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COUNCIL
COUNCIL DECISION
of26November 1990
adoptingaspecificprogrammeconcerningthepreparationofthedevelopment
ofanoperationalEurotrasystem
(90/664/EEC)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticle130q(2)
thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission('),
IncooperationwiththeEuropeanParliament^),Whereas,byDecision89/410/EECf7),theCouncil
adoptedaspecificprogrammeforthecompletionof
Eurotra;
Whereas,followingtheadoptionofDecision90/221/
Euratom,EEC(8)concerningthethirdframework
programmeforCommunityactivitiesinthefieldof
researchandtechnologicaldevelopment (1990to1994),it
isnecessarytocontinuetheimplementation ofthe
secondframeworkprogramme(1987to1991),adoptedby
theDecision87/516/Euratom,EEC(9),bymeansof
specificprogrammesforwhichthelattermakesprovision
asinthecaseoftheactivitiesonlinguisticproblems
(ActionLine8.4),includingthepreparationofthedeve­
lopmentofanoperationalmachinetranslationsystem;
WhereasDecision82/752/EECprovidedthatoncomple­
tionoftheEurotraprogrammeanoperationalsystem
prototypeshouldbeavailableinalimitedfieldandfor
limitedcategoriesoftextanditincludedinthe
programmeofworkforthethirdphaseoftheEurotra
programmethepreparationofaproposalforthefurther
development ofthesystem;
Whereasthisprogrammeshouldleadtothedevelopment
ofahigh-levelscientificprototypeinthefieldofauto­
matictranslation;
Whereassignificantprogresshasbeenachievedasaresult
oftheEurotraprogrammeinthefieldoflinguistic
researchandithasconstitutedafirststeptowardsthe
developmentofapracticalmachinetranslationsystem,to
thebenefitofthenineofficialCommunitylanguages;
Whereastheprogrammeisexpectedtomakeanimpor­
tantcontribution totheeconomicandsocialcohesionofHavingregardtotheopinionoftheEconomicandSocial
Committee(3),
WhereasArticle130koftheTreatyprovidesthatthe
frameworkprogrammeistobeimplementedthrough
specificprogrammesdevelopedwithineachactivity;
Whereas,byitsDecision82/752/EEC(4),asamendedby
Decision86/591/EEC(*),theCounciladoptedaCommu­
nityresearchanddevelopmentprogrammeforamachine
translationsystemofadvanceddesign(Eurotra);
Whereas,byDecision88/445/EEC(®),theCouncil
approvedthetransitionoftheEurotraprogrammetoits
thirdphase;
(')OJNoC7,12.1.1990,p.7.
(2)OJNoC175,16.7.1990,p.129andDecisionof24October
1990(notyetpublishedintheOfficialJournal).
(3)OJNoC168,10.7.1990,p.12.
(4)OJNoL317,13.11.1982,p.19.0OJNoL341,4.12.1986,p.39.
(6)OJNoL222,12.8.1988,p.1.0OJNoL200,13.7.1989,p.15.
(■)OJNoL117,8.5.1990,p.28.0OJNoL302,24.10.1987,p.1.

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Committeeshalldeliveritsopiniononthedraftwithina
timelimitwhichtheChairmanmaylaydownaccording
totheurgencyofthematter,ifnecessarybytakingavote.
2.Theopinionshallberecordedintheminutes;in
addition,eachMemberStateshallhavetherighttoaskto
haveitspositionrecordedintheminutes.
3.TheCommission shalltaketheutmostaccountof
theopiniondeliveredbytheCommittee .Itshallinform
theCommitteeofthemannerinwhichitsopinionhas
beentakenintoaccount.
Article7
TheprocedurelaiddowninArticle6shallapplyinparti­
cularto:
—thecontentsofthecallsforproposals,
—theassessmentoftheproposedprojectsandtheesti­
matedamountoftheCommunity'scontributionto
them,
—departuresfromthegeneralrulesgoverningCommu­
nityparticipationsetoutinAnnexII,
—theparticipationinanyprojectbynon-Community
organizationsandenterprisesreferredtoinArticle8,
—anyadjustmentoftheindicativeallocationoffunds
setoutinAnnexII,
—themeasurestobeundertakentoevaluatethe
programme ,
—thearrangements forthedissemination ,protection
andexploitationoftheresultsofresearchcarriedout
undertheprogramme .
