22.12. 94 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 334/87 COUNCIL DECISION of 23 November 1994 adopting a - specific programme for research and technological development, including demonstration, in the field of non-nuclear energy (1994 to 1998) 94/806/EC THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 130i (4) thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1), Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (2), : Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (3), . Whereas, by Decision No 1110/94/EC (4), the European Parliament and the Council adopted a fourth framework programame for Community activities in the field of * research, technological development and demonstration (RTD) for the period 1994 to 1998 specifying inter alia the activities to be carried out in the field of non-nuclear energy; whereas this Decision takes account of the grounds set out in the preamble to that Decision; Whereas Article 130i (3) of the Treaty stipulates that the - framework programme shall be implemented through specific programmes developed within each activity under the framework programme and that each specific programme shall define the detailed rules for its implementation, fix its duration and provide for the means deemed necessary; Whereas the amount deemed necessary for carrying out this programme is ECU 967 million; whereas the appropriations for each financial year shall be laid down by the budgetary authority, subject to the availability of resources within the financial perspectives and the conditions set out in Article 1 (3) of Decision No 1110/94/EC; Whereas the promotion of engery technologies, including the demonstration of those technologies and pursued by the Commission under Council Regulation (EEC) No 2008/90 of 29 June 1990 concerning the promotion of {1) OJ No C 262, 20. 9. 1994, p. 20. (2) OJ No C 205, 25. 7. 1994. (3) OJ No C 295, 22.10. 1994. p. 74. (#) O] No L 126, 18. 5. 1994, p. 1. energy technology in Europe (Thermie Programme) () ends on 31 December 1994, and it is desirable to ensure that the demonstration and dissemination activities continue after this date; Whereas the objective of the Community’s activites in the field of non-nuclear energy must be to design and " demonstrate efficient, cleaner and safer technologies to make energy production and use compatible with the balance of nature and with the various aspects of economic development; - Whereas, despite the current energy situation, the efforts to diversify the Community’s sources of supply and to improve energy efficiency must not be relaxed; whereas RTD helps to achieve these objectives and to provide greater protection for the environment against the impact of energy technologies; Whereas it is necessary, as the fourth framework programme indicates, to ensure complementarity between research and development and the 'demonstration and that the two phases of the. RTD are integrated into thé same energy RTD strategy in the Community; Whereas the programme for non-nuclear energies calls for a coherent strategy covering the whole process of innovation, from scientific breakthrough all the way to dissemination; Whereas this programme may make a significant contribution to the stimulation of growth, to the strengthening of competitiveness and to the development - of employment in, the Community, as indicated in the White Paper on ‘Growth, competitiveness and employment’, in particular by the development and by a wider utilization of efficient energy technologies; Whereas the content of the fourth framework programme for Community RTD activities was established in accordance with the subsidiarity principle; whereas this specific programme specifies the content of the activities to be carried out in accordance with this principle in the field of non-nuclear energy; (5) O] No L 185, 17. 7. 1990. p. 1. .