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COMMISSION OFTHE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(80)501 final
Brussels -6th November 1980
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE DATA PROCESSING DEPARTMENTS OF THE COMMISSION
1979
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ANNUAL REPORT OPTHEDATA PROCESSING DEPARTMENTS OPTHECOMMISSION -1979 (*■)
0INTRODUCTION
Thework ofadministrative organisations isparticularly suited tothe
introduction anddevelopment ofdata processing teohniques . "Therange of
possible uses ofdata prooessing isvery varied andembraces everyday
administrative andmanagement activities ,theproduction ofstatistical
material ,theuseofeconometrio models andthereaote interrogation of
large documentation data bases . >
While this istrue ofadministrative organisations ingeneral ,itisperhaps
even more true ofalarge international organisation like theEuropean
Commission ,with itsresponsibility asguardian oftheTreaties andasthe
organ whioh initiates Community policies andensures their administrative
implementation .Many illustrations' maybegiven ofthevalue ofdata
prooessing (**), inoluding finanoial fund management ,theoreation of
documentary ,legal ,scientific orstatistical data bases ,whioh canalso be
made available toother users (thenumber ofidiom isgrowing with thedevelop­
ment ofEURONET ),applications linked to000011011 typolioies (e.g. textile ,
monitoring ),theassistance given "bydata processing ininternational
negotiations (e.g. GATT ),internal administrative management (officials'
pay).
(*) This report follows onfrom Report ,COM(79)678 final onthework ofthe
data processing departments oftheCommission –1978 *dated 28.11-.1979
andonthe1977 Report of21July I98O-C0M(78)347 final .The
preparation oftheannual report isaoonsequenoe oftheEuropean
Parliament Resolution of10Maroh 1975 (Petre report ).
(**) Annex 3gives thelist ofwork oarried outin1979 *

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Inaddition ,asaCommunity institution using sixofficial languages ,the
European Commission has tocope with large volumes oftranslation and
interpretation ,and here toodata processing can provide auseful aidin
thecreation forexample ,ofterminology banks ,theallocation ofrooms'
andinterpreters formeetings and inmachine translation projects
(EURODICAUTOM ,SYSTRAN ,EUROTRA ).
Thepotential ofdata processing facilities can,moreover ,beseen from
the sharp increase inrequests forassistance from departments ,notall
ofwhich can bemet.Itistherefore important that the Commission should
have data processing capacity tomatch its requirements .-
Given this need ,itwas uptothe Commission toselect adata processing
system ,which itdidin1976 . v
1979 was acrucial year inthe implementation ofthis choice and the
difficulties encountered were due largely tothe inadequacy ofthedata
processing facilities available .
Since Inspra 'sCETIS computer centre ismanaged bytheJoint Research
Centre ,itsactivities are not included inthepresent report ,which covers
only theactivities ofthe Computer Centre inLuxembourg andits associated
internal networks .

