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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(79)726 final
Brussels,30thNovember1979
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COOPERATION BETWEEN THEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES AND
CANADAWITHREGARDTOTHEENERGYBUSPROGRAMMES
(Communication fromtheCommission totheCouncil)
C0M(79)726final

1.Byitsresolutionof17December1974theCouncilinstituted
aCommunityactionprogrammeontherationalutilizationof
energy(1)andtheCommission,initscommunications tothe.
Councilof24February1977(2)and15June1979(3),drew.
upfurtherCommunityactionprogrammesinthisfield.
The.Conclusions reachedbytheEuropeanCouncilon12and
13March1979reaffirmedthetargetsfortheefficientuse
,ofenergyfor1985andwidenedtheirscope.
2.Alargepartoftheprogrammeinquestionisconcernedwith
theindustrialsector,whichcan.makeasignificantcontri-^.
butiontoimprovedutilizationofenergywithoutcompromising
it§owneconomicobjectives.
3.Thedifficultytoeffectenergysavingsisparticularly
acuteinundertakings ofmodestsizeorundertakings for
whichenergyisamarginalfactorofproduction-cost .
Theyoftendonothavesufficientknowledgeandtechnical
resources'to'identifythepotentialenergysavingsandto
.determinetheappropriate measures. ,
4.Thereforeit.isnecessarytointensifytheadvisoryarid
technicalassistanceforthesesmallandmedium-sized
ι
companiesintheCommunitybycreating,withintheframework
ofaCommunityprogramme(4)„,atoolwhichmakesitpossible
ontheonehand*to.givetheabove-mentioned assistance,and
ontheotherhandtoco-ordinate andfacilitatetheexchange
•' • ./.
(1)O.J.n°C153,9July1975,p.5'
(2)COM(77)39final
(3)COM(79)-312finalandCOM(79)313final'
(4)"TheCommunityEnergyBusProgramme"-Programmefor
TechnicalAdviceandSupportintheFieldofRationalUse
ofEnergy.

ofexperienceandknowledgebetweentheMember-States
andbetweenthemandthirdcountriesco-operating with
theCommunityinthefieldofrationalutilization of
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energy.
5.Themobile"energybussystemwhichisbeingrunwith
greatsuccessbytheCanadianDepartmentofEnergy^
vMinesandRessources (E.M.R.)since1977hasproved
tobeanappropriate meansformeetingtheabove-
mentionedrequirements ..
6.TheCommunityProgrammewouldbebasedontheintroduction
ofthissystemintheMemberStates,usingtheCanadian
experience,andontheintegrationofthenationalenergy
bussystemsinacentralinformation andevaluation
servicetobeestablished attheJointResearch-Center
.-ISPRA.ThiscentralServicewouldhavethetaskof
co-ordinating andfacilitating theexchangeofexperience
.andknowledgegainedintheMember-States orinother
co-operating thirdcountriesbytheirenergybussystems
orbyotherprogrammesinthefieldofrationalutili­
zationofenergy­
\ - t
7.AtpresentalreadyfiveMemberStatesintendtointroduce
theenergybussystem.
TheCommunityEnergyBusProgrammehasfoundtheentire
supportoftheWorkingGrouponRationalUseofEnergy
intheIndustryaswellasofCommunityindustrial
associations,inparticular UNICE.
8.TheCommissionintendstorecommendtotheMemberStates
toparticipate inthisEnergyBus.Programmebysetting
upanationalsystemaccordingtocommontechnical
specifications andbylinkingittothecentralservice
inISPRA.

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-9.ForsettinguptheCommunityEnergyBusProgrammethe
CommissionintendstomakefullyuseoftheCanadianexperience
inthisfieldwhichhasbeenofferedbyCanadainthe
frameworkoftheIndustrialCooperation Sub-Committee,
setupbytheJointCooperation CommitteeundertheFrame­
workAgreementforcommercialandeconomiccooperation
^betweentheEuropeanCommunities andCanada,signedat
OttawaonJuly6,1976(1).
AttheSeptember1978meetingoftheIndustrialCooperation
Sub-CommitteeJnOttawa"energyconservation "wasadopted
asanareaforcooperation .Numerousmeetingsatexpert
.t'
levelhaveledtoaCanadianoffer.to.assisttheCommunity
insettingupthissystembytransmitting theCanadian
softwareprogrammeoftheenergy,bus,bytrainingfirst
■*
buscrewsoftheMemberStatesandbyfullycooperating with
theCommunityonceaCommunityEnergyBussystemhasbeen
created.
10.TheGovernmentofCanadaispreparedtogivetotheCommission
ofEuropeanCommunities theabove-mentioned assistance on
certainconditionsunderwhichtheexchangeofinformation
-andsoftwareresultingfromtheoperationofenergybus,
programmeswilltakeplace.
Theyparticularly concerntheirconfidential andnon-profit
character,,theequalparticipation ofbothpartiesintheir
¥■
.1databasescompiledthrough -theimplementation' oftheenergy
busprogrammesandthefreeand.fullexchangeofavailable
softwareforuseinsuchprogrammes.
,11iInaccordancewiththeprocedureforeseenintheCouncil
Decisionof20September1976onpracticalmeasuresof
economiccooperationwithintheEC-CanadaJointCommittee(2),
■./.
(1)J.O.n°L260of24September1976
(2)J.O.n°L260of24September1976,p.36

the Council ishereby invited togive itsapproval to:
-theinitiation ofcooperation measures between the
European Communities and Canada inthefield ofthe
energy busprogrammes ;
-anunderstanding tobereached between the Commission
and theGovernment ofCanada concerning the conditions
fortheexchange between Canada andthe '
Communities ofsoftware andinformation resulting from
.theoperation ofthebus-systems .