Expiry of the ECSC treaty: research programme of the coal and steel research fund, technical guidelines

The European Parliament adopted the resolution by Mr Rolf LINKOHR (PES, D) on the technical guidelines for the research programme of Coal and Steel Research Fund. The European Parliament believes it should be on an equal footing with the Council and that codecision should be used. The Parliament also calls on the Commission to draw up a proposal by 24 July 2004 to enable the Coal and Steel Research Fund to be augmented by public and private funds and research to be carrier out in additional areas. It is proposed that the Commission set up an expert group, with the participation of the European Parliament, to draw up proposals for a European research foundation.