The Member States 25 March 1957, Consolidated version of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union#PART THREE - UNION POLICIES AND INTERNAL ACTIONS#TITLE XIX - RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT AND SPACE#Article 184(ex Article 168 TEC)

— indicate the broad lines of such activities, — fix the maximum overall amount and the detailed rules for Union financial participation in the framework programme and the respective shares in each of the activities provided for. 2. The framework programme shall be adapted or supplemented as the situation changes. 3.