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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(81)386 final
Brussels,14July1981
Proposalfora
COUNCILDECISION
ontheconclusionofanAgreementbetweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunity
andtheKingdomofSwedenfortheconnectionoftheCommunity DataTrans­
missionNetwork(EURONET)totheSwedishNetworkforScientific andTech­
nicalInformation andDocumentation
and
ontheconclusionofanAgreementintheformofaTripartite Protocol ,
betweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunity,theHelvetianConfederation and
theKingdomofSweden,definingtherelationscreatedbetweenthesetwo
StatesbytheconnectionoftheirnetworkstoEURONET
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission )
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ANNEX14
COMMUNICATION FROMTHECOMMISSION TOTHECOUNCIL
Subject:AgreementbetweentheEECandSwedenregardingtheinter­
connectionoftheCommunitydatatransmission network
(Euronet)andtheSwedishnetworkforscientific and
technical information anddocumentation

InaNote Verbale of23May 1978 Sweden expressed thewish tohave the
Community telecommunications network ,Euronet ,connected totheSwedish
network forscientific andtechnical information anddocumentation .
On9October 1978 ,byitsdecision (1)onthesecond plan ofaction inthe
field ofscientific andtechnical information anddocumentation ,theCouncil
provided that theCommunity might conclude cooperation agreements with
non-member countries taking part intheEuropean Conference ofPostal
andTelecommunications Administrations (CEPT );these agreements were to
belimited inprinciple totheextension ofEuronet and were todetermine
theconditions fortheconnection oftheterminals andhost computers and
also therelated technical arrangements .The same Council decision autho­
rized theCommission tonegotiate cooperation agreements after having
sought ,theopinion ofthe Committee forInformation andDocumentation on
Science andTechnology (CIDST ).
The Scientific andTechnical Research Committee (CREST )also requested
that once thenetwork was setuppriority should begiven toscientific
and technical information anddocumentation traffic over anyother type
oftraffic .
On16August 1979 (2)theCouncil approved asimilar agreement onthe
extension oftheCommunity 'sdata transmission network (Euronet )to
Switzerland .
Results ofthe negotiations
Theprovisions ofArticle 3oftheCouncil decision of9October 1978 were
respected . -
(1)78/887/EEC O.J. n°L311 of4.11.1978 ,page 1
(2)79/721/EEC O.J. n°L214 of22.8.1979 ,page 18

Theagreement (annex 3)specifies that theprinciple ofreciprocity between
theEECandSweden istobeapplied inanon-discriminatory fashion tothe
host computers andterminals inSweden .
Theprovisions ofa'joint declaration ofintent' appended totheagreement ,
which constitutes acode ofconduct designed tosafeguard users *interests /
apply also toSweden (annex 4).
Theagreement also allows Swedish experts ;toparticipate inwork onthe
development ofadditional technical specifications /thedrawing upof
newgeneral provisions forthenetwork anduser training .
Theagreement includes provision forSweden 'sinterests (rights and
duties )tobesafeguarded should other third countries participate in
Euronet .
Thecooperation agreement andthe 'joint declaration ofintent' annexed •-
toitarelinked with animplementation agreement between theEECand
theSwedish delegation forscientific andtechnical information (annex 5).
t
Sweden will make abackdated contribution totheCommunity investment by
paying 100000 French francs incash under the terms oftheagreement
between thePostal andTelecommunications Administrations /150000French
francs Incash under theterms oftheagreement between theEECandthe
Swedish delegation forscientific andtechnical information "and450000
French francs inkind inthe form oftechnical services .
CIOST wasconsulted andgave anopinion unanimously infavour ofconnecting
Euronet tothe national Swedish network (annex 6).,

