COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 
C0M(93) 84 final 
Brussels, 14 April 1993 
ANNUAL REPORT BY THE COMMISSION 
TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL 
on the setting-up of the CADDIA computerized 
telecommunications systems and the implementation of the 
long-term development programme 
1 July 1991 to 30 June 1992 
ANNUAL REPORT BY THE COMMISSION 
TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL 
on the setting-up of the CADDIA computerized 
telecommunications systems and the implementation of the 
long-term development programme 
1 July 1991 to 30 June 1992 
EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 
1. The CADDIA programme and activities derive from Council Decision 85/214/EEC 
of 26 March 1985 concerning the coordination of the activities of the Member States 
and the Commission related to the implementation of a long-term programme for the 
use of telematics for Community information systems concerned with imports/exports 
and the management and financial control of agricultural market organizations. 
2. The long-term CADDIA development programme has been prepared, updated and 
approved by the CADDIA Steering Committee set up by the Council Decision 
referred to above. 
3. This report, which is expressly provided for in Article 4 of the Decision, describes the 
various activities and operational applications either under development or planned 
up to 1993 and covers the work of the Committee during the period 1 July 1991 to 
30 June 1992 (the Committee first met in October 1985). 
4. Council Decision 87/288/EEC of 1 June 1987 extended by five years the initial period 
of validity laid down in Article 5 of Decision 85/214/EEC and Article 6 of Decision 
86/23/EEC. 
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CONTENTS 
Summary 
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2. 
3. 
4. Introduction and background 
General report on the CADDIA programme 
Organization and resources 
Conclusion Pages 
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Annex 1 Detailed sectoral reports 
Annex 2 CADDIA work programme (CSC 86/001, 14.08.86) 
Annex 3 Acronyms 
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ANNUAL REPORT ON THE CADDIA PROGRAMME 
1 July 1991 to 30 June 1992 
SUMMARY 
The CADDIA programme concerns the coordination of the activities of the Member States 
and the Commission related to the implementation of a long-term programme for the use 
of telematics for Community information systems concerned with imports/exports, the 
management and financial control of agricultural market organizations and the collection 
and dissemination of Community trade statistics. 
The CADDIA programme was set up by the Council Decision of 26 March 1985 for an 
initial period of two years. The Decision provided for the creation of a Steering Committee 
made up of representatives of the Member States and the Commission officials responsible 
for the sectors concerned. The Committee is chaired by the Commission and is responsible 
for drawing up and updating the CADDIA development programme and for ensuring that 
work is carried out in accordance with this programme. At the end of the initial two-year 
period the Council decided to extend the CADDIA programme for a further five years. 
This seventh annual report covers the period from 1 July 1991 to 30 June 1992, during 
which the CADDIA sectoral committees and the CADDIA Steering Committee met three 
times (in October 1991, April 1992 and June 1992). 
The Steering Committee was kept regularly informed of the progress of the sectoral and 
joint work scheduled in the work programme and approved the continuation of this work. 
In the customs sector, the work provided for in the CD project continued. The main 
activities were concerning the development of systems for the management of tariff quotas 
and binding tariff information, the completion of detailed technical specifications for the 
TARIC 2 project, the definition of standards for the management of the CD project, the 
ongoing development of a system of control for the movements of goods within the 
Community, the analysis of the legal problems arising from national customs legislation, 
cooperation with the EFTA countries on subjects of mutual interest, continuation of the 
analysis of the codes for customs information, and the development of EDIFACT messages 
for customs purposes. A start has also been made on evaluating the possible 
computerisation of Simplified Procedures on a harmonized or compatible basis. 
Work also began on the task of assessing the possibility of computerizing the Simplified 
Procedures along harmonized and compatible lines. 
In the agricultural sector, priority was given to concentrating resources and efforts on the 
projects directly related to the attainment of the internal market, viz. SHIFT (Systems for 
animal Health Inspection at Frontier posts) and PHYSAN (Phytosanitary applications). 
Nevertheless, development work also continued on infrastructure projects such as AMIS 
(Agricultural Market Intelligence System), IDES (Interactive Data Entry System) and FIS 
(Fast Information System). The PAP (Prices of Agricultural Products) project enables 
institutional prices to be consulted via FIS. In the EAGGF, work also continued. AG REX 
(Agricultural Guarantee Fund Expenditures) is now operational, as is FBF (FEOGA 
Budget Forecasting). Work is continuing on the development of FAUDIT (FEOGA 
Audit). Other ongoing developments such as SICAMOR-ED, AIN-ED and TREE-ED are 
intended to facilitate the exchange and quality of data passing between the Commission 
and the Member States. 
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In the statistical sector, work continued on the development of all the projects in the 
general fields of infrastructure and agricultural and external trade statistics. During this 
period efforts were consolidated and redirected with a view to facilitating the establishment 
of the statistical systems necessary for the compilation of intra-Community trade statistics 
pursuant to the INTRASTAT Regulation. These projects constitute an integral whole 
which is intended to cover infrastructure requirements for the interchange of statistical 
information between Eurostat, the European institutions, the Member States and the 
partner bodies. 
In the area of external trade statistics, operating priorities were adjusted in order to comply 
with the 1993 deadlines associated with the establishment of the internal market. 
The aim of the COMEDI project is to promote the establishment of a computerized 
infrastructure for the collection, validation, grouping and dissemination of statistical data. 
As regards agricultural statistics, work was concentrated mainly on the EUROFARM 
project (data bases on agricultural structures) and on the procedure whereby each Member 
State consults and approves the tabular data base. 
For the exchange of structured data between the Commission and the Member States, 
DG XIII suggested that the Member States set up national servers. 
A national server is a data-switching system for the exchange of structured information 
between the Commission's computer systems and those of the national administrations 
involved in the CADDIA programme. 
1. INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND 
1.1. Council Decision 82/607/EEC of 28 July 1982 (OJ L 247, 23.8.1982, p. 25) provided for 
the Member States to coordinate with the Commission a series of preparatory activities 
with a view to analysing the needs, feasibility, costs and benefits of a concerted ten-year 
programme for the use of computerized telecommunications systems in the areas covered 
by CADDIA. 
1.2. A report and proposals were presented to the Council and the European Parliament by 
a Preliminary Task Force (PTF) made up of representatives of the Member States and the 
Commission. 
1.3. The PTF's conclusions and recommendations, drawn up late in 1983, served as the 
basis for the preparation of the communication from the Commission to the Council of 
13 March 1984 and the accompanying proposal for a Council Decision (COM 84/119 
final): 
1.4. The CADDIA1 programme and its activities arise out of the Council Decision of 
26 March 1985. This Decision requires the Commission to report to Parliament and the 
Council once a year on the setting-up of the CADDIA computerized telecommunication 
systems and on the implementation of the long-term development programme. That is the 
purpose of this seventh report, which covers the seventh year of the CADDIA Steering 
Committee's work. The previous annual reports sent to Parliament are as follows: 
COM(87) 42 for the year 1985/86 
COM(88)242 for the year 1986/87 
COM(88)801 for the year 1987/88 
SEC(90) 79 for the year 1988/89 
COM(91) 12 for the year 1989/90 
COM(92)433 for the year 1990/91 
1.5. The CADDIA long-term development programme was drafted and approved by the 
CADDIA Steering Committee set up by the above-mentioned Council Decision. 
1.6. On 1 June 1987 the Council decided to extend the initial period for a further five years 
(OJL 145, 5.6.1987, p. 86). 
2. GENERAL REPORT ON THE CADDIA PROGRAMME 
2.1. Customs sector 
During the past year, work on the CD project has continued in accordance with the 
objectives set out in the previous CADDIA reports. The principal activities carried out 
between 1 July 1991 and 30 June 1992 were as follows: 
development and implementation of an initial operational on-line system for the 
management of tariff quotas; 
specification and development of an operational system to manage binding tariff 
information (BTT); 
production of the functional and technical specifications for the TARIC 2 project; 
1 Cooperation in the Automation of Data and Documentation for Imports/exports 
and Agriculture. 
production of in-house standards for DG XXI from the CD project control office; 
development of a pilot project to assist with the control of movements of goods under 
the Community TRANSIT procedures; 
assessment of the possible computerization of the simplified procedures on a 
harmonized basis; 
on-going activities: 
analysis of the legal problems and constraints in the customs field relating to the 
pertinent Community and Member State legislation; 
participation in reviews of the requirements for completion of the internal 
market; 
cooperation with EFTA on subjects of mutual interest; 
analysis of customs coded information used within the Community; 
participation in the development of EDIFACT messages, especially those for 
customs purposes. 
In 1991/92, the workplan for the CD project includes the continuation and finalization, as 
appropriate, of activities currently in hand and the initiation of work in the following fields: 
adoption and implementation of international standards in the various customs 
projects by the various partners concerned; 
completion of the system construction of TARIC 2; 
the development of various aids to tariff classification to enable Member States to 
improve their procedures; 
the specification of a computer system to assist with the management of valuation 
information; 
the encouragement of mutual assistance consisting of the exchange of information and 
better cooperation between the Commission and the Member States and among the 
Member States themselves; 
the adoption of a more effective telecommunications policy which is closer to 
international standards; 
the extension of certain nationally managed customs measures to the Community level 
within the framework of the completion of the internal market; 
completion of the system construction for the EBTI system; 
the system construction and installation of a pilot experiment within a limited number 
of Member States to assist with the control of Community transit movements; 
pre-analysis and feasibility study of a procedure linked to that of transit for the control 
of goods subject to excise duties; 
a study into the provision of certain customs information systems to Member States to 
improve the management and the application of customs procedures, for example the 
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chemical directory, the list of Community transit offices, a data dictionary for customs 
purposes, etc. 
evaluation report (and recommendations for pilot projects) for the computerisation of 
simplified procedures; 
the installation and evaluation of the first phase of a pilot system in selected offices of 
a limited number of Member States and EFTA countries, to assist with the control of 
goods movements under Community/common Transit Arrangements. 
2.2. Agricultural sector 
During the period covered by the report, the SHIFT (System for animal health inspection 
at frontier posts) project has received the priority due to it as an important element in the 
harmonization of inspection procedures in preparation for the completion of the internal 
market. The feasibility of using FIS (Fast Information System) for making relevant 
information available for consultation at frontier posts has been demonstrated. Joint 
studies, including frequent and regular meetings with national administrations, have made 
substantial progress in the development of this project. 
The infrastructure projects, which have been described in previous reports, continue to 
evolve while providing important services. The AMIS (Agricultural Market Intelligence 
System) serves as an important system primarily in the field of market management. The 
basic communications applications IDES (Interactive Data Entry System) and FIS (Fast 
Information System) facilitate information flows. Further evolution of these two 
applications is envisaged and described below. The PAP (Prices of Agricultural Products) 
project has established a bridge between AMIS and FIS making institutional prices 
available for consultation on FIS. Extension of this application to other prices will enhance 
the dissemination of up-to-date information relating to agricultural products. 
The CADDIA phase in the development of systems relating to the EAGGF has been 
relatively limited during the past year. The AGREX (Agricultural Guarantee Fund 
Expenditures) system is operational. 
A future use of FIS for dissemination of AGREX information is under study. 
Development of FAUDIT (FEOGA audit) continues (based on non-CADDIA resources) 
building on the initial study supported by CADDIA. 
The FBF (FEOGA budget forecasting) application, which makes extensive use of data 
from the AGREX and AMIS systems, is fully operational. The SICAMOR-ED project 
(Information system for coordination of actions in favour of the rural world - exchange of 
data) is at the stage of a feasibility study. This application will facilitate data exchange to 
and from associated applications currently under development. 
Other developments relating to data exchange, including AIN-ED (Exchange of data 
relating to State Aids) and TREE-ED (Exchange of data relating to the annual forest 
damage survey), are under study. Each of these should yield considerable benefits in the 
form of more efficient information flows. 
The CACTI (Common agriculture - customs transmission of information) project has made 
good progress and development of two pilot applications is under way. This project will 
strengthen the liaison between DG VI and DG XXI in establishing coordinated 
communication of information between the Commission and the Member States. 
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2.3. Statistical sector 
In the statistical sector, EUROSTAT has continued the development of general 
infrastructure systems and projects concerning external trade and agricultural statistics 
relevant to the CADDIA programme. During this period, work was intensified and given a 
new orientation in order to contribute to the installation of the statistical systems necessary 
to develop intra-Community statistics according to the Intrastat rules. 
The general systems cover the following fields: 
electronic transmission of statistical data (STATEL project); 
analysis and introduction of standards in the statistical applications (STANORM 
project); 
standardization of the production and distribution of statistical reports (STRINGS 
project); 
the setting-up of a collection centre for statistical data (STADIUM project); 
feasibility study on, and completion of, a prototype server for the distribution of 
statistical nomenclatures using EDI techniques (EDINOMEN project). 
These projects constitute an integrated whole intended to cover infrastructure 
requirements for the reciprocal exchange of statistical information between EUROSTAT, 
the European institutions, the Member States and other participating bodies. 
As far as external trade statistics are concerned, work has been intensified following the 
priority accorded by the Commission in 1991 to projects linked to the opening-up of the 
internal market. Acordingly, work priorities in the statistical sector have been adapted in 
order to meet the deadlines. 
Council Regulation (EEC) No 3330/91 on INTRASAT lays down the procedures for the 
compilation of intra-Community trade statistics with effect from January 1993. The object 
of the COMEDI project is to promote the establishment of a computerized infrastructure 
to simplify the following operations: 
entry of INTRASAT declarations for undertakings subject to the compulsory 
registration requirements; 
collection, validation, grouping and dissemination of statistics on the exchange of 
goods for the competent national departments. 
The essential elements of the COMEDI infrastructure will need to be operational by the 
first quarter of 1993, in order to cope with the first influx of declarations from undertakings 
subject to the compulsory registration requirements. 
Although set up as a priority measure under the INTRASTAT Regulation, the resulting 
data-processing systems will be of a sufficiently generic nature to meet the collection and 
distribution requirements of other statistical sectors. 
The COMEDI project comes under the supervision of the COMEDI Task Force, in which 
all of the Member States are actively involved. 
In the agricultural statistics sector, development activities have concentrated mainly on: 
the compilation and utilization of the agricultural structures data base (EUROFARM 
project); 
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the procedure whereby each of the Member States can consult and approve the 
tabular data base. 
2.4. Joint projects 
DG XIII/D/5 is responsible for the coordination of the CADDIA programme. 
This mainly involves: 
budget management, i.e. the allocation and control of resources granted to sectoral 
projects; 
administration of experts' contracts; 
supervision of sectoral projects. 
The coordination of CADDIA is also aimed at promoting the technological options 
necessary for the harmonized implementation of electronic data interchange. 
The following activities have been undertaken: 
Use of the Eurokom service for electronic document transfer 
Following a preliminary analysis carried out in 1989 to determine the scope for 
establishing an environment for the electronic transfer of documents between the 
Commission and the Member States, the use of an information system including, for 
each sector concerned, the references of all documents transmitted in connection with 
working meetings was recommended. 
In order to meet the requirements and wishes of participants in the Member States, 
DG XIII proposed temporary use of the Eurokom service which is managed by 
University College, Dublin. 
The Eurokom service is an electronic mail system, i.e. a set of mailboxes where users 
can leave or pick up messages. Other facilities such as conferencing are also available. 
A conference is a mailbox which is shared by a user group (conference participants) 
through which several users can exchange information. This information is accessible 
to the entire group. 
Enrolment forms were sent to the Commission officials responsible for the various 
sectors and to all the official representatives of each sector in the Member States. 
Under the CADDIA programme the Twelve Member States use Eurokom to 
exchange information and files with the Commission departments. Training in the use 
of the Eurokom service will be provided to Member States which request it. A PCU 
utility facilitating the use of Eurokom is available. 
Progress of the national servers project 
a) Preparation for the pilot project in the 5 Member States 
The following Member States have been involved in feasibility studies: 
Denmark, France, Greece, Luxembourg, United Kingdom. 
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Globalisation Of The 5 Member States Feasibility Studies 
The recommendations from the 5 feasibility studies are put together to form a 
global recommendation on how to proceed to setup a Pilot Project involving all 
partners. 
A Collaboration Agreement is prepared for discussion with all partners. Its 
purpose is to ensure a proper understanding by all parties of the goals of the 
Pilot Project and to make the necessary commitments to achieve those goals. 
Bilateral meetings (CEC - Member States) are held to clarify further specific 
aspects pertaining to the Member States where necessary, and to discuss the 
Collaboration Agreement. 
National Server internal configuration 
The internal architecture of a National Server will be as follows : 
a pure X.400 MTA (CCITT recommendations 1984), local User Agents; 
OSI stack and application layer communication protocols for the Member 
States Administration not equipped with X.400 (FTP in some cases); 
- transport layer X.25 and IEEE 8802/3 (Ethernet); 
generic development : management software (network management, 
statistics on traffic, directory of users). 
Application layer architecture 
The following X.400 MTAs will be procured : 
Denmark - Statistics 
Denmark - Customs 
France - Agriculture 
Greece - Agriculture 
Greece - Customs 
Greece - Statistics 
Luxemburg - CIE (Centre Informatique de l'Etat), Agriculture, Customs, 
Statistics and Ministry of Foreign Affairs Departments 
United Kingdom (Agriculture on behalf of the 3 sectors) 
Brussels - DG VI (Agriculture) 
- Brussels - DG XXI (Customs) 
Luxemburg - Eurostat (Statistics) 
In addition, X.400 MTAs of Denmark Agriculture and of Luxemburg 
Permanent Representation will be integrated as well as TEDECO users of 
ATLAS 400 in France. 
The X.25 network provision of services for the link between the CEC 
Directorate Servers and the MS National Servers could be based on the PSDN 
of the various intervening MS or on trans-european VANs providing the 
adequate level of support, quality of service and single shopping facilities. 
Technical Specifications preparation 
These bilateral discussions have allowed the development of the full Technical 
Specifications for the Invitation to Tender. 
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This invitation to tender will cover the following lots : 
(1) Provision of a global managing contractor, responsible for 
interoperation of all hardware and software, delivered within the 
context of this project, both during the installation and in the 
operational stage. 
(2) Hardware platforms: 
Delivery and installation of the X.400 MTA, and interconnection to 
networks. 
(3) X.400 and OSI software for all platforms. 
(4) Specific software and/or developments: provision of other protocols 
(FTP), of the directory and the management software. 
(5) Provision and operation of an international X.25 network service with 
one-stop shopping. 
Publication in the Official Journal 
The invitation to tender was published in the Official Journal on the 18.1.92. 
The 92 companies which expressed interest have been provided with the full 
Technical Specifications and administration annexes. 
An information meeting is held with all interested tenderers. 
18 tenders were received on 21.4.92. 
A National Servers Pilot Project Selection Committee is set-up with 
representatives from most partners of the Member States and the Commission. 
After careful evaluation, 3 proposals are shortlisted. 
These companies are asked to demonstrate a prototype and to deliver an 
Acceptance Test Plan by mid-September, when the Selection Committee will 
make a final recommendation and the Pilot Project will start. 
b) Feasibility study in the 7 Member States 
The purpose of this study is to provide all information needed to expand the 
NSPP to the 12 Member States, based on the results obtained in the five 
Member States. 
