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of 12 July 1999
on a series of guidelines, including the identification of projects of common interest, for trans-
European networks for the electronic interchange of data between administrations (IDA)
(OJ L 203, 3.8.1999, p. 1)
Amended by:
Official Journal
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DECISION NO 1719/1999/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIA-
MENT AND OF THE COUNCIL
of 12 July 1999
on a series of guidelines, including the identification of projects of
common interest, for trans-European networks for the electronic
interchange of data between administrations (IDA)
THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE
EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and
in particular the first paragraph of Article 156 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission(1),
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social
Committee(2),
Having regard to the opinion of the Committee of the Regions(3),
Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 251 of
the Treaty(4),
(1)Whereas the Council, in its resolution of 20 June 1994(5),
emphasised the need for coordination with regard to information
exchange between administrations;
(2)Whereas the Council, in its resolution of 21 November 1996(6),
established new policy priorities regarding the information
society;
(3)Whereas the Commission, in its Communication of 19 July1994, proposed an action plan for the information society;
(4)Whereas the Commission has proposed an action plan for the
single market;
(5)Whereas the European Parliament, in its resolution of 12 June
1997(7), invited the European Union and the Member States to
take action with regard to the development and application of
new information and communication technologies (ICT) in thenext decade;
(6)Whereas the European Parliament and the Council, in DecisionNo 2717/95/EC(
8), adopted a series of guidelines for the devel-
opment of Euro-ISDN as a trans-European network;
(7)Whereas the European Parliament and the Council, in DecisionNo 1336/97/EC(
9), adopted a series of guidelines for trans-
European telecommunication networks;
(8)Whereas, in order to establish economic and monetary union andto implement Community policies and activities, it is necessaryfor Member State administrations and the Community to access,exchange and process increasing amounts of information;
(9)Whereas, in order to exercise the powers conferred on them, it isnecessary for Community institutions to access, exchange and
process increasing amounts of information;1999D1719 — EN — 20.11.2002 — 001.001 — 2
(1) OJ C 54, 21.2.1998, p. 3 and
OJ C 23, 28.1.1999, p. 8.
(2) OJ C 214, 10.7.1998, p. 33.
(3) OJ C 251, 10.8.1998, p. 1.
(4) Opinion of the European Parliament of 18 November 1998 (OJ C 379,
7.12.1998, p. 68), Council Common Position of 21 December 1998 (OJ C
55, 25.2.1999, p. 1) and Decision of the European Parliament of 13 April
1999 (OJ C 219, 30.7.1999). Council Decision of 21 June 1999.
(5) OJ C 181, 2.7.1994, p. 1.
(6) OJ C 376, 12.12.1996, p. 1.
(7) OJ C 200, 30.6.1997, p. 196.
(8) OJ L 282, 24.11.1995, p. 16.
(9) OJ L 183, 11.7.1997, p. 12.
