Et, rappelant les differentes actions deja menees en ce sens, il a souligne l'importance que revetait pour la Commission la future revision du programme communautaire de recherche actuel en biotechnologie, "un sixieme seulement des projets presentes jusqu'ici ayant pu etre finances en raison des faibles credits disponibles".
Enumerating the different actions already initiated to this end, he emphasized the importance, in the eyes of the Commission, of the upcoming revision of the current Community biotechnology research programme, considering that "because of the limited funds available, only about one-sixth of the projects submitted so far have been financed".