This includes both the choice of the pilot applications and of the X.400 
infrastructure. 
The consortium has carried out a study, for each of the partners involved, on 
the informatics infrastructure, the national communication infrastructure and 
the data communication applications. 
It will propose a migration strategy for the selected applications, a description 
of all software/hardware components needed, responsibilities and a global 
project plan, budgets for the CEC and MSA as well as an alternative solution, 
where applicable. 
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The activities of the coordination sector also include close cooperation with the 
TEDIS programme as regards the standardization of messages and, in particular, 
cooperation between the private and public sectors in this field. 
2.4.1. Pilot projects for the exchange of data 
In 1991/92, the CADDIA sectors continued to implement the following pilot projects, 
which have been extended to other applications or have undergone certain improvements : 
SCENT (System Customs Enforcement Network) (customs sector): exchange of 
urgent messages concerning fraudulent evasion of customs and agricultural 
regulations. 
Automation of customs procedures in the new German provinces (Lander). The 
object of the project is to connect the airports at DRESDEN and LEIPZIG to the 
ALFA system (Automatisiertes Luftfrachtabwicklungsverfahren). Two phases have 
been defined for the execution of the project: 
- Phase 1: Feasibility study 
- Phase 2: Pilot installation 
The feasibility study is due to be completed before the end of June 1992, and the pilot 
sites should be operational before the end of the same year. 
TARIC (TARif Intégré Communautaire) (Customs Sector) : transmission of tariff 
data in all official Community languages. 
QUOTA MANAGEMENT (customs sector): under the generalized system of 
preferences, data are exchanged with several countries. 
EBTI (European Binding Tariff Information) (customs sector): transmission of 
binding tariff information and consultation by the Commission and the Member 
States of the various criteria, using keywords. 
IDES (Interactive Data Entry System) (agricultural sector): notification of animal 
diseases and communication of market prices for pigmeat, beef and veal, and 
sheepmeat, and monthly reporting of EAGGF guarantee expenditure. 
FIS (Fast Information Systems) and MCAs (Monetary Compensatory Amounts) 
(agricultural sector): consultation of agricultural information. 
STATEL (STAtistics TELetransmission) (statistical sector): in addition to the 
continuation of the teletransmission pilot trials with the Member States, the STATEL 
project is concentrating on the development of an applications library to support a 
variety of communication protocols (KJERMIT, UUCP, FTP, X.400) for the transfer 
of files. 
STADIUM (STAtistical Data Interchange Universal Monitor) (statistical sector): the 
setting-up of the collection centre has been extended to include other statistical 
sectors. 
At the same time, a new version of the STADIUM system is currently being 
developed in order to provide a more effective tool for meeting the needs of 
automation, integration in the collection projects and portability in the Member States 
(e.g., COMEDI project). 
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STRINGS (STatistical Report Integrated Generation Service) (statistical sector): the 
STRINGS infrastructure (hardware, software and pivot marking format) has been 
extended to include the production and dissemination of other statistical reports. 
The level of automation attained and the use of standardized representation (cf. 
SGML2) for the establishment of pilot experiments involving the electronic 
interchange of statistical reports with specialized services in the Member States (e.g., 
printers, distributors). 
EDINOMEN (EDI server for the distribution of statistical nomenclatures) (statistical 
sector): following the functional analysis and implementation of a prototype server for 
the distribution of statistical nomenclatures, it will be possible to launch the first pilot 
experiments by the end of 1992. 
The measures needed to standardize exchanges between this type of server have been 
identified, and initiatives have been launched as part of the work on the 
UN/EDIFACP standard (cf. STANORM project). 
Equipment for these trials was loaned to the partner bodies in each sector in the Member 
States. The Commission selected hardware and software approved under its data-
processing policy. The aim of the technical solutions adopted by the sectors is to stabilize 
the interfaces between each applications environment and the telecommunications 
infrastructures provided by the public telecommunications operators or following initiatives 
by the Commission (e.g., national servers). The aim of the Commission's policy and of 
CADDIA programme coordination is to achieve the widest possible adoption of standards 
in force in the field of telecommunications. 
With regard to the transfer of data between computer systems, the aim is to use products 
based on the OSI (Open Systems Interconnection) model and, more particularly, products 
conforming to the FTAM4 standard or CCITT X.400 recommendations. 
2.4.2. Standardization of data interchange 
2.4.2.1. Major CADDIA activities are under way in this field : 
Customs sector : 
Developments in UN/EDIFACT standard: 
Four Customs messages were approved for "UN Recommendation" (Status 2) at the 
UN/ECE/WP.4 September 91 session. These messages are: 
CUSDEC - (Customs Declaration Message) 
CUSRES - (Customs Response Message) 
CUSCAR - (Customs Cargo Report Message) 
CUSREP - (Customs Conveyance Report Message) 
2 SGML : Standard Generalized Mark-up Language - ISO 8879 and ISO 9069. 
3 UN/EDIFACT : Electronic Data Interchange for Administration Commerce and 
Transport - ISO 9735. 
4 FTAM : File Transfer and Access Method. 
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Two other Customs Messages were approved for Status 0 (information status): 
CUSEXP - (Customs Express Consignments Declaration Message) 
PAXLST - (Passenger List Message) 
Also during the September session, all the supporting material was adopted by WP.4 as 
Directories and Codes Lists. 
Assistance was provided to the UN/EDIFACT Statistical Group MD.6 in the development 
of the INSTAT messsage. as a sub-set of the CUSDEC message to fulfil statistical data-
capture requirements on the movements of goods between Member States as established 
by the INTRASTAT regulation. 
Studies have been started concerning the development of a VATDEC message for data-
capture of VAT returns, as well as the additional VAT summary data requirements to be 
declared by the trader under the new Community VIES system. 
A major development during this period has been the production of the "CUSDEC USER 
GUIDE" to provide the necessary assistance and information in the implementation of the 
CUSDEC message. It was the result of a joint effort between EC Member States, EFTA 
countries and US Customs service under the leadership of DG XXI. The manual has been 
offered to the CCC (Customs Cooperation Council) for wide distribution and maintenance 
as a universal Custom's manual for CUSDEC. 
The CUSRES user manual is the process of finalisation. 
CORRELATION tables between the SAD form and CUSDEC electronic message for the 
basic customs procedures IMPORT, EXPORT, TRANSIT are under development. Once 
agreed, they will be annexed to the CUSDEC User Guide. 
DG XXI continues the support to the UN/EDIFACT MD.3 group and provides for its 
Chairmanship and Secretary. 
As a consequence of the expansion of growth in the use of UN/EDIFACT in the different 
economic areas, the MD.3 group reviewed and up-dated its terms of reference, the group 
was renamed "CUSTOMS and TAXATION" Group. 
Four working sub-groups were created in order to encourage and proceed developments in 
the following areas : 
WG.l -Customs and related matters 
The sub-group is to consider the possibilities of developments in Edifact Standard of the 
accompanying documents of a Customs declaration such as licences, visas, certificates, 
analysis, etc.. 
WG.2 -VAT declarations 
This sub-group will look at the different requirements concerning the development of an 
Edifact message covering VAT issues. 
WG.3 -EXCISE declarations and documentation 
The sub-group will analyse the information flows covering issues concerning EXCISE and 
make proposals regarding the development of EDIFACT messages. 
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WG.4 -Technical Support 
The sub-group will concentrate on the technical aspects of the UN/EDIFACT standards 
and will analyse new technical developments. 
2.4.2.2. The statistical sector is responsible for the operation of the statistical group 
WE/EB-MD6 of the EDIFACT Board for Western Europe. 
a. Work on the UN/EDIFACT project 
The work of the WE/EB-MD6 group involves the design and management of the 
standardization process for standardized messages (UN/EDIFACT). 
The main areas of operation of WE/EB-MD6 are: 
Exchange of associated statistical information. The GESMES message (Generic 
Statistical Message) was accorded status 0 at the meeting in September 1991 of 
the UN/ECE/-WP4 group. The GESMES message will be nominated for 
status 1 by the end of 1993. This message will permit the exchange of data and 
associated metadata. Initial experiments and implementation attempts are 
under way. Other sectors (customs, finance, insurance, etc.) are interested in 
this GESMES message for the exchange of recapitulative information. 
Exchange of statistical nomenclatures. The messages necessary for the exchange 
of statistical nomenclatures, their interrelationships and the interrogation of the 
distribution server centres (cf. EDINORM project) are in the process of 
elaboration. 
This elaboration should be terminated by the end of 92. 
Other message development groups, including the ISO Secretariat, have 
expressed interest in this work. The EDIFACT regional structure rapporteurs 
have asked that the other message development groups be kept informed of 
developments in this area. 
The messages currently being elaborated will be nominated for status 0 at the 
Spring 1993 session of the UN/ECE-WP4 group. 
Definition of messages for the exchange of statistical information from the 
economic operators 
Two groups of messages are being defined for international trade and balance-
of-payments statistics. Studies are being carried out with a view to defining 
generic messages for the collection of statistical questionnaires or surveys. 
i) International trade statistics 
In the context of the implementation of the Community's 
INTRASTAT rules, the WE/EB-MD6 group has defined a subset of 
the CUSDEC customs message, known as INSTAT, which will be 
nominated for status 1 at the Autumn session of the WP4. In addition, 
work is under way on the definition of procedures for the exchange of 
statistics with third countries (cf. STATEM message). Work on this 
topic is being carried out in close cooperation with the customs sector 
and the WE/EB-MD6 customs working party. 
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ii) Balance-of-payments statistics 
The scenario for the collection of statistical information necessary for 
the elaboration of the balance of payments is currently being finalized 
with the banks, central banks and statistical organizations. 
These collection flows will require the elaboration of five messages 
(BOPSTA, BOPDIR, BOPCUS, BOPINF, BOPBNK). 
International organizations such as the International Monetary Fund 
and the World Bank are becoming increasingly interested in this work. 
The foundations are being laid for collaboration with the 
representatives of the banking sector (cf. WE/EB-MD4 Finance). 
Under the chairmanship of EUROSTAT and the vice-chairmanship of SWISSPRO, 
the WE/EB-MD6 group is working regularly with the satisfactory involvement of 
national statistics institutes (EEC and EFTA), international organizations active in 
statistics and trade facilitation organizations. 
The international organizations (UN/ECE, UN/STAT, OECD, IMF, WB, etc.) 
support the activities of the WE/EB-MD6 group aimed at facilitating the collection, 
transmission, processing and re-use of statistical information. International 
cooperation is beginning. The group's results are presented at the UN/EDIFACT 
Joint Rapporteurs' Team meeting. 
Contacts have already been established with a view to setting up equivalent groups in 
other regional structures of the UN/EDIFACT Board (cf. Pan-American - PAEB, 
Australia/New Zealand - AZEB, Asia - ASEB). A group similar to the WE/EB-MD6 
is due to be created in the near future within the PAEB. 
The WE/EB-MD6 work is also being coordinated with the statistics groups whenever 
they meet at internatioal level. 
b. Work on the SGML (Standard Generalized Markup Language) standard 
The statistical sector identifies instances requiring involvement in standardization 
work covering the exchange of statistical documents containing text, tables, graphics 
and images. 
Using the SGML standard, it is possible to exchange information without structural 
loss. Suggested software available on the market and offering SGML interfaces will 
facilitate the distribution, consultation, display and re-use of statistical documents. 
The statistical sector plans to define standard structures for SGML statistical 
documents. Technical monitoring of the developments affecting this family of 
standards is essential if the long-term validity of the solutions chosen is to be assured 
(e.g., SGML/CALS5, ODA6, etc.). 
CALS : Computer-aided Acquisition and Logistic Support (CALS). 
ODA : Office Documentation Architecture. 
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3. ORGANIZATION AND RESOURCES 
3.1. Internal organization 
3.1.1. Internal coordination 
The CADDIA programme is implemented at the Commission by four departments: 
DG XXI Directorate for General Matters (CD project) 
DG VI Directorate for General Matters (agricultural projects) 
EUROSTAT Directorate for Dissemination and Computerized Statistics 
DG XIII Directorate for Telecommunications (joint projects, technical coordination 
and project administration) 
The CADDIA Policy Interdepartmental Group (CPIG), consisting of the Director for 
Telecommunications of DG XIII (chairman), the Director for External Tariff Questions of 
DG XXI, the Director for Informatics of DG IX, the Director for General Matters of 
DG VI and the Director for Dissemination and Computer Processing of Statistics of 
EUROSTAT, supervises the coordination of the various Commission departments involved 
in CADDIA. The work is done by a team consisting at present of the head of the 
CADDIA sector and one permanent member of staff. In addition, two experts working 
with the central team concentrate on the technical supervision of the projects and studies 
and the definition and setting-up of national servers. 
The CADDIA coordination team is also responsible for keeping administrative files on the 
external contractors recruited for the various sectoral projects. 
Apart from administrative and budgetary management, the CADDIA sector is responsible 
for liaison between and coordination of sectoral projects, the implementation of joint 
projects and any technical assistance that may be necessary under these projects. 
3.1.2. Human resources 
The present dearth of posts for officials at the Commission has obliged it to turn to private-
sector contractors in order to cope with all the CADDIA work. The breakdown of 
resources was approximately as follows in 1990/91: 
Central 
Customs Agriculture Statistic Team 
Officials 6 10 5,5 3 
External staff 15 9 17 2 
Most of the external staff are required only during the development of specific applications. 
However, provision must also be made for some posts for officials to maintain and manage 
the systems set up under the CADDIA project. 
3.2. Expenditure 
3.2.1. The expenditure committed during 1991 and planned for 1992 is set out in the table 
below. It is financed from budget items B5-4022 and B8-5622. 
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1991 1992 1st Semester 1992 
(prevision) (engaged) 
Sectors ECU'000 % ECU'000 % ECU'000 
Customs 3.541 37 1.193 9 882 
Agriculture 1.799 19 1.233 9 318 
Statistics 2.944 31 9.700 73 688 
Joint projects 648 7 362 3 279 
(Programme Office) 
Management expenses 643 7 812 6 411 
TOTAL 9.575 100 13.300 100 2.577 
This expenditure can be broken down into the following basic items for 1991: 
Remuneration of experts 80% 
Joint projects - Studies 6% 
Administrative backup for experts 4% 
Management expenditure 
(cost of meetings and contract 
administration) 6% 
Purchase/leasing of computer 
equipment 2% 
Cost of using data transmission 
networks 2% 
4. CONCLUSION 
CADDIA activities have continued in accordance with the objectives set out in the previous 
report. 
The main events during the period under review were: 
preparation by the Commission departments of a proposal for a new work programme 
taking account of the priority activities needed as from 1993 with a view to the large 
internal market; 
preparation of a pilot project plan for the setting-up of computer systems at national 
level for the exchange of data between the Commission and the Member States; 
definition of messages for electronic data interchange, particularly in the customs and 
statistics sectors. 
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1. DETAILED PROGRAMME OF THE CUSTOMS SECTOR 
1.1. Introduction 
1.1.1. The development of computer systems to meet customs and fiscal requirements is 
essential if the objective of a single market is to be achieved by 1993. Also, one important 
priority is the development of a communications network to enable files and messages to 
be exchanged electronically between the Commission and the Member States, and among 
the Member States themselves. 
1.1.2. The electronic data interchange (EDI) system within DG XXI for the transmission of 
TARIC updates to Member States continues to play an important role. The way forward 
needs further definition, and in this respect the progress of the National Server project and 
the European Nervous System will need careful evaluation. The development stage of 
TARIC 2 (Production Database System) has begun, and the system is scheduled to be 
implemented by the beginning of 1994, the slippage of the timetable being due to 
difficulties encountered with the external contractor. 
1.1.3. Member States are at various stages of customs systems development, and this is a 
factor which makes it difficult to ensure the uniformity of treatment necessary for the 
achievement of the single market. A feasibility study into the more widespread use of 
computerized simplified procedures is under way, and a report is expected by the end of 
1992,but it is already clear that this could be a new growth area for customs. 
1.1.4. Hitherto, very little attention has been paid to the development of fiscal computer 
systems, but with certain ECOFIN decisions already in place more effort is being required 
in this area. Computerized fiscal systems are not included in the CADDIA budget as, by 
definition, CADDIA covers information exchanges between Member States and the 
Commission and vice versa, but not between Member States themselves, which is a 
requirement for fiscal control. 
Nevertheless, under the global provisions of the European Nervous System in association 
with CADDIA, INSIS and TEDIS and in liaison with DG XIII, development of these 
systems will be undertaken. 
1.1.5. There will be a need to ensure much greater harmonization and homogeneity of 
customs operations throughout the Community, and customs administrations will have to 
work much more closely together with the Commission in the pursuit of fraud and illegal 
import and export operations. 
1.1.6. Following discussion with Member State administrations, it was agreed that the 
highest priority should be accorded to the following projects: 
standardization 
TARIC interface :;,..>-> *. •< 
customs tariff classification 
mutual assistance 
CADDIA telecommunications policy 
1.1.7. A shortage of technically qualified staff with the relevant customs experience 
continues to represent the major constraint on systems development. The situation is 
exacerbated as several experienced staff have left, and others must shortly leave to comply 
with the three-year rule. Replacement staff will need to be fully trained before becoming 
effective. 
1.1.8. Finally, as projects become operational they fall within the operational budget for 
resourcing. However, due to the small amounts approved under the operational budget, 
these limited resources are being increasingly stretched to maintain operational systems. 
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As a result, development of new systems without new resources and an adequate 
operational budget becomes more and more problematic. 
1.2. Coordination of the CD project 
1.2.1. The Project Control Office (PCO), which was developed under the CADDIA 
programme as reported last year, is now fully operational and thus has moved out of 
CADDIA. 
1.3. Intra-Community trade subsystems 
1.3.1. The scheme for controlling transit movements for traders who do not benefit from 
simplified procedures has now progressed to pilot project status and is described in section 
5. 
1.4. Import and export subsystems 
1.4.1. SCENT 
1.4.1.1. Progress 
The system is now operational in 33 locations as follows: Belgium (4), Germany (4), 
Denmark (2), Greece (1), Spain (2), France (2), Ireland (3), Italy (2), Luxembourg (1), the 
Netherlands (5), Portugal (1), the United Kingdom (2), the United Nations INCB (1) and 
the Commission (3). 
All installations are using version 1.5. 
Training has been provided for all users (except Italy). This consisted of a new training 
package developed by the SCENT support team dealing with all aspects of the SCENT 
messaging system and use of the WORD text processing facility. 
A help desk is now operational and available to all users. 
1.4.1.2. Medium-term prospects 
Version 1.6 of the SCENT system is being tested in the Commission and will be released to 
all users as soon as testing is completed. It will be accompanied by a new version of the 
user manual, completely rewritten and incorporating all the latest improvements to the 
system. 
Installations for DG VI correspondents will continue during 1992. 
The feasibility study concerning the use of SCENT by VAT investigators will be launched in 
the second half of 1991. 
The MAG '92 group have decided in principle to adopt SCENT as the basis for their CIS 
(Customs Information System). 