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Atripartite protocol tobesigned bytheEEC/Switzerland andSweden
(annex 7)had tobedrawn upinorder toestablish aframework of
relations within the Euronet context between the two third countries
(Switzerland andSweden )whohave nowjoined theCommunity project .
Conc lusions
The ,Commission requests that the Council adopt thedraft decision
appended fortheconclusion ofanagreement fortheconnection ofthe
^ *
Community Euronet telecommunications network forscientific andtechnical
information and documentation (annex 2).
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Enclosures

ANNEX 2
PROPOSAL FOR ACOUNCIL DECISION ON'THE CONCLUSION
OF .ANAGREEMENT BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY
AND THE KINGDOM OFSWEDEN FOR THE CONNECTION OFTHE
■COMMJNTIY DATA 'TRANSMISSION NETWORK .(EURONET )TOTHE
SWEDISH NETWORK FOR SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION
'ANDDOCUMENTATION , ' '
AND 4 '
ON .THE CONCLUSION OF .ANAGREEMENT
INTHE FORM OFATRIPARTITE PROTOCOL BETWEEN THE
EUROPEAN ECONOMIC -COMMUNITY ,THE HELVETIAN CONFEDERATION
AMDTHEKINGDOM OF ^SWEDEN ,"DEFINING THERELATIONS CREATED
■BETWEEN -THESE TWO STATES BYTHE CONNECTION OFTHEIR
NETWORKS TOEURONET

The Council ofthe European Communi tles ,
Having regard tothe Treaty establishing the European Economic
Community ,
Having regard toCouncil Decision 78/887/EEC of9October 1978
adopting asecond three-year plan ofaction inthe field ofscien­
tific and technical information and documentation (1),and in
particular Article 3thereof ,
\ ••
Having regard totheCommission 'sproposal .
Whereas the Commission has ,inaccordance with Article 3of
Decision 78/887/EEC, negotiated anagreement with theKingdom
ofSweden toconnect the information network ofthat country to
the Euronet network ,
Whereas this agreement mtost beconcluded ,
Whereas ,moreover ,theagreement inthe form ofatripartite protocol
between the European Economic Community ,the Helvetian Confedera­
tion and the Kingdom ofSweden onthe relations created between
these two States bythe connection oftheir networks toEuronet
must beconcluded ,
Has decided asfollows :
(1)O.J. n°L311 of4November 1978 ,page 1

Article 1
The agreement between theEuropean Economic Community and the
Kingdom ofSweden for the connection ofthe data communication
network (Euronet )tothe Swedish network for information and
documentation ishereby approved onbehalf oftheCommunity .
The text ofthe agreement isannexed hereto .
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Article 2
The agreement inthe form ofatripartite protocol between the
European Economic Community ,the Helvetian Confederation ana
the Kingdom of rSweaen ,onthe relations created between these
two States bythe connection oftheir networks toEuronet ,is
hereby approved onbehalf oftheCommunity ,
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The text oftheprotocol isannexed hereto . .
Article 3
The President ofthe Council shall beauthorized toappoint the
person empowered tosign the agreement onbehalf oftheCommunity
Done at on
For the Councit
The President ,

ANNEX3
0.AGREEMENT FORCOOPERATION BETWEENTHEEUROPEAN ECONOMIC '
COMMUNITY ANDTHEKINGDOM OFSWEDENONTHEINTERCONNECTION
OFTHECOMMUNITY DATATRANSMISSION NETWORK (EURONET)AND
THESWEDISHDATANETWORK FORINFORMATION RETRIEVAL PURPOSES.
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THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY ,
and
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THEGOVERNMENT OFTHEKINGDOMOFSWEDEN,
1.Whereasduringthelastfewyears,considerable efforthas
beendevotedinEuropetothefieldofdatatransmission
bypacketswitchingaswellastothefieldofscientific
andtechnicalinformation anddocumentation ingeneral;
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2.Whereason23rdNovember1971anagreementfortheestablish-!
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mentofaEuropeanInformatics Network (COST11)wasconcludee
toprovidefordatatransmission onthebasisofpacket |
switchingtechnology ,whicheventuallyledtotheparti- j
: ' IcipationoftheEuropeanAtomicEnergyCommunity,theFederal ;
RepublicofGermany,France,Italy,TheNetherlands ,Norway,j
Portugal,theUnitedKingdom,Sweden,Switzerland and !
ιYugoslavia ; !

