No L 159/36 Official Journal of the European Communities 14. 6. 86 COUNCIL DECISION of 10 June 1986 adopting a research programme on materials (raw materials and advanced materials) (1986 to 1989) (86/235/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 Parli- ament ('), Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (3), Whereas Article 2 of the Treaty assigns to the Commu- nity the task, inter alia, of promoting throughout the Community a harmonious development of economic activities, a continuous and balanced expansion and an accelerated raising of the standard of living; Whereas, in its resolution of 14 January 1974 on an initial outline programme of the European Communities in the field of science and technology (°), the Council stated that the whole range of available ways and means should be used as appropriate ; Whereas, in its resolution of 25 July 1983 (%), the Council adopted a first framework programme (1984 to 1987) for Community research, development and demonstration activities, two of the principal objectives of which are met by the proposed research, namely industrial competitive- ness and improvement of management of raw materials ; Whereas the economic availability of raw materials and advanced materials is indispensable to maintaining the industrial competitiveness of the Community ; Whereas the programme on recycling of urban and indus- trial waste adopted by Decision 79/968/EEC (%), as last amended by Decision 83/634/EEC(%), and the programme in the field of raw materials, which includes subprogrammes on metals and mineral substances, wood as a renewable raw material, recycling of non-ferrous metals and substitution and materials technology, adopted by Decision 82/402/EEC ("), have produced encouraging results and opened up promising prospects, relative to the objectives sought ; Whereas, by Decision 84/197/EEC(®), the Council adopted a concerted-action project of the European () OJ No C 68, 24. 3. 1986, p. 76. () OJ No C 354, 31. 12. 1985, p. 6. () OJ No C 7, 29. 1. 1974, p. 6. () OJ No C 208, 4. 8. 1983, p. 1. () OJ No L 293, 20. 11. 1979, p. 19. (9 OJ No L 357, 21. 12. 1983, p. 33. () OJ No L 174, 21. 6. 1982, p. 23. () OJ No L 103, 16. 4. 1984, p. 23. Economic Community on the use of lignocellulose- containing by-products and other plant residues for animal feeding ; Whereas the Treaty has not provided the specific powers necessary for the adoption of this Decision ; Whereas the Scientific and Technical Research Committee (CREST) has given its opinion on the Commission’s proposal, HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS: Article 1 1.  The Community shall implement, over a period of four years from 1 January 1986, a research programme in the materials sector (raw materials and advanced mat- erials), as described in the Annex. 2. The work shall be carried out as shared-costs contract research, coordination and training activities, and one concerted action, as described in the Annex. Article 2 1. The amount estimated as necessary to carry out the programme shall be 70 million ECU, including expendi- ture for a staff of 23. The breakdown of this amount by subprogramme is given in the Annex by way of indication only. 2. In the light of the experience gained in the course of implementing the programme and after receiving the opinion of the Committee referred to in Article 3, the Commission shall be authorized to transfer funds from one subprogramme to another, provided that the final appropriation for any subprogramme does not differ, upwards or downwards, by more than 15 % from the original appropriation as set out in the Annex for each subprogramme. Article 3 The Commission shall be responsible for the execution of the programme. It shall be assisted in its task by the Management and Coordination Advisory Committee on Raw Materials and Other Materials set up by Council Decision 84/338/Euratom, ECSC, EEC (). () OJ No L 177, 4. 7. 1984, p. 25.