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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(81)384 final
Brussels.' 14July1981
Amendments tothe
Proposalfora
COUNCILDECISION
adopting athirdplanofaction(1981-1983)inthe
fieldofscientific andtechnicalinformation and
/documentation ;
C-^ «"•
c ->"
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission pursuant
tothesecondparagraphofArticle149oftheEEC
Treaty)
C0M(81)384final

:oMiu^icivrxoH FROM THE commission TOTHE council .
re,Third plan ofaction .(1981-1983 )'inthefield ofinformation
and documentation 1 - .

The Commission proposal of6thOctober 1980 concerning a
third plan ofaction (1981-1S83 )inthe field ofscientific and -
technical information and documentation (doc .COM(80 )552 )has
been discussed bythe European Parliament atitsplenary session
ofMay 1981 ;theopinion oftheParliament isentirely favourable .
The Parliament nevertheless requested two amendments to
the proposal for aDecision oftheCouncil ,bythedeletion ofthe
words "scientific and technical ".This means that the scope ofthe
third plan ofaction would extend toinformation and documentation
asawhole ,without being limited tothe field ofscience and tech­
nology .
The Commission thinks that these amendments are acceptable
because they only reflect the actual situation ;already ,the reso­
lution oftheCouncil and ofthe representatives ofthe Member
ftates meeting within the .Council forcoordinating action byMember
States inthe field ofscientific and technical information and
documentation ,adopted on24th June 1971(x ),mentioned inits
first recital ,"scientific ,technical ,economic and social documen­
tation and data "and this was constantly understood inthe course
ofthe implementation ofthe first two three-year plans ofaction .
Itshould bepointed out that these amendements donot bring about
any changes ofanorganisational orofabudgetary nature .
The Council istherefore requested toconsider the attached
amendments tothe proposal for adecision transmitted bytheCom­
mission on6th October 1980 .
(x)O.J. n°C122 of10.12.71 ,p.7

Council Decision adopting athird plan ofaction (12\!-1983 )inthe ,
field ofscientific and technical information and documentation
Text submitted on6th October .1980 >Amendments tothe initial proposal
Third plan ofaction (198.1-1983 )
inthe field ofscientific and
technical information and documen­
tationThird plan ofaction (1981-1983 )in
the field of (three words deleted )
information and documentation
Preamble and recitals unchanged
Article 1
Athird plan ofaction mthe
field ofscientific ,technical
and related specialized inform­
ation and documentation asset
out inAnnex Iishereby adopted
for aperiod ofthree years with
effect from 1January 1981 .The
ceiling for expenditure commit­
ments necessary for the realisa -
tion ofthis plan isestimated
at16.5 million European units
ofaccount ,theEuropean unit of
account being defined bythe re­
levant Financial Regulations .
This amount constitutes only an
indication .. .Article 1
Athird plan ofaction inthe field
of (five words deleted )information
and documentation asset out in
Annex Iishereby adopted for ape­
riod ofthree years with etfect from
1January 1381 .The ceiling for ex­
penditure commitments necessary for
the realisation ofthis plan is
estimated at16.5 million European
units ofaccount ,the European unit
ofaccount being defined bythe re­
levant Financial Regulations .This
amount constitutes only anindica­
tion .
Articles 2and 3unchanged
'"i "."
Annex Iunchanged