Article8
1.Whereframeworkagreementsforscientificand
technicalcooperationbetweenEuropeanthirdcountries
andtheEuropeanCommunities havebeenconcluded,
organizationsandenterprisesestablishedinthosecoun­
triesmay,onthebasisofthecriterionofmutualbenefit,
becomepartnersinaprojectundertakenwithinthis
programme .
2.NocontractingpartybasedoutsidetheCommunity
andparticipatingasapartnerinaprojectundertaken
undertheprogrammemaybenefitfromCommunity
financingforthisprogramme.Suchacontractingparty
shallcontributetothegeneraladministrative costs.
Article9
ThisDecisionisaddressedtotheMemberStates.theCommunity ,andtoreconcilethebenefitsofthe
linguisticandculturalpluralitywiththeattainmentofthe
internalmarket;
Whereasadditionaleffortswillhavetobemadebythe
Community,theMemberStatesandEuropeanindustryin
ordertoreachthisobjective;
WhereastheScientificandTechnicalResearch
Committee (Crest)hasbeenconsulted,
HASADOPTEDTHISDECISION :
Article1
Aspecificresearchandtechnological development
programmefortheEuropeanEconomicCommunity
concerningthepreparationofthedevelopment ofan
operationalEurotrasystem,asdefinedinAnnexI,is
herebyadoptedforaperiodoftwoyearscommencingon
26November1990.
Article2
1.Thefundsestimatedasnecessaryfortheexecution
oftheprogrammeamounttoECU10million,including
expenditureonfivetemporarystaff.
2.AnindicativeallocationoffundsissetoutinAnnex
H.
Article3
Detailedrulesfortheimplementation oftheprogramme
andtheratesoftheCommunity'sfinancialparticipation
aresetoutinAnnexII.
Article4
I.Duringthefirstquarterof1993,theCommission
shallconductthroughapanelofindependentexpertsan
evaluationoftheresultsachievedandshallsendthe
panel'sreportanditscommentsonthissubjecttothe
EuropeanParliamentandtheCouncil.
2.Thisreportshallbeestablishedhavingregardtothe
objectivessetoutinAnnexIandinaccordancewith
Article2(2)ofDecision87/516/Euratom,EEC.
Article5
1.TheCommissionshallberesponsiblefortheexecu­
tionoftheprogramme.Itshallbeassistedbya
Committeeofanadvisorynature,hereinafterreferredto
as'theCommittee',composedoftherepresentatives of
theMemberStatesandchairedbytherepresentative of
theCommission .
2.ContractsconcludedbytheCommission shall
governtherightsandobligationsofeachpartyincluding
themethodsofdisseminating ,protectingandexploiting
theresearchresults.
Article6
1.Therepresentative oftheCommissionshallsubmit
totheCommitteeadraftofthemeasurestobetaken.TheDoneatBrussels,26November1990.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
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ANNEXI
1.OBJECTIVES ,EVALUATION ANDCONTENTOFTHEPROGRAMME
1.1.Overallobjectives
Thisprogrammeconstitutesthefirststeptowardsthedevelopmentonanoperationalmachinetrans­
lationsystemofadvanceddesign,capableofdealingwithallofficialCommunitylanguages.The
specificobjectivesoftheprogrammeare:
(a)Creationoftheconditionsforthetransitiontoanoperationalsystem
—implementation ofadevelopment ,testingandresearchenvironmentcapableofsupporting
large-scalesystems,
—extensionofthelinguisticcoverageandlarge-scaletestingoftheanalysisandsynthesis
modulesforalllanguagescoveredbyEurotra,
—thedefinitionofcommonmethodsforlarge-scaledevelopmentformachinetranslationand
otherapplicationsinvolvingnaturallanguage,
—experimentation andevaluationofrelayedtransfer,usinganinterfacestructureaspivot,
—research,prototypeimplementation andevaluationofnewlinguisticmodelsaimedatthe
improvementoftheinterlinguality oftheinterfacestructureandcontrolofovergeneration ,
—research,prototypicalimplementation andevaluationofmethodsfortheuseofsubject-field
andtext-typespecificknowledgefortranslationandotherapplications ;
(b)advancementofworkonlexicographyandterminology
—definitionofcommonmethodsandtoolsfortheintegrationofexistinglexicalandterminolo­
gicalcollections,
—participationinthedefinitionofinternationalstandardsfortextual,lexicalandterminological
data,
—closecooperationwithresearchbodiesintheMemberStateswithaviewtoharmonizing
lexicalandterminological resourcesandtomakingexistingsystemscompatible ;
(c)Trainingandcooperativeprojects
—trainingofresearchersandengineersthroughagrantscheme,
—setting-up,experimentation andevaluationofcooperationschemesbetweenresearchinstitutes
andindustry.
