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ProposalforaCouncilDecisiononaseriesofguidelinesfortrans-European datacommuni­
cationsnetworksbetweenadministrations
(93/C105/10)
COM(93)69final
(SubmittedbytheCommissionon12March1993)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticle235
thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheEuropean
Parliament,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheEconomicand
SocialCommittee,
Whereastheinternalmarketestablishesanareawithout
internalfrontiersinwhichfreemovementofgoods,
persons,servicesandcapitalmustbeguaranteed;
whereasinordertoensureeachofthesefreedomsthe
Communityactsadoptedorbeingadoptedprovidefor
measuresinvolvingsubstantialinterchangeofdata
betweenindividuals,economicoperatorsandthe
competentadministrations ;whereassuchinterchangecan
beensuredusingtrans-European networks;
Whereastheaimofestablishingtrans-European
networksistoenablethisinterchangeofdatatotake
practicalform,inordertoallowtheinternalmarketto
functioninanumberofareas,inparticularasregards
theeffectsofremovingbordercontrols,fullexerciseof
thefourfreedomsofmovement,supportforCommunity
policiesandtheoperationoftheCommunity
decision-making process;
Whereasthesmoothfunctioningoftheinternalmarket
callsforclosercooperationbetweentheadministrations
intheMemberStatesand,toafargreaterextentthan
hitherto,forasystematicinterchangeofinformation
withveryshortdeadlineswhichcanonlybemetbyusing
datacommunications methods;whereasthisentails
havingaccesstointernaldatainterchangesystemswhich
arecompatibleandinteroperablewiththoseoftheother
administrations ;whereasnationalmeasuresand
resources,possiblysupplemented byCommunity
resources,arerequiredinordertosetupthesesystems;Whereastrans-European datacommunications networks
betweenadministrations fromanintegralpartoftrans­
Europeantelecommunications networks;
Whereasitisimportant,forthepurposesoftheinternal
market,tofacilitatethemovementofgoods,services,
personsandcapitalbetweentheCommunityand
non-Community countries,andmorespecificallythe
membercountriesoftheEuropeanFreeTradeAsso­
ciation;whereasthiscallsforinterchangeofinformation
betweentheadministrations inthecountriesconcerned;
Whereasthisinturnrequirescooperationwiththese
countriesinordertopromotedatacommunications
projectsofcommoninterestandensuretheinteroper­
abilityofnetworks;
xWherasappropriateCommunityactionisneededto
establishadequatecoordinationbetweenMemberStates
inordertoensureconsistencyintheimplementation and
operationofdatacommunications networksbetween
administrations ;whereasfailuretoadoptaCommunity
decisiononthesetting-upoftrans-European data
communications networksbetweenadministrations
wouldbeliabletoresultinalackofinterconnection and
interoperability betweennationalnetworksandin
limitingaccesstothosenetworks;
WhereastheonlylegalbaseprovidedbytheTreatyfor
adoptionofthisdecisionliesinArticle235,
HASDECIDEDASFOLLOWS :
Article1
ThisDecisionlaysdowntheguidelinesidentifyingthe
objectives,priorities,broadlinesofactionandanumber
ofprojectsofcommoninterestinthefieldoftrans­
Europeandatacommunications networksbetween
administrations .
Article2
Theobjectiveoftrans-European datacommunications
networksbetweenadministrations istocontributetothe
efficientmanagementofaCommunityareawithout
internalfrontiersbymeansofthejointuseofdata
communications networks .

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—settinginplacemechanismsandproceduresenabling
theoperationalnetworksandprojectsofcommon
interesttobeoperatedjointly.
Horizontal measures :
—devisingcommonarchitecturestoensureinteroper­
abilitybetweenthevariousnetworks,making
maximumpossibleuseofproventechnologiesand
commerciallyavailableproducts.Thiswillleadtothe
adoptionofjointinstrumentssuchasstandards,
networkarchitecturesandbearerservices,
—promotingtheprovisiontousersofbearerservices
suchaselectronicmail,accesstodatabasesandfile
transferinordertoensurethattheinformation is
passedamongthoseconcerned,
—launchinganinformationcampaignforadminis­
trationsdirectlyorindirectlyconcernedbythe
problemoftrans-European datacommunications
networks,
—introducingmechanismsforcooperationbetween
Communityadministrations andthoseinnon­
membercountries .
Article5
Thetrans-European datacommunications networks
betweenadministrations tobeimplementedunderthis
Decisionshallbecoveredbyprojectsofcommon
interest.TheprojectsplannedaresetoutinAnnexI.
Article6
TheMemberStatesshallmobilizethefinancial,technical
andmanagementresourcesandintroducetheorganiz­
ationalmeasuresnecessaryfortheimplementation of
trans-European datacommunications networksbetween
administrations .