1.4.2. Management of quotas and ceilings 
1.4.2.1. Description of the context 
A data base (QUOTAS), managed centrally at the Commission, has been developed to 
handle quotas and ceilings (System of Generalized Preferences and Mediterranean 
Protocols) following the ruling by the Court of Justice against the apportioning of quotas 
among the Member States. A computerized data interchange system is currently being 
developed. 
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1.4.2.2. Aims 
The aims of this project are as follows: 
to permit effective and swift quota management 
to ensure the continuous monitoring of the ceilings and goods under supervision 
to avoid the successive encoding procedures which lead to delays and errors 
to improve the service provided to traders by the customs administrations 
to develop the procedure aimed at reducing delays in replying to importers. 
1.4.2.3. Progress 
Certain modifications have been made to the system in order to permit the transfer of the 
quotas for the countries of Central Europe from the SPG base to the MED base, subject to 
a 10% increase in the balance. 
Consultation of the ceilings base by DG I has been studied and defined and will become 
operational by the end of 1992. Improvements have been made to the management of the 
ceilings and goods under inspection so as to simplify the user interface. Notification telexes 
showing instances where the thresholds of 75% and 100% have been exceeded are 
generated automatically in the nine Community languages. 
Electronic data interchange with the United Kingdom has been implemented. Portugal is 
conducting tests and will enter the operational phase in the second half of 1992, thereby 
joining Ireland, Benelux, Denmark and France which are already operational. 
The development of the interface for the other Member States is under way. 
1.4.2.4. Medium-term prospects 
Electronic data transfer in respect of quotas should be operational in nine Member States 
by the end of 1993. This would make it possible to reduce delays in the period elapsing 
between the submission of the application and the reply. 
Consultation of the ceilings base by DG I will be developed and tested during the second 
part of 1992. 
The electronic transfer of ceilings data will be studied, defined and tested in collaboration 
with a Member State. 
1.4.3. EBTI f European Binding Tariff Information) 
1.4.3.1. Description of the context 
The EBTI database is a system set up in pursuance of Council Regulations 1715/90 and 
3796/90 which entered into force on 1 January 1991. 
This database is a centralized system for storing the national administrations' BTI (Binding 
Tariff Information) and also the legal information, known as "legal tables", which serves as 
a potential basis for tariff classification. 
At present the EBTI database is consulted by the Commission's DG XXI/B4, and users 
responsible for tariff classification in the Member States will have access to it by the end of 
1992. 
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1.4.3.2. Aims 
The aims of this project are as follows: 
to harmonize tariff classification procedures throughout the Community by providing 
access to information 
to permit the implementation of phase II at the legislative level so as to validate 
throughout the Community all BTI issued by a national administration. 
1.4.3.3. Progress 
The central system was set up in November 1991, and the task of transferring the BTI 
stored in the intermediate system has now been completed. 
The consultation and local input station due to be installed on loan in the Member States 
has been developed and is currently being tested. 
A study on the development of a thesaurus in the nine Community languages with a view to 
facilitating access to the BTI is under way. 
The transfer of the "legal tables" from existing storage media is also going ahead. 
A user guide on how to consult the EBTI base and to use the local station assigned to the 
Member States has been compiled in French, English and German. 
1.4.3.4. Medium-term prospects 
The PCs loaned to the Member States by CADDIA are in the process of being delivered, 
and the Twelve Member States should be connected to the central system in the next few 
months. 
The introduction of the multilingual thesaurus will coincide with the implementation of the 
second phase of the procedure at legislative level whereby all BTI will be valid throughout 
the Community. 
Other feasibility studies are being planned for the medium term: distribution of non­
confidential information to traders and introduction of images in the database. 
1.5. Pilot projects 
1.5.1. TRANSIT 
1.5.1.1. Progress 
Both the central site system software and the PC software for a single national system have 
been written and tested. English, French, Spanish, Norwegian and German versions of the 
national software have been produced. 
It is anticipated that the phase I system will commence operation on 6 July 1992 and will be 
evaluated over a period of six months. 
This initial version of the system will provide the minimal functionality proposed in 
Commission document XXI/1331/88 Rev. 2. The system will consist of a central database 
mounted on Commission hardware, which will perform the matching function. It will aLo 
include national data capture and reporting software operating on PCs. These PC systems, 
which will provide basic functionality, will be installed in 14 selected offices located 
throughout the 5 countries taking part in the Pilot Project Working Group. 
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4) 
Two studies have also been launched to identify possible functional enhancements to the 
phase I system and to plan for the development of a more stable telecommunications 
infrastructure. 
1.5.1.2. Medium-term prospects 
The results of the phase I pilot, plus the outcome of the two studies being undertaken 
should be available early in 1993. These will allow realistic plans to be constructed for a 
phased implementation of an operational system. 
1.6. Trade interfaces 
1.6.1. Progress 
This work has been subsumed within Data Interchange Standards and is reported upon 
within section 8. 
1.7. Commission systems 
1.7.1. TARIC 
1.7.1.1. Both the TARIC database and interface systems continue to function well, and 
Member States benefit once a week from high-quality electronic transfer of TARIC data. 
7.1.2. Improvements to both the database and interface systems continue to be made, 
although the database system has now reached some of its design limits. A number of 
changes have been made to improve the performance of the interface system to handle 
large files. Consequently, significant resources are necessary to implement the program 
changes involved in these enhancements. Additionally, the system documentation for the 
Member States has to be maintained in three languages (EN, FR, DE): 
File, Record, Data Item Specifications (XXI/744/89) 
Transmission User Guide (XXI/746/89) 
Thus, the two permanent officials have been supplemented by Member State experts and a 
number of contract analyst/programmers. 
1.7.2. TARIC Database System 
1.7.2.1. Progress 
1) The pilot project for the extraction from the TARIC database of updates to the 
Combined Nomenclature has continued between DG XXI and the Office for Official 
Publications (OOPEC). The results are currently being evaluated of the processing by 
OOPEC of the extracted files, produced using SGML (Standardised General Mark-up 
Language). 
2) Other enhancements to the TARIC database system have included program changes : 
to improve the layout and content of the annual TARIC publication ; 
to improve the content of the control listings used to verify the data input to the 
database ; 
to provide better control over the relationships of data within the database. 
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3) The TARIC 2 project for a production Database System has progressed as follows : 
the Detailed Functional Specifications were completed on 30.6.92 
the invitation to tender for the System Construction stage has been prepared by 
DG XXI for issue by DG IX under the "contrat cadre (100)" arrangements. This 
will necessarily involve significant resource effort from DG XXI in assisting 
companies to prepare their tenders and in subsequent evaluation of the tenders. 
4) Significant assistance has been given by DG XXI to the systems supplier of the 
TARIC 2 project, particularly in producing the Logical Data Model first using 
Excelerator for the Functional Specification, later converted onto CASE 
DICTIONARY. Additionally, quality assurance reviews have been preformed on all 
end products, especially the new Detailed Functional Specifications. This has involved 
members of the Interface and Database teams together with representatives of the 
user services and Member States. 
1.7.2.2. Medium-term prospects 
Evaluation of the response to the TARIC 2 invitation to tender and selection of the 
most appropriate tender in order to award the contract for part of the system 
construction stage of TARIC 2. 
The initial Production Database System is expected to go operational at the beginning 
of 1994. 
Development of the relevant extraction programs for transforming the data from 
TARIC 1 to TARIC 2. 
Assistance with the testing of the new TARIC 2 Production Database System and the 
subsequent data conversion from TARIC to TARIC 2. 
1.7.3. TARIC Interface System 
1.7.3.1. Progress 
The interface system continues to be upgraded to allow automatic processing from the 
initial extraction of the updates from the TARIC database, conversion from EBCDIC 
to ASCII characters, transfer from the SIEMENS machine in Luxembourg to the 
UNIX system in Brussels, and preparation of the various output files needed for each 
Member State. The final stage of transmitting the output files to Member States is 
only commenced when the control file has been satisfactorily verified. A number of 
changes have been introduced to improve the performance of the transmission system. 
Difficulties have continued in trying to transfer the interface system from UNIX 
(NCR) to UNIX (OLIVETTI 3B2) due to problems with versions of software on the 
OLIVETTI 3B2. Trials have now commenced to try to transfer the interface system to 
newly installed BULL DPX 2/360 equipment. Until these trials are successfully 
completed the UNIX (NCR) will continue to be used. 
The electronic "fault reporting" and "change control" system, introduced in 1991 to 
replace the existing manual reporting procedures, continue to function well. 
The strategy of replacing KERMIT file transmissions to the OLIVETTI M240 PC 
located in each Member State has been limited by the lack of suitable FTAM file 
transfer products, the implications arising from the timetable for installing a National 
Server, and the potential difficulties in Member States of developing their own 
software to receive and process the transmission files. 
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The transmission file specifications supported by State Action Diagrams have 
improved Member States' comprehension and will assist them in developing 
programs capable of processing the transmitted data. 
1.7.3.2. Medium Term Prospects 
Complete the development of a new TARIC Production Database System 
(UNIX/ORACLE) by 1.1.94. 
Convert the existing TARIC data for the new Production Database System. 
Phase in the introduction of new sources of input data for TARIC, by taking extracts 
of suitable data from existing databases. 
Upgrade the existing TARIC Interface System by 1.1.94 for the delivery of 
transmission files to Member States (and other Commission services). 
Create, by 1.1.94, a new Data Dictionary System to maintain the File, Record and 
Data specifications for all recipients of TARIC transmission files. 
During 1993, commence the Pre-analysis and Feasibility Study for a TARIC Data 
Dissemination System. 
1.7.4. Simplified Procedures for Imports and Exports 
1.7.4.1. Progress 
Several Member States already operate simplified procedures for traders operating 
approved computerised stock control and accounting systems. These systems are generally 
based upon the principles of periodic declarations and control by means of systems audit 
techniques. The need has been identified to harmonise these existing systems so that 
traders operating in more than one Member State are not required to use widely differing 
national control procedures. Little progress has been made in this area of work due to a 
lack of resources. However, one Member State has now provided an "Expert National 
Détaché" in January '92 to progress this work and a firm of consultants has been engaged to 
undertake the initial pre-analysis study, the results of which will be presented to D.G. XXI 
by the end of 1992. 
A committee of ad hoc experts from national customs administrations has been created to 
follow the work of the study, and a Customs Advisory Committee (CAC) consisting of 
trade representatives has been setup to ensure that the trade views are taken into account 
by the Commission. 
The objectives are to : 
Follow-up recommendations based on the Treaty on European Union for improved 
working methods; 
collect information on current usage of simplified procedures in Member Sates; 
analyse associated control procedures; 
outline a strategy for extending usage of simplified procedures, initially via pilot 
systems. 
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1.7.4.2. Medium Term Prospects 
Computerised Pilot projects of selected simplified procedures will be set up in some 
Member States involving both Customs administrations and traders. 
Depending on the results of the pilot projects, Functional Specifications will be 
produced to assist Member States in introducing computerised simplified procedures. 
A publicity campaign explaining the benefits of using computerised simplified 
procedures will be launched in conjunction with the customs administrations. 
1.8. Data interchange standards 
1.8.1. Customs messages 
1.8.1.1. Progress/Medium Term prospects 
Further work on CUSEXP and PAXLST to be progressed from Status 0 to Status 1 
Further analysis and consideration of the requirements for VAT and EXCISE message 
developments under UN/EDIFACT 
Further consideration of the requirements for TRANSIT messages 
Recasting the USER GUIDES on the 93.2 Directory. 
1.8.2. Codes 
1.8.2.1. Progress/Medium term prospects 
Work on codes is an ongoing task. Maintenance and intersectoral alignment continues to 
be the prime interest. 
1.9. Legal problems and requirements 
A working group on "Legal aspects on the application of EDI in Customs and Indirect 
Taxation" has been established to examine existing Customs legislation in order to identify 
the constraints for EDI and to recommend proposed amendments for consideration by the 
relevant legislative area. 
The Working Group has been meeting regularly and a draft proposal has been agreed and 
forwarded for possible inclusion in the Implementing Provisions for the Community 
Customs Code. 
1.9.2. Medium Term prospects 
Analysis must proceed in the Indirect Taxation area. 
1.10. EFTA Cooperation 
1.10.1. Progress 
The pattern of meetings has continued with representatives of the EFTA countries and the 
EFTA Secretariat. Advice and guidance on general policy have been provided as necessary 
by DG I. As indicated in section 5, representatives of three EFTA countries are actively 
involved in the development of a pilot project to assist in the control of the movement of 
goods under the common transit procedures. 
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1.10.2. Medium-term prospects 
EFTA continues to make a valuable contribution to the work being undertaken on 
EDIFACT message development through the MD3 Group and the Standard Messages 
Working Group. Their ongoing support in the wider context of the Customs Cooperation 
Council, the Joint Rapporteurs' meetings and the ECE/WP.4 in Geneva has been greatly 
appreciated. 
2. DETAILED PROGRAMME OF THE AGRICULTURAL SECTOR 
2.1. AMIS 
2.1.1. Context and objectives 
AMIS (Agricultural Market InteUigence System) is an integrated computer system in the 
Directorates responsible for managing the common organization of agricultural markets. 
AMIS also provides basic market data to the Directorate responsible for management of 
the guarantee section of the EAGGF (European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee 
Fund). 
AMIS processes the data necessary for the day-to-day management of the common 
agricultural policy: 
producer prices on the Community's internal market; 
offer prices on the world market for imported products; 
statistics on import and export licences applied for and issued; 
statistics relating to the system for the surveillance of trade flows between Spain and 
Portugal and the other Member States (Supplementary Trade Mechanism); 
statistics on stocks; 
statistics on consumption; 
statistics on production; 
statistics on various forms of agricultural expenditure (intervention buying, aid, export 
refunds). 
AMIS also covers the systems for the management of export and intervention tenders 
under the common organization of various agricultural markets, and the system for 
managing tenders under food aid programmes. 
AMIS also contains institutional data fixed by the Council or the Commission: 
the institutional prices in ECU fixed by the Council and the prices derived therefrom; 
threshold prices. 
AMIS data are used in the periodic acts published in the Official Journal of the European 
Communities and communicated to the appropriate authorities (agriculture and customs) 
of the Member States: 
the unit amounts of import levies and export refunds; 
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the unit amounts of Community aid. 
In addition there are the data needed for agri-monetary management: 
the representative (or green) exchange rates; 
the exchange rates used to determine world market prices; 
monetary compensatory amounts. 
All these data are currently stored on an internal production database in the Directorate-
General for Agriculture and are not directly accessible for consultation by the outside 
world. 
Access will be provided to a selection of these data for consultation purposes via the FIS 
system (q.v.)> which receives its data from AMIS. 
2.1.2. Progress and medium-term prospects 
AMIS is an operational computer tool and has become essential for the day-to-day 
management of the common agricultural policy; its development was made possible by the 
CADDIA programme. The AMIS management team is currently carrying out 
maintenance and development work in line with the development of the rules for the 
management of the common agricultural policy in the various agricultural sectors. 
2.2. IDES (Interactive Data Entry System^ 
2.2.1. Context 
IDES is an Interactive Data Entry System developed for the purpose of transmitting 
agricultural data electronically between Member States and the Directorate-General for 
Agriculture at the Commission. It is intended to replace existing traditional telex 
transmissions. It has been developed by the Data Processing Division of the Directorate-
General for Agriculture, DG VI/A/4, with the financial support of CADDIA. 
2.2.2. Objectives 
The ultimate objective of IDES is to create a message for each numerical data type sent by 
the Member States to the Directorate-General for Agriculture and used as input for the 
DG VI informatics applications. 
2.2.3. Progress 
Several telex message types are being used successfully by most of the Member States. 
The veterinary messages are fed into the ADNS application (Animal Disease Notification 
System), while those concerning internal market prices are fed into the PMI (prix Marché 
Intérieur) sub-application of the AMIS application (Agricultural Management Information 
System). After preliminary validation, messages concerning monthly expenditure 
declarations are fed into the AGREX system (AGRicultural Expenditure). 
A range of new messages has been implemented in the course of the period covered by this 
report and training has been provided for new users. 
New facilities have been developed to improve on-line validations and simplify the user 
input. 
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Finally, the whole application has been revised and reorganized so as to provide additional 
security against transmission errors or disruptions. 
2.2.4. Medium-term prospects 
A feasibility study has been launched (code name IDES X.400) in order to respond to the 
need to exchange long structured messages, on the one hand, and in order to use the 
facilities offered by the National Server project, on the other. 
The results of this feasibility study are expected to be available by September 1992. 
IDES X.400 aims to provide electronic messaging facilities for all IDES partners and is 
complementary to the existing interactive IDES applications. 
2.3. FIS (Fast Information System^ 
2.3.1. Context and objectives 
The number of computer applications relating to the management of the common 
agricultural policy has been increasing constantly in recent years. Considerable amounts of 
data stored on computer were accessible to officials through the use of specialist software, 
and information was generally disseminated in the form of written documents. 
To supplement these more traditional procedures, an electronic system has been developed 
to allow rapid access to the maximum amount of information consistent with the 
requirements of confidentiality. 
FIS, the Fast Information System, is an electronic journal which provides user-friendly 
consultation of agricultural information, for both internal Commission use and restricted 
external use by Member States. It can be accessed via the most basic TTY terminal 
equipment. 
2.3.2. Progress 
FIS is operational but the process of development continues. It has enormous potential as 
a means of disseminating all kinds of agricultural information: tables, reports, agenda and 
minutes of management and other committee meetings, numerical annexes of the Official 
Journal (e.g. MCAs, levies), etc. 
DG VI/A/4 is continuing to promote FIS. Data which had already been identified have 
been included in FIS, and new types of information are constantly being added. 
In parallel to the promotion and training tasks, complementary developments have been 
made in the following directions: 
user interface improvement; 
new modules permitting easier loading or updating of the FIS pages by the data 
owners; 
control module permitting follow-up of the updates. 
In the context of the SHIFT project (see para. 2.9 below), FIS is being used as an interim 
vehicle for disseminating information relating to the conditions of importation of animals 
and animal products to the Community's external frontier posts. FIS has also been 
extended to cope with the aspects of multilingualism. 
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2.3.3. Medium-term prospects 
The system is operational and in use on a day-to-day basis. 
It is envisaged that FIS will eventually replace many telex transmissions from the 
Commission to the Member States. In order to achieve this objective, new modules will be 
developed to enable the field of data covered by FIS to be enlarged. 
In response to proposals from national administrations and other users, work is being 
undertaken to enable users who have specific requirements to access FIS data for further 
processing. 
2:4. MCM (Monetary Compensatory Amounts) 
2.4.1. Context and objectives 
The MCM application enables the Member States to download the monetary 
compensatory amounts to PC and has replaced the telex transmission of these data to the 
Member States. 
The MCM application is stabilized, and is being widely and regularly used by the Member 
States. The number of users has increased to 23, thus confirming its success. 
As the MCM application is operating successfully at present and is being used by all 
Member States, there are no plans for further development in the near future. 
2.4.2. Medium-term prospects 
In the expectation of new guidelines for the agri-monetary regime, the MCM application 
will be adapted to meet new requirements. 
The principles of data transmission and PC downloading in place of telex transmission will 
remain. 