1.2.Evaluation
Attheendoftheprogrammetheresultswillbeevaluatedbyindependentexpertsagainstthese
objectives.
2.PRIORITYACTIONLINESANDSCIENTIFIC ANDTECHNICAL CONTENT
2.1.Systemdevelopment ,testingandresearchenvironment
Onthebasisofthecriticalreviewoftheprototypeimplementations andthespecificationstobe
producedbytheendofJune1990theimplementation ofasystemdevelopment ,testingandresearch
environmentwillbecommissioned totheEuropeansoftwareindustryonaturn-keybasis.
Thisenvironmentshouldhavethefollowingcharacteristics :
.—apowerfulanduser-friendlyformalismfordescribinglinguisticfacts(toencodedictionariesand
grammars),
—aspecial-purpose datamanagementsystemforthecreationandmaintenanceoflarge-scale
dictionariesandgrammarswithspecialuserservicesfortheaddition,inspectionandmodification
ofthelinguisticdata,
—anefficientruleinterpretercapableofdealingwithlargedictionaries ,grammarsandtexts,
—asetoftestingtoolswithspecialattentiontointeractiverun-timetestingandcorrectionof
dictionariesandgrammars.
Thesystemdevelopmentenvironmentwillpayspecialattentiontomodularitytoensurethe
re-usabilityofthelinguisticresourcescreatedthroughthepossibilityofcombiningthevarious
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2.2.Language-specific researchanddevelopmentwork
2.2.1.Reviewandextensionoftheexistingimplementations
Foreachoftheninelanguagescovered,theanalysismodulesproducedbytheEurotraprogramme
willbethoroughlyreviewedtoensuretheirgeneralityandadjustedtothefeaturesoftherevised
formalism .
Onthebasisoftheserevisedimplementations thegrammaticalcoveragewillbegraduallyextendedto
includeadditionaltextanddiscoursetypes.Nolarge-scalelexicalandterminological development
workisplannedforthisphasependingtheoutcomeoftheresearchonthere-usabilityoflexicaland
terminological resources(seepoint2.3).
2.2.2.Relayedtransfer
Theresearchandexperimentation aretodeterminethefeasibilityofthisapproachandtheoptimal
strategyforitsimplementation .
2.3.Linguisticresearchofgeneralinterest
Thisactionlineisintendedtograduallyimprovethelinguisticperformanceofthesystemandthe
qualityoftranslation.Itwillbeorganizedalongthreemaindirections :
—generallinguisticresearchtoincreasetheinterlinguality oftheinterfacestructureandtoreduce
overgeneration ,
—useofsubject-fieldspecificknowledge(terminologies ,classificationschemes,paradigmaticrela­
tions,domainmodels,knowledgebases,etc.),
—useoftextanddiscoursetype-specificconstraintstoreduceovergeneration .
Itcanbepredictedthatsomeprogresswillbemadeinthecourseofthisprogramme,butadditional
effortsmustbeforeseenforthefuture.
2.4.Researchintoadvancedsystemarchitectures
Tocreateapotentialforinnovationandkeeppacewiththefastadvancementofhardwareandsoft­
waretechnologies ,continuousresearchintonewformalisms,softwareandhardwarearchitecturesisto
beforeseen,whichwillleadinselectedcasestoexperimentation andprototypeimplementation (e.g.
parallelsystemarchitectures).