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I. THE MAIN EVENTS OF1979
II.The progressive implementation ofthe 1976 decisions
In1976 the Commission decided :
-toreplace the data processing equipment inthe Computer Centre and
touse the new equipment forall theapplications ,including those
previously contracted outtooutside services (inparticular the ECDOC
part ofCIRCE ,operated onthe CII-IRIS equipment inBrussels ,and the
time-sharing applications oftheDirectorate-General forEconomic and
Financial Affairs ).
-toselect ,following atendering procedure :
-acentrai ICL 298O configuration (Great Britain )
-aEuropean technical network :Mitra (France ),Nixdorf (FRG)and
Olivetti (Italy ).
These decisions were progressively implemented from 1979 onwards ;
notable features of1977 and 1978 were :
-thedeparture oftheCII-10070 computer(*)j
-thedelivery atthe endof1977 of "theICLcomputer (*)which hassince
then "been used inparallel with the IBM computer .inorder topermit the
conversion ofIBMapplications toICLj
-astart ontheimplementation ofthe01ive11i/Nixdorf network in
1978(*);
-inaddition ,thetaking into operation ofthe SIEMENS 7740 computer ,used
for linguistic applications andforcertain scientific and technical data
bases .
(*) asthe 1977 report indicates ,p.6(Doc.COM(78)347 final ).
'-(**) Adiagram ofthewhole information network wasincluded inthe 1978 report –
Annex III-Doc.C0M(79)678 final .
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However ,"themost crucial year was 1979 ,when thefollowing events
took place :
-conversion ofapplications from IBM toICL ,
-provisional acceptance tests inJune-July 1979 andfinal acceptance
tests oftheICLmachine attheend oftheyear ,
-thedeparture oftheIBMcomputer ,
-thesetting upoftheMitra /Olivetti /Nixdorf network ,
-astart made onthetransfer totheICLcomputer oftheapplications
previously processed atoutside sites ,
-progress with theSIEMENS operations and the expansion ofthecomputer 's
capacity .
12.Transfer ofapplications totheICL 2980 computer
Theconversion ofthemain application (*)oftheCommission wascontracted
out toICL ,which used Belgian andFrench companies assubcontractors .
Theother applications (totalling 104)were directly converted bythe
Analysis andProgramming Department (**) with theassistance ofateam
ofoutside contractors .
Atthe end of1979 "themain applications had "been converted and
made operational ,with theexception tiftheCIRCE documentation applications ,
which usetheSTATUS (***) interrogation software .Most ofthe104
other applications were successfully converted ,since "bytheendofthe
year only five hadnotyetundergone complete conversion (****) .
(*) CRONOS ,SABINE ,COMEXT ,OFFICIALS »PAY ,CIRCE .
(**) TheCommission hasacentral Analysis andProgramming Department
within the Directorate-General for Personnel and Administration .
Thedepartment was setupwhen aneworganizational structure
wasintroduced in1977 (cf.1977 report ,page 2).
(***) Annex 5covers theactivities ofCIRCE in1979 *
(****) Including FMA (fissile materials accounting ).

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Inaddition ,progress was made with thetransfer ofapplications
developed externally forcertain Directorates-General (II,III,XII,
XVI)(*).However ,since the APLlanguage (**) wasnotyetavailable
onthe ICL 2980 computer ,certain applications hadtobecarried out
•"byanoutside service bureau .
13.The departure ofthe IBM computer
Thecentral IBM 370/158configuration andthenetwork linked uptoit
,were used until the end ofOctober 1979 »when the machine was removed .
This system had been progressively reduced from March 1979 onwards ,
particularly asregards thenetwork .Nevertheless ,interms oftime/
useratio there was anincreased inthe average use ofthe IBM computer :
2035 hours CPU inthefirst ten months of1979 »asagainst 2352 for
the whole year 1978 ,.although the number ofjobs performed fell
("73348 inthefirst ten months of1979 »oompared with 101134 in1978).
14.Thedevelopment oftheEuropean Mitra/Olivetti /Nixdorf network (*** )
!Theprogressive reduction inthe IBM network was accompanied bythe
implementation in1979 oftheterminal network connected tothe ICL 2980
computer . Atthe end of1979 thestate ofimplementation ofthe new
network isasfollows (****) :
(*) .TheDirectorates-General for Economic andFinancial Affairs (il),
internal Market andIndustrial Affairs (ill),Researoh ,Science
andEducation (XII)andRegional Policy (XVI).
(**) APLisaprogramming language intended forusers ;itisused
1 inparticular for modelling .
(***) Annex 10also provides information ontheoffice computers
installed incertain departments .
(****) Atthe endof1978 there were around 50Olivetti orNixdorf
terminals and 34ICL terminals linked uptotheprovisional
network and 6ICL RJE terminals .