Article7
TheCommission isherebyauthorizedtoopennego­
tiationswithnon-Community countrieslikelyto
concludeagreementswiththeCommunitydesignedto
allowthemtoparticipateintheprojectsofcommon
interestreferredtoinAnnexIandtoimprovetheinter­
operabilityofthedatacommunications networkslinking
theiradministrations tothoseoftheCommunity
MemberStates.
Article8
ThisDecisionisaddressedtotheMemberStates.
Article9
Itshalltakeeffect21daysafterthedateofitspubli­
cationintheOfficialJournaloftheEuropean
Communities .Article3
Theprioritiesfortheattainmentoftheobjectivereferred
toinArticle2areasfollows:
—toprovidewithinashorttimedatacommunications
systemswhichareadaptedtotheneedfordatainter­
changearisingoutoftheabolitionofbordercontrols
withintheCommunityandthestepping-upof
controlsattheCommunity'sexternalfrontiers,
—tofurtherthefullexerciseoffreemovementof
goods,services,personsandcapitalwithinthe
Community,
—tofurtherthemanagementofcommonpolicieswhich
contributetothesmoothfunctioningofthe
Communityareawithoutfrontiers,
—tofurthertheadaptationoftheCommunity
decision-making process,
—topromotethedevelopmentandconvergence,inthe
mediumterm,ofoperationalsystemstowardsa
commondatacommunications architectureallowing
dataflowstobeoptimizedandoperatingcoststobe
cut,
—topromotetheinteroperability ofinformation
systemsbyimplementingcompatibleadministrative
methodsandmechanisms ,definingcommontechnical
specificationsandharmonizingstandards,
—toencouragetheestablishmentofasatisfactory
rangeoftrans-European telecommunications bearer
servicessuchaselectronicmail,filetransferand
universalaccesstodatabases.
Article4
Thebroadlinesofactiondesignedtoattaintheobjective
referredtoinArticle2shallbeasfollows:
Sectoralmeasures :
—drawinguptechnicalspecifications fordata
communications networkswhichwillcontributeto
projectsofcommoninterest,bymeansoffeasibility
studieswhichwillincludeavalidationphasewhere
appropriate ,
—implementation ofthesenetworksbythepartners
concerned,incorporatingthemintoasingleproject
ofcommoninterestandensuringtheirmaintenance
andsubsequentdevelopment ,withparticular
referencetothenetworksrequiredformanagingthe
internalmarket,
—launchingcommoninitiativesdesignedtoaccelerate
thesetting-upofspecificdatacommunications
networksinareaswhereveryshortdeadlinescallfor
aspecialjointeffortonthepartofthenationaland
Communityadministrations ,

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ANNEXI
PROJECTSOFCOMMONINTERESTFORTRANS-EUROPEAN DATACOMMUNICATIONS
NETWORKS BETWEENADMINISTRATIONS
1.Eliminationofinternalbordercontrols
—Managementofexternalborders.
—ManagementofstatisticsonCommunitytrade.
—Managementoffraudpreventionandcontrol.
—Managementofmobilityofpersons.
—Managementofindirecttaxation.
2.Fullexerciseofthefourfreedomsofmovement
—Freemovementofgoods.
—Freemovementofservices.
—Freemovementofpersons.
—Freemovementofcapital.
3.SupportforCommunitypolicies
—Managementofthecommonagriculturalpolicy.
—Managementofenvironmentalpolicy.
—Managementofcompetitionpolicy.
—Managementoftrainingandeducationpolicy.
4.OperationoftheCommunitydecision-making process
ProposalforaCouncilDecisionadoptingamultiannualCommunityprogrammetosupportthe
implementation oftrans-European networksfortheinterchangeofdatabetweenadministrations
(IDA)
(93/C105/11)
COM(93)69final
(SubmittedbytheCommissionon12March1993)
WhereasinDecision85/214/EEC('),theCouncil,
havingtakennoteoftheCommission'sreportandthe
proposalsputforwardinaccordancewithDecision
82/607/EEC(J),agreedthattheCommissionwouldbe
responsibleforimplementingthecoordinationmeasures
necessaryforthespecification ,implementation anduse
bytheMemberStatesanditselfoftheCaddiadata(CD)
communications facilitiesrelatingtotheinterchangeof
informationintheareasofagriculture,customsandstat­
istics,inaccordancewithanagreeddevelopment
programme;whereasintheabsenceofadevelopment
programmeatthetimetheabovementioned Decision
wasadopted,thevalidityofthedecisionwasrestricted
toaninitialperiodoftwoyears,endingon2April1987;THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticle235
thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheEuropean
Parliament,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheEconomicand
SocialCommittee,
WhereastheCounciladoptedDecision93/.../EECon
aseriesofguidelinesfordatacommunications networks
betweenadministrations ;OOJNoL96,3.4.1985,p.35.
OOJNoL247,23.8.1982,p.25.