European Economic and Social Committee 30 May 2001, Opinion of the Economic and Social Committee on the "Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 1267/1999 establishing an Instrument for structural policies for pre-accession"

C 221/166 EN 7.8.2001 Official Journal of the European Communities 7.9. The following is a summary of some of the main — by developing the best possible knowledge base (‘research policy’) for political decisions and recognising not only points made by the ESC in this opinion: the conditions under which science operates but also its potential and limitations. 7.9.1.