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–35Olivetti TC800terminals
-40Mixdorf 8820 terminais
-24Olivetti TCV450terminals
–5Mitra RJE terminals
–2Mitra APL terminals
-51ICLterminals connected ,totheprovisional network ,Midinstalled
when theICLcomputer arrived .
1 '
Asameasure ofthequantitative development ofthedata processing
resources itisworth remembering that in1976 thenetwork comprised
40terminals .
15•Acceptance oftheICL2980 computer
TheCommission decided tosubject thedata processing equipment which
-hadteen ordered toaprovisional acceptance test andafinal acceptance
test .
Theprovisional acceptance testing took place inJune/July 1979 and
related tothecentral ICLconfiguration ,theOlivetti /Nixdorf terminal
network ,andtheconversion oftheapplications ,inparticular the
five main applications . ....
TheCommission considered theresults oftheprovisional testing tobe
satisfactory .Nonetheless ,acertain number ofdeficiencies were
noted inthesurvey report drawn upatthetime oftheprovisional
test(*).
(*)Themain conclusions aregiven inAnnex 2.

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Afinal acceptance testing procedure wascarried outinDecember 1979 *
This teet related toalltheapplications ,including the CIRCE
applications . Numerous statistical data were produced inorder to
assess the performance ofthe computer ,and these arecurrently "being
analysed . The decision toaccept the computer oncertain conditions ,
ornot toaccept itfinally ,will "betaken inthe light oftheresults
obtained from this test period . . I
16.Relations with other European institutions
The data "bases developed "bythe Commission indocumentation and
legal sectors are also ofconsiderable interest for the other European
institutions and the CELEX and CJUS bases are already ofaninter -
institutional nature .
Inthe administrative area ,the salaries ofthe European Parliament
personnel are administered bythe Commission departments and the
European Parliament has been offered the opportunity ofusing the
software developed for the Commission applications forits own
purposes . N
Other data bases ,for example thestatistics contained inthe CRONOS
system ,have likewise been made available tothe other institutions
(andother organizations );;induecourse they will bemade available
via EURONET toalarge number ofother "enquirers .
s
Joint projects arealso planned ,for example (between the Commission
andtheEuropean Parliament )the management ofwritten quesfions (and
thereplies tothem),which would thus beavailable tothe two
institutions .v '

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TheEuropean Parliament also hasother projects inthedocumentation
field with whioh thenational parliaments could "beassociated .The
Commission iswilling tohelp inallthese areas .
.Increase intheSIMMS configuration and aclearer demarcation of
responsibilities between DOIXand DGXIII
Following thedifficulties encountered in1978 »themanagement
structure ,theuseofthecomputer ,theworkload entrusted toit
andthepossible future expansion ofthecentral configuration were
studied ontwo occasions *
These studies ledtothesetting upofa'steering committee'
responsible forthejoint management (byDOIXandDGXIIl(*)) of
theSIEMENS computer .Thesteering committee isassisted inits
task bytheSSORQ (Siemens service andoperations review group )
whose members are from DGXIII and DGIX.
Italso beoame necessary toincrease thecapacity oftheSIEMENS
computer andtochange theSIEMENS 7740 configuration toa7760
configuration forthis purpose .Thechoice ofthis method will
increase ourrent expenditure by20$butontheother hand will triple
themaohine 'scapacity .
V*)DGIXi Direotorate-Oeneral forPersonnel andAdministration
DGXIII tDireotorate-Oeneral for Scientific and Technical
Information and Information Management .

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»
Theaimofthis decision istosatisfy theforecast needs forthe
users intheshort andmedium-term (i*e.until 1981 ),andin -
particular theextension oftheinternal network (increase inthe
number ofinteraotive users )andoftheexternal network viaEURONET
from I98O onwards ,thefeeding ofthedata bases andthecarrying out
ofcertain development work ontheSYSTRAN project .Inaddition ,some
ofthemachine capacity oould beused forapplications ,notably those
oftheEuropean Parliament ,inthecontext ofcooperation with that
institution .