Whereas theCouncil oftheEuropean Communities inits re­
solution of14th January 1974 onaninitial outline programme
inthe field ofscience and technology ,emphasized that ,
wherever necessary ordesirable ,the participation inthese
programmes ofnon-member countries ,particularly European
ones ,should bemade possible ;
•* -
Whereas theCouncil oftheEuropean Communities on18th
March 1975 and 9th October 1978 adopted three-year action
plans inthe field ofscientific and technical information
and documentation providing notably for the implementation
ofatelecommunications network (hereinafter called "Euronet "
which should give users within the Member States ofthe
Community reliable ,rapid and low-cost access toall scien­
tific ,technical ,economic ,legal and social data available ;
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Whereas through amultilateral convention ,signed on11th
December 1975 ,the telecommunications administrations of
the Member States oftheCommunity decided toconstitute
aconsortium for the implementation and exploitation of
Euronet and tothat effect charged France toconclude with
theCommunity acontract which was signed on15th Decem­
ber 1975 ;
Whereas theCouncil ofthe European Communities inits de­
cision of9thOctober 1978 made provisions for theCommunity
toconclude cooperation agreements with third States parti­
cipating intheEuropean .Conference ofPostal andTelecom­
munications Administrations (CEPT ); * ;• .,

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7.Whereas Sweden has for several years participated inthe
development ofinformation science ,particularly on-line
information retrieval services within the Nordic countries
(Scannet ); '
8.Whereas the Swedish Telecommunications Administration has
established apublic packet switching data transmission
network foron-line information retrieval purposes inSweden
(hereinafter called "the Swedish data network ")which was
inaugurated on14th September 1979 ;
9.Recalling that Sweden isamember ofthe European Space
Agency and that cooperation exists between theCommunity
and the European Space Agency onEuronet ;
10.Recognizing that itwould beinthe mutual interest ofthe
Contracting Parties tothis Agreement tointerconnect the
Swedish data network and Euronet -inorder toprovide users
inSweden with themeans togain access toinformation servi­
ces established inthe Member States ofthe Community and
toprovide users intheMember States oftheCommunity with
themeans togain access to .information services established
inSweden and ,moreover ,toexamine how tofacilitate the
marketing ofsuch information services both inSweden and
inthe Member States ofthe Community ;
HAVE AGREED ASFOLLOWS :

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1Article I
11.This Agreement provides the general framework for cooperation
inthe field ofinformation services and inparticular for
the interconnection ofEuronet and the Swedish data network
for the purpose ofproviding access topublicly available
information services .The measures necessary topvit this
cooperation into effect shall betaken in -
-anoperating arrangement tobemade between ■the *Telecommu­
nications Administrations ofthe Euronet Consortium and
*
.the Swedish Telecommunications Administration
-aninformation service arrangement between theCommunity ,
and the Swedish Delegation for Scientific and Technical
Information
12.Users intheMember States oftheCommunty shall beoffered ,
through Euronet ,access tothe Swedish data network and
users inSweden shall beoffered ,through theSwedish data
network ,access toEuronet .Subject tonational law ,,in
particular lawgoverning access todata bases ,host com­
puters intheMember States oftheCommunity and inSweden
shall beoffered similar possibilities ofconnection tothe
interconnected networks ;equally subject tonational law and
regulations ,connections ofusers and host computers shall
beprovided ina .non-discriminatory manner and onthe basis
ofreciprocity . ,