2.5. FBF (FEOGA budget forecasting) 
2.5.1. Context and objectives 
The objective of the FBF (FEOGA budget forecasting) computer system is to provide a set 
of tools automating the manual procedures for forecasting and drawing up the EAGGF 
budget, which accounts for some 60% of the Community's budget. In view of current 
budgetary constraints, including the increased budgetary discipline affecting agricultural 
expenditure, a flexible system is needed enabling the trend of expenditure over the year to 
be estimated and compared with actual cash movements, enabling the budgetary 
requirements of the coming year to be forecast and providing a rapid interrogation and 
simulation tool during negotiations for the extrapolation of the main trends over 5 years. 
Using data on expenditure from AGREX, market and trade data from AMIS and the 
SOEC databases and monetary and agri-monetary data from AMIS, the system makes it 
possible to draw up: 
a draft budget over two years, 
a monthly out-turn revision based on the draft budget and the latest available data, 
a comparison of the model with actual budget expenditure, 
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a simulation of the impact on expenditure of measures under negotiation at the 
Council, 
an extrapolation of expenditure over five years for all budget headings. 
This also includes adaptation to the Council decisions of July 1987 concerning the 
machinery for the automatic phasing-out of MCAs resulting from the realignment of 
currencies participating in the EMS exchange rate mechanism. 
2.5.2. Medium-term prospects 
The system is operational. 
2.6. AGREX (AGRicultural guarantee fund Expenditures) 
2.6.1. Context and objectives 
The expenditure of the guarantee section of the EAGGF accounts for some 60% of the 
Community's budget. The Directorate-General administers a computerized system of 
monthly accounts of payments and follow-up of expenditure declared by the Member States 
for the support of agricultural markets. 
In addition, since the European Council of February 1988 it has been necessary to monitor 
agricultural expenditure very strictly, chapter by chapter, and an alarm system has been set 
up to detect anomalies by comparison with the forecasts. 
The system is linked to the budget forecasting system (see FBF) and the agri-monetary 
applications (see AMIS). 
2.6.2. Progress and medium-term prospects 
The system is operational. FIS already contains a set of AGREX data. 
2.7. FAUDIT (FEOGA audita 
2.7.1. Context and objectives 
The FAUDIT project (FEOGA auditing system), in the framework of the CADDIA 
programme, involves a study of the feasibility of computerizing control of monthly and 
annual declarations of EAGGF expenditure including public storage communicated by the 
Member States to the Commission pursuant to Regulations (EEC) Nos 1883/78 and 
3247/81. 
The aim is to optimize control by loading the basic data into a computerized system for 
category II expenditure and detecting any anomalies. 
2.7.2. Progress and medium-term prospects 
The system is operational and is being used systematically for the "monthly expenditure" 
section. Development of the "annual expenditure" section has begun and will be completed 
by mid-1993. 
A data interchange system (code name FAUDIT-ED), which will eventually be 
incorporated in FAUDIT, is currently being studied, and there are plans to establish links 
between FAUDIT and the FIS and AMIS systems. 
The FAUDIT functional analysis was financed by CADDIA. 
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2.8. APACO/ANA (Actes périodiques agricoles et comités de gestion/Agricultural 
Numerical Annexes) 
2.8.1. Context 
The numerical annexes form an integral part of the periodic agricultural acts published on 
a daily, weekly, monthly or occasional basis by the Commission. 
The numerical annexes are the numerical part of these acts (fixing or amending the 
amounts of levies, aids, refunds), which concern all agricultural products covered by the 
common agricultural policy. 
Most of the numerical annexes are prepared (collection of basic information, 
standardization, calculation of amounts) by the computers of the Directorate-General for 
Agriculture and, in particular, the AMIS system. 
The annexes are circulated to the national administrations by DG VI's AGREC telex and 
in the Official Journal, in which the numerical annex is an actual annex to the periodic act. 
2.8.2. Objectives 
The aim is to circulate the numerical annexes to the Member State administrations by 
electronic means, so that the national administrations receive them quickly and can process 
the data in good time. 
The project is closely linked to the FIS project and the AMIS system. 
2.8.3. State of the dossier and medium-term prospects 
The APACO/ANA system is now being widely used as part of the procedure for the 
preparation and distribution of the periodic acts. 
Automatic dispatch of the annexes relating to export refunds has begun in respect of two 
sectors of the common agricultural policy (dairy products and poultry-keeping). 
The linking of the APACO/ANA system and the FIS system has already proved its worth 
on several occasions. 
Ongoing efforts are being made as regards data integrity and the absolute reliability of the 
transmission system, and there are plans to employ new technology and methods in this 
area. 
2.9. SHIFT (System for health control of imports from third countries at frontier 
inspection posts) 
2.9.1. Context 
The purpose of the SHIFT project is to establish a computerized system for the 
harmonized veterinary control of animals and animal products from third countries at the 
point of entry into the Community. These veterinary controls must be identical, 
irrespective of the point of entry. This project is one of the priority projects linked to the 
completion of the 1993 internal market and, from the point of view of the removal of 
Community frontier controls, its introduction is absolutely essential. 
A veterinary control consists of a documentary and identity check to ensure that the 
documents accompanying a consignment comply with the regulations in force in the public 
and animal health sectors and correspond to the consignment. These controls are followed 
by a physical check in the course of which samples may be taken for analysis. 
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2.9.2. Aims 
The SHIFT project envisages several elements: 
A system of information in the event of a batch being reforwarded by the official 
veterinarian at a frontier inspection post. 
The maintenance and use of databases on conditions governing the importation of 
animals and products into the Community 
The maintenance and use of databases on the importation of animals and products 
into the Community 
These objectives are set out in the proposal for a Council Decision [COM(92) 167 
final] of 4 May 1992, due to be adopted in the coming months. 
The completion of the entire SHIFT project is planned over a period of at least five years, 
and a phased approach has therefore been adopted. The first two phases are: 
PHASE I: Veterinary information system 
This phase consists in making available to the veterinarians manning the frontier inspection 
posts information drawn up in the official languages of the Community and relating to the 
veterinary conditions governing the importation into the Community of animals and animal 
products (list of approved third countries and of approved establishments in third 
countries, Community models of veterinary certificates valid for imports into the 
Community). 
PHASE II: System for reforwarded consignments 
This system will enable the frontier posts to record and consult information relating to 
consignments not authorized for importation into the Community. 
It should be noted that the SHIFT system of veterinary controls on imports into the 
Community will need to interface with the ANIMO system, which handles intra-
Community movements. 
2.9.3. Progress 
During the period covered by this report, numerous actions have been launched, e.g., 
documentary study on the paperwork exchanged in the course of veterinary controls; 
study of the Italian system comparable to the system envisaged for SHIFT; 
adoption of the veterinary information in all the Community languages 
new operational functions in FIS (DG VI's electronic journal) to provide complete 
multilingual support. It should be noted at this juncture that SHIFT Phase I is based 
on FIS. With a view to testing the technical and operational feasibility of Phase I, 
pilot equipment is being supplied to the Member States. 
functional analysis of Phase II. 
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2.10. SICAMOR-ED (Système d'information et coordination des actions en faveur du 
monde rural - Echanges des données) 
2.10.1. Context 
A computer system for administering and monitoring actions for the rural community 
(FEORIENT system) is being developed by DG VI and financed by non-CADDIA 
resources. 
2.10.2. Objectives 
The aim of the SICAMOR-ED project is to set up a system for the exchange of data 
between the Commission and the Member States to supplement the FEORIENT system. 
These data concern the Member States' plans, the Community support frameworks, the 
operational programmes and financial and economic data. 
2.10.3. Medium-term prospects 
A feasibility study should be ready for 1992. 
The study - based on, among other things, interviews with all the national administrations 
involved - will contain a precise description of the relevant administrative procedures, a 
description of electronic data interchange requirements as well as quantified proposals (on 
costs, timetable, etc.) for the establishment of a data interchange system. 
2.11. TREE-ED 
2.11.1. Context 
The unit responsible for forestry matters at the Directorate-General for Agriculture 
administers a computerized inventory of forestry damage pursuant to Council Regulation 
(EEC) No 3528/86 of 17 November 1986. The inventory is updated each year: the data are 
processed starting in November of each year and used in a report presented to the Council 
in about May of the year after. The new data are sent in by the forestry departments using 
standard report forms. Each form represents one 16 km square of a grid and gives data on 
the state of a sample of about twenty trees. Some 10 000 forms cover all the Member 
States. 
Some Member States, such as Germany, produce these forms by computer, extracting the 
information from the databases of their national network. 
Since processing the forms is a mammoth task to which the forestry division can afford to 
allocate only a small number of staff and a strict timetable must be adhered to, the aim of 
the project is to decentralize data acquisition and permit real-time error monitoring in the 
Member State departments concerned by developing a decentralized data acquisition 
module, possibly involving the installation of PCs in those departments. 
2.11.2. Objectives 
The aim of the project is to set up a system of decentralized data acquisition at the level of 
the competent authorities in the Member States, enabling standard summary reports of 
forestry damage in the Member States to be sent to the Commission. 
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2.12. PAP (Prices of Agricultural Products) 
2.12.1. Context 
As part of its task of administering the common agricultural policy, the Directorate-
General for Agriculture administers a whole range of prices of agricultural products. 
These prices come from various sources: prices on Community markets and prices of 
imported products are communicated by the Member States, spot and future prices on the 
international exchanges come from information agencies, and institutional prices 
(reference prices, intervention prices, threshold prices, etc.) are fixed by Council Decision 
in accordance with the rules of the common agricultural policy. 
Besides being essential factors in Commission decisions on periodic legislation (levies, aid, 
refunds, intervention buying), these prices are also used for other purposes, such as market 
monitoring and forecasting. 
Many of these prices are available on the computers of the Directorate-General for 
Agriculture upstream and downstream of the computerized procedures which process them 
in various ways (AMIS system). 
The Member States are informed of these prices through the Official Journal (institutional 
prices), various Commission publications (annual report on agriculture, "Agricultural 
Markets" publication), and hardcopy documents presented to the management committees. 
2.12.2. Objectives 
The aim is to give Member State administrations systematic computer access to all the 
agricultural prices used by the Directorate-General for Agriculture so that they can consult 
and process these data in good time. 
2.12.3. Progress and medium-term prospects 
At present, a subset of the institutional agricultural prices of all agricultural products 
subject to price arrangements is available to the Member States via FIS. Also distributed 
to the Member States via FIS are the Community market prices (prices on the internal 
market) of products subject to price monitoring rules, currently stored in the AMIS 
database and regularly updated under the rules in force. Improving the reliability of the 
data and the procedures for processing them for dissemination is a major medium-term 
objective. 
2.13. AIN-ED (Aides nationales - Echange de données) 
2.13.1. Context 
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The Directorate-General for Agriculture manages a computerized system listing national 
aid notifications. Following the Council Resolution of 2 October 1974 on the monitoring of 
the strict application of the rules of the EEC Treaty on State aid (Articles 92 and 93), the 
Member States communicate a full list of agricultural aid measures, including the planned 
amounts and the amounts actually disbursed. Following each update the system produces 
lists by Member State and by category of aid which are sent to the Member States for 
information and agreement. 
2.13.2. Objectives 
The aim of this project is to supplement the computerized system listing notifications of 
national aid with a module permitting standardized notifications to be loaded at source 
(Member States) and the list to be sent to the various administrations via the public 
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network, thus permitting local processing and the uploading of any changes to the system in 
place at the Commission. 
The installation in the Member States of equipment permitting local processing is 
envisaged. 
2.13.3. Medium-term prospects 
A project feasibility study is currently being carried out and will be finalized by the end of 
1992. 
As it currently stands (June 1992), the study recommends the setting-up, over the medium 
term, of a data codification and transmission system and, over the longer term, of a more 
complex and complete system (based on the abovementioned system) providing advanced 
documentary processing facilities. 
2.14. CACTI (Common Agriculture - Customs Transmission of Information) 
2.14.1. Context 
Several measures of the common agricultural policy, administered by the Directorate-
General for Agriculture of the Commission, are applied in the Member States by the 
national customs authorities. 
The main measures concerned are the arrangements for trade in agricultural products with 
third countries. For example, the countervailing charges on imports of fresh fruit and 
vegetables are essentially fixed by DG VI, communicated to the competent departments in 
the Member States and thence to the national customs posts. 
DG XXI, for its part, integrates the nomenclature of these products in TARIC and at the 
same time indicates the type of measure (countervailing charge) attached to these codes. 
When this nomenclature changes or the scope of the measure is enlarged or reduced, the 
customs authorities of the Member States are informed electronically via the TARIC 
interface. It would be desirable for this system to include the rates of Community duties 
which the national customs authorities must also apply. This information is available at 
DG VI. The situation is the same for the other measures of the common agricultural 
policy. 
Certain other measures which change less frequently (e.g. reference prices for wine) are 
administered by DG VI and communicated inter alia to the national customs authorities via 
DG XXI's TARIC interface system. 
2.14.2. Objectives 
The aim is to set up a means of communication between DG VI and DG XXI, on the one 
hand, and between the Commission and the national authorities on the other, which can 
communicate these data rapidly to the Member States. 
Before this can be done, these data must be organized in such a way that they can be made 
available in a form of use to both Directorates-General, the computer systems which 
currently administer these data must be linked, and the most appropriate form, procedure 
and means of making them available to the Member States must be selected. 
2.14.3. Progress and medium-term prospects 
Two pilot applications have already been identified for this project, and development 
started in 1991. These are the free-at-frontier reference prices of wine and the 
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countervailing charge on fresh fruit and vegetables. The first pilot application gave rise to 
an analytical dossier and the development of an application now nearing completion. 
The second pilot application is nearing the end of the analytical stage. 
The pre-analysis of DGXXI's TARIC II system, which provides inter alia for the 
transmission of agricultural data to the national customs authorities, presupposes 
preliminary processing by DG VI of the data to be extracted for TARIC II. 
2.15. MARKETS 
2.15.1. Context and objectives 
The existing AMIS (Agricultural Market Intelligence System) together with IDES 
(Interactive Data Exchange System) and FIS (Fast Information System) serves the needs of 
the market divisions of DG VI for the management of the CAP. The electronic exchange 
of information using IDES and FIS has grown in recent years and continues to expand. 
Currently AMIS consists of almost 600 separate but interrelated COBOL programs. The 
original concept has proved its worth and has demonstrated its flexibility by evolving to 
meet the changing needs of the CAP over the past ten years. 
The changes currently under discussion for all aspects of agricultural policy will give rise to 
major changes in the needs for objective information both at the Commission and in the 
Member States. The purpose of the MARKETS project is, in its first phase, to establish 
the needs for exchanges of information relating to agricultural markets not only between 
national administrations and the Commission but also potentially between national 
administrations in the past 1992 environment of a reformed CAP. The first phase would 
concentrate on collecting and analysing requirements, considering the extent to which these 
requirements can be met by the evolution of existing and proposed systems and possibly the 
need for new systems. 
2.15.2. Progress 
No progress was made due to lack of resources (no budget allocation was granted for this 
project). 
2.16.PHYSAN 
2.16.1. Context 
Among the dossiers processed by the competent Commission departments (Directorate-
General for Agriculture, Unit VI/BII.l "Legislation relating to crop products and animal 
nutrition"), reference may be made to the following: type approval of pesticides, seed 
certification, food additives, plant protection (against harmful organisms). 
For these dossiers, as for many others, the advent of the internal market will entail 
considerable changes. Community acts already adopted or in the process of being adopted 
provide for measures which presuppose increased cooperation and a greater degree of data 
interchange than in the past, at potentially very short notice. Against this background, the 
implementation of an efficient information system is a key factor for success. 
2.16.2. Aims of the project 
Establishment of an information system covering legislation in the field of plant products 
and animal nutrition in support of the internal market. The PHYSAN project is a generic 
project grouping together all projects relating to plant health in the context of the internal 
market. 
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A subproject, known as EUROPHYT, was identified from the very outset and, in view of 
the urgent need for its implementation, this subproject has been dealt with separately. 
Aims of EUROPHYT 
The aim of this project is to set up a plant health information system (to be known as 
"EUROPHYT") pursuant to Directive 77/93/EEC and its subsequent amendments 
(notably Article 19bis, point 6, Directive 89/439/EEC of 26 June 1989 - OJ L212, 
22.07.1989). This project seeks to promote the exchange of information on plant 
protection, and rapid access to such information, in support of the introduction of the 
single market in January 1993. 
The short-term objectives of this network are to facilitate: 
the exchange of information among Member States of information on all seizures - for 
reasons pertaining to plant health - of plants or plant products originating in third 
countries or in another Member State; 
the notification by the Member States of any occurrence or development, in a 
previously identified source, of organisms that are harmful to plants or vegetable 
products within the Community. 
Other demands of a more or less long-term nature will also have to be met. The creation 
of a technical and biological database for national plant health inspectors is envisaged. 
Other projects 
Apart from EUROPHYT, other subprojects have been identified, some of which are 
peculiar to a specific sector, with others of a more general nature affecting the entire sector 
concerned with legislation relating to crop products and animal nutrition: 
Specific projects: 
system for the exchange and management of technical information on pesticides and 
pesticide residues, 
management of the names of plant varieties: the management of the rights of 
producers of plant varieties on a Community scale necessitates the introduction of a 
standardized system for the allocation of names to plant varieties, 
system for the management, updating and production of the common catalogue of 
varieties (published several times a year by EUROFFICE). This project should 
ensure swift and efficient communications with the Member States (source of the 
information) and EUROFFICE. 
Joint project: 
The amount of technical information received and processed in this sector is considerable: 
voluminous dossiers, letters, notifications, etc., various transmission modes such as 
hardcopy correspondence, fax, telex, etc., and numerous correspondents. In order to carry 
out this work effectively, an integrated information management system must be set up. 
2.16.3. Progress 
Two studies have been launched during the period covered by this report: 
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preliminary study covering the entire sector, with a view to identifying the various 
requirements and drawing up a timetable for the gradual introduction of the overall 
system. 
feasibility study for the EUROPHYT network. 
In order to enable Member States to collaborate on these projects, a Working Group on 
Plant Health Information and Data Processing has been set up (in the framework of the 
Working Group on Plant Health Legislation). 
The meetings of this Group have provided an opportunity for the Member States to submit 
their projects and for the Commission to give briefings on the progress of the EUROPHYT 
project and of the preliminary study. 
Both of these studies are due to be completed in the summer of 1992. 
2.16.4. Medium-term prospects 
Specific actions will be launched on the basis of the findings of the current preliminary 
study. This work should extend over a period of approximately five years. 
For EUROPHYT the current feasibility study pinpoints the short-term objective 
(notification network) which needs to be brought into operation very quickly (Target 93). 
A pilot experiment is due to be carried out before the end of the year using test equipment 
provided by the Commission to each of the Member States. In the medium term, 
EUROPHYT will need to be supplemented by a technical and biological information base. 
The number of users will be increased, and the data interchange techniques employed 
should be geared towards X.400. 
Among the studies envisaged in the future, mention may be made of the following: 
Structured messages in X.400 
Alarm system: feasibility study on the replacement of the telexes by another system 
Semi-structured messaging/information system interface 
Study on the technical and scientific information system: study on the classification 
and representation of information (scientific, geographical and technical data and 
images). 