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2.THE DIFFICULTIES ENCOUNTERED
*
Theprogress made in1979 inimplementing thedecisions taken inI976
"bythe Commission must not beallowed toconceal thedifficulties
encountered inI979 andthose which still have to "beovercome inI98O
andI98I .Toalarge extent these difficulties arerelated tothe
cost ofconversion andtotheenvisaged qualitative andquantitative
•leap forward 1.This advance isnecessary tocope with thevery rapid
increase indemand ,andthe number ofstaff available isclearly
inadequate .
21.The increase indata processing expenditure
Thedata processing budget hasrisen from 158million Belgian francs
in1976 to630million Belgian francs in1979 (after transfers )(*),
inother words afourfold increase inexpenditure .
This increase inexpenditure has permitted anexpansion ofthe
Commission 'sdata processing capacity ,since together the ICL 2980 and
the SIEMENS 7740 computers have acomputing capacity between three and
four times greater than that ofthe IBM370/158andCII 10070 computer ^
which were both inservice in1976 .The number ofinstalled terminals
has also increased incomparable proportions ,rising from 40in1976
toaround 160in1979 *
However ,the major part ofthe increase inexpenditure isdue tothe
conversion work which has had tobecarried out.Indeed ,toassess this
cost ,itisnecessary toadd tothedirect cost ofconverting the
applications ,the costs ofoperating various types ofequipment in
parallel ,the cost oftheexternal service bureaux and the cost of
attached staff .Inall,the conversion cost calculated inthis wayis
currently 400 million Belgian francs .
(*)Annex 7provides abreakdown oftheexpenses for 1979 *

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While theconversion expenses arevery high ,taking them into account
asabasic element inthe;choice ofequipment clearly favours the
manufacturer whose equipment isalready present intheComputer Centre .
Forpolitical reasons ,theCommission in197.6 wished totake a
decision independently ofthis financial constraint .
InI98O theexpense deriving from theconversion ofapplications should
drop . .
However ,difficulties havearisen intheconversion ofCIRCE toSTATUSy^CCLs
there isagreat deal ofuncertainty with regard both tothepractical
disadvantages and tothe final cost oftheoperation .TheCommission is
therefore examining possible alternative solutions interms ofboth cost
.andefficiency .
) .
Moreover ,itiscertain that thecurrent central configuration isnot
sufficient tomeet theincrease indemand ;theconfiguration must be
expanded inI98O andtheCommission istudying ways ofdoing this .
The same applies totheterminal networks linked tothemaxi computers .
Finally ,owing tolack ofpermanent staff.it will benecessary inI98O
tocontinue toseek theassistance ofICLandtouseoutside services (*).
Ittherefore seems clear that iftheCommission departments are tohave
thesupport ofthemost up-to-date data processing equipment ,there can
benoquestion ofreducing thefunds allocated forthis purpose ,atleast
inthe short term .
22.Limits ofthe machine capacity
'*)Outside staff areneeded particularly forassistance inprogramming
.(cf.Annex 9)*

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Inthefinal months of1979 itbecame obvious that thecomputer
wasfinding itdifficult tocope with thevolume ofwork involved
inall theapplications .Obviously atransitional period is
required toensure asatisfactory cxutcome tosuch anenormous
conversion andtransfer operation .Nonetheless ,itisalready
clear that thecapacity oftheICL2980 computer will notbe
sufficient tocope satisfactorily with allthework required by
the users .
1980 will have tobedevoted ,asamatter ofpriority ,tooptimizing
theconverted applications ,stabilizing operations andoptimizing
theVME/Bsystem oftheICLcomputer (*).
This situation isvery critical .Users have become extremely
irritated atthe long delays andatthequality oftheservices
provided .Atthesame time ,owing tooverloading ofthemachine ,
theproductivity ofthedata processing departments isfalling ,and
the staff ,whohave already had toundergo retraining andbecome
accustomed toanewcomputer ,aredissatisfied with their working
conditions .
Ifweare toavoid arelative decrease inthedata processing capabilities
oftheCommission ,thecapacity ofthecentral configuration must be
enlarged .Ifthis isnotdone ,itwill become impossible even to
consider newapplications ,andthesurvival ofcertain applications
currently inexistence will bejeopardized .
(*)Theoperating system oftheICL298O computer isknown as"VME/B".