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Article II
13.The operating agreement between the Telecommunications Ad­
ministrations referred toinArticle Ishall contain inter
alia the technical requirements for and the financial im­
plications resulting from the interconnection ofthe two
telecommunications networks .The information service agreement
between the Community and the Swedish Delegation for Scienti­
fic and Technical Information referred toinArticle Ishall
contain inter alia provisions for the functioning anddevelop­
ment ofthe services offered through the networks ,lay down
the principles for their proposed cooperation and define
their respective contributions .
Article III v
14.Inorder tosafeguard the interests ofthe users and to
ensure efficient and low cost functioning ofthe networks ,
aswell ascompetitive services ,each Contracting Party
shall use its best endeavours toensure that operators
ofhost computers connected tothe interconnected networks
respect acode ofconduct asclosely aspossible inline
with the joint declaration ofintent given inthe Annex to
this Agreement .
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Article IV
15.The Contracting Parties shall encourage cooperation for
developing additional specifications ,services ,facilities
and user assistance .They shall encourage cooperation between
groups ofhost computer operators and between groups of
users .TheCommunity shall use itsbest endeavours tofacili -

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tate theparticipation ofSwedish host computer operators
inthemeetings ofthe Committee ofhost c*~router operators
inEuronet ^aswell astheparticipation of ,-wedish users
inEuronet user groups . ,.L... ' ,._
Article V '
16.The Contracting Parties shall keep each other informed through
diplomatic channels about progress achieved within the frame­
work ofthe present Agreement .Inparticular ,they shall
asearly aspossible exchange information relating toenvi-
.saged connections ofhost computers and data banks orbases .
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Article VI
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17.Any extension ofEuronet toStates not members oftheCom­
»munity shall besubject toprior consultation between the
Contracting Parties ,inparticular asregards the consequen­
ces ofsuch extension both -for the relations between Sweden
and theCommunity and for those th«two Parties will have
y
with theStates ir>question . • ,-;;7TV ,..
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Article VII ,--. ; ,.; -.> ~ij'"'a <;."0 - ' '
18 ,. - '·-·· ;.··■:· -; ..-.-..η* }1·:.Μ;ν >ηοηης :- ·. .· .
Each Contracting Party isfree toconnect toitsnetwork
other networks ,host computers and users situated outside
Sweden and the Member States oftheCommunity .Further con­
nection ofsuch extensions tothe network ofthe other Con­
tracting Party requires prior agreement between theContrac­
ting Parties and ,where appropriate ,consent bytheTele­
communications Administrations involved .

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Article VIII
19.This Agreement does not affect the right ofthe Swedish
Telecommunications Administration touse the Swedish data
network for traffic independent ofEuronet .
/
Article IX " .
20.Any problem arising between the Parties relating tothe
implementation ofthis Agreement shall bedealt with through
diplomatic channels .
Article X
21.This Agreement shall beapproved bytheContracting Parties
inaccordance with their own procedures .Itshall enter
into force onthe day when theContracting Parties have
notified each other that theprocedures necessary tothis
end have been completed .
Article XI
22.This Agreement shall expire on31st December 1983 .Atthe
initiative ofeither Contracting Party ,however ,this Agree­
ment may beterminated atanearlier date ,provided that
one year 'sprior notice begiven totheother Contracting
Party .

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DoneatBrussels,on nmeteenhundredand
eightyone,induplicate ,intheDanish,German,English,
French,Greek,Italian,DutchandSwedishlanguages,each
textbeingequallyauthentic.
FortheCounciloftheEuropean
EconomicCommunity:FortheGovernment ofthe
KingdomofSweden;

