Definicija: The Committee assists the Commission in the execution of the programme concerning the exploitation of advanced information technologies in the field of statistics: in particular, the application of expert systems technology to the whole chain of statistical data processing.

Definicija: The Committee assists the Commission in the implementation of the programme aimed at identifying new directions and priorities for Community research and technological development policy and helping to show more clearly the relationships between R& D and the other common policies.

Definicija: The Committee delivers opinions on the following points: (a) - general guidelines for the Community activities involving the renewal and rationalisation of Community action concerning analysis, research and exchange of information and experience in the field of employment and the labour market - the annual programme of work and matters concerning the financial breakdown of the above activities; (b) - detailed rules for selecting activities supported by the Community, the criteria for monitoring and assessing such activities individually and as a whole and the procedure for disseminating and transferring the results.

Definicija: The Committee assists the Commission in implementing the programme aimed at promoting in Europe the useful application of recent developments in life sciences and biotechnology. The principal objectives of the programme are i) research, adaptation and development of agricultural products destined for industrial use, as well as the research and promotion of new industrial techniques for processing and transforming agricultural raw materials with a view to obtaining, under economically viable conditions, industrial products which meet the needs of the market; (ii) research and development of industrial inputs in agriculture, such as pesticides and fertilizers, and of eradication and disease control systems less harmful or better adapted to the environment; the reduction and elimination of by-products of processing by recovering resources and reducing waste.