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23.Insufficient staff
4
Therequests foradditional personnel inrecent years (1977 «1978 »
1979 )were rejected oronly very partly met(*) "bythebudgetary
authority ,theCouncil adopting overall anegative attitude with
regard toCommission requests ,whioh were only partly reinstated in
thefinal phase ofthe "budgetary procedure .Thus during thedis­
cussion ofthedraft budget forI98O theCouncil didnotgrant a
single oneofthe50posts ,asked forbytheCommission forthedata
processing sector .TheEuropean Parliament reinstated 39ofthese
posts but since thebudget wassubsequently rejected theneed for
staff remain £.
Thelack ofpermanent staff hasbeen compensated forbyalarge -
scale useofoutside staff .Ingeneral terms thecost ofusing
outside staff ,inoneform oranother ,canbeputat200million
Belgian francs .
Apolioy ofthis nature isunsatisfactory from several points of
view :
1.Outside personnel costs ,;>onaverage ,twice asmust aspermanent
staff .
2.Since theICL2900 range isnotinwidespread useonthecontinent
ofEurope ,itisdifficult tofind staff ofasatisfactory level
capable ofworking with this kind ofequipment .Moreover ,
personnel ofthis nature areextremely mobile ,andthis does
nothing tohelp continuity . ,
(*)Annex 6deals with staffing questions .
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3.Onve acertain ratio ofpermanent staff totemporary andexternal
staff ispassed relations "between them become difficult ,particularly
since ,when they leave ,outside contractors leave "behind them
applications whose maintenance has to "beundertaken ,often in
unsatisfactory conditions ,"bythe ComiiuBsion staff .
The share inthemaintenance work carried out "bythepermanent staff is
increasing ,and thefact that itisimpossible toundertake new
applications isslowing down therate ofdevelopment work .A
consequence isthat thework oftheprogrammers is "becoming increasingly
tedious .
The need toincrease the staff ofthe Commission has "been stressed in
particular "byICLandalso inanexpert opinion drawn up "byaservice
company .Indeed afewfigures illustrate this need very clearly .
Thedata processing budget increased fourfold between 1976 and 1-979 •
Thecomputing capacity and thenumber ofterminals also increased
fourfold during the same period and themachine time used grew by
afactor of6.5between 1973 and7d.Against this ,staff figures
increased by30%between 1976 and1979' These different studies
• ι
ofthe staff requirements led in1979 "tothecalculation that the
shortfall inposts was 144 *Why isthis figure solaige ?
1.Tobegin with ,the lowrecruitment figures inrecent years have
led toaprogressive increase inthe shortfall inposts .The
data processing requirements ofthevarious Birectorates-Oene'ral
have only been partly metand ,when they were ,itwasoften due
totheassistance ofoutside contrac torsf *).
(*)Annex 4lists thework which hadtobeturned down in1979 «