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(10)Whereas the efficient, effective and secure exchange of proces-
sable information requires the availability of integrated data
communication systems, hereinafter referred to as telematicnetworks;
(11)Whereas telematic networks linking the information systems ofthe Member State administrations and the Community acrossEurope are trans-European telecommunication networks foradministrations;
(12)Whereas the smooth functioning of the internal market and theelimination of obstacles to communication between publicadministrations and the private sector are important factors for
the prosperity and competitiveness of Community industry;
(13)Whereas use of telematic networks can contribute to the protec-
tion of the financial interests of the Community and to the fight
against fraud;
(14)Whereas Member States should take account of the telematicnetworks developed within the framework of Community action
in the development of the projects they carry out together inareas included in the Treaty establishing the European Commu-nity as a consequence of the Treaty of Amsterdam and in otherareas subject to the Treaty on European Union, as well as anyother action they may carry out that meets the objectives of the
Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular
Articles 3(d), 14, 18 and 39 thereof;
(15)Whereas the modification and enhancement of telematicnetworks may be required during the preparation for the enlarge-ment of the European Union;
(16)Whereas responsive and transparent public administrations willencourage citizens of the European Union to reap the benefitsof the information society;
(17)Whereas the Community is a user or a beneficiary of those tele-matic networks which support the Community policies andactivities, interinstitutional communication and economic andmonetary union;
(18)Whereas the task of establishing such networks is incumbent onboth the Community and the Member States;
(19)Whereas it is essential to maximise the use of standards, publiclyavailable specifications and public domain applications to ensure
seamless interoperability in order to achieve economies of scale
and to increase the benefits of such networks;
(20)Whereas, by means of coordinated development, such networks
should converge towards a common telematic interface between
the Community and the Member States;
(21)Whereas, in order to make efficient use of the Community'sfinancial resources, it is necessary to share the cost of suchnetworks between the Member States and the Community on anequitable basis and, at the same time, to avoid needless prolifera-tion of equipment, repetition of investigations and diversity ofapproach;
(22)Whereas the Member States shall in principle each bear the costincurred by their own implementation of IDA projects and
services;
(23)Whereas there is thus a need to define specific guidelines ofgeneral application to all such networks, as well as a specific
financial framework for projects of common interest under suchguidelines;
(24)Whereas, in accordance with the principles of subsidiarity andproportionality established by Article 5 of the Treaty, the objec-tive of establishing such networks cannot be adequately attainedby the Member States and can therefore, by reason of the scaleand effects of the proposed action, be better attained at Commu-1999D1719 — EN — 20.11.2002 — 001.001 — 3
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nity level; whereas the proposed action does not go beyond what
is necessary to achieve the said objective;
(25)Whereas the implementation of the Agreement on the EuropeanEconomic Area and the association agreements with theEuropean Community requires the relevant telematic networksto be modified and enhanced;
(26)Whereas there is an inherent international dimension to telematicnetworks and electronic communication;
(27)Whereas the measures aimed at ensuring the interoperability oftelematic networks between administrations are in accordance
with the priorities adopted in relation to the guidelines for
trans-European telecommunication networks;
(28)Whereas actions have been carried out under Council Decision95/468/EC of 6 November 1995 on a Community contributionfor telematic interchange of data between administrations in the
Community (IDA)(
1); whereas the Court of Justice annulled
Decision 95/468/EC on 28 May 1998; whereas the effects ofthe measures taken by the Commission on the basis of this Deci-sion before annulment by the Court are maintained;
(29)Whereas this Decision establishes a financial framework whichshould be the principal point of reference, within the meaningof point 1 of the Declaration of the European Parliament, theCouncil and the Commission of 6 March 1995(
2), for the
budgetary authority for the purposes of the annual budgetaryprocedure;
(30)Whereas amodus vivendi between the European Parliament, the
Council and the Commission concerning the implementingmeasures for acts adopted in accordance with the procedure laiddown in Article 251 of the Treaty was concluded on 20
December 1994(
3),
HAVE ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
Scope and objectives
1. The Community, in cooperation with the Member States, shall act
in the field of trans-European telematic networks for administrationsand shall take the measures set out in this Decision with the following
objectives:
(a) the establishment of operational, interoperable, trans-European tele-
matic networks between Member State administrations, whether
national or regional, as well as between such administrations andthe Community institutions and bodies as appropriate, enabling theefficient, effective and secure interchange of information in orderto support the establishment of economic and monetary union and
in order for the Member States and the Community to implement,
within their respective areas of competence, the Community poli-cies and activities referred to in Articles 3 and 4 of the Treaty,taking into account work already under way in existing Communityor Member State programmes;
(b) the establishment of integrated telematic networks for the facilita-
tion of communication between the Community institutions and insupport of the Community decision-making process;
(c) where appropriate, the identification and deployment of pan-
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prises and other relevant electronic government services to be used
in line with the priorities laid down in Article 4.