ANNEX 4
Joint declaration ofintent concerning host computer operators
to-be connected toEURONET referred tounder article III ofthe
Agreement
The host computer operator ,hereinafter called "the host ",
has sole responsibility regarding theoperation ofhis
services via the network .
The host will not discriminate against users ofEURONET
with regard totheir nationality .Should existing contract
orinternational agreements contain discriminatory provi -
Hsions ,the host shall inform the competent authorities
thereof and endeavour tomodify them .
Unfair competition will beavoided .Ifnecessary the
host may beinvited toprovide explanations onthis sub­
ject bythe competent authorities inhis own country .
The host will bear inmind the principle that for inform­
ation services ,charges should beaslow aspossible ,
and asfar aspossible take this into account inhis
pricing policy .
The host will participate inefforts which aim atgradual
harmonisation ofservices .Hewill inparticular consider :
-implementation ofthe Standard Command Set for his
retrieval system assetout in"EURONET guidelines :
standard commands for retrieval systems ";

-gradual harmon xsat ion ofgeneral conditions ofsale ,
tobedeveloped cooperatively j,
-gradual adaptation ofinstruction manuals ;
)
-simplification ofuser access procedures ,and invoicing .
The host will consider measures for efficient EURONET-wide
marketing ofhis services and training ofusers thereof .
Soastoprovide for appropriate cooperation the host
agrees toparticipate inacommittee which will meet
regularly tovoice the hosts' opinions onall network -
related matters and make appropriate recommenaat ions
which will beforwarded tothe competent authorities
ofthe States participating inEURONET .Each participant
shall bear the costs ofhis participation atmeetings of
the committee .
The host will name his representative tothis committee
within three months after the effective date ofthe con­
clusion ofthe agreement providing for his connection
toEURONET thewill also name within this period any
other representative responsible forEURONET-related
matters ,and specify his area ofresponsibility .
Within the same period ,the host will provide thecompetent
authorities inhis country with aprovisional description
ofthe data bases and related services which heintends
tooffer .This description will comply asfar aspossible
with that ofdata base services asset out in "EURONET
guidelines for cooperation between data base suppliers

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and host organizations ".The description will inparticu­
larpresent the data bases ,derivable services and charges
tobelevied .Afinal description ofthe services will
becommunicated tothe competent authorities atthe latest
three months before the start ofoperations ."
The host will strive toannounce any substantial change
inthe nature ofthe specified services three months
inadvance and toinform thecompetent authorities of
his country accordingly .
Ifthe host intends touse his connection toEURONET
also for purposes other than those covered bytheAgreement
for Cooperation ,hewill inform the competent authorities
ofhis country accordingly .
Soastoallow the competent authorities toadapt the
network tothe needs ,the host will provide ,atleast
annually ,appropriate statistics onhis EURONET services ,
such astraffic ,number ofsubscribers ,etc .

ANNEX 5
AGREEMENT
between
THE COMMISSION OFTHE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
and
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THE SWEDISH DELEGATION FOR SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION
The Commission ofthe European Communities ,represented by
Mr. R.K. Appleyard ,Director General for Information Market
and Innovation ,and
The Swedish Delegation for Scientific and' Technical Information ,
hereinafter referred toas "theDelegation represented for the
purpose ofsigning thepresent Agreement byMr. H.Brynielsson ,
Chairman ofthe Delegation , ;•
Having regard tothe value ofEuropean cooperation inthe field
ofinformation services ,

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Inaccordance with article 1oftheAgreement for cooperation
between theCommunity and the Kingdom ofSweden onthe intercon­
nection ofthe Community Data Transmission Network (Euronet )and
theSwedish Data Network for information retrieval purposes ,
signed on 1981 1
HAVE AGREED ASFOLLOWS :
Article 1-Aim ofthe cooperation
The Commission and the Delegation shall cooperate inorder to
exchange all information available about the services offered
onEuronet and the Swedish Data Network respectively .Furthermore ,
the parties shall cooperate byconsulting each other inquestions
concerning thedevelopment andpossible harmonization ofservices
offered onthe two networks mentioned above .
»Concerning cooperation onthe development ofthe services ,special
regard shall bepaid toinvestigations about user needs and
the marketing ofservices .
Article 2-Performance ofthe cooperation
Each Party undertakes tokeep the other Party informed about
steps which are planned ortaken inorder todevelop ormodify
information services directly o^indirectly connected toEuronet .
Inall cases where aParty considers aquestion falling within
the scope ofthis agreement tobeofmajor importance ,due regard
\ •shall begiven tocontacts with theother Party inthehandling
ofthe question .

