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Council approves legislation for Euratom programme

The European Council has taken the Decision to adopt the legislation concerning the Fifth Framework Programme (FP5) of the European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom) for research and training activities from 1998 to 2002. The Decision was adopted on the 22 December 1998. The ...

The European Council has taken the Decision to adopt the legislation concerning the Fifth Framework Programme (FP5) of the European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom) for research and training activities from 1998 to 2002. The Decision was adopted on the 22 December 1998. The Council has officially adopted a multiannual framework programme for all research activities, including demonstration activities and training activities in the field of nuclear energy. FP5 shall cover the area of controlled thermonuclear fusion and energy systems related to nuclear fission, as well as that of industrial and medical uses of radiation and natural sources of radiation. Those areas shall include, in addition to the thematic aspects, horizontal aspects concerning cooperation with third countries and international organisations, the dissemination and exploitation of results of research and training activities, and the stimulation of the training and mobility of Community research. The activities carried out in FP5 shall be closely coordinated with the activities in the field of energy research described in the FP5 for research, technological development and demonstration (RTD) activities, while fully respecting the legally independent nature of these two programmes. Article 3 of the Decision states that the FP5 shall be implemented through two research and training programmes, on of which shall be specific to the Joint Research Centre. The Decision outlines the financial amount for the implementation of this framework programme, which shall be 1,260 million euro for the whole of the period 1998 to 2002. Of this amount 310m euro is for the period 1998 to 1999, while 950m euro has been provided for 2000 to 2002. The Decisions of the Fifth Framework Programme can be downloaded from CORDIS own FP5 website: URL: http://cordis.europa.eu/fp5/src/decisions.htm#euratom-decision