'the .comaelionillag pfsgrqnmeg

ln

thoec

counttricg.

..

Dorta

at

Eruseellal"

For

tbc

OouscLl fhe PneeLdant

f

t

l

Rsaearch ,.topLca Braakdoin of, research York

B D DK t' G

I

_IRI, NI. K

Movenqqt

of

ahlps

{n

conf,lnod

areag

(a) crtteria

fordtandard

identlfication of

probten

areas

for

narine

traff,ic

(u) tasntificatlor of

problei

areaa

foi'

na.ritime nevigatLon

Invintory of

ma4ltirne navigation

aid

eervices

in

.Europe'

'l

Idontifj.cat.ion

of

shipe

Speclfieatione and standarda

for

pinpoint{ng_ ancl preciee tracklng

o.f etrins under' wafr'

thore-t9-ehlp

connunicatloa netho

Harmont,zatlon

of

procedurea

for

traffLc

eervLcea

I.

2. ,. 4. 5. 6. ?. x x x x x x

I

x x

r

x x x x x ,x x x x ,\ 1. x x x x x x x x x x x x x" /\' x x x x x x x x x x X x

$tg

\

II

TNXS OF _"REJIERENCE AND COilPOSITTON OT TEE SIEERING

ON CONCERTED ACTION FOR SHORE.BASED IqARITIII€ .iIAVIGATION AIE

,'-

6

At{r{Ex t coiluIrsEE SYSTEf.IS -'* _r: 1 4a

l.I.

1.2.

*bo,0onrittee obaLl' I

contrrlbute t'o

tbe

optfmun Lnplen€ntatlon

of

thc,proJcqt by,'gl,ving

Lta oplnLon on

all

aepecte

of ita

d*vclopnent

_I

I

. -

,' i

.

ovaLugte tha

rerulte of

the proJec?.and. dran up apnclusions

as.to

:

t,,

thcir applLcatlon ;

-. : ,

L.5.

prov{do,.

for thc

cxchange

of

i,nformatioa refc,rrad

to {n

Artiel.e

5(1.) 3. I

1:4.

make prov{aione

for the

foLLou-up of, tratlonaL research trork carried

out

Ln

thc fleld

of, tbe proJect,,i.u

partlcqlar

by keeping abreast of,

acientlfic

anrt technl-caL developnenta whlcb

nlght

havc an

effect

crn

lEa InpretsenEaElon.

,

;2.

fha: reperte and opinl.one

:of

the

Comulttee ahalL

b"

't""rr"uftte-d t'o

'

_itro

_{Sonmlsetsn aad}

_to

_the

_{$emo-er'gtat**}

_talting

_{part in}

_the

_proJect.

the

Conaiacioa

ahall tranenit

theee opinione

to

GTESI

}..the0qoultteeeba].].be,conpoeedoiofflcla1ej,no.hargeofthe

coordl"aation

of

aatioratr contributLona

to

the

proJect aud

of

a

'

Cbnn{ssl.on dcle8ate. Eaqh ncns-er uay ba ecconpaaled,by experta. ..,'

'

s,'

:

'. t:' -

-..:.. I

. '''.r : i'

.. _";- i

,' "l:.1'_'.i

- i\ ,;ji

, iji

: -a .' . I _".'l:;'

. ..:.

:-:i;. _i;.

. :.i i

' _{:. i} ,

,li:

. ...i

r ;':: j _".ll

,. _i-r ,'t.,

. ::i

, _);'

rl

!-.t_

41

,.,.

't

coulntnl0atrolt FROU Ttno oomflgsxot{ T0'$l{p c([r!{cil,.

+

Subiect t

d_ Br{ef authoyizinfu the ConrnlEsion

tg

negotiate ,an agieement

for

the

implenentatlon

of

concertecl ectian project on shore-based. maritime

.:

navr.garron ara eystema (COST Proj6ct "'3OI) bet$een the Commrnity and'non-member gtateg partioipating

in scientifio

a,nd. technical

oooperatiorr (c0sT).

