The Scientific Activities of CERN and Budget Estimates for the Years 2003-2006, with a Projection until 2010

The plan presented in this document follows the cost-to-completion review of the LHC Programme and the subsequent reconsideration of activities and priorities. It contains considerable changes in the allocation of resources compared to the "The Scientific Activities and Budget Estimates for the Years 2002-2005" (CERN/SPC/793 - CERN/FC/4424). Council is invited to: i) approve the overall figures proposed for 2003 so that the detailed preliminary 2003 Draft Budget can be prepared for presentation in September 2002; ii) take note of the proposed budget estimates for 2004, 2005 and 2006 and of the projections up to 2010; iii) give indications concerning long-term projections and scenarios so that a formal proposal for a revision of the 1996 decision on the LHC Project can be prepared for Council in December 2002.