3. DETAILED PROGRAMME OF THE STATISTICAL SECTOR 
3.1. STATEL project (STAtistiques TELétransmission) 
3.1.1. Context 
This project covers: 
the study of telecommunication protocols permitting file transfer, interactive access to 
computer applications, electronic mail and remote operation; 
the evaluation and experimentation of technical solutions such as network 
architectures, communication protocols or software which are at the experimental 
stage (X.25, X.400, MFTS, FTAM, KERMIT, uucp, etc.); 
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the definition of organizational and computerized procedures for automating 
interchange, modifying existing applications and ensuring that security and 
confidentiality requirements are taken into account; 
the definition of a computer architecture detailing the hardware and software 
configurations to be installed by the interchange partners and the communications 
systems to be used (network, protocol, national servers, etc.). 
3.1.2. Objectives 
The aim of the STATEL project is to construct an architecture for electronic data 
interchange allowing communication between applications located in the Member States 
and EUROSTAT applications (e.g. communications between Member States and between 
Member States and EUROSTAT). 
The STATEL project is aimed at making data interchange between partner bodies and 
EUROSTAT more efficient by: 
reducing data transmission times; 
automating interchange procedures; 
avoiding the retyping of data. 
exploiting the computerized telecommunications architecture already in place in the 
Member States, including the CADDIA national servers architecture 
STATEL enables the computerized communication prerequisites for interconnection of the 
information systems to be met. 
3.1.3. Progress 
The STATEL project has been operational since 1988. The technical solutions used allow 
experimentation in real situations where files are transferred between Member States and 
EUROSTAT. 
All the Member States are now involved in the pilot teletransmission trials. The transition 
to production and the extension of the solutions adopted in geographical terms and to 
other fields of statistics are impeded by the following factors: 
heterogeneous nature of computer architectures in the Member States, 
unavailability or inadequate capacity of packet switching networks (X.25) and 
international transit nodes, 
non-automation of the sending of data to the data-processing environment of the 
Member States (cf. MS-DOS), 
limitations of communication protocols (cf. KERMIT, uucp) for the authorization of 
reliable, secure transfers. 
Faced with this situation, the STATEL project has set about defining and developing an 
application program interface (APF) capable of supporting several communication 
protocols. 
API : Application Program Interface. 
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This program interface will offer facilities for the secure transfer of files based on the 
X.400, FTP, UUCP and KERMIT protocols. A prototype version will be available in 
June 1992, followed at the end of 1992 by the definitive version for the MS-DOS and UNIX 
operating systems. 
All of the statistical applications due to be installed in the Member States, e.g., the 
applications developed under the CADDIA programme, will be able to use the STATEL 
program interface for exchanges in both directions (Member States to EUROSTAT and 
vice versa). 
The STATEL program interface will be able to draw on the computerized 
telecommunications infrastructure already in place in the Member States and, in particular, 
on the establishment of the CADDIA National Servers. 
3.1.4. Medium-term prospects 
The statistical applications developed under the CADDIA programme are to be adapted to 
the STATEL program interface. Initially, this will affect the STADIUM, IPFT, PC-
SIMPLE and EDINOMEN projects. 
There are also plans for the acquisition applications linked to the INTRASTAT regulations 
(see COMEDI project) to use the STATEL program interface. 
In the light of the outcome of the experiments, of the experience acquired and of 
developments in the technological field, the STATEL program interface will be adapted, 
and new communication protocols will be incorporated (e.g., FTAM, ISDN8, etc.). 
The other CADDIA sectors are examining the possibility of using the STATEL program 
interface. 
3.2. STANORM project (STAtistique NORMalisation) 
3.2.1. Context 
The STANORM project was set up because of the lack of standards for the exchange of 
statistical data. This is due in part to the wide variety of areas of statistics combined with 
the large number of partners involved. 
STANORM project activities are directed towards the following fields: 
standards in heterogeneous data processing environments, e.g. UN/EDIFACT 
standard, UNTDID (United Nations Trade Data Interchange Directory) standard, 
standards specific to certain fields of application, e.g. SGML (Standard Generalized 
Mark-up Language) standard, ODA (Office Document Architecture) standard, a 
standard which is currently being defined for the format of digital optical disks (e.g. 
DON, CD-ROM), etc., 
close coupling between computerized statistical applications (e.g. ASN-1). 
3.2.2. Objectives 
The aim of the STANORM project is to make a centre of expertise on standards available 
to all CADDIA applications and to those responsible for them. 
ISDN : Integrated Services Data Network. 
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The work involves studying and testing international standards for computerized statistical 
applications, ensuring that they are adequate and promoting them. 
The STANORM project provides application developers with expertise and advice on the 
selection of standardized solutions in accordance with Commission policy. 
3.2.3. Progress 
(i) Heterogeneous computer environments 
The STANORM project has taken an active part in action to promote, coordinate and 
experiment with international standards (e.g. UN/EDIFACT) within various working 
groups such as the Western Europe EDIFACT Board or, more directly, by 
encouraging the statistical group (WE/EB-MD69) set up within this structure. 
EUROSTAT chairs the WE/EB-MD6 group and actively participates in the various 
working groups which have been set up within it: 
WG1 Interchange of aggregated statistics: definition of standardized messages which 
can be used for the interchange and dissemination of prepared statistical 
information. 
This group has drawn up a generic message for the interchange of aggregated 
data (GESMES), containing the data and associated metadata. This message 
was accorded status 0 at the meeting of WP4 held in autumn 1991 and will be 
nominated for status 1 in autumn 1993. Experiments involving the GESMES 
message are already under way. 
WG3 Statistical aspects of code lists: methodology, definition, use and circulation of 
lists of codes or nomenclatures in the field of statistics, adaptation of UNTDID 
to statistical requirements. 
This group studies the messages to be drawn up for the interchange of statistical 
nomenclatures used in statistical applications or by those providing statistical 
information. 
Messages necessary for the exchange of statistical nomenclatures, their 
interrelationships and the interrogation of the distribution server centres are 
currently at the design stage. Experiments involving these messages are being 
carried out on the basis of distribution server prototypes (cf. EDINOMEN 
project). International coordination measures on this topic are being organized. 
WG4 New techniques for collecting basic statistical information: facilitation of 
interchange of information between companies and administrations, from 
administrative information to statistical information. 
From the replies to the questionnaire distributed among the statistical 
organizations with a view to identifying the EDI and pre-EDI projects and after 
consultations with those responsible for statistical applications in the Member 
States, this group has identified the statistical areas where simplification of the 
collection procedures for the economic operators would most beneficial: 
structural statistics on company activities and investments. These statistics 
are closely related to company and national accounting systems. 
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social statistics where the public administrations are payees. 
- production statistics based on the declarations submitted by the companies 
and their representative organizations. 
Discussions are currently being held with the aim of defining generic messages 
for the collection of questionnaires or statistical surveys. 
WG5 External trade statistics: design and development of statistical messages for the 
collection and dissemination of international trade statistics. 
This group is preparing the messages necessary for the implementation of the 
Community's INTRASTAT rules under the COMEDI project. 
To this end, the WE/EB-MD6 group has defined a subset of the CUSDEC10 
customs message, known as INSTAT, which will be nominated for status 1 at 
the autumn meeting of WP4. 
Work is also under way on the definition of messages concerning statistics on 
external trade with third countries (cf. STATEM message). Work on this topic 
is being carried out in close cooperation with the customs sector of the 
CADDIA programme and the WE/EB-MD3" customs group. 
WG6 Balance-of-payments statistics: design and development of statistical messages 
for the collection of information needed to draw up balance-of-payments 
statistics. 
The scenario for the collection of the statistical information needed in order to 
work out the balance of payments is currently being finalized with the banks, the 
central banks and the statistical organizations. 
For the purposes of these collection flows, five messages need to be drawn up 
(BOPSTA, BOPDIR, BOPCUS, BOPINF, BOPBNK). 
International organizations such as the International Monetary Fund and the 
World Bank are taking an increasing interest in this work. 
Steps are being taken to facilitate collaboration with the representatives of the 
banking sector (cf. WE/EB-MD412 Finance). 
The work of the WE/EB-MD6 group is supported by the national statistical 
institutes of all the Member States (including EFTA Member States), 
ministries, trade organizations, trade facilitation groups and European and 
international standardization bodies. 
Highlighting the crucial impact of EDI on the work of statisticians, the 
architecture of statistical systems in the run-up to the single market in 1992 and 
their interconnection must be accompanied by appropriate measures to 
coordinate and promote work and to support specific actions. 
10 CUSDEC : CUstom DEClaration. 
11 WE/EB-MD3 : Western Europe / Edifact Board - Message Development group 3 
(Customs). 
12 WE/EB-MD4 : Western Europe / Edifact Board - Message Development group 4 
(Finance). 
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The STANORM project works in collaboration with: 
- the STADIUM project as regards the introduction of the GESMES 
message, once it is finalized, as the standard collection message, 
the COMEDI project as regards helping to design and implement the 
INSTAT and STATEM messages. 
In addition to the support given to the definition of standardized messages, the 
team in charge of the STANORM project participates in the specification of the 
computer applications to be installed for the introduction of EDI solutions (cf. 
EDIFACT translators). 
(ii) Standards specific to fields of application 
The STANORM project, in collaboration with the STRINGS project, has studied the 
use of the SGML (Standard Generalized Mark-up Language) standard for the 
interchange of statistical information for publication and dissemination. These studies 
resulted in the adoption of mark-up languages (cf. SGML) as a technique for 
describing information (text, tables) exchanged between publication and dissemination 
environments (printers, photo-typesetting machines, electronic servers, etc.) as well as 
between application-oriented and publication environments. 
The SGML standard enables statistical documents to be exchanged without loss of 
structural information. Software providing SGML interfaces is available on the 
market to facilitate the distribution, consultation, display and re-use of statistical 
documents. 
The statistical sector plans to define standard structures for SGML statistical 
documents. Technological monitoring of developments involving this category of 
standard is essential if the permanence of the solutions adopted is to be assured (e.g., 
SGML/CALS, ODA). 
Little progress has been made on the standards currently being formulated for the 
format of digital optical disks (e.g. DON, CD-ROM). No standard is at present 
forthcoming. However, tools enabling application-oriented environments to interface 
with the optical disk manufacturing environment are coming on to the market. These 
tools need to be evaluated. 
Digital optical disk technology needs to be investigated as it is useful for storing large 
amounts of information on a compact and widely used medium. 
(iii) Close coupling techniques 
Little progress has been made on experiments with tools supporting standards such as 
ASN-1, since very little software has become available. 
However, application-to-application close coupling techniques have made good 
progress under the PC-Simple project. 
3.2.4. Medium-term prospects 
(i) Heterogeneous computer environments 
Work will focus on EDI standardization related to the WE/EB-MD6 Statistics group. 
The messages defined by the WE/EB-MD6 group, such as GESMES and INSTAT, 
will be implemented in dispatch and receipt applications (Member States and 
Commission). 
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Other statistical sectors (e.g., company statistics, services, tourism, transport) are 
interested in activities involving the standardization of messages for direct collection 
from the economic operators. 
(ii) Standards specific to fields of application 
Work will cover experimentation with the interchange of statistical reports in SGML 
format with specialized partners such as publication offices, printers and information 
offices. 
Another aim of this work will be to bring the use of mark-up languages more into line 
with the SGML standard. 
Evaluation of software supporting the SGML standard will continue, with special 
reference to the consultation, display and retrieval of statistical reports based on user 
environments in the Member States. 
(iii) Close coupling techniques 
Evaluation of the software and programme libraries supporting the ASN-1 standard 
will continue. 
3.3. PC-Simple 
3.3.1. Context 
The PC-SIMPLE project has been devised to access EUROSTAT dissemination databases 
from a personal computer connected to a computerized telecommunication network. 
The principal databases involved are CRONOS13, REGIO14 and COMEXT15. 
The internal architecture of PC-SIMPLE will make it easy to add new EUROSTAT 
dissemination databases. 
The sets of data are defined and selected by means of a description which is generated for 
each user; this description contains metadata such as the structure of the databases, 
associated literals and descriptive information. 
The information retrieved must be reusable in the user's environment, particularly in the 
form of statistical tables. 
3.3.2. Objectives 
PC-SIMPLE is used to define, select, retrieve and structure sets of data to be retrieved 
from dissemination databases. 
3.3.3. Progress 
The spreadsheet format generated is now compatible with SYMPHONY, LOTUS, 
EXCEL, etc. Other formats have also been made available to users, in order to open up 
the PC-SIMPLE software to other software. 
13 CRONOS: database of time series. 
14 REGIO: database of regional statistics. 
15 COMEXT: database of external trade statistics. 
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Additional tools for displaying and manipulating information retrieved from PC-SIMPLE 
in multi-dimensional tabular form have been developed. These tools, grouped under the 
collective name of CUB.X, seek to manipulate data upstream and downstream of PC-
SIMPLE and to facilitate the integration of the latter into the user's environment. For 
instance, these tools enable information retrieved from PC-SIMPLE to be converted into 
formats such as GESMES (cf. STANORM). 
The number of installations has increased considerably during the reference period. 
Automatic installation, configuration and documentation update procedures have been 
improved. 
The major problem, however, remains the mediocre quality of existing communications 
protocols (e.g., file transfer, execution of remote procedures) between the user 
environment (situated in the Member States) and the EUROSTAT environment where the 
EUROSTAT dissemination databases are located. 
Various "message mode" communications techniques have been tested, as has a version 
based on the new STATEL principle (cf. STATEL project). 
The PC-Simple tool exists in two versions: 
one uses non-standardized communication primitives (cf. KERMIT software) for 
external users, 
the other exploits the specific EUROSTAT computer environment (e.g. ETHERNET 
local network) for internal users. 
3.3.4. Medium-term prospects 
Work will now cover: 
incorporation of ideas on the formalization of data structures and the distribution of 
the PC-SIMPLE application (e.g. pre-standard definition of data formats and 
client/server protocol), 
integration of the various communication techniques (cf. STATEL), 
expanding the product by introducing new databases and new functions requested by 
users, particularly in the case of the COMEDI project, 
extension and integration of the tools (CUB.X) in the collection and distribution of 
statistical information phases (these developments to be coordinated with current 
work on interchange standardization - cf. STANORM project), 
further distribution of the product in the Member States and provision of support for 
new configurations (e.g. UNIX computers). 
3.4. STADIUM project (STAtistical Data Interchange Universal Monitor) 
3.4.1. Context 
EUROSTAT currently receives statistical data transmitted mainly on magnetic tape 
(approximately 10 000 tapes a year), on diskette, on paper and by data transmission (cf. 
STATEL project). The volume of data received is roughly 3 000 million characters a year, 
of which some 20 million are on paper and therefore require typing. 
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At present, each EUROSTAT section uses its own organizational and technical procedures 
for data collection. These procedures are supported by computer environments which are 
heterogeneous and, quite often, placed under an operating responsibility external to 
EUROSTAT. 
3.4.2. Objectives 
The STADIUM project is aimed at setting up a collection centre for statistical data which 
will enable EUROSTAT to handle the process of receiving data regardless of the type of 
physical medium used (e.g. paper, diskette, electronic transmission, magnetic tape) for all 
interchanges between partner organizations in the Member States and EUROSTAT. 
The STADIUM project handles the monitoring, management and archiving of dispatches 
before routing them to the target statistical applications. 
The aims of the STADIUM project are: 
to improve the effectiveness of data collection by setting up a specialized 
infrastructure and to rationalize and automate communications between the various 
computer environments (senders and receivers); 
to make computer systems more independent by specifying clearly defined technical 
and organizational interfaces; 
to help take account of constraints and directives concerning the confidentiality of 
statistical data; 
to rationalize the flow of statistical information, especially by reducing redundant 
flows and using multiple-routing techniques; 
to introduce gradually new data transport techniques (e.g. data transmission, new 
media) without forcing any modification of statistical applications; 
to introduce standards covering the content, structure and format of data transmitted 
(cf, UN/EDIFACT, ASN-1). 
For some of the above items, the STADIUM project will make use of the results obtained 
by the STATEL and STANORM projects. 
3.4.3. Progress 
The STADIUM project has been operational since the end of 1989. 
Production in the Member States started early in 1990 with the definition of dispatches to 
the reference base. Since then the use of the STADIUM service, has been increasing 
regularly. 
The dispatches cover several fields of statistics, including business activity indicators for 
industry, energy, steel, weather and agriculture. 
Such a tool must be made available and adopted for all electronic data transmissions if 
electronic data interchange is to become generalized (cf. EDI). 
In the case of dispatches received by electronic data transmission, STADIUM fully 
automates the recording and transfer of the statistical data to the target applications. 
The operational implementation of STADIUM as a service offered to users highlights the 
relative importance of organization compared with technology. The STADIUM project 
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provides an opportunity for full-scale testing of the technical and organizational complexity 
of future EDI projects. 
The envelope used for STADIUM dispatches is written in UN/EDIFACT syntax, and 
software (STADIUM-MS) has been developed for installation in the dispatch environment. 
The STADIUM-MS software is available in MS-DOS and UNIX environments, in 
interactive and command modes. 
The pilot trials undertaken mean that work can now start on promoting awareness and 
training partners in EDI techniques (communication aspects, protocols, standards, 
organization). 
Extensions to the STADIUM project have been specified following the analysis of the first 
production period. The requirements of the COMEDI project have also been taken into 
consideration. 
The extensions will be concerned with: 
use of the results of the STANORM project and work carried out by the WE/EB-
MD6 Statistics group, particularly regarding the description of data using standardized 
messages (cf. GERMES); 
consolidating the architecture by developing a client/server protocol between the 
sender and recipient environments; the STADIUM-MS software will need to be 
adapted accordingly; 
improving the user interface for sending, follow-up of reception, error detection and 
error recovery tasks and the dispatch of acknowledgments of receipt by electronic mail 
or facsimile; 
the extension made to the STADIUM data model in order to take better account of 
the variety of means of dispatch of statistical data between EUROSTAT partners: 
frequency, content, batching; 
studying dissemination mode operation on a subscription basis, whereby 
implementation is made possible by the availability of STATEL project "store and 
forward" telecommunication primitives; 
modularity and portability of the STADIUM system with a view to its installation in 
the Member State environments; 
integration in the computerized telecommunications environment, whereby the user 
notification mechanisms will be integrated with the electronic mail and the facsimile 
• • dispatch systems. 
3.4.4. Medium-term prospects 
The new version of STADIUM (Version 2) will be available by the end of 1992. 
Installation and production start-up are planned for early 1993. 
The STADIUM project will play a key role in the introduction of EDI techniques in the 
statistical organizations with regard to the statistical information collection and 
dissemination phases, notably in the context of the COMEDI project. 
The establishment of the system on an operational scale will require a major effort as 
regards the organization and adaptation of the existing interchange procedures. Interfaces 
will need to be developed and computerized applications worked on, in order to automate 
the exchanges. As a result of rationalization, the statistical organizations will be able to 
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operate more efficiently and achieve a better degree of coordination. The issues at stake 
are highlighted in the initial reports to emerge from the DSIS16 study. 