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2.Asystem andnetwork 1section hasbeen created within th6 computer
operations division totake account onthe one hand oftheadoption
ofthe ICL computer ,and ontheother ofthe .development ofthe
internal work .Butthenumber ofpersons employed inthis section
isvery small ,given the increase inthework.it has todo.The ICL
computer isaparticularly complex machine andits system isnotyet
sufficiently stabilized .Apermanent team ofsystems engineers is
therefore necessary toensure satisfactory operation .Atthe same
time the number ofterminals has increased fourfold and remote batch
terminals have been acquired bythe Commission .Itistherefore
.necessary toincrease the 'network' team and toset upagroup capable
ofhelping users and coordinating theentire operation .
3.The growth inthe requiremens oftheDirectorate-General makes in­
dispensable alarger data processing budget ,the introduction of
analytical accounting and forecasting systems ,the drawing upand imple­
mentation ofamedium-term data processing plan and,consequently ,an
increase inthe administration ,management andproject implementation
infrastructure (*).
4*Thedifficulties encountered also have aneffect onthe work ofthe
analysis and programming department whose numbers will have tobeincreased
ifrecourse tooutside services istobeavoided .The process of
decentralizing certain applications ,which the Commission isstudying
atpresent ,and which will involve using staff from theuser services ,
will not solve the problem ofthe lack ofprogramming staff engaged in
feeding the maxi computers orproviding support tousers .
Itisclear that ,together with the volume ofwork tobehandled bythe
computer ,lack ofstaff isthe major problem inthe immediate future for
the Commission datar-proceising sector .
(*)The .setting-up ofadata processing planning andadministration unit
was announced inlast year'sreport .Theestablishment plan inthe
annex shows thepresent organization ofthedata processing sector .

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Themost urgent andmajor requirements areinthedata-processing
planning andadministration division and inthecomputer operations
division ,whose operation iscurrently dependent onthelarge-scale
attachment ofstaff from ICL .
5.Thedifficulties inthe "SIEMENS operations "section
Theproblem ofthe "balance "between thepermanent staff and outside
staff isalso present ,albeit toalesser degree ,intheteam
operating theSIEMENS computer .This computer canonly beoperated
atthemoment with theassistance ofoutside contractors .In1979 »
theSIEMENS team comprised ,inaddition toonesenior consultant ,
five outside contractors ,performing thetasks ofsystems programmer (l),
data-base managers (2)andoperators (2).
Other difficulties which were only partly overcome in1979 included :
-theestablishment ofpriority criteria toavoid newoverloading
ofthemachine ,
-theimprovement oftheprocedures already established with the
users ,
theestablishment ofatariff for thepurposes ofinvoicing indug
course the costs tothe users ofthe network via EURONET .

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Conclusion
1979 89,wthedeparture ofthe IBM computer ,andaconsequent extremely
difficult operation inthedata processing sector asaresult ofthe
enormous work involved inconversion (*). Thanks are duetotheoutside
staff and the Commission staff employed onthis work fortheir assistance
and dedication .
Itremains true that the increase inthe workload has led toincreased
delays and adeterioration inworking conditions for users and data
processing personnel . The machine capacity ofthecentral configuration
should therefore beincreased inorder toabsorb this extra workload
and tore-establish the previous level ofservice tousers .If
this isnot done ,itwill become impossible toaccept new applications
and certain applications will have tobeabandoned .
The conversion oftheapplications ,and the operation ofthe ICL
computer ,have oiily been possible owing tothepresence ofalarge
number ofICL staff and assistance from other outside contractors .
This isasituation which cannot continue ,and asthe computer
operations division does not have sufficient staff totake over the
computer its numbers must beconsiderably increased .
This doubly unsatisfactory situation ,whereby there isashortage
both ofcomputer capacity and ofstaff ,may appear paradoxical ifone
considers the large increase inthe data-processing budget inrecent
years .
(*)Thelist ofoperational applications (Annex 11)shows thesize
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However ,alarge part ofthe budget was used tofinance the conversion
and topayfor theoutside staff ,and inaddition ,despite its inadequacy ,
thetheoretical capacity provided bythe ICL and SIEMENS computers isa
great deal higher than that ofanIBM 370/158 computer ,sothat the
network has increased fourfold .
The fact isthat thedata processing sector ofthe Commission ,like the
data processing departments ofmany organizations andprivate companies ,
isinadifficult transitional phase .The era ofdomestic data processing
isnotfaroff andexperts already believe that inafewyears' time it
will beasnormal touse data processing terminals astouse the telephone .
This technical progress isleading tonew ,less centralized organization
methods which will offer certain advantages .The data processing sector
must therefore beable tocarry out for the Commission 'sdepartments work
which would not have been conceivable otherwise ,even with very much larger
numbers ofstaff .
Nonetheless ,adevelopment ofthis kind will inevitably encounter
difficulties ,and cannot becarried out unless the budgets are increased
totake account ofthe requirements and the hopes placed ondata processing .
The Commission was aware ofthe general nature ofthe problems set out
above and prepared areport on'The challenge ofthe new information
technologies forEuropean society -aCommunity solution' (*)for
consideration bythe European Council on28and 29November 1979 *
Inthe report the Commission suggested inparticular that certain measures
should betaken topromote innovation ,inparticular public access to
Community data banks and the planned inter-institutional information
system .
Itisclear that the Commission must set anexample inthe development
ofdata processing techniques within its departments ifthese measures
are tobesuccessful .
(*) COM (79)650 final