2. This Decision covers all networks under the IDA programme.
Article 2
Definitions
For the purpose of this Decision, the following definitions shall apply:
(a) ‘telematic network’: a comprehensive data-communication system,
comprising not only the physical infrastructure and connections,
but also the service and application layers which are built on topof this infrastructure, thus enabling the interchange of informationelectronically between organisations and individuals;
(b) ‘IDA network’: a trans-European telematic network for administra-
tions established or continued under this Decision. Such a network
is established on the initiative of the Community as a user of, or aparty to, the network or as a beneficiary having an interest inensuring its implementation;
(c) ‘sectoral network’: a trans-European telematic network for adminis-
trations or a set of services and applications, devoted to the
implementation or the administrative support of one particularCommunity policy, activity or objective which is hereinafterreferred to as an ‘administrative sector’;
(d) ‘IDA project’: a set of interrelated actions which are undertaken or
continued under this Decision, as identified in the Annex, and
which concern the establishment or enhancement of sectoralnetworks.
Article 3
Projects of common interest
1. In order to achieve the objectives laid down in Article 1, the
Community and the Member States shall implement projects of
common interest as set out in the Annex.
2. Implementation of such projects shall be carried out in accor-
dance with the IDA work programme and with global implementationplans as described in Article 5.
Article 4
Priorities
For the purpose of establishing the IDA work programme, and in the
allocation of Community financial resources to IDA projects, priorityshall be given to those projects which enhance the economic viabilityof public administrations, European Community institutions, MemberStates and the regions, and which, by means of the establishment or
enhancement of a sectoral network:
(a) directly contribute to removing the obstacles to the free movement
of goods, persons, services and capital; or
(b) directly contribute to the successful implementation or the satisfac-
tory operation of economic and monetary union; or
(c) encourage interinstitutional cooperation between the Community
institutions as well as between the latter and national and regional
administrations, including national and regional parliaments; or
(d) contribute to the protection of the financial interests of the Commu-
nity and the Member States or to the fight against fraud; or
(e) facilitate the preparation for the enlargement of the European
Union; or
(f) facilitate industrial competitiveness in the Community, with parti-
cular emphasis on the competitiveness of small and medium-sizedenterprises; or1999D1719 — EN — 20.11.2002 — 001.001 — 5
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(g) provide benefits to persons in the European Union; or
(h) contribute to the objectives of the eEurope initiative and related
action plan, in particular the chapter on government online, aimedat benefiting citizens and enterprises.
Article 5
Broad lines for implementation
1. In implementing IDA projects, the principles set out in this
Article shall be observed.
2. The implementation of an IDA project shall require a legal basis.
For the purpose of this Decision, an IDA project shall be considered tofulfil this requirement when the network or networks concerned support
communication between administrations in the framework of the imple-
mentation of one or several Community acts.
The first subparagraph shall not apply to projects that support interin-
stitutional communication or the Community decision-making process,or to common activities for the support of two or more IDA projects.
3. IDA projects shall comprise all actions necessary for the estab-
lishment or enhancement of sectoral networks, including feasibilitystudies and demonstrations, the establishment of working groups ofMember State and Community experts, and the procurement of goodsand services for the Community, as appropriate.
4. IDA projects shall include a preparatory phase, a feasibility
phase, a development and validation phase, and an implementation
phase.
The preparatory phase shall lead to the establishment of a preparatory
report comprising the objectives, scope and rationale of the project andin particular the anticipated costs and benefits, as well as the achieve-
ment of the necessary commitment and understanding among the
participants through appropriate consultation.
The feasibility phase shall lead to the establishment of a global imple-
mentation plan which shall comprise:
(a) a description of the network or networks intended to be estab-
lished under the project in terms of their objectives,
functionalities, participants and technical approach;
(aa) a description of planned organisational development and re-engi-
neering of working procedures related to the network or networksintended to be established under the project;
(b) the assignment of roles and tasks to the Community and to the
Member States throughout the subsequent development and vali-dation and implementation phases;
(c) a detailed description of the expected benefits which includes
assessment criteria for measuring those benefits beyond the imple-mentation phase;
(d) a schema which defines an equitable sharing between the Commu-
nity and the Member States of the operational and maintenancecosts of the networks concerned on conclusion of the implementa-tion phase.