The level of service offered will depend on progress made in the STANORM project (cf. 
standards and tools which support them) and STATEL project (cf. telecommunication 
architecture and high-level communication protocols). 
3.5. STRINGS project (STatistical Report INtegrated Generation Service) 
3.5.1. Context 
The statistical reports may take such varied forms as regular or one-off publications, pages 
in electronic bulletin boards or structured downloading of information from dissemination 
databases. 
A statistical report is made up of a structured set of text components (analysis, comment, 
methodological notes), tables (numerical information and associated wording), graphics 
and illustrations. 
The STRINGS project is aimed at facilitating the integration of these various components 
(e.g. text, tables, graphics, images) which appear in a publication by adopting and using 
interfaces that have been standardized with the reference environments containing the 
statistical information. 
Publications produced under STRINGS are produced as independently as possible from 
the final dissemination medium (e.g. hard copy, electronic documents, pages in a data 
communications server, digital optical disks). 
3.5.2. Objectives 
The aim of the STRINGS project is to construct an architecture for the production and 
dissemination of statistical information by means of statistical reports in electronic format. 
The ultimate objectives of the project are to increase the efficiency of production, improve 
quality and promote a wide variety of dissemination media and the re-use of statistical 
information. 
3.5.3. Progress 
The activities of this project are organized in two ways: 
a comprehensive analysis of the process of producing and disseminating statistical 
reports (conceptual, technical and organizational aspects); 
a pragmatic approach based on experimentation with the technical solutions now 
available on the electronic publishing market which can be used to validate the options 
adopted by the comprehensive approach. 
The STRINGS project initially set itself the task of studying the state of the art and 
defining a strategic and methodological approach. This initial phase resulted in the 
selection of a software and hardware infrastructure which made it possible to continue the 
work (particularly for the integration of tabular components). 
16 DSIS : Distributed Statistical Information Services (DSIS). 
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Having defined the approach and selected an infrastructure, STRINGS developed a set of 
tools and masks which make it possible to integrate components produced in the 
EUROSTAT computer environment (chiefly text and tabular components). 
Pilot trials have highlighted the technical and organizational constraints. 
The tools developed by STRINGS have been put into production for publishing since 1990. 
The STRINGS tools environment includes: 
interfaces with spreadsheet formats (SYMPHONY, LOTUS, EXCEL, SAS, etc.), 
interfaces with generators of statistical tables (OSIRIS, ACUMEN, etc.), 
interfaces in mark-up language format (e.g. extracts from statistical, nomenclature or 
documentary databases), 
interfaces with electronic publishing software (e.g. Ventura Publisher, Interleaf TPS4), 
a production environment listing the associated publications, authors and style 
catalogues. 
The current state of the STRINGS infrastructure is such that statistical reports based on 
the availability of data in the reference applications environment can now be produced on a 
completely automated basis. Reports can be produced in printable format (e.g., 
POSTSCRIPT) or mark-up language format (e.g., SGML). The STRINGS infrastructure is 
gradually taking over responsibility for an increasing proportion of the statistical reports 
produced within EUROSTAT, and user training sessions have been organized. 
As a result of STRINGS, it has been possible to set up a system for the interchange of 
statistical reports in electronic format. 
3.5.4. Medium-term prospects 
Work will cover: 
developments permitting the production of statistical reports in which all types of 
components are uniformly incorporated: text, tables, graphics and images, 
the start-up of pilot trials for the transmission of publications in electronic format (e.g. 
SGML) with specialist partners (e.g., printers, EUROP17), 
bringing the mark-up language used in the STRINGS interfaces into line with the 
SGML standard, so as to ensure that it can be re-used in target environments, 
the integration of tools permitting the manipulation, consultation or retrieval of 
statistical information in electronic format produced by STRINGS. A study will be 
carried out on the software available for this range of tools based on structured 
representative samples of the electronic reports (e.g., SGML), 
the technical upgrading of the software used in the STRINGS architecture and the 
adaptation of the interfaces (e.g., introduction of the new Interleaf 5 version). 
The technical solutions adopted by the STRINGS project (hardware, software, standards) 
in the field of electronic publishing can be used to study and test the preconditions for using 
17 EUROP : Office for Official Publications of the European Communities. 
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computerized telecommunication tools to exchange statistical reports in rich text format for 
re-use by the recipient in the Member States. 
The availability of SGML interfaces at the output of the STRINGS infrastructure will 
enable the first interchanges of electronic reports to be envisaged with specialist bodies 
(e.g. Publications Office of the European Communities, printing firms, database hosts, etc.) 
and to set up pilot trials for the dissemination of information with national statistics 
institutes in all the Member States, ministries, trade organizations, printers and database 
hosts which receive EUROSTAT publications. 
The development of these exchanges of electronic reports will highlight the need for 
recourse to standardized solutions. There are plans to step up activities in the field of 
standardization (cf. SGML, CALS, ODA) and the definition of a common strategy on this 
subject with the Member State administrations concerned. A major coordination effort will 
need to be planned in order to obtain the supreme prize, viz. the upgrading and re-use of 
statistical information. 
3.6. EDINOMEN project (EDI server for the dissemination of NOMENclatures^ 
3.6.1.Context 
The various statistical sectors resort to statistical nomenclatures to translate concepts, 
methods and variables used to observe phenomena and monitor their development. The 
statistical nomenclatures (activities, products, services, countries, geographical or territorial 
units) are devised and drawn up by statistics groups which play a considerable coordinating 
role at national, European and international level. 
The statistical nomenclatures are often interlinked (e.g., activities and products, countries 
and territorial units). The retention of these links determines the cohesion of the statistical 
system as a whole (national, European, international) and the lasting ability of investment 
to establish these links between nomenclatures. 
Systems for the collection of statistical information from the economic operators require 
that the nomenclatures (classification systems) be available at the input stage. Similarly, 
the upgrading and re-use of the statistical information are based on the premise that the 
distribution systems provide not only for the exchange of data (figures) but also of the 
classification systems used (e.g., codes, multilingual labels, explanatory notes, annotations). 
3.6.2. Aims 
The aim of the EDINOMEN project (EDI server for the dissemination of nomenclatures) 
is to set up an efficient infrastructure for the exchange of nomenclatures covering the 
various categories of users: 
nomenclature specialists belonging to organizations responsible for the compiling, 
upkeep and interlinking of nomenclatures, 
statisticians using nomenclatures managed by other statistical organizations, 
the general public, e.g., economic operators and other administrations wishing to use 
the nomenclatures either for the purpose of replying to surveys or statistical 
questionnaires or for consulting statistical information. 
The EDINOMEN project has a crucial role in the dissemination and use of the statistical 
nomenclatures and their upgrading. It will provide a means of meeting the increasing 
demand for statistical nomenclatures pertaining to statistical organizations following the 
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introduction of new Community rules (e.g., INTRASTAT and Combined Nomenclature 
(CN) rules, NACE18 Regulation, PRODCOM Regulation). 
3.6.3. Progress 
The EDINOMEN project was launched at the beginning of 1992 following the organization 
of a specific meeting of the CADDIA Sectoral Committee on Statistics in late 1991 on the 
topic "system for the exchange of nomenclature". The meeting was attended by 
representatives from numerous national, Community and international organizations 
responsible for the management or use of nomenclatures (e.g., INSs, EUROSTAT, ILO19, 
DG XXI - Customs, FEBP0). 
As a first step, a fundamental analysis was carried out to clarify the position of the 
EDINOMEN project in relation to the other nomenclature server projects currently under 
development in certain administrations (e.g., consultation server). 
This functional analysis has identified the following EDINOMEN server functions: 
importation of nomenclatures from a reference environment, 
management of distribution on a subscriber or exchange-query basis, 
construction of exchange queries for remote users, 
retrieval and construction of EDI messages containing the nomenclatures and/or 
cross-references. 
A prototype EDINOMEN server is currently being developed. An initial version will be 
available in mid-1992, with the final version planned for the end of 1992. 
This prototype will be interfaced with the STATEL project telecommunication primitives, 
so as to handle all aspects relating to the interchange mechanisms between the server and 
other servers of the same type, the query construction mechanism or the general public 
accessing the EDINOMEN server through public messaging services of the X.400 type. 
Extremely promising work is going ahead in the area of EDI message standardization 
under the STANORM project (cf. WE/EB-MD6/WG3 - statistical aspect of the code lists). 
Three messages using the UN/EDIFACT standard are currently being developed 
(CLASET, CLATAB, CLAREQ). 
3.6.4. Medium-term prospects 
The work will cover the following aspects: 
coupling of EDINOMEN servers in operational environments, 
feeding the server with reference nomenclatures, registration of subscribers, 
experiments involving the exchange of nomenclatures between environments equipped 
with EDINOMEN servers or query construction facilities, 
18 NACE : Nomenclature générale des Activités Economiques dans la Communauté 
Européenne. 
19 ILO : International Labour Organization 
20 FEBI : Fédération Européenne des Branches Industrielles. 
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adaptation to standards (cf. EDIFACT messages or SGML representations defined 
under the STANORM project) of the interfaces for importing or exporting 
nomenclatures in the EDINOMEN server, 
interfacing of the EDINOMEN servers with other applications using the 
nomenclatures, e.g, consultation server. 
The EDINOMEN project and the measures to standardize nomenclature exchange are 
increasingly attracting the attention of the organizations working on the nomenclatures or 
of the standardization bodies (e.g., ISO21, UN/EDIFACT), and a major coordination and 
promotion campaign is planned. The standardization measures are basic, and a synergy 
between the national and the Community administrations must be created. 
3.7. External-trade statistics 
3.7.1. Collection of INTRASTAT data - COMEDI project 
i) Context and aims 
In view of the opening of the internal market and having regard, in particular, to 
Council Regulation (EEC) No 3330/91 on INTRASTAT which lays down procedures 
for compiling intra-Community trade statistics with effect from January 1993, the aim 
of the COMEDI project is to establish and promote a computerized infrastructure 
designed to simplify the following operations: 
inputting of INTRASTAT declarations for companies with a statutory 
obligation to make such declarations; 
collection, validation, approval and distribution of statistical data on trade in 
goods for the competent national departments. 
In particular, this infrastructure will seek to take advantage of EDP2 and OCR23. 
The essential elements of the COMEDI infrastructure will need to be operational by 
the first quarter of 1993, in order to cope with the processing of the first wave of 
INTRASTAT declarations based on the BTI. In view of the impending deadline, the 
emphasis must be placed on tangible results and pragmatic conclusions. 
The target public is made up of companies having a statutory obligation to submit 
declarations (estimated to number 350 000), competent national departments, EC 
Commission departments and economic operators likely to be involved in the 
formulation and management of the COMEDI infrastructure. 
The COMEDI project is supervised by the COMEDI Task Force, in which all 
Member States play an active role. 
Although they were set up under the priority provisions of the INTRASTAT 
Regulation, the resulting computerized systems will be sufficiently generic to meet the 
collection and distribution needs of other statistical sectors. 
21 ISO : International Standards Organization. 
22 EDI : Electronic Data Interchange. 
23 OCR : Optical character recognition. 
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ii) Description 
As a result of the priority accorded to the COMEDI project by the Commission at the 
end of 1991 and in accordance with the recommendations of TF COMEDI, the 
CADDIA component of this project has been restructured as follows: 
A. Promotion: 
- Definition of a plan of action; 
- Development of promotional instruments and backup tools at Community 
level; 
- Involvement in the promotional campaigns conducted by the competent 
national departments; 
B. Collection and distribution of data: 
Survey on the level of BTI computerization. 
- INTRASTAT Data Entry Program (IDEP): development of software for 
the input of INTRASTAT electronic forms on a personal computer (MS-
DOS) in respect of the BTI. 
Systems for the automatic reading of diskettes and the sending of facsimiles: 
installation in the competent national departments of such systems in order 
to automate the reading of the declarations drawn up with the help of the 
IDEP and the transmission of facsimile reminders. 
Pilot tests in the Member States. 
- EDIFACT standardization of the INTRASTAT declaration through the 
definition of a standardized message subset of the customs declaration 
message (CUSDEC/INSTAT). 
- System for the optical reading of INTRASTAT declarations. 
System for the inputting of declarations by means of videotex. 
- System for managing the registration of INTRASTAT declarations for the 
competent national departments: integration of the INTRASTAT 
specifications in the STATEL and STADIUM projects with a view to 
managing the flow of declarations and associated data (errors, reminders, 
etc.). 
- COMEXT CD-ROM : extension of the capacity of the COMEXT CD-
ROM for adaptation to INTRASTAT and extra-Community trade after 
1993. 
- System for managing the distribution of the INTRASTAT aggregated data: 
integration of the INTRASTAT specifications in the STRINGS and PC-
SIMPLE projects to manage publication and access to the INTRASTAT 
statistics. 
Project management. 
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C. Adaptation of the national systems to INTRASTAT 
Assistance to the competent national departments in adapting their 
computerized systems to the monthly production of INTRASTAT tapes for 
transmission to EUROSTAT. 
D. Combined Nomenclature: 
Indexing and translation of the Combined Nomenclature (CN) texts. 
Software for accessing the Combined Nomenclature: development of PC 
(MS-DOS) software for the hierarchical indexed accessing of official and 
self-explanatory CN texts. 
Nomenclature server: integration of the INTRASTAT/NCS specifications 
in the nomenclature server project. 
E. Guideline scheme 
Definition of a plan of action for the introduction of a target system integrated 
in the Community programme on the setting-up of trans-European networks 
(TENs) for the collection, processing and dissemination of INTRASTAT data. 
This guideline scheme will use the results of the feasibility study launched by the 
statistics sector with a view to defining a framework for the development of 
Distributed Statistical Information Services (DSIS). 
iii) Progress and medium-term prospects. 
A. Promotion 
A detailed plan of action ranging over the INTRASTAT promotional campaign 
measures has been drawn up. This plan of action was approved by TF 
COMEDI on 18 May 1992. 
The plan of action determines the promotional instruments and back-up tools 
to be developed at Community level as well as the framework for Community 
support for the national promotional campaign being conducted by the 
competent national departments. 
The production of promotional instruments and back-up tools at Community 
level is currently under way. 
Work is going ahead on the preparation of contracts with the competent 
national departments with a view to organizing assistance for the national 
promotional campaigns. 
B. Collection and dissemination of data 
The results of the surveys on the level of BTI computerization are available for 
the following Member States: United Kingdom, France, Spain, Greece, 
Luxembourg and Belgium. Surveys are still being carried out in the 
Netherlands, Germany, Denmark, Italy, Ireland and Portugal. A Community 
summary will be drawn up during the third quarter of 1992. 
Prototypes of the IDEP software have been developed by Portugal and the 
Netherlands and are undergoing evaluation by all the Member States. A call for 
tenders for a Community version was issued in June 1992, with approval of the 
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product being envisaged in November 1992 for distribution in the Member 
States concerned. 
Systems for reading and writing diskettes or dispatches and for receiving 
facsimiles from personal computers will be the subject of a call for tenders, to 
be published in the Official Journal in July 1992, with installation being 
envisaged during the first quarter of 1993. All the Member States, with the 
exception of Denmark and the Netherlands, have asked to be equipped. 
Pilot tests involving the collection of INTRASTAT declarations in EDI mode 
(diskettes and telecommunications) are currently being conducted in 
Luxembourg, the Netherlands, France and Portugal. The results will be 
featured in a Community summary at the end of 1992. 
The CUSDEC/INSTAT message conforming to the UN/EDIFACT standard 
has been adopted in Article 7 of the draft Commission Regulation on statistical 
information media in connection with trade statistics between the Member 
States. The Commission will be publishing a user guide during the third quarter 
of 1992. The CUSDEC/INSTAT message will be retained and supplemented 
by accompanying messages. 
During the second half of 1992 and the first quarter of 1993, the Federal 
Statistical Office (Statistisches Bundesamt) will be carrying out a feasibility 
analysis, based on prototyping, of a system for the optical reading of 
INTRASTAT declarations. The conclusions of this study will determine 
whether such systems are eventually produced in other Member States. 
The system for inputting declarations by videotex was one of the aspects 
considered when defining the problem. Further action to be taken in 
connection with this project is under discussion, notably with the French 
services responsible for external trade statistics (DGDDI). 
Work on an analysis of the needs of the competent national departments 
regarding the actual management of the registration of declarations will begin 
during the third quarter of 1992. The conclusions will be incorporated in the 
development of the STATEL and STADIUM projects, extensively described 
elsewhere in this report. 
The COMEXT CD-ROM is currently undergoing extensions both of a 
functional nature (version under MS-WINDOWS, multi CD-ROM, user 
manual, on-line help) and in terms of content (addition of the NACE and SITC 
nomenclatures). These developments will be included on the monthly 
COMEXT CD-ROM at the end of 1992. A feasibility analysis will also be 
carried out at the end of 1992 on the integration of the INTRASTAT and tariff 
data.- - • _.,;, <..».••: 
The STRINGS and PC-SIMPLE projects, extensively described elsewhere in 
this report, will be adapted to take account of the specific features of the 
INTRASTAT statistics. 
A back-up team to help with the management of the collection and 
dissemination of data will be operational in September 1992. In particular, it 
will be responsible for supervising the contracting parties, approval tests, 
monitoring the installation in the Member States of the various systems 
developed (e.g., diskette readers, facsimile software). 
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C. Adaptation of the national systems to INTRASTAT 
During the third quarter of 1992, contracts will be concluded with all the 
competent national departments with a view to adapting their production 
systems to the requirements of INTRASTAT and, in particular, so as to enable 
them to produce the EUROSTAT data on time. 
D. Combined Nomenclature 
An alphabetical hierarchical index is currently being drawn up to facilitate 
access to the Combined Nomenclature from an index of the US Bureau of 
Census, provided for the purpose of accessing the Harmonized System (HS). 
This index, together with the self-explanatory texts, will be translated into the 
nine Community languages by the end of 1992. 
The Combined Nomenclature (CN) will be disseminated mainly on diskette, 
accompanied by access software which will also be incorporated in the IDEP 
software. This facility will be available at the end of 1992 along with the IDEP. 
The nomenclature requirements (exchange, availability, dissemination) of the 
INTRASTAT system will be incorporated in the Nomenclature Server project 
described in detail elsewhere in this document (cf. EDINOMEN). 
E. Guideline scheme 
A guideline scheme will be implemented during the second half of 1992 and the 
first half of 1993 with the object of defining, in the context of the Trans-
European Networks (TENs), the target architecture for a system for the 
collection, processing and dissemination of INTRASTAT data. The work will 
be supervised in its entirety by TF COMEDI and will need to be geared to the 
statistical, organizational and operational aspirations and objectives of the 
Member States and EUROSTAT. 
3.8. Expert system for analysing and estimating world trade data 
3.8.1. Description and objectives 
The expert system for analysing and estimating world trade data has the following 
objectives : 
automate the ongoing estimation of world trade data, 
harmonize the estimates, 
investigate and report disharmonies in the data. 
The WORLD TRADE SYSTEM (WTS) was previously known as the "Système expert pour 
les données manquantes". The WTS is made up of three sub-systems : the extraction, the 
knowledge system and the estimation system. 
The extraction system retrieves world trade data from four major data bases, translates it 
into one common format and transfers it to the knowledge system. 