ANNEXES
1.Data processing equipment atthe Commission
2.Technical annex onthefinal acceptance test for the
IGL computer
 
3.Data-processing jobs in1979
4.Jobs not taken onin1979
5. CIRCE
6.Table ofstaff
7.Table ofexpenditure in1979
8.Organi gramme ofthedata-processing sector
9.Contracts inforce for programming assistance
10.'Office computers inother departments ofthe Commission
11.list ofoperational applications

ANNEX 1
DATA -PROCESSING EQUIPMENT ATTHE COMMISSION
I.ICL 2980
II.Central configuration
Onemain memory -7megabytes
42exchangeable discs with 5controls
4drums with 2controls
12tape cabinets with 3controls
4printers
2card readers
2consoles
1card punch
2data transmission network processors (CNP)
12.The network
35OLIVETTI -^TC800terminals
40NIXDORF 8820 terminale
51ICL7561 terminals
24OLIVETTI TCV450 terminals
8ICL (RJE )remote jobentry terminals
5MITRA remote jobentry terminals

ANNEX 1/2
•)
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2.SIEMENS 7?60
21.Central configuration
1
One main memory -2megabytes
6200-megabyte disc units with 2controls
ktape cabinets with 1control
3selector channels
1printer
1card reader
1front endprocessor (DUET )
22.The network
12SIEMENS 8l6l synchronous terminals
1AFL,SIEMENS 8152 synchronous terminal
7SIEMENS 8122 local printers
1APL SIEMENS 8120 local printer
15NEWBURY (?002 »?005i 7009 )asynchronous terminals
5DIABLO (l620 )asynchronous /printer terminals
5TALLY local printers
kSIEMENS interface multipliers (SVV)forthenetwork

ANNEX 2
TECHNICAL ANNEX ONACCEPTANCE OFIGLEQUIPMENT
Therental contract fortheICL2980 equipment provided foranacceptance
procedure tocheck that thefive main applications converted byICLand
theapplications converted bytheCommission 'sdepartments were operating
satisfactorily .Objective measures were suggested formeasuring there­
liability andtheflow oftheworkload specified inthecontract .
Thefirst demonstration washeld inJune 1979 bytheCommission andICL
jointly with thehelp oftwoobservers from outside theCommission (CCAand
ESA).
Taking account ofthelength oftime taken toupdate thedata bases and
ofthelack ofbatch operations during thenight ,theobservation period
wasartificially reduced toapproximately 20hours during which thenumber
ofjobs tobecarried outwassufficient tokeep themachine occupied .The
performance ofthedocumentation software proved inadequate .Asubstitute
load wastherefore introduced for •provisional *acceptance .
The main conclusions drawn were asfollows *
-Computing capacity wassufficient tocope with theload specified inthe
contract (11500hours CPU1^5 3-nl6hours ),(x)
-Thecapacity ofthecentral memory wasinsufficient andconsequently
response time attheterminals wastoolong ;
-Thereliability ofthemachine andofthesoftware wasnotoutstanding ;
(15hours between stops );
-Themagnetic tape units hadanunacceptable high error rate .
(*)However ,this load wasnotprocessed during thetwoday-shifts alone ,
since night andweek-end shifts contributed tothis result .

