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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(82)737 final
Brussels,16November1982
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Proposalfora
COUNCILDECISION
onapreparatory phaseforaCommunityresearchanddevelopment programme
inthefieldofinformation technologies
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission )
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Proposal for a
COUNCIL DECISION
onapreparatory phase for aCommunity research and development programme
inthe field ofinformation technologies
THE COUNCIL OFTHE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard tothe Treaty establishing theEuropean Economic Community ,
and inparticular Article 235 thereof ,
Having regard tothe proposal from the Commission ,
Having regard totheopinion oftheEuropean Parliament ,(l)
Having regard totheopinion oftheEconomic andSocial Committee ,(2)
Whereas by its Resolution of 14January 1974 the Council invited the
Commission todefine projects ofinterest tothe Community inthe field of
science and technology ;
Whereas the need todevelop scientific and technical research atCommunity
level was stated bythe Council on9November 1981 and the Heads ofState
orGovernment on26and 27November 1981 ;
Whereas the overall Community strategy results from the creation and
implementation ofageneral framework programme ofcommon scientific and
technical activities ;whereas amongst the basic options proposed bythe
Commission for the framework programme the "promotion of industrial
competitiveness "calls for special support measures ;whereas "the
development ofthe new information technologies isaspecial objective ,
especially asthey must back up and enhance the efficiency ofthe
-Community 'sresearch and innovation capability ,which are essential
factors forEuropean industrial competitiveness ;
Whereas itisnecessary tomake anurgent start onapreparatory phase in
order toprepare afull-scale programme ofresearch and development in
information technologies ;
Whereas the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community has not
provided the necessary powers for this purpose ,
(1)(date +reference )
(2)(date +reference )

HAS DECIDED ASFOLLOWS
Article 1
ACommunity research and development activity inthe field ofinformation
technologies isadopted for amaximum period ofone year commencing not
earlier than 1January 1983 .
This activity will beapreparatory phase for aCommunity research and
development programme inthis field .
Article 2
The activity isdesigned essentially toverify the approach tothe
establishment ,inthe field ofinformation technologies ,ofprecompetitive
research and development cooperation atCommunity level concerted with
national programmes .
The activity will take account ofrequirements regarding the development
ofstandards toserve the interests ofEuropean industry inthis field .
The activity will consist of16pilot projects asdefined inthe Annex
(1). The projects will beexecuted bymeans ofshared cost contracts ,
normally onthe basis of aminimum of50% from contractors with the
remainder being contributed bythe Community .Insome exceptional cases ,
itmay benecessary tofall below theminimum of50% from contractors but ,
inall cases , asubstantial contribution from contractors will be
required .
Article 3
The activity will beopen ,onanequal footing and under appropriate
conditions ,toparticipation byall undertakings ,including small and
medium sized undertakings ,universities and other bodies inall theMember
States which are carrying out research and development activities in
information technologies inthe Community and which are interested in
taking part . Each contract should have at least one industrial
participant .
(1)Annex I

Article 4
The Community funds estimated asnecessary for the execution ofthe
activity should be11.5 MECU .
Article 5
The Commission will institute anevaluation byexperts ofthe experience
obtained during the activity with special reference tothe establishment
ofprecompetitive research and development cooperation atCommunity level
concerted with national programmes and will transmit areport thereon to
the Council atthe end oftheactivity .
Done atBrussels , December 1982 .
For the Council

lotProjects include within thegiver ,areas thefollowing specific
ojects :
Advanced Microelectronics
–Acvar.cec Ir.~erconr.ect for VLSI
The development ofamulti-layer metal interconnection
technology that will enable one micron minimum feature size
components tobeinterconnected athigh density within the
chip .
High Level Computer Aided Design forInteractive Laycut and
Desisn .
The ceveicpment ofnewhigh level computer aided design tools
needed tosolve the layout anc connectivity problems inherent
inVLSI circuit technology .
Software Technology
-Portable Common Tool Environment
Aresearch anc ceve^opment project toinvestigate the problems
ofproviding acommon base for software development toolsets to
beused tofester European cooperative research anc "development
insoftware technology .The work should leac toasoftware tool
environment and the definition ofinterfaces and standards .
-Formal Specification &Systematic Program Development
Aresearch anc development project toidentify asystematic
approach tosoftware development based onformal specifications
ar.c transformations ofrepresentations ar.c todevelop acoherent
toolset suooorting each chase ofthe software life eveie .
-Software Production &Maintenance -Management Systems (SPMMS )
Aresearch anc development project todefine anc implement a
complete consistent and efficient information management system
for ail the activities inthe life cycle ofsoftware .Emphasis
isontheorganisational aspects ofsoftware development ,on'the
product characteristics of software , and on the mutual
dependencies between business anctechnical decisions .
Acvar.ced Information Processing
-Advanced Algorithms ancArch itecture forSignal Processing
Todevelop algorithmic structures ,languages forexpressing them
and experimental prototypes for signal processing leading toa
technology for the man machine interfaces that will bean
essential part offuture information systems and will enable
inout ancoutput information tobespoken ar.cvisual .
/