A d.raft dleotsio,n adopting e Comrsunlty oonoertei. aotion projeot on ghore-based

marltime navlgation

aiil

s;ratems (COST Projeot _3OI) has been submitted

to

the

Council

_Jor

adoption"

. , fr thte

-dra^ft, the Comnunlty

will

conclud.el an a€rgenent with norr-member'states

:

_{participating}

_ln

S\rropes.n cooperatlqa

lp

the" fteLd.of

ecientifio

artcl technfcal

i,

reeearch (cOst)

rith.&

vteB

to

eneuriirg oogrdiryation _,between Community projects

,

arrd ths correepond,i4g progqamm€s

in

these porrntries.

io

enable

this

pnojectt

to

be

,: "

Lmplemented. as Boon aE posslbLl *he

_,

Comrfseion ehou-Ld. be

in'a

pCIsttion

to

negotiate

tthiq

a,greement with, the saiil 4bn-mqmber

oqntrles

Bt the sarne time as -the d.ebates

'

_'8.

_at

_{fhe dif,ferent leveLs} of, the Counotl on the progra.me il.edision. Since .neither

:thqi66g1'iononthenegotiatlon,briefnortha{ontheconal,us1onoftheagreement

l. ,

tnvol.ve consu-ltation

of

the Parliarnent; the Corrrcil

wtIl

be {n a posltion

to

adopt

Lr

'

the programme

at

the s;ne

tine

aa the d.eotsion

relating

to

the agreemento .

llhe cond.ltions

for

partlctpetion

of

rton-Cotmunity CO$T states

ln

the Comrnrnity

ooncerted action projeot are the Earne as those ad.optecl by the Councll on

I8 Juty r97S (or No

c

rooi

2T.4J/19,

p.I.),

In

the Ltght

of

_{these ,o.onsideratione,} the Coruiriseion proposes

that

the Corxrcil

ad"opt the attached cl.ecislon euthorizing

Lt

to. nsgottate with non-Conmunity C0$T states

thelr

partio{pation

in

the Oomun{ty oonoerted. action pro$eot on shore bassdnaritl.menavtgat1onalil'r;rstems(cosnProJect'3oI).

.i

Eeeommendet{sn

for'a

' i.

.

- _{C(XJNCIL }ECISION AUT}IORIZINO $IS CO$I,IISSION fO NEOCEIAIS AN AONSIaMNI} FUR

.i

TTIE IUPI,EBIENTATION OF A CONCbN'rNO ACTTOfl PNCI'ECT ON SIONE-8AffiD MANXTIME NAVICATION

arr

sgsl:gfis EE[uE6t ,ine ccnnauurrr aND NoN+EIBER sfAl$$ pagrrcrpEtrNc rH HrR0P]lAl{ .

coopERAfroN rN rT{E FrEr,D op scrENTrr'rc aND lEcliNrclt nEstaacE (cosr)

-re

C$jXCIL

S

lIIts Etm0PfrAl{ COI'nfiff1*mSt

,'1. - .:.

. : ...

nprrirg,'frganl

to

the tsreaty eetebLiahing the &ropoan Eooqonto

Cwrletfi

,: : t -

-'.

Xa,rrtng rcgeril to the reconmendation froq tbe Cotnisslonl. i . _, ''

?e

,T'

1*

j

r'"

tlherbss the eomriieion has

s concerted action project

.l

trangsfitted.

to

the'Copncit a

tlraft

d.ecision adoptiag

on ehore .besed

naritine

navigation aid slretems

_I

Thsrtasr,

in ttg

reaolution

of

14 Jarruary I9?4 on an inltr.al. anlllne programme of

the E\ropean Cornmuritles

in

the field.

of

sclence and teehnoloryr,

th"

Council

eilphartrped

ihst

afl allpropriate bpproioh should be adoptd torrarf,ri tLe rhol.e

'.',''.-..

ranga"of,,'ctqttEblE $a1rs as' neansl lnclud.ing conoerted^ ap.ttod proJeotsr and that,

.,.' ' :' :"

..

