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Community RTD budget formally adapted to take account of enlargement

The Council of the European Union has formally approved the adaptation of the budgets for the Community's Fourth Framework Programme for research and technological development (1994-1998) (Council Decision No 616/96/EC), and the Framework Programme of Community activities in t...

The Council of the European Union has formally approved the adaptation of the budgets for the Community's Fourth Framework Programme for research and technological development (1994-1998) (Council Decision No 616/96/EC), and the Framework Programme of Community activities in the field of research and training for the European Atomic Energy Community (1994-1998) (Council Decision No 96/253/Euratom), to take account of the accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden to the European Union. The Community's financial participation in the EC Fourth Framework Programme has been increased from ECU 11,046 million to ECU 11,764 million, of which ECU 5,449 million is for the period 1994 to 1996 and ECU 6,315 million is for the period 1997 to 1998. The budget of the Euratom Framework Programme has been increased from a total of ECU 1,254 million to ECU 1,336 million, of which ECU 769 million is for the period 1994 to 1996 and ECU 567 million for the period 1997 to 1998.

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