During the development and validation phase, the solution proposed for
the network or networks concerned may, if relevant, be constructed,
tested, evaluated and monitored on a small scale, and the results shallbe used to adjust the global implementation plan accordingly.
During the implementation phase, the fully functional network or
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5. IDA projects shall build on the horizontal actions and measures
undertaken by the Community within the framework of EuropeanParliament and Council Decision 1720/1999/EC of 12 July 1999
adopting a series of actions and measures in order to ensure interoper-
ability of and access to trans-European networks for the electronicinterchange of data between administrations (IDA)(
1); in particular,
common generic services and applications shall be used where appro-priate.
6. The initiation and implementation of an IDA project, the defini-
tion of its phases, as well as the definition of user requirements, bothtechnical and functional, for the network or networks concerned under
such a project, shall be made within the framework of the Community
policy or activity concerned and controlled in accordance with theapplicable committee procedure, if any.
Where no sectoral committee procedure applies, the Community and
the Member States shall set up sectoral groups of experts to examinethese issues.
The conclusions resulting from sectoral committees and groups of
experts shall be reported by the Commission to the committee referredto in Article 8 together with its proposals for the measures referred toin Article 7.
7. Each IDA project shall be technically specified with reference to
European standards or publicly available specifications, such as openInternet standards, as appropriate, in order to ensure a high degree ofinteroperability between national and Community systems within andacross administrative sectors and with the private sector. Particular
account shall be taken of Community guidelines and support tools in
the area of standardisation in public procurement for information andcommunication technologies (ICT) systems and services.
8. The definition and implementation of each IDA project shall
build on suitable results achieved by other relevant Community activ-ities, in particular the Community research and technologicaldevelopment programmes and the Community activities in the field oftrans-European telecommunication networks.
9. A post-implementation review of each IDA project shall be
carried out in coordination with the Member States within the frame-work of the Community policy or activity concerned and presented to
the relevant sectoral committee and to the committee referred to in
Article 8 within one year following the end of the implementationphase. This review shall include cost-benefit analysis.
Article 6
Community financial contribution
1. In the implementation of IDA projects, the Community shall bear
costs in proportion to its interest.
2. The financial contribution of the Community for each IDA
project shall be determined in accordance with paragraphs 3 to 7. Thiscontribution does not include any costs arising from the continued useof applications or specifications which contradict the priorities or therequirements of this Decision or of European Parliament and CouncilDecision 1720/1999/EC.
3. In the preparatory and feasibility phases of a project, the Commu-
nity contribution may cover the full cost of the necessary studies.
4. In the development and validation phase and in the implementa-
tion phase of a project, the Community shall bear the cost of thosetasks which are assigned to it in the global implementation plan ofthat project.1999D1719 — EN — 20.11.2002 — 001.001 — 7
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5. The Community may contribute, in exceptional cases and in
accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 8, by means ifdirect grants to the costs incurred by one or more Member States, in
order for such Member States to carry out:
(a) activities relating to an IDA project or network which are deemed
to be of benefit to other participants or to other IDA projects ornetworks,
(b) an enhancement of a system which is deemed necessary in order to
improve or simplify the overall implementation of a particular IDAnetwork.
The intended grants will be specified in the IDA work programme for
each IDA project or network concerned and for the current budgetary
year, in terms of their maximum allowable value, the expected benefitsto IDA projects and networks, the objectives to be achieved, the bene-ficiary administrations in the Member States and the tasks to befinanced by means of such grants.
Other than in exceptional circumstances, grants shall not exceed one
half of the expenditure actually incurred by each beneficiary Member
State in implementing the tasks for which the grant is given.