'

', .',...' ...

nhs ovtr'it.' pr'oved EeoesaarJrl fion*metnber csuntries, parttm"lerty &ropean on€sr

'I-ahgrr1t|'bcasegciated.inthoeiprojectsi,,

_,9

:,. --D

t{hereas the CqunciL approved, on I8 July I9?8t oertain procedures for ooopera.tion

,:.

tttthin' _' tko. GOSI flanmork

:. .,.' I ' .:

...'.:i,.'..;': : _:

.'_

IIA$ DSCPSO *,S NIIiIO!fS r

T

'

o.t

Io

g

7,

zg.T.rgJ{, p.6.

t

'

ot

No

c

r0o, zr..4.T97gs

p,r.

,'t

:j

. 'i..

fi,

il

n:

-C-SOI,E ARTTCII,E

t,

:

,,('

I

io

hereby _"uthoriu"d'

to

ner;otiate'

n"t""11t

t6

the d'irectives

aorrtained ln.rtne Arutex, an A€reenlent bet$een ttre coruuuni'ty a'nd' non-menrbeir

;;.;';;;;:r;;rr;s

i;

u*,opu*

ceoperation

in

*1:

ri:tu

_{:t.::::":::'"}

**

rrcn(ccsr)inord.ertqenFurecoord.inationbelmeent'he.. technical

reset

:^:; :: "*"" o'

_ject

_{on ehoro'based maritine} ncrvigation aid'

'

_{Comrrunity ooncerted'} action,Pto

syetemo

ild

the oorreepond.ing prograames

i4

thoqe cgunirtes'

!I

Done at

--*-t'*'*+*:-

-By the Cornoil

The Pregldent

;".,.. .8,;.u:r:-i,,*n*il].4s.*:*l**1$'

?".

lftlN€X

tr

I.

IWGCIfIA

I{N

TITMffi'IIISS

Ths

term

of

the a€re€ment BhaLL be

in

c.C'{1l:olT[ity urith the conchrsisrs

s8pro"bd' by the c'$rncll on I8 Jul'y'I9?€

nitlt

reg:arcl tE suropaan

lntific

ancl technfca"L' rese'arqh (@6f)"

coop8etlon

in

t$e fieLct

of roil

fhe- finenci1t cantrlbution

of

each:*hird COS:T etate part'ici'pa'ting in

rhe proJgot strrrqr be a,n amount,

_{"q,riY*:-l:."}

tenth

_ir

tne

ttTtll'"

contiblrtioa

to

coordination

coets.

IR adltritionl each

pmtlcipant

-n$rn+

menber gta.tq s.ilal} tr"erxsfer aa amonrnt ca.t"cntatea by appfying

to

the arnount egu.iv:alent

to

the Conmurityre

contrilqt1* to

etuiliee the ra-tto betneen tbe grosa Aoaesti.c produ.ct

for

the'Yeqr I98O

of

,oa,ch _PFn*i:::

parrt.-hon-.wber etate a;rd the gqoaa dmes*lo pnoA$st f,or _'tho'year I98V

ffi'

_,-:.

..

: .'

). 1

i, t.

1

rg} :-

I-I

:of _{.th* C,mrnitY-.}

Y

t

_Th"

_tlraft

_{d.eoision transni.t*ed by the}

_Swisslgn

_to

_{ths fimrncil} provid.ee for'

a finanaial ccntributisn fron the Cwunrnit;r of, ?1l$,r0ffi €CU

r

suM"ividsd into

an amount of 60OT00O ECU

for

eoordinetion costs and.

m

amount'of ITIOOTOOO ECU

for

study costs. .1

e>:..,-