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Atthe request ofone Party ,the other Party shall use its best
endeavours inorder tobeavailable for such contacts .
\ •
Article 3-Contributions infinance and inkind
3.1 .The Parties undertake tocontribute tothe cooperation
infinance orinkind inareasonably balanced ratio as
described hereinafter .
3.2 .The Commission shall provide theDelegation with the follow
ing contributions :
a)all final reports and pertinent information obtained
under studies and contracts executed byoronbehalf
oftheCommunity before the entry into force ofthis
Agreement relating to:
i)network options ,cost ,technical specifications
for implementation ofEuronet ,management studies ,
ii)host interface developments ,including black box
and available front-end software ,
iii )user support (equipment ,referral ,enquiry service
and participation inthe User Forum ),economic
aspects including studies ofmarketing ,market
research and pricing ,common command language ,
including its further development (e.g. for data
banks ),

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iv)Higher Level Protocols (HLP ):
-DEVT (Data Entry Virtual Terminal )Protocol in
the final version which isimplemented ,
-FTP (File ^Transfer Protocol )with RPP (Remote
Printing Protocol )asasubset ,asitwill be
implemented ,
-usage ofthe RTC (Reference and Test Centre )for
HLP atthe Ispra establishment oftheCommunity 's
Joint Research Centre .
v)X25devices :
-intelligent terminal (X25,DEVT )
-X25multiplexer
-X25printer station (RPP )
-X25RJE (Remote Job Entry )converters (IBM ,
Siemens ,CII-HB ),
b)marketing material onDIANE ofinterest for Swedish
users and hosts .
3.3 .Incompensation ofthe above Community contribution ,the
Delegation shall provide :
a)afinancial compensation of150.000 French Francs for
the reports and all other pertinent information trans­
mitted bytheCommunity under theprovisions ofpara­
graph 3.2 heretofore .

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b)all final reports and pertinent information obtained
under studies and contracts executed byoronbehalf
ofthe Delegation orits Predecessor before the entry
into force ofthis Agreement relating to:
i)general descriptions ofthe systems development
ii)specific descriptions ofSDI-system components :.
-the unified record format KOMPOSTf
–the search system VIRA ,
-the terminal based query System EPOS ,
-the security and integrity system PROTECT ,
iii )performance ofSDI services :
-cost structure . ,
-service features ,
-retrieval methods ,
iv)descriptions of3RIP ,anon-line interactive in­
formation retrieval system :
-file design ,
data structure for text files , ,-
,-file compression ,
-user manual ,
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v)evaluation problems concerning information services :
ι
-theoretical approaches ,
-studies insystems analyses , i
-user studies related tospecific data bases ,
c)marketing material onSwedish data bases ofinterest
for Community users and hosts
d)all reports and pertinent information resulting from
studies orwork entrusted totheDelegation bythe
Community and carried out attheDelegation 'sexpense
uptoanamount of450.000 French Francs .
3.4 .Reports and other information relating tostudies orwork
carried out after the entry into force ofthis Agreement ,
other than those referred tounder 3.3 d),shall beexchanged
according towhat the Parties agree upon from case tocase .
Article 4-Reports and pertinent information
4.1 .Each Party may use the reports and all pertinent information
itreceives from the other Party under the provisions of
„article 3heretofore ,for all purposes asitsees fit for
the furtherance ofthis cooperation .Any such use shall
beinaccordance with national and international law .The
transmission ofreports and other information does not
initself imply the transfer ofintellectual orindustrial
property rights ,ifany .

