The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), the Family and Labour Studies Division of Statistics Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, the Econometrics and Statistical Support to Antifraud (ESAF) Unit, Directorate-General Joint Research Centre of the European Commission and the Support to the European Research Area (SERA) Unit, Directorate-General Joint Research Centre of the European Commission have to be regarded as bodies fulfilling the required conditions and should therefore be added to the list of agencies, organisations and ins ...[+++]titutions referred to in Article 3(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 831/2002.

A construction services contract is a contract which has as its objective the realisation by whatever means of civil or building works, in the sense of Division 51 of the Central Product Classification.

- 2 - The biotechnology research programme is a continuation and amplification of the programme of research in biomolecular engineering which has just been completed; it produced results of high quality (particularly in the genetic engineering of plants) ans stimulated the appearance of a Community-wide network of biotechnology research. The "stimulation plan" is an interdisciplinary programme designed to increase contacts between research workers in different European countries.

- 2 - The biotechnology research programme is a continuation and amplification of the programme of research in biomolecular engineering which has just been completed; it produced results of high quality (particularly in the genetic engineering of plants) ans stimulated the appearance of a Community-wide network of biotechnology research. The "stimulation plan" is an interdisciplinary programme designed to increase contacts between research workers in different European countries.

So far as chemical engineering is concerned research will deal with separation technologies, molecular engineering, catalysis, surface sciences etc.

PROGRAMME CONTENTS A. Subprogramme "Tropical and Subtropical Agriculture": 1. Improvement of agricultural products - crop production: food and agro-industrial crops; crop genetics; crop protection; - proteins of animal origin: stock farming; animal genetics and reproduction; veterinary medicine; sea and inland fisheries, aquaculture; - forestry production in humid and arid areas. 2. Conservation and better use of the environment: - appraisal of resources; water resources and their use; soil management and protection, desertification and management of savannahs; underexploited genetic resources; wild flora and fauna; 3. Agricu ...[+++]ltural engineering and post-harvest technology: - agricultural engineering/mechanization; preservation of products; processing of products; 4. Production systems: - multi-disciplinary approaches relating to plan products; inter-cropping; relationships between crop- growing and stock-farming; ecologically fragile environments; B. Subprogramme "Medicine, Health and Nutrition in Tropical and Subtropical Areas" 1. Medecine: - transmissible tropical diseases: parasitological; bacterial; viral; mycological; - non-transmissible tropical diseases: genetic disorders; acquired diseases; 2. Health: - health services research: operational research; plannng management and evaluation; - environmental health: water-related diseases; traditional medicine - tropical medicinal plants; 3. Nutrition: - nutritional deficiencies; impact of agricultural, food and social-economic strategies on nutritional status; - relationships between production and storage systems, food habits and health status; - bioavailability of nutrients and their toxicology///.