The knowledge system examines the available data and looks for redundancies, 
inconsistencies and for gaps. It selects the best from the redundant data. For the gaps it 
activates the estimation system. It reports the inconsistencies and resolves them when 
possible. 
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The estimation system uses statistical algorithms on the available data to estimate the data 
that is not yet available. The three algorithms are: counterpart, univariate (exponential 
smoothing), multivariate (linear regression). 
The chief beneficiaries of the WTS will be trade analysts. Analysts cannot wait for 
production data bases to be completed before they begin to analyse the current 
developments in world trade. They need a certain level of harmony in their data and 
estimates. This harmony is equally necessary in estimates and in data. 
Today estimates of world trade data are published by UNSTAT24, IMF25, OECD26... These 
estimates are done in different nomenclatures, different levels of aggregation, for different 
regions, different product categories etc.. They cannot be compared in an efficient way. The 
methods used for estimating have been published only by the IMF. For the other 
institutions, the user must have faith. Some of this estimation is manual. 
The WTS will improve this situation. The sources of data and the methods of estimation 
will be known to the users. The WTS lacks the insight and intuition of human beings. But it 
is more objective; given the same data, it will produce the same estimates. It will even adapt 
to its changing environment: once an old estimate has been replaced by new data, it will 
correct the other old estimates. Because the estimates and data depend on each other in 
complex ways, a certain amount of "automated deduction" is needed to manage WTS. 
The target users in the Member States of WTS are : 
National Statistical Institutes, 
research institutes, 
data hosts that receive Eurostat information and publications. 
This WTS project will make it possible to improve the quality and reliability of the external 
trade statistics supplied to users. 
3.8.2. Progress 
A new version of the Prolog environment has been acquired, installed and put into service. 
A detailed design for the production version of the WTS was produced. 
The COMEXT database and the UN Statistical Year-book (which is available on tape) will 
be used as additional sources of input. Estimates will be presented in NACE as well as in 
SITC. 
The production version of the extraction system has been implemented for the IMF data. 
More evidence for discrepancies in world trade data has been published in the 1990s than 
ever before. Additional filters against data of uncertain quality are being designed and will 
be implemented. 
24 UNSTAT : United Nations Statistical Office. 
25 IMF : International Monetary Fund. 
26 OECD : Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. 
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The following documentation is now available : 
Documents describing the various components of the expert system and the 
algorithms used, 
Report on the study of existing correlations between a group of countries. 
Description of programs for updating local databases in the expert system with data 
from other sources (COMTRADE, IMF, CEPII). 
Design document for the production version of the WTS 
The first estimates of total trade flows should be available in November 1992. 
3.8.3. Prospects 
i) Short-term: 
world coverage for total trade flow, 
trial consultation of the expert system by the EUROSTAT internal users, 
use of the expert system by the Member States via STATEL 
preparation of a user guide, 
ii) Medium-term: 
world coverage for the SITC271 digit flows, 
insertion of geo-economic classification codes, 
use of the expert system to supply a 'World' value, 
iii) Long-term: 
- world coverage for NACE classification in 26 categories, 
augmenting the knowledge system with facts from the field of economics, 
augmenting the estimation system with such methods as Kallman filters, non-
parametric regression, etc. 
3.9. Agricultural structures database: EUROFARM project 
3.9.1. Context and objectives 
The aim of the Community survey on agricultural holdings is to provide the most 
comprehensive information possible on the structure of Community agriculture. This 
project seeks to place at EUROSTATs disposal the individual data on agricultural holdings 
so as to permit ad hoc analyses and monitoring of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). 
The main problem is that of providing the necessary guarantees to the Member States 
regarding the non-distribution outside EUROSTAT of the individual data, which are 
covered by statistical secrecy. From the Commission's point of view, this represents a 
27 SITC : Standard International Trade Classification. 
60 
major investment the results of which will ensure the avoidance both of gaps and delays 
(frequently serious) for the Commission departments as well as of the high costs incurred 
through requests to the Member States for specific statistical compilations. 
Initially, a direct link will be established with the Federal Republic of Germany's Statistical 
Office in Wiesbaden, where a database similar to that developed at EUROSTAT is due to 
be set up. 
3.9.2. Progress 
The individual data validation programs have been sent to the Member States, not all 
of which have been able to install and operate them on their computers. 
The standard tables and ad hoc tables can be drawn up with the help of the SAS 
software. The processing procedures to guarantee confidentiality and evaluate 
reliability have been defined in greater detail following the meeting of the working 
group on agricultural statistics held in December 1991. 
The procedure for the approval of the tabular results is currently being drawn up. A 
proposal will be made at the meeting of the working group on agricultural statistics in 
June 1992. 
Consultation of the base for the dissemination of EUROFARM tabular data is now 
operational. 
Work is in progress on the creation of the environment necessary for connecting the 
national statistics institutes, the agriculture ministries of the Member States and the 
Commission departments. A number of Member States have already been connected. 
Procedures to ensure the protection of sensitive data are operational. 
The background data (surveys 1975 to 1987) are currently being transferred to the 
EUROFARM Tabular Data Bank (BDT). 
3.9.3. Medium-term prospects 
During the second development phase, it is planned to set up a facility for transferring 
data to local sites in the Member States, where authorized users will be able to carry 
out their own processing. Using software developed at EUROSTAT (STATEL, PC-
SIMPLE and CUB.X), it will be possible to transfer, consult and prepare data at the 
local site. 
Representative samples of the census data from Spain, Portugal and Italy will be 
prepared as soon as the census data are received. 
A publication containing the main results of the 1989/90 survey is planned. 
A CD-ROM for the dissemination of the results of the 1975, 1979/80, 1984, 1985 and 
1987 surveys is currently being prepared. 
A complete copy of the results of the 1975 to 1987 surveys is necessary in order to 
ensure the preservation of all the information contained in the FSSRS (Farm 
Structure Survey Retrieval System) base. 
In view of the fact that certain parts of the EUROFARM software are undergoing 
tests by users, the possibility of modifications designed to provide an improved service 
to those users cannot be ruled out. 
61- £/- £5-
ANNEX II 
6M ANNEX II 
6M 
COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 
DG XIII 
Telecommunicat ions, Information Industries 
and Innovation 
CADDIA 
WORKPLAN 
This document provides an overview of the initial workplan that was agreed by 
the CSC in February 1986 in order to achieve the • objectives of the CADDIA 
long-term development programme. 
This initial plan is subject to continuous review and updating as necessary on 
the basis of technical progress reports and recommendations prepared by the 
Sectoral Groups of the CADDIA Steering Committee. 
& 
^ 1 - Agricultural Projects p. £?-
2 - Customs Projects p. ^| 
3 - Statistical Projects p. ^Ç 
A - Joint Projects p. 33 
WORK PLAN SECTOR : AGRICULTURE 
Project title Project 
No 1986 1987 1988-93 
AMIS 
(Agricultural Market 
Intelligence System) A.l. Completion and consoli- Adaptation of the ANIS 
dation. Implementation database to the Harmo-
of new processing nized System nomenclature 
required by the accès- and maintenance of what 
sion of Spain and Portugal already exists 
to the Community (e.g. 
management of STM). Continuation of the worl-. 
depending on changes in 
agricultural regulation 
FBF 
(EAGGF Budget 
Forecasting) A.2. Start of development of 
applications concerning 
budget forecasts with 
gradual implementation Continuation and com­
pletion of the imple­
mentation of applica­
tions. Final entry into 
service The new requirements nil 
te taken into account 
under the AMIS system 
FIS A.3. 
(Fast Information System) !i::s:i<i::e:t«csessit:aBt:::tst:cattc:st<t:s<iiiasiiae3t9ft:i:is::::t:::::::::: . 
Analysis and implemen- Starting of tests and Expansion of the facili­
tation of the application entry into service. ties offered by FIS depen-
The Member State Adminis- depending on technological 
trations Hill be invited developments (microcompu-
to take part in start-up. ters, standardized com­
munications, protocols, etc). 
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APACQ A.4. 
(Actes Pér i otiiqoes 
Agricoles et CGaitèc 
de gestion) The system is also ope­
rational for Spanish and 
Portuguese and is being 
implemented for Greek. 
Installation of new 
technical facilities for 
office automation 
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Direct connection of 
the new office automation 
equipment to the A6REC 
telex service 
Connection of the office 
automation equipment -
with the computer system 
containing numeric data 
(AMIS) Transmission of periodic 
acts via the public data 
network to the Office of 
Publications. 
Communication to the 
Member States of numeric 
data publi shed in the 
Official Journal through 
the FIS applicati on 
(see ref A.3.) 
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WORK PLAN SECTOR 
Project title : AGRICULTURE 
Project 
Mo 1986 1987 1988-93 
SHIFT 
(System for animal 
Health 1nspec t i on at 
Frontier Posts) A.5. Political negotiation 
at Commi ssi on 1evel The 1aunchi ng of a 
feasibility study will 
depend on the results 
of Lite négociations 
IDES 
'Interactive Data Entry 
System) A.6 Putting the system into 
operation with a group 
of correspondants in the 
Member States 
Proposed areas : a n i m a 1 
diseases and market 
pri ces) Extension of the group 
of parti ci pant s and 
field of appli cat i on Adaptation of data 
exchange according to 
technological develop­
ments and agricultural 
regulat i ons 
^ 
ob DOCED 
Presentation of numeric 
and textual data on 
various media 
(microfiches, spread­
sheet, film-setting,etc) A.7 Transfer of computer 
files to the office 
automation system 
Transfer of AMIS files 
to the MULTIPLAN spread­
sheet system 
Development of general 
transfer procedures(MFTS) 
between computers Preparation of tables 
for the annual report 
on the situation of 
agriculture in the 
Communi ty. 
Preparation of weekly 
reports on the situa­
tion of agricultural 
markets 
Adaptation of the pro­
cedures affected by the 
introduction of the 
Harmonized System (See 
ref. A.1.) Continuation of work 
depending on technolo­
gical developments 
MGRE/ 
(Agricultural Expen­
ditures) A.B, Completion of application Operational system in the 
programming Commission 
Launching of applications Study of the interface with 
with users the Member States (See réf. A.6.) 
WORK PLAN SECTOR 
Project title s AGRICULTURE 
Project 
No. 1986 1987 1988-?: 
FAUDIT A.9. 
(EAGGF Auditing System) Completion of the analysis Continuation of implemen- Operational system 
of information flows tation and gradual entry Adaptation of processing 
Launching of applications into operation in the light of changes 
development in agricultural reguia-
t i ons 
FEOPAY 
(EAGGF orientation 
Payment) A. 10 Possible launching of 
systems analysis and pro­
gramming depending on the 
conclusions of the organisa­
tional study carried out in 
1986 under A.15. (FEOORG) i dem 
FEORi 
(EAGGF guidance - exami­
nation of project propo­
sals) A. 11 Possible launching of 
systems analysis and program­
ming depending on the conclu­
sions of the organizational 
study carried out in 1986 
under ref. A.15 (FEOORG) 
HARD A. 12. 
(IT infrastructure) Leasing of terminals for 
the development of the 
applications mentioned in 
this document Extension of leasing 
or purchase Extension of leasing or 
purchase 
FADH 
(Farm Accountancy Data 
network) A. 13. Operational system. 
Extension of the system 
subject to approval of 
the FAUN Management 
Commi ttee Implementation of- valida- Updating and consultation 
tion programmes in the of FADN data from the 
the Member States Member States 
WORK PLAN SECTOR 
Project title : AGRICULTURE 
Project 
No 1986 1987 1988-93 
AGEFT 
(Agricultural Electronic 
Fund Transfer) A.M. A feasibility study will 
be launched as soon as 
the EAGGF Committee has 
approved the usefulness of 
thé project. This project 
will be a development of 
the AX application (see 
ref. A.8) Possible implementation 
of the applications 
defined 
0 FEOORG 
(EAGGF Guidance 
Organizational Study) A.15. Organizational study on 
data flows involved in 
the examination and follow-
up of project proposals 
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WORK PLAN SECTOR 
- Project title CUSTOMS UNION SERVICE 
Project 
No. 1986 1987 1988-9* 
COORDINATION CD D.O. Horizontal activities 
in the CD project as 
a whole Horizontal activities 
in the CD project as 
a whole Horizontal activities 
in the CD project as 
a whole 
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INTRA COMMUNITY trade 
sub-system D.l Intra-Community trade-
specification of requi­
rements for intermediate 
and long-term intra-
Community trade sub­
systems, in view of the 
need to establish the 
internal market by 31 
December 1992 Extension of the field 
of intra-Community 
proper to the problems 
raised by the application 
of VAT, to intra-Com-
Community statistics 
and to the verification 
of goods subject to excise 
duties or not enjoying 
free movement. Definition of the user 
requirements 
Feasibility study of 
the various systems 
envi saged. 
Start of implementation 
in accodance wi th the 
selected options 
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IMPORT SUB-SYSTEM 
EXPORT SUB-SYSTEM D.2 
D.3. Start of preparatory 
work on user requirement 
statements for the func­
tions and services to be 
included in the import and 
export sub-systems. This 
work must be undertaken in 
accordance with a list 
of priorities to be esta­
blished by the CD Committee Continuation of this 
work 
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WORK PLAN SECTOR 
Titre des projets CUSTOMS UNION SERVICE 
No de 
projet 1986 1987 1938-93 
PILOT PROJECTS D.4 Pilot projects - agreement Continuation of tests 
and implementation of a 
number of data exchange 
projects to test out and 
gain experience with con­
cepts to be used in the 
longer term. These should 
cover projects involving 
data exchange between the 
Commission and the Member 
States, between two Member 
States and between traders 
and customs within a Member 
State. Conti nuati on of tests 
Conclusions and propo­
sals on the establishment 
of definitive systems 
TRADER INTERFACES D. Trader i nterfaces 
1. Prepare user require­
ments statements for 
trader interfaces. 
2. Define standards for 
agreed interfaces. 
3. Agree on the technical 
specification of inter­
faces to be provided. Start of implementation 
WORK PLAN SECTOR 
- Project title CUSTOMS UNION SERVICE 
1986 Project 
No. 1987 1988-9: 
COMMISSION SYSTEM 
TARIC MANAGEMENT. 
GESTION TARIC D.6.6.1. TARIC - completion of Amendments and updating 
the loading of the following the study and 
TARIC data base in the implementation of the 
Community Languages other TARIC interface, 
than Spanish and Portugese. 
Dispatch of magnetic tapes 
to the MS for the setting-
up of their own systems.- Possibly loading of Spanish 
and Portugese data bases. Monitoring of the working 
of TARIC 
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COMMISSION SYSTEM 
TARIC INTERRFACE 
-P D.6.6.2 Completion of the design 
and agreement of the 
specification with the 
Member States. Specifi-
cati on of the data to be 
added to the existing 
data base. Study of the organization Start of implementation 
and methods required for 
for managing TARIC and 
providing the update 
servi ce. 
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CHEMICAL REPERTOIRE D.6.7. -Extension of denomina­
tions covered by the data 
base to 30.000. 
-Extension of the system 
to Greek (all Community 
languages are covered). Start on transfers and 
integration with the 
EINECS data base, (list 
of chemical products 
existing in 1981). Continuation and compie 
t i on of the work. 
CUSTOMS INFORMATION 
SYSTEM - phase 1 -D..6.8.1. Feasibility study of the 
new management system 
for inward processing 
and system development Completion of the system 
development. On-line access from the 
Member States 
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WORK PLAN SECTOR 
- Project title : CUSTOMS UNION SERVICE 
1986 Project 
No 1987 1988-93 
CUSTOMS INFORMATION 
SYSTEM - PHASE II D.6.8.2. Feasibility study on the 
new computerized system-
for tariff classifica­
tion decisions. System development On-line access fro* the 
Member States 
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CUSTOMS INFORMATION 
SYSTEM - MESSAGE 
HANDLING D.6.8.3. Monitoring of the pro­
gress of the work on the 
various types of message 
handling services for com­
munications with the Member-
State administrations, 
including electronic mail 
Ipart of the facilities to be 
provided by the Commission 
under the INSIS programme). Connected with the INSIS 
work. 
CUSTOMS INFORMATION 
SYSTEM - MISCELLANEOUS D.6.B.4. Study of standarized access 
to customs data bases 
(chemical repertoire, list 
of customs offices, etc.). 
Study of other areas that 
could possibly be covered 
by computerized infor­
mation systems. Development and 
establi shment of the 
i nter f ace. Continuation of the nor• 
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WORK PLAN SECTOR 
Project title CUSTOMS UNION SERVICE 
Project 
No. 1986 1987 1988-93 
INFORMATION SYSTEM FOR 
FRAUD CONTROL D.6.9. Continuation of contacts 
with the Member States 
to analyse data required 
for anti-fraud operations 
in order to strengthening 
mutual assistance. Continuation of the work 
and studies on the pos­
sible establishment of 
data bases having consul­
tation facilities for the 
Member States (mutual 
assistance and infrin­
gements) . 
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<0 DATA INTERCHANGE 
STANDARDS D.7 Standards - finalisation 
of syntax rules and data 
elements directory,based 
on United Nations stan­
dards. Publication of standards 
in a measure adopted by 
the Commission. Finali­
sation of codes and pre­
paration of message formats 
for the intra-Community 
trade subsystem (work to be 
carried out in close coope­
ration with the SAD team, 
CADDIA Central Team, the 
ECE in Geneva, the CCC and 
and ODETTE). Application of the stan 
dards adopted in the 
various systems. 
LEGAL PROBLEMS AND 
REQUIREMENTS D.8, Promotion of studies on 
legal problems. Conti­
nuation of studies al­
ready carried out by 
CELIM (Symposium on 
17-18 March 1986). Possi ble i ntroduct i on 
into Community cus­
toms legislation of 
legal rules covering the 
various areas of elec­
tronic data exchange. Continuation of the work 
CADDIA WORK PLAN : STATISTICAL SECTOR 
Projects Project 
No 1986 1987 1988-93 
REMOTE TRANSMISSION OF 
STATISTICAL DATA S.1. 1. Establishment of the re- Use of remote transmis 
mote transmission infra- sion extended to other 
structure in a limited categories of data 
subset of member countries Use of remote transmis 
sion extended to all 
member countr i es 
Use of remote transmis­
sion for the collection 
of certain categories of 
data. 
STANDARDIZATION AND DIS­
TRIBUTION OF STATISTICAL 
REPORTS S.1.2, Project feasibility study Start of the design phase Complete development of 
the functions of STRINGS 
and extension of its use 
to the whole of EUROSTAT 
Introduction of new 
technologies in the dis­
tribution of information 
(opt i cal discs, etc . ) Analysis of existing 
software packages and 
standards and comparison 
with the planned objec­
tives for the project Establishment of the core 
for the STRINGS infra­
structure and moderni­
zation of the existing 
graphics environment. 