4.2 .Reports and information transmitted under this Agreement
shall beaccurate tothe best knowledge and belief ofthe
,transmitting Party ,but the latter does notwarrant the '
suitability ofthe reports and information transmitted for
any particular use orapplication bythe receiving Party
orbyany third Party .
Article 5-Joint projects 'r .
The Parties may agree upon joint investigations orjoint projects ,
The terms forsuch cooperation shall bedefined inspecial agree­
ments between the Parties . ,
Article .6-Duration . . ■•
The present Agreement shall come into force and expire atthe
same time astheAgreement for cooperation between the European
Economic Community and ,the Kingdom ofSweden onthe interconnection
I • * ' •,
oftheCommunity Data Transmission Network (Euronet )and the
Swedish Data Network for information retrieval purposes ,signed ,
on 1981 .
Notwithstanding the provision ofthe preceding paragraph ,the
Parties may agree that thepresent Agreement shall govern their
cooperation also after *the expiration ofthe aforementioned
Agreement .Consultation onsuch further application ofthe present
Agreement shall take place before the said expiration .
Done atBrussels ,on
English language .
For the Commission ofthe
European Communities ,1981 ,induplicate ,in .the
For the Swedish Delegation for
Scientific and Technical Information ,
Raymond K.Appleyard Harry Brynielsson

COMMISSION
OFTHE
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIESANNEX6
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DirectorateGeneral
:ientificandTechnicalInformation
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Secretariat CIDST
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«
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OpinionoftheCIDSTof22October1980
ontheoonnectionoftheSwedishnetworkforscientificand.technical
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information anddocumentation totheCommunitynetworkEuronetDIANE
TheCommitteeforInformation andDocumentation onScienceand
Technology(CIDST)havingexamineddocumentCIDST/463/8Oprepared "bythe
Commission,anddiscussed,a.tits33rdand34thmeetings,theconnectionofthe
Swedishscientific andtechnicalinformation anddocumentation networkto
Euronet -DIANE,
Having "beeninvitedbytheCommission,inaccordancewithannexII,
point3c),tothedecisionoftheCouncilofStthOctober1978,togivean
opinionontheconditionsneededinordertoconcludeanagreementforthe
connection oftheSwedishnetworkforscientific andtechnicalinformation
anddocumentation totheCommunitynetworkEuronetDIANE,
Notesthattheproposedagreementcorrespondstotheconditions
laiddowninartiole3oftheCouncildecisionofOotober1978,
ReoommendsthattheCommissionsubmittotheCouncil,fordecision,
thetextofthisagreement,
Wishestobekeptregularlyinformedoftheimplementation ofthe
agreementsignedwiththeKingdomofSweden.
TheCIDSTsecretariatiarequestedtoforwardthisopiniontoth«Commission
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ANNEX 7
Trilateral Protocol onthepurport oftheAgreements
for data network cooperation concluded bythe
European Economic Community with onthe one hand the
ASwiss Confederation ,and onthe other hand the
Kingdom ofSweden
Whereas the European Economic Community and the Swiss Confederation
have on28th September 1979 ,concluded anAgreement inthe form
ofanexchange ofletters onthe extension ofthe Community network
for data transmission (EURONET )toSwitzerland ,hereinafter refer­
red toas "the Exchange ofletters ";
Whereas the European Economic Community and the Kingdom ofSweden
have today concluded anAgreement onthe interconnection ofEURONET
and the Swedish data network for information retrieval purposes ,
hereinafter referred toas "theCooperation Agreement ";
Whereas theSwiss Confederation has byvirtue ofPoint 10of
theExchange ofletters given itsconsent tothe interconnection
ofEURONET and the Swedish data network ;
The Signatories tothis Protocol have come tothe understanding
that theCooperation Agreement shall apply toEURONET asextended
toSwitzerland and tothe Swedish data network .
Done atBrussels ,onthe day .of 1981 .
For the Swiss Confederation
For the Kingdom ofSweden
For theEuropean Economic Community ' •