6. Community funding under this Decision shall cease on comple-
tion of the implementation phase of an IDA project; however, furtherfunding may exceptionally, and in accordance with the procedure laid
down in Article 8, be granted under this Decision in order to cover all
or part of the cost of the operation and maintenance of an IDA networkuntil the end of the year following the year in which its implementationis completed.
7. The Community may also, within the framework of this Decision
and until the end of 1999, bear the cost of the operation and mainte-
nance of those IDA networks which are continued under this Decisionand which are already operational on the date of entry into force of thisDecision.
8. The financial resources provided for under this Decision shall not,
in principle, be assigned to projects or phases of projects which benefit
from other sources of Community funding.
Article 7
Implementation
1. The Commission shall implement the Community action set out
in Articles 3 to 6.
2. The procedure referred to in Article 8(2) shall apply in respect of
the approval, on the basis of compliance with the priorities establishedin Article 4 and the principles laid down in Article 5, of the section ofthe IDA work programme concerning the implementation of this Deci-
sion, which the Commission shall draw upat yearly intervals and
which may be reviewed during the year of reference. The IDA workprogramme shall include:
— a breakdown of past expenditure by project for the previous year(s),
— an estimate of the future costs to be funded by the Community and
the Member States, and
— a short statement on the results/services developed from this past
expenditure.
3. The procedure referred to in Article 8(2) shall apply in respect of
the approval, on the basis of compliance with the principles laid downin Article 5, of the preparatory report and of the global implementation
plan of each IDA project at the end of the feasibility phase and at the
end of the development and validation phase, as well as the approval ofany subsequent substantial amendments to that implementation plan.
4. The procedure referred to in Article 8(2) shall apply in respect of
the approval, on the basis of compliance with the priorities establishedin Article 4 and the principles laid down in Articles 5 and 6, of the1999D1719 — EN — 20.11.2002 — 001.001 — 8
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breakdown by project of the yearly budgetary expenditure under this
Decision. Proposals for any budgetary increase of more thanEUR 250 000 per project line within a year, shall also be subject to
that procedure.
5. The technical specifications of calls for tender to be issued in the
implementation of this Decision shall, for contract values in excess of
EUR 500000 be defined in coordination with the Member States.
Article 8
Committee
1. The Commission shall be assisted by a committee called the Tele-
matics between Administrations Committee (TAC), composed ofrepresentatives of the Member States and chaired by the representativeof the Commission.
2. Where reference is made to this paragraph, Articles 4 and 7 of
Council Decision 1999/468/EC(
1) shall apply, having regard to Article
8 thereof.
The period provided for in Article 4(3) of Decision 1999/468/EC shall
be set at three months.
3. The TAC shall adopt its rules of procedure.
4. The Commission shall report annually to the TAC on the imple-
mentation of this Decision.
Article 9
Review and evaluation
1. The Commission shall, in coordination with the Member States,
carry out an evaluation of the implementation of this Decision at two-yearly intervals.
2. The evaluation shall establish the progress and current status of
the projects of common interest identified in the Annex.
The evaluation shall also examine, in the light of the expenditure
incurred by the Community, the benefits yielded by IDA networks tothe Community for the advancement of common policies and institu-tional cooperation, the Member States, Community industry andcitizens of the European Union and identify areas for potential
improvement and verify synergy with other Community activities in
the field of trans-European telecommunication networks.
3. The Commission shall forward its evaluation to the European
Parliament and the Council, once the TAC has examined it, togetherwith any appropriate proposal for the amendment of the Annex. Theevaluations shall be forwarded no later than the draft budget for the
years 2001, 2003 and 2005 respectively.