2-
-Knowledge lnfcr~.gti.cr .Management System
Aresearch and development project leading tothedefinition anc
construction cfexperimental prototypes ofafirst generation
knowledge based system . These will serve asvehicles for the
development ofadvanced knowledge processing technologies .
-Interactive Ouery Svstem -
Aresearch anc development project concerning query language ,
inference techniques anc cuerv optimization leading tothe
technology needed for interactive query systems that will be
significantly easier touse bynon-cp exoerts .
IV . Office Automation
-Functional Analysis of0:fice Requirements
Amethodical investigation leading tothe classification of
office activities byhigh level function . The classification
will enable the functional specifications cfnew systems tobe
formulated and the technologies needed toimplement the chosen
fuctions tobedeveloped .
-Multi-mecia User Interface atthe Office Workstation
Aresearch ancdevelopment project leading tothedevelopment of
the technologies needed tohahcle inanintegrated way multi
media communications anc documents ,carrying simultaneously
text ,picture and voice . Work is to include ergoncmic
considerations ofnew terminals that will beneeded .
-Local Wideband Communication System
Aresearch anc development project to define anc take to
experimental prototype stage a local area wideband
communications system embracing speech cata ,text ,graphics and
video ,that can also form thebasis for aEuropean standard .
-Office Filing 4Retrieval cfUnstructured Information
Aproject defining office filing systems permitting (partially
content addressable )retrieval ofmixed mode information .
This isexpected tolead tothe establishment ofrequirements
anc functional capabilities suitable for standardisation
proposals . -
V. Computer Integrated Manufacturing (C.I.M. )
-Design Rules forComputer Integrated Manufacturing Systems
Amethodical investigation into the design rules required for
system integration cf different sub-systems cf "computer
integrated mar.uf acturi.ng systems . The investigation isto
include adetailed study ofmanufacturing system design for the
automated factory covering such topics 'asoperating rules ,
orocucticr .control ,productivity ar.ceconomic factors .
•••/•••

