As regards research, the presentation of the budget should be harmonised with the provisions concerning activity-based budgeting, whilst preserving the flexibility of management which the Joint Research Centre (JRC) currently enjoys.
V zvezi z raziskovanjem je treba pripravo proračuna uskladiti z določbami o pripravi proračuna, osnovanega na aktivnostih, in hkrati ohraniti prožnost upravljanja, ki jo ima trenutno Skupno raziskovalno središče.