Article 10
Extension to the EEA and associated countries
1. The IDA programme may be opened, within the framework of
their respective agreements with the European Community, to partici-pation by the countries of the European Economic Area and theassociated countries of central and eastern Europe, Cyprus, Malta andTurkey in projects of common interest which are relevant to suchagreements.1999D1719 — EN — 20.11.2002 — 001.001 — 9
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2. In the course of implementing projects, cooperation with non-
member countries and with international organisations or bodies, asappropriate, shall be encouraged.
3. Before the IDA programme has been opened up for their full
participation, the associated countries of central and eastern Europe,
Cyprus, Malta and Turkey may, at their own cost, use IDA generic
services, in order to implement a Community policy.
4. Other non-member countries may also, at their own cost, use IDA
generic services in order to implement a Community policy.
Article 11
Other sectoral networks
1. With regard to the establishment or enhancement of all other
sectoral networks which are not IDA projects (hereinafter ‘othersectoral networks’), Member States and the Community shall, in accor-dance with the relevant provisions of Community legislation governingthe implementation of those sectoral networks, ensure that paragraphs 2
to 6 are complied with.
2. The other sectoral networks shall make use of the horizontal
actions and measures undertaken by the Community within the frame-
work of European Parliament and Council Decision 1720/1999/EC,
unless those actions and measures are inappropriate to meet the userrequirements of the other sectoral networks.
3. Each of the other sectoral networks shall be technically specified
with reference to European standards or publicly available specifica-tions, such as open Internet standards, as appropriate, in order toensure a high degree of interoperability between national and Commu-nity systems within and across administrative sectors and with the
private sector. Particular account shall be taken of Community guide-
lines and support tools in the area of standardisation in publicprocurement for ICT systems and services.
4. In the definition and implementation of each of the other sectoral
networks, care shall be taken to build on suitable results achieved byother relevant Community activities, in particular the Communityresearch and technological development programmes and the Commu-nity activities in the field of trans-European telecommunication
networks.
5. A post-implementation review of each of the other sectoral
networks shall be carried out.
6. In the implementation of the other sectoral networks the Commu-
nity shall bear costs in proportion to its interest.
7. By 3 October 1999, and at yearly intervals thereafter, the
Commission shall forward to the TAC a report on the implementation
of paragraphs 1 to 6. In that report, the Commission shall specify any
relevant user requirements that prevent other sectoral networks frommaking use of generic services under paragraph 2, and discuss thepossibility of upgrading those generic services in order to meet thoseuser requirements.
Article 12
Financial reference amount
1. The financial reference amount for the implementation of the
Community action under this Decision for the period 2002 to 2004
shall be EUR 39,8 million.
2. The annual appropriations shall be authorised by the budgetary
authority within the limit of the financial perspective.1999D1719 — EN — 20.11.2002 — 001.001 — 10
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Article 13
Entry into force
This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the
European Communities . It shall enter into force on the day that of its
publication and shall apply until 31 December 2004.
Article 14
Addressees
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.1999D1719 — EN — 20.11.2002 — 001.001 — 11
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ANNEX
PROJECTS OF COMMON INTEREST IN THE SPHERE OF TRANS-
EUROPEAN NETWORKS FOR THE INTERCHANGE OF DATA
BETWEEN ADMINISTRATIONS
The following projects shall be projects of common interest under the IDA
programme:
A.IN GENERAL
1. Development and implementation of telematic networks supporting EMU
and Community policies and activities (in accordance with section B),
interinstitutional information exchange (in accordance with section C),
as well as the globalisation of IDA networks (in accordance with section
D).
2. Continuation and enhancement of sectoral projects and networks under-
taken under Council Decision 95/468/EC, with the exception of the
networks referred to in section E.
3. Implementation of those networks required for the functioning of the
European Agencies and bodies and in support of the legal framework
arising from the creation of the European Agencies.
4. Implementation of networks in the field of policies related to the free
movement of persons, in so far as they are required to support the action
of the Community and/or the Member States under the Treaty estab-
lishing the European Community.
