No L 200/4 Official Journal of the European Communities 3.8 94 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1990/94 of 26 July 1994 adopting the implementing provisions for the rules laid down in the first paragraph of Article 8 of Council Decision 92/272/EEC on the dissemination and exploitation of knowledge resulting from the specific programmes of research aid technological development of the Community THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Decision No 92/272/EEC of 29 April 1992 on the dissemination and exploitation of knowledge resulting from the specific programme of research and technological development of the Commu- nity (*), and particularly the second paragraph of Article 8 thereof, Whereas, by its Decision 90/221/Euratom, EEC (¥, the Council has adopted a third Framework Programme for Community activities in the field of research and techno- logical development for the period 1990-1994, which states that the measures for the dissemination and exploi- tation of knowledge, and in particular the definition and implementation of centralised action, shall be the subject of a decision by the Council; , Whereas such has been adopted under the form of Deci- sion 92/272/EEC ; and whereas Article 8 of that Decision sets out the rules applicable to the execution of the centralized action ; . Whereas the Euratom Treaty contains detailed provisions for the dissemination of information which apply, inter alia, to nuclear research programmes; Whereas, under the terms of the first paragraph of Article 8 of Decision 92/272/EEC, the rules set out are applicable while respecting pre-existing rights ; Whereas it is necessary to ensure the coherence of schemes for disseminating the knowledge resulting from specific programmes in the Framework Programme and that such coherence must be based on general rules which guarantee the protection of the legitimate interests of the public and private contracting parties and of the rights linked to the obtaining and exploitation of the results, as well as their exploitation in conformity with the Community’s interests, particular with respect to its economic and social cohesion ; () OJ No L 141, 23. 5. 1992, p. 1. () OJ No L 117, 8. 5. 1990, p. 28. Whereas Article 130 f of the Treaty states that Commu- nity activities in the field of research and technological development are particularly aimed at strengthening the scientific and technological bases of European industry and encouraging it to become more competitive at inter- national level ; Whereas shared-cost contracts have become the bredomi- nant means of implementing the Community’s specific programmes of research and technological development and account for the greatest portion of the total financing allocated for the entire Framework Programme ; Whereas under these contracts work is often carried out by several partners from both industry and the specific world working in cooperation to implement one or more research and technological development projects and having ownership of the results, since the Community does not generally involve itself directly in the work’ carried out under contracts of this kind; Whereas the increasing number of these multi-partner projects and the industrial component in various programmes has necessitated the adoption of harmonized contractual clauses concerning the dissemination and exploitation of knowledge in connection with research and development contracts concluded by the Commission and whereas account must be taken of the results of this contractual practice, particularly in view of the large number of contracts and partners involved and the rights which they have established ; Whereas the solutions adopted through this contractual practice are basically compatible with the rules set out in Article 8 of Decision 92/272/EEC; Whereas on 11 May 1992 the Council and the Commis- sion adopted a Joint Declaration on the negotiating approach in respect of the intellectual property aspects of scientific and technical agreements between the Commu- nity and non-member countries, which underlines in particular the need to safeguard the mutual interests of the parties to such agreements and to encourage the adoption of international standards ; Whereas the provisions set out in this Regulation are in conformity with the opinion issued by the committee set up by Decision 92/272/EEC,