COLLECTION CENTRE 
(STADIUM) S. 1.4 System feasibility study Design and implementation Development and i m piemen -
of the main core tation of the full system 
(receipt, storage and at EUROSTAT 
at EUROSTAT 
Feasibility study for the 
application of the UNTDI 
standard Impact of the UNTDI 
standard in STADIUM Design and installation 
of the parts operating 
in the member countries 
Use of the UNDTI 
standard by the member 
countri es 
CADDIA WORK PLAN : STATISTICAL SECTOR 
Projects Project 
No 1986 1987 1988-93 
4J COLLECTION OF STATISTICS 
MS : SYSTEM FOR THE COL­
LECTION OF STATISTICS ON : 
-SPECIAL INTRA-AND-EXTRA-
EC TRADE UP TO 1992 
-IMPORTS FROM NON-MEMBER 
COUNTRIES (SPECIAL TRADE) 
FROM 1993 
-SGP S.2. I. Analysi s of relations 
with returners of sta­
tistics (customs ser­
vice and traders). Spe­
cification of statistical 
functions and analysis of 
the impact of remote trans­
mission planned for the 
SUD/CD project and others Continuation of analysis 
and implementation of 
statistical systems. Gradual integration of 
new technologies. NB. 
from 1993 application of 
a new system for col­
lecting statistics 
independent of the cus­
toms service for trade 
between the Member States 
and possibly for exports. 
PROCESSING AND USE OF 
STATISTICS 
(a) IN DATA BANKS 
(b) CONFIDENTIALITY 
(c) CROSS CHECKING 
(c) CROSS CHECKING 
MS : SYSTEMS FOR PROCES­
SING AND COMPILING 
STATISTICS ON : 
- SPECIAL TRADE 
- SGP S.2.1. Study of possibilities of 
converting existing pro­
cessing with harmoniza­
tion of methods for 
- retro-active correction 
- confidentiality 
- concordance with monito­
ring systems, especially 
SGP. Analysis of studies and 
preparation of implemen­
tation proposals. Gradual integration of 
new technologies 
N.B. from 1993 aoplicaticn 
of a new system for 
collecting statistics 
independent of the 
ent of the customs 
service for trade 
between the Member 
States and p o s s i b 1 •, 
for exports. 
INTRODUCTION OF THE HAR­
MONIZED SYSTEM (HS) 
STANDARDIZATION 
MS : FOREIGN TRADE 
STATISTICS, TARIFFS, 
SÛEC : 
- BANK : SABINE, BPT, 
COMEXT, CRONOS 
- ALL EXTERNAL TRADE 
PROCESSING 
- GATTLUX BANK S.2.I.) 
S.2.3.J Analysis of functions af- Implementation of inter­
fered by the introduction interfaces, 
of the HS. 
Analysis and programming Development of tariff 
of an interface with TARIC statistics on the basis 
(for the Member States - of the HS nomenclature 
customs see SUD projects) (TARIC COMEXT interfaces 
Extension of the GAT1LUX 
bank for consultation of 
HS-MIMEXE relations from 
1986 to 1988. Developments allowing for 
the impact of the white 
paper on the nomenclature 
used in internal trade 
and possibly for exports. 
CADDIA WORK PLAN : STATISTICAL SECTOR 
Projects Project 
No 1986 1987 1988-9' 
JJ IMPROVEMENT AND UPDATING S.2.1.| 
OF STATISTICAL DATA -BASES S.2.4.J 
-STATISTICAL SUPPORT 
FOR THE EAGGF FRAUD INVES­
TIGATORS : COMEXT, BPT 
-STATISTICAL MONITORING 
OF DATA QUALITY : COMEXT, 
BPT 
-SUITABILITY OF NOMENCLA­
TURES IN KEY SECTORS : 
COMEXT, BPT 
-STATISTICAL WARNING 
SYSTEMS 
COMEXT, BPT 
-OPTICAL DISC AND DIS­
SEMINATION COMEXT, BPT Feasibility study 
Feasi bi1i ty study 
Feasibility study Pilot project 
Pilot project 
High technology sector Other key sectors 
Pi 1ot project 
Tec finical tests Production system 
Production system 
other key sectors 
Operation?! system 
Pilot projects 
CADDIA HORK PUN t STATISTICAL SECTOR 
- Projects Project 
No 1986 1987 19BB-93 
•>4 M* j KEYWORD INTERROGATION 
SYSTEM 
SOEC i DISTRIBUTION BANKS 
COHEIT, CRONOS, SABINE 
MEMBER STATES s HANA6E-
K£NT OF EXTERNAL TRADE 
NOMENCLATURES S.2,2, -IAJIIMentation of a 
simple prototype, 
systems analysis and 
software tests. Instal­
lation of the selected 
s'aftware. Implementa­
tion programing • 
Drafting of légat and 
summary texts -Effort to automate 
the system of sel f -
explanatory texts 
-Connection to outside 
systems -Maintenance ai the 
systen 
INTEGRATED ACCESS TO DATA 5.2.3. 
BASES 
SOEC { PREPROCESSING BANKS 
CEE, CQHEXT-EUROSTAT, 
CRONOS» SABINE -Installation of peri­
pheral systems (NCR-
TOWER, PC-H24 and word 
processing}. Analysis 
of functions and their 
allocation to different 
access levels. Implemen­
tation programing. -Continuation of program­
ming. Systems implemen­
tation -Progressive integration 
af new technology 
EXPERT SYSTEN II1PR0VENENT 
AND UPGRADING OF STATIS­
TICAL DATA BASES COMEXT, 
CRONOS, BPT S.2.1. •Pilot project (blue 
print/feasibility) -Tuning - prototype -Production system 
CADDIA WORK PLAN t STATISTICAL SECTOR 
Projects Project 
No 1986 19B7 19BB-93 
FORESTRY DATA BANK S.3.1. Selection of necessary Multiplication of 
the selected tool and 
centralization of data 
Establishment of a 
forestry data bank Selection of necessary 
forestry data and harmo­
nization <DG VI and SOEC) 
Study of a suitable tool 
for*, mapping and inventory 
at regional level. Continuation of the acti­
vity. 
Setting-up of remote 
for quantified monitoring 
-the health of forests 
-the development of 
disease or damage as a 
result of pollution, 
storms or fires 
-changes In structures 
* 
E lift Of Aft h* Analysis and development 
of data transmission 
methods. 
Access by the publLe, 
Analysis with a view to 
inventory and napping 
S.3,2, Project feasibility 
stuify. 
Analysis of the situa­
tion in the three test 
Member States {Germany, 
Italy, UK) as regards 
hartoni zati on, 
checking and transfer 
of individual data. 
Analysis of the existing 
data base with a view to 
intégrât ing it in the 
project Start on the design of 
The system. 
Analysis of the "wine" 
and "fruit" surveys to 
integrate' them in the 
tabular data base. Start-up of the system 5 
test on the 1987 survey. 
The systen will be fully 
operational for tlie 
19B9/90 survey. 
Analysis of connection 
possibilities between 
EUROSTAT and the Member 
States 
CADDIA WORK PLAN : STATISTICAL SECTOR 
Projects Project 1986 1987 1988-93 
No 
SPEL (SECTORIAL S.3.3. Implementation of the Further development of the 
PRODUCTION AND INCOME present version of the model taking account of the 
MODEL FOR COMMUNITY model Mediterranean agricultural 
AGRICULTURE) products. Implementation of 
this version of the model 
Adaptation of the user 
inter-face (user-friendly 
software for the data flows, 
transparency of data and the 
_i. dialogue system) 
V Application of the model : 
- Updating of the database. 
- short term forecasts 
- validation of the forecas­
ting method 
- simulation of the income 
effects of policy measures 
Establishment of data con­
sistency between the various 
or i ginal ti me ser i es. 
Adaptation of data transfer 
procedure in the event of 
methodological or technical 
changes 
Complete integration of Complet? i n t <?qr a 11 c-;-. 
Spain in the model Portugal in the <r.ofJei 
CHDOIA WORK PLAN : STATISTICAL SECTOR 
Projects Project 
Mo 1986 1987 1988-9: 
AGPOMET 
CROP FORECASTS : 
ARL^S, .'IELDS,PRODUCTION. S . 3 . 4 . Harmoni: at i on of data. Equipment, transfers. 
Protocol EUROSTATVlarge Integration in the 
cropgrowing regions Commission's remote 
Choice of regions transmission system. 
Adaptation of the Eurostat Access, 
model. Analysis of the fol-
low-up of information 
EUPOPEAH NETWORK FOR THE 
MQ.'llTQft-ING OF THE ENVIRON­
NE"7 . AGRICULTURE AMD 
UF.I-AN DEVELOPMENT Examination, selection 
and harmonization of 
data with the CORINE 
programme. 
General concept of data 
media and processing for 
inventory and mapping. 
Feasibility study: Equipment for data 
centrali zati on. 
Public access. 
Systems analysis for 
inventory and mapping Maintenance, m a n a g e * e ~ t , 
consoli dat i on. 
AGROMET/RESEAU relatians.' 
Mew product (s). 
Comments from outside : h ç 
EC. 
Follow-up of the develop­
ment of RESEAU with 
CORINE. Monitoring mdi-
indicators. Agriculture 
and environment ( R e m •: * e 
sensing). 
WORK PLAN SECTOR 
- Project title CADDIA COORLIIIATION (Joint projects) 
1986 P r o j e c t 
No. 1987 1988-93 
STANDARDIZATION 
REQUIREMENTS PI Drafting of a set of infor IDEM 
mation manuals on UNTDI to 
explain, publicize and 
implement it. 
Translation of these manuals IDEM 
and reference works into all 
the Community languages. 
Relations with the UN ECE, 
ISO, CEN-CENELEC on standar­
dization problems. IDEM 
IDEM 
Selection of options proposed 
by UNTDI depending on the 
planned applications. 
Establishment of a multi­
lingual thesaurus on data 
exchange. 
Dissemination of this 
information to interested 
bodi es. IDEI 
IDEM 
WORK PLAN SECTOR 
Project title CADDIA COORDINATION (Joint projects) 
Project 
No. 1986 1987 1988-93 
COORDINATION OF 
STANDARDIZATION P.2 
cfc Setting up of a UNTDI 
coordination group repre­
senting the Commission 
departments. Definition of procedures 
for the adoption and pu­
blication of standards 
for syntax, data elements, 
messages and segments 
This group will be res­
ponsible for coordinating 
all the work on implementing 
UNTDI for the Commission's 
applicati ons. 
For each appli cat i on, 
definition of messages, 
segments and data elements. 
Storage of information used 
by CADDIA projects and 
projects of other organi­
zations in a data base 
(CANDY) IDEM 
IDEM Publication of inter­
change standards. 
Support for the implemen 
tation of data exchange 
applications as regard; 
st andar ds. 
IDEM 
IDEI 
Participation in working IDEM 
parties of organizations 
outside the Commission dealing 
with message standardization IDEM 
(ODETTE, COMPRO'S) IDEM 
IDEM 
WORK PLAN SECTOR 
- Project title CADDIA COORDINATION (Joint projects) 
1986 Project 
No. 1907 1988-93 
VALIDATION OF INFRA­
STRUCTURE , P. 
VALIDATION TESTS P. 3. 1. Tests on infrastructure 
components and their in­
terconnection on Comis-
sion hardware. 
The validation tests are 
intended to select certain 
products to be used on 
operat i onal sites. Continuation of work 
depending on technological 
developments and the adop­
tion of telecommunications 
and data interchange 
standards. 
IDEM IDEM 
Specification of inegrated 
tools for data exchange. 
WORK PLAN SECTOR 
- Project title CADDIA COORDINATION (Joint projects ) 
Project 
No. 1986 1987 1988-93 
VALIDATION OF THE 
INFRASTRUCTURE 
SUPPORT FOR PILOT 
PROJECTS P.3. 
P.3 Negotiation and launch­
ing of pilot data ex­
change projects with 
the sectors concerned. Spec i f i cat i on of a con­
formance testing service 
for software validation 
in the light of interna-
tional standards. Use of conformance test­
ing services to validate 
the IT infrastructure 
6\ The Member States are 
invited to take part in 
these pilot data ex­
change projects. Cont i nuati on of pilot 
projects and gradual 
extension of the use of 
computerized data ex­
change. 
The CADDIA central team Evaluation of pilot 
will provide all the ne- project results and 
cessary support for those impact on IT infras-
responsible for sectorial tructure scenarios 
projects. lseeP.5.) IDEM 
METHODOLOGY P.4. Monitoring of all the 
projects subsidized by 
the CADDIA programme. 
A suitable methodology 
for the interconnection 
of computer systems will 
be defined and proposed 
to the departments con­
cerned in the Commission Application of medthods to Methodological moni 
all the CADDIA projects toring. 
in accordance with CSC 
deci sions 
WORK PLAN SECTOR 
Project title CADDIA COORDINATION (Joint Projects) 
1986 Project 
No. 1987 1988-93 
ESTABLISHMENT OF THE IT 
INFRASTRUCTURE - P.5. 
où 
4i Analysi s of data f1ows 
and quantification of 
frequencies, volumes 
and hourly peaks 
Indentificat ion and eva­
luation of protocols and 
services proposed or 
planned by manufacturers 
and national PTT admi­
nistrations. 
Establishment of a list Evaluati on of i nfras-
tructure requirements 
and their application in 
in Member States. 
Relations with national 
PTT administrations for 
the use of available IT 
servi ces. 
Definition of scenarios 
of computers and protocols for the establishment 
used or planned in the of the infrastructure. 
Member States. Gradual installation of 
the irastructure suited 
to the requirements of the 
different sectors in ac­
cordance with an implemen­
tation schedule to be 
adopted by the CSC. 
IDEM 
ANNEX III 
S? ANNEX III 
3? 
ACRONYMES 
CADDIA 
DG XIII 
DGXXI 
DGVI 
OSCE/SOEC 
EUROSTAT 
DGIX-I 
PTF 
CDC/CSC 
GPIC Coopération dans l'Automatisation des Données et de la 
Documentation dans les Importations/exportations et 
l'Agriculture / Cooperation in Automation of Data and 
Documentation for Imports/exports and Agriculture 
Direction Générale pour les Télécommunications, Industries 
de l'information et Innovation / Directorate-General for 
Telecommunications, Information Industries and Innovation 
Direction Générale pour l'Union douanière et la Fiscalité 
Indirecte / Directorate-General for Customs Union and Indirect 
Taxation 
Direction Générale pour l'Agriculture / Directorate-General for 
Agriculture 
Office Statistique des Communautés européennes / Statistical 
Office of the European Communities 
Direction Informatique (pour la Commission) / Directorate for 
Informatics (in the Commission) 
Preliminary Task Force (for CADDIA) / Task Force Préliminaire 
pour CADDIA) 
Comité Directeur CADDIA / CADDIA Steering Committee 
Groupe Politique Inter-service CADDIA / CADDIA Policy 
Interservice Group 
Messages standardisation / Standardisation des messages 
EDIFACT 
(UN)TDED 
UN-ECE/WP4 
GTDI 
AELE/EFTA 
ISO 
UNTDI 
UNCITRAL 
ANSI Electronic Data Interchange for Administration, Commerce 
and Transport (DIS 9735) (new syntax rules) 
(United Nations) Trade Data Elements Directory (ISO 7372) 
United Nations - Economic Commission for Europe Working 
Party 4 
Guidelines for Trade Data Interchange (old syntax rules) 
Association Européenne de Libre Echange / European Free 
Trade Association 
International Standards Organisation 
United Nations Trade Data Interchange 
United Nations Council for International TRAde Legislation 
American National Standards Institute 
3$ 
COM PROS 
SITPRO 
TEDIS 
ODETTE 
CEFIC 
EDIFICE 
COST 
DEDIST 
DISH 
RESEAU 
CORINE 
SGML 
PAO/OAP Community Trade Facilitation Organisations / Organisations 
communautaires pour la facilitation du commerce 
UK Trade facilitation organisation 
Trade Electronic Data Interchange Systems 
Organisation for Data Exchange by TeleTransmission in 
Europe 
Conseil Européen des Fédérations de l'Industrie Chimique 
Electronic Data Interchange Forum for companies with Interest 
in Computing and Electronics 
Cooperation in the fields of Scientific and Technical research 
Data Elements Distribution in Trade (Nordic countries project) 
Data Interchange for SHipping (UK project) 
Réseau Européen de Surveillance de l'Environnement, de 
l'Agriculture et de l'Urbanisation 
Projet expérimental pour la collecte, la coordination et la mise 
en cohérence des informations sur l'état de l'environnement et des 
ressources naturelles 
Standard Generalised Mark-up Language 
Publication Assistée par Ordinateur / Computer Assisted 
Publication 
Agricultural sector / Secteur agricole 
PAP 
AMIS 
FEOGA/EAGGF 
OCM 
IDES 
PAC/CAP 
MCE/MCA 
MCM/MCA 
FIS Prices of Agricultural Products 
Agricultural Market Intelligence System 
Fonds Européen d'Orientation et de Garantie Agricole / 
European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund 
Organisations Communes de Marché 
Interactive Data Entry System 
Politique Agricole Commune / Common Agricultural Policy 
Mécanisme Complémentaire aux Echanges / Complementary 
Trade Mecanism 
Montants Compensatoires Monétaires / Monetary 
Complementary Amounts 
Fast Information System 
9o 
A PACO 
ARPS 
FBF 
AGREX 
SHIFT 
DOCED 
FAUDIT 
RICA 
AGEFT 
FEOPAY 
FEORI 
SICAMOR-ED 
AIN-ED 
CACTI 
ANA Actes Périodiques Agricoles el COmilés de gestion 
Agricultural Report Production System 
Feoga Budget Forecasting 
AGricultural guarantee fund Expenditures 
Systems for animal Health Inspection at Frontier posts 
Documentation EDition 
Feoga AUDITing System 
Réseau d'Informations Comptables Agricoles 
AGricultural Electronic Fund Transfer 
FEga Orientation PAYment 
FEoga ORIentation Instructions de dossiers 
Système d'information et coordination des actions en 
faveur du Monde rural - Exchange Data 
Aides nationales - Echanges de données 
Common Agriculture - Customs Transmission of Information 
Agricultural Numerical Annexes 
Telecom 
OSI 
FTAM 
TTX 
TLX 
MFTS 
PAD 
ASN1 Open Systems Interconnection 
File Transfer Access and Management (DIS 8571) 
Télétex transmission 
Telex transmission 
Multilateral File Transfer System (C.E.C) 
Packet Assembly and Disassembly (X28) 
Abstract Syntax Notation 1 
91 
Customs sector / Secteur douanier 
CD project 
TARIC 
SCENT 
SPG/GSP 
DAU/SAD 
CUSDEC 
CUSRES Coordinated Development Project 
TARif Intégré Communautaire 
System Customs Enforcement NeTwork 
Système de Préférences Généralisé / Generalised System 
of Preferences 
Document Administratif Unique / Single Administratif Document 
CUStom DEClaration 
CUStom RESponse 
Statistical sector / Secteur statistiques 
INS 
STATEL 
STANORM 
STRINGS 
SPEL 
STADIUM 
EUROFARM 
COMEXT 
COMEDI Institut National de Statistiques 
STAtistiques TELetransmission 
STAtistiques NORmalisation 
STatistical Report INtegrated Generation Service 
Sektorales Produktions und Einkommens modell der 
Landwirtschaft 
STatistical Data Interchange Universal Monitor 
Base de données des structures agricoles 
COMmerce EXTérieur 
COMmerce EDI 
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