-3-
-Integrated Microelectronic Sub-Sys terns for Plant Autorr.a tior .
Adevelopment project todesign ,develop ,test and crove
experimental prototypes cfasingle chip integrated three axis
continuous path interpolator ,asingle chip integrated axis
controller anc asingle chip integrated servo interface . The
work istobecone for application tomachine tool anc robot
control systems .
•-Process andProduction Control based onReal-Time Imagine
Systems and asatool for cooperative R&D
Aresearch ar.c development programme to define target
applications involving 2 ar.c 3Dimaging ,utilising visual ,
tactile ar.c thermal sensing and toimplement the hardware anc
software development ofanexperimental prototype with which to
demonstrate and study ,complex ,real time ,image driven ,pattern
directed control applications inactual orsimulated production
environments .
.VI .Information exchange sys"tem .
Asystem fcr exchange ofinformation and tolink computing
facilities toallow distributed software develcDment .
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B/688 Avant-projetdobudgetgénéral1983 15.6.1982
ARTICLE773–STRATÉGIE COMMUNAUTAIRE ENMATIEREDETECHNOLOGIE DE
L'INFORMATION
«
Actionnouvelle
POSTE7730–ACTIONSPRÉPARATOIRES AUPROGRAMME ESPRIT
(enÉcus)
1983–créditsd'engagementdemandés 11500000
–créditsdepaiement .demandés 7500000 ■
1.Basejuridiqueetdescriptionde1action
a)Basejuridique
–RésolutionduConseildu15juillet1974concernantunepolitiquecommunautaire del'informatique .
–Communication delaCommissionauConseileuropéen«LaSociétéeuropéennefaceauxnouvelles
technologiesdel'information :uneréponsecommunautaire »(COM(79)650finaldu26.11.1979).
–RésolutionduConseildu11septembre1979concernantuneactioncommunautaire depromotionde
latechnologiemicroélectronique .
b)Descriptiondel'action
Reconnaissant commelaCommissiondesCElanécessitéetl'urgencededévelopperunestratégie
commune,lesprincipalessociétéseuropéennesactivesdansledomainedestechnologiesdel'information
ontprocédéavecleconcoursdelaCommissionàun«Exerciceconjointdeplanificationentechnologies
del'information »(JEPE-1T,JointEuropeanPlanningExercise).En19S2,unecentained'expertsdeces
sociétésprennentpartàl'exécutiondeceteffortderéflexionetd'identificationdesobjectifs.
LeConseilseraappeléàstatuersurunepropositiondelaCommissionconcernantunprogramme
stratégiqued'actiondansledomainedestechnologiesdel'information ,leprogrammeESPRIT.Ladate
viséepourledébutdeceprogrammeestle1erjanvier19S4.Ilcomprendradesprojetsàmeneren
coopérationentredesfirmesindustriellesetdesinstituts,pendantuneduréede5à10ans,l'objectifvisé
étantqu'autermedecettepériode,uneaméliorationsubstantielleetdurableaitétéprovoquée ,dansla
situationdel'industrieeuropéennedestechnologiesdel'information .
Unprogrammed\inctelleportéedemanderaaucoursdesexercicesàvenirlamiseenœuvredemoyens
d'uneimportanceproportionnelle .
Lelancementd'unprogrammedecetteimportanceposedenombreuxproblèmespratiques,en
particulierdansledomainedel'organisationdelacoopération ,desmodesdefinancement,de
l'exploitationdes.ésultats.Afindepouvoirentreprendre leprogrammeESPRITen1984dansdes
conditionsoptimales,ilimported'accumulerpréalablement lessolutionslesplusopérationnelles etd'en
fairelavérification .C'estdanscetteperspectivedepréparationqueserontlancésen1983unnombre
limitédeprojetspilotesponctuels.L'exécutiondecesprojetspilotes,utileseneux-mêmes,nepréjugera
pasladécisionduConseilsurleprogrammeESPRIT.
2.Naturedeladépense
LaparticipationdelaCommunautépermettradefinancerlesprojetspilotesàraisonde50%,lereste
étantfinancéparl'industrie.
3.Modedecalculetjustificationdelavariation
a)Modedecalcul
Évaluationfaiteenliaisonavecl'industriesurbaseducoûtdupersonnelhautementqualifiéaaffecteraux
projetspilotes.

15.6.1982 Avant-projetdebudgetgénéra!1983 B/639
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membresetl'industried'unecoopérationétroiteauniveaucommunautaire ,impliquantlamiseen
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Actionnouvelle
POSTE7731–ESPRIT–PROGRAMME STRATÉGIQUE D'ACTIONENMATIÈREDE
TECHNOLOGIE DEL'INFORMATION
(enÉcus)
1983–créditsd'engagementdemandés p.m.
–créditsdepaiementdemandés p.m.
1.Basejuridiqueetdescriptiondelaction
a)Basejuridique
–RésolutionduConseildu15juillet1974concernantunepolitiquecommunautaire del'informatique .
–Communication delaCommissionauConseileuropéen«Lasociétéeuropéennefaceauxnouvelles
technologiesdel'information :uneréponsecommunautaire »(COM(79)650finaldu26.11.1979).
–RésolutionduConseildu11septembre1979concernantuneactioncommunautaire depromotionde
latechnologiemicroélectronique .
–PropositiondedécisionduConseilconcernantleprogrammeESPRIT(EuropcanStratégie
ProgrammeinInformationTechnologies )(COM)82...
b)Descriptiondel'action
LeConseilseraappeléàstatuersurunepropositiondelaCommissionconcernantunprogramme
stratégiqued'actiondansledomainedestechnologiesdel'information,leprogrammeESPRIT.

B/690 Avant-projetdebudgetgénéral1983 15.6.19S2
Cesprojetspilotesporterontsurlescinqdomainesduprogramme :
–traitementdedonnéesavancé,
–technologiedulogiciel,
–technologieavancéedescircuitsintégrés,
–bureautique ,
–technologiedeproductionflexible.