5. Implementation of those networks which, within the framework of the
Community policies and activities and in unforseen circumstances, are
urgently required to support the action of the Community and the
Member States, inter alia, in protecting the life and health of humans,
animals and plants, the rights of European consumers, the living condi-
tions of persons in the European Union, or the fundamental interests of
the Community.
6. Implementation of networks which facilitate the cooperation between
judicial authorities.
B.SPECIFIC NETWORKS SUPPORTING EMU AND COMMUNITY
POLICIES AND ACTIVITIES
1. Telematic networks concerning economic and monetary policy, notably
to facilitate the monitoring of compliance with convergence criteria and
the introduction of the euro.
2. Telematic networks concerning the enlargement of the European Union,
notably through the implementation of efficient electronic communica-
tion between, on one side, the translation services of the Commission
and the Council and, on the other side, the temporary translation/revi-
sion offices that may be set upin each candidate country.
3. Telematic networks concerning regional and cohesion policies, notably
to facilitate the collection, management, and dissemination of informa-
tion concerning the implementation of regional and cohesion policies at
the level of central and regional administration.
4. Telematic networks concerning Community funding, notably to create
an interface to existing Commission databases in order to facilitate the
access of European organisations, and particularly SMEs, to Community
sources of funding.
5. Telematic networks in the area of statistics, notably regarding the collec-
tion and dissemination of statistical information.
6. Telematic networks in the area of publication of official documents.
7. Telematic networks in the agricultural and fisheries sectors, notably
regarding support for the management of agricultural markets and struc-
ture, more efficient financial management, exchange of farm accounts
data (RICA) between national agencies and the Commission, and the
fight against fraud.
8. Telematic networks in the industry sector, notably concerning the
exchange of information between administrations in charge of industrial
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the exchange of data regarding automobile type-approval data inter-
change between administrations, as well as services to simplify and
improve the process of administrative form filling.
9. Telematic networks concerning competition policy, notably through the
implementation of improved electronic data exchange with the national
administrations in order to facilitate information and consultation proce-
dures.
10. Telematic networks in the areas of education and culture, information,
communication, and audio-visual sector, notably for the exchange of
information concerning content issues on open networks and to promote
the development and free circulation of new audio-visual and informa-
tion services.
11. Telematic networks in the transport sector, notably for the support of the
exchange of data concerning drivers, vehicles and transport operators.
12. Telematic networks in the areas of tourism, environment, consumer
protection and public health protection for the support of information
exchange between Member States.
13. Telematic networks contributing to the objectives of the eEurope initia-
tive and related action plan, in particular the chapter on government
online, aimed at benefiting citizens and enterprises.
14. Telematic networks concerning immigration policy, notably through the
implementation of improved electronic data exchange with the national
administrations in order to facilitate information and consultation proce-
dures.
C.INTERINSTITUTIONAL NETWORKS
Telematic networks in support of the interinstitutional exchange of informa-
tion, notably:
1. in support of the Community decision-making process and Parliamentary
questions;
2. for the setting upof the necessary telematic links between the Commis-
sion, European Parliament, other European institutions and the Council
(including the site of the European Union Presidency-in-office and the
Permanent Representation of the Member States);
3. in facilitation of multilingualism in interinstitutional information
exchanges, means of translation workflow management and translation
support tools, the sharing/exchanging of multilingual resources, and the
organisation of common access to terminology databases;
4. for document sharing between European Agencies and bodies and the
European institutions.
D.GLOBALISATION OF IDA NETWORKS
Extension of IDA networks to the EEA, EFTA, CEECs and other associated
countries, as well as to G7 countries and international organisations, in parti-
cular regarding the social security, healthcare, pharmaceutical and
environmental telematic networks.
E.OTHER SECTORAL NETWORKS
The projects which were previously funded by the IDA programme and
which now have their own Community funding nevertheless fall within the
group‘other sectoral networks’ referred to in Article 11 of the Decision.1999D1719 — EN — 20.11.2002 — 001.001 — 13
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