No C 299/18 Official Journal of the European Communities 24. 11. 88 
Re-examined Proposal for a Council Decision on a Community action in the field of infor­
mation technology and telecommunications applied to health care — advanced informatics in 
medicine (AIM) — Exploratory Action 
COM(88) 588 final — SYN 95 
(Submitted by the Commission pursuant to the second paragraph of Article 149 (d) of the EEC 
Treaty on 25 October 1988) 
(88/C 299/08) 
1. Re-examination of the revised proposal 
The Commission, pursuant to the provisions of Article 
149 (2) (d) and 
— having regard to the proposal from 
Commission (*), the 
— having regard to the revised proposal from the 
Commission (2), 
-— having regard to the opinion of the Parliament (3), 
— having regard to the Common position of the 
Council (4), 
— having regard to the position of the Commission (5), 
— having regard to the amendment proposed by the 
Parliament in the second reading ('), 
has re-examined the proposal on which the Council has 
based its common position. 
As a result of the re-examination the Commission 
modifies its revised proposal COM(88) 315 final — SYN 
95 as follows. 
— in the preambular paragraphs, in the decision and in 
the Annexes, medical and bio-informatics is replaced 
by information technology and telecommunications 
applied to health care, 
— Article 1 (1) reads as follows: 
'1. An exploratory Community action in the field 
of information technology and telecommunications 
to health care, called AIM, is adopted for a 
maximum period of 24 months commencing on 1 
June 1988.', 
— Article 2 (2), second sentence, reads as follows: 
'In work relating to patient information, the action 
will place priority on the development of safe and 
reliable methods for the protection of medical 
records, in particular against loss, data corruption or 
unauthorized disclosure.', 
(') OJ No C 355, 31. 12. 1987. 
(l) OJ No C 214, 16. 8. 1988, p. 2. 
O EP 118.173/final 2. 
0) RECH 164 PRO-COOP 108 7757/88. 
(') SEC(88) 1231 final-SYN 95. 
(4) EP 126.723. — Article 3 (2), third sentence, reads as follows: 
'Within each project, at least one partner should be 
concerned with health care.', 
— Article 5 (1) reads as follows: 
'1. The funds estimated as necessary for the 
Community contribution to the execution of the 
exploratory action amount to 20 million over a 
maximum period of 24 months, including expen­
diture on a staff of 12.' 
— Article 6 (3) reads as follows: 
'the measures to be undertaken to evaluate each part 
of the exploratory action by appropriate organiz­
ations, groups and other bodies;', 
— Article 8 (3) reads as follows: 
'3. The Commission shall adopt the measures 
envisaged if they are in accordance with the opinion 
of the Committee. 
If the measures envisaged are not in accordance with 
the opinion of the Committee, or if no opinion is 
delivered, the Commission shall, without delay, 
submit to the Council a proposal relating to the 
measures to be taken. The Council shall act by 
qualified majority. 
If, on the expiry of the period which may in no case 
exceed two months from the date of referral to the 
Council, the Council has not acted, the proposed 
measures shall be adopted by the Commission for 
matters falling under Article 6 (3).' 
2. Explanation of the position of the Commission on the 
amendment of the second reading by the Parliament 
Amendment 
The Amendment had been included in the revised 
proposal but been rejected by the Council. While 
considering the II a option, of the Council Decision of 
13 July 1987 which lays down the procedures for the 
exercise of implementing powers conferred on the 
Commission (7), as the most appropriate for this action, 
O OJ No L 197, 18. 7. 1987, p. 33. 
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the Commission accepted the III a option of the common 
position as a compromise. 
3. Text of Parliament's amendment in the second reading 
Article 8 (3) 
3. The Commission shall adopt measures which shall 
apply immediately. However, if these measures are not in 
accordance with the opinion of the committee they shall be communicated by the Commission to the Council 
forthwith. In that event: 
— the Commission may defer application of the 
measures which it had decided for a period of not 
more than one month from the date of such 
communication, 
— the Council, acting by qualified majority, may take a 
different decision within the time limit referred to in 
the previous paragraph.