2.5.Re-usabilityoflexicalandterminological resources
Thedetailsofthisactionlinewillbedefinedthroughprojectdefinitionstudiedtobecarriedoutin
1990.
Itisexpectedtohavetwomaincomponents :
—developmentofmethodsandtoolsfortheconversionoftheformalizedpartsofexistingdiction­
arieswhichcovermostlyorthographic,phonological ,morphologicalandsyntacticinformation,
—researchintotheutilizationofnon-formalized portionsofdictionarieswhichconcernmostly
subjectclassification ,discoursetypes,definitionsandexamplesorcitations.Thisisanadvanced
researchtopicwhoseoutcomecannotbepredictednow.
2.6.Standardsfortextual,lexicalandterminological data
Thisactivityiscloselyrelatedtothere-usabilityoflinguisticresourcesinthefuture.TheCommission
willsupportandstimulateinternationalactivitiesinthisfieldinclosecooperationwithprofessional
associationsandnationalandinternationalstandardsorganizations .
2.7.Educationandtraining
Anumberofresearchgrantswillbeawardedtopost-graduatestudentstoparticipateintheresearch
anddevelopmentworkintheprojectsoutlinedhereabove.

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ANNEXII
IMPLEMENTATION OFTHEPROGRAMME ,RATESOFTHECOMMUNITY 'SFINANCIAL
PARTICIPATION ANDINDICATIVE ALLOCATION OFFUNDS
1.MODALITIES OFEXECUTION
Thevariousactionlinespursuedifferentobjectiveswhichdemanddifferentformsoforganizational ,
contractualandfinancialschemes.
Theparticipantsmaybeuniversities,researchorganizationsandindustrialcompanies,includingsmall
andmedium-sizedenterprises,individuals,oranycombinationthereofestablishedintheCommunity .
1.1.Servicecontracts
Theimplementation ofthesystemdevelopment,testingandresearchenvironment (actionline2.1)
whichwillprovideallparticipatingpartieswithacommonsetoftools,willbeentrustedtoindustrial
contractorsonthebasisofcallsfortenders.ItwillbefinancedfullyfromtheCommunitybudget.
1.2Nationalresearchteams
Theworkconcerningthedifferentlanguages(actionline2.2)willbecarriedoutbynationalresearch
teamsintheMemberStates,andcofinancedbytheCommunityandtheMemberStates.
1.3Sharedcostprojects
Thelinguisticresearchofgeneralinterest(actionline2.3),researchanddevelopmentintoadvanced
systemarchitectures (actionline2.4)andre-usabilityoflexicalandterminological resources(actionline
2.5)willbecarriedoutascooperativeventuresbetweenindustries,researchcentresandEurotrateams.
Shared-costresearchprojectsshouldasageneralrulebecarriedoutbyindependentparticipantsfrom
atleasttwoMemberStates.
Thecontractsforshared-costresearchprojectsshall,asageneralrule,beawardedfollowingaselection
procedurebasedoncallsforproposalspublishedintheOfficialJournaloftheEuropean
Communities .
Forshared-costcontracts,theCommunityparticipationwillasageneralrulebeupto50%ofthetotal
expenditure,butthispercentagemaybevariedaccordingtothenatureandthestageofdevelopmentof
theresearch.Alternatively,universitiesandresearchinstitutesmay,foreachprojecttheycarryout
underthisprogramme,opteitherfor50%fundingoftotalexpenditureor100%fundingoftheaddi­
tionalmarginalcosts.
1.4.Grants
Grantswillbeawardedtoqualifiedpost-graduatestudents.
1.5.Subsidies
TheCommissionwillawardsubsidiestoprofessionalassociationsandstandardsorganizationsforaction
line2.6.
2.INDICATIVE ALLOCATION OFFUNDS
TheindicativebreakdownoftheamountofECU10milliondeemednecessaryfortheexecutionofthe
programmeisasfollows(inthousandsofecus):
(a)Systemdevelopmentenvironment 2000
(b)Communitycontributiontothenationalresearchterms 4000
(c)Shared-costresearchprojects 3000
(d)Training,subsidies,evaluation 1000
Total10000.