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( 1 ) OJ NO C 291 , 10 . 11 . 1980 , P . 57 .

( 2 ) OPINION DELIVERED ON 29 OCTOBER 1980 ( NOT YET PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL ).

( 3 ) OJ NO L 107 , 21 . 4 . 1978 , P . 12 .

COUNCIL DECISION

OF 11 NOVEMBER 1980

AMENDING DECISION 78/384/EEC CONCERNING THE DURATION OF THE PROGRAMME FOR PAPER AND BOARD RECYCLING

( 80/1042/EEC )

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN

COMMUNITIES ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY , AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 235 THEREOF ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE PROPOSAL FROM THE COMMISSION ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE OPINION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT ( 1 ),

HAVING REGARD TO THE OPINION OF THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE ( 2 ),

WHEREAS BY ITS DECISION 78/384/EEC ( 3 ) THE COUNCIL ADOPTED ON 17 APRIL 1978 A RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME FOR THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY IN THE FIELD OF PAPER AND BOARD RECYCLING ( INDIRECT ACTION ) FOR 1978 TO 1980 ;

WHEREAS , SINCE IT WAS POSSIBLE TO MAKE A START ON THE WORK COVERED BY THE PROGRAMME ONLY AT THE END OF 1978 , IT IS NECESSARY AS A RESULT TO EXTEND THE PROGRAMME BY ONE YEAR IN ORDER TO ENABLE THE RESEARCH PROJECTS TO BE COMPLETED AND THE RESULTS ASSESSED ; WHEREAS DECISION 78/384/EEC SHOULD THEREFORE BE AMENDED ,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS :

SOLE ARTICLE

ARTICLE 1 OF DECISION 78/384/EEC SHALL BE REPLACED BY THE FOLLOWING :

' ARTICLE 1

FOR A FOUR-YEAR PERIOD FROM 1 JANUARY 1978 THE COMMUNITY SHALL CARRY OUT A RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME IN THE FIELD OF PAPER AND BOARD RECYCLING AS DESCRIBED IN THE ANNEX . '

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 11 NOVEMBER 1980 .

FOR THE COUNCIL

THE PRESIDENT

C . NEY