ANNEX 3
DATA-PROCESSING JOBS -IN1979
I. Data-processing .iobs carried ,outin1979 inthe administrative and
financial field .
11.Administration
a)Staff management
-Staff files »conversion IBM/ICL ,operation ,development ofon-line
interrogation ;
-Posts andallocation ofposts :conversion IBM/lCL ,operation ,
development ofon-line interrogation ,development ofa.career-file ,
development ofacompetition management system ;
-Management ofabsences andleaves conversion IBM/lGL,operation ,
development ofon-line interrogation andstatistics onabsenteeism ,
study ofdata acquisition byoptical scanning .-
b)Officials' pay
-Pays conversion IBM/lCL ,operation ,adjustments ;
-Allowances anddeductions ,conversion IBM/lGL,operation ,development
ofamission expenses management system ;

ANNEX 3/2
c)Social activities
-Sickness insurance *conversion IBM/lCL,operation ;
-Stagiaires ,students on scholarships ,European School ,Paul Finet
Foundation :conversion IBM/lCL,operation ;
-Management ofrestaurants andsupermarkets :conversion IBM/lCL,
operation ;
d)Management ofequipment
-Telephone directories :conversion IBM/lGL,operation ;
-Supplies ,stocks offurniture and equipment inventories ,conversion
ICM/lGL,operation .
e)Miscellaneous
-Library catalogues ,translation planning :conversion IBM/lCL,operation ;
-Allocation ofinterpreters :development and implementation ofanon­
line management system (SAFIR ).
12.Accounts
-Operation and adjustment ofaccounting programmes ;
-Analysis ofcommitments and payments ,broken down bycountry and
national currency oftherecipient ;
-study ofanintegrated accounts system (SICOMU ).
13.EAGGF
-Development ofonon-line management system forthe EAGGF Guarantee
Fund ;
-Development andimplementation ofanon-line mangement system forthe
EAGGF Guidance Fund .

ANNEX 3/3
1*K EGSG funds
-Development ofafund management system ; ,.
-Analysis ofamanagement system for "borrowings andloans .
Λ·
15.Social fund
-Development andimplementation ofamanagement system for
financial statements .
16.European development fund
;-Conversion IBM/lCL ,operation ,adjustments .
17.Agricultural rates ' '~"
-Conversion GAMMA lO/lCL2903 »operation .
18.Agricultural accounts information network
-Conversion IBM/lGL,operation ,development .
19.Management offishing licenoes
Preliminary study forcomputerization .
2.Data-processing .jobs carried outin1979 inthefield of
documentation
Thejobs carried outduring 1979 bythespecial department for
documentation data-processing fall into five main categories !

ANNEX 3A
21.Multilingual projects
Work carried out todevelop theterminological data base EURODICAUTOM
concentrated mainly onthe following points :
-conversion ofthe IBM computer tothe SEMENS computer involved a
considerable amount ofwork ,both atthe programming level andat
the commissioning stage ;
-asecond version oftheinterrogation software ispractically -
finished ;thefeatures ofthis software are based onexperience
gained over recent years ;
-certain one-shot programmes have been written tospeed upthe
work ofincreasing the number ofterms inthedata base and to
improve application management .
221.The Commission 'sdocumentation systems
Work continued ,onthe implementation ofthe SAGAP system for the
management ofaddresses and publications ;address conversion was
completed .
Within the context ofcomputerization ofthe Press Offices ,the
standardization andacquisition ofaddresses has been undertaken by
ailoutside firm for London ,and acontract isbeing drawn upfor a
similar system for the Rome Press Office .Initial steps have been
taken tocontact outside experts inrespect ofthe Copenhagen office .
The task ofsystem design and programming for the Customs Union *
department ofamultilingual list ofthe names ofand synonyms for
chemical products listed inthe customs tariff ,which has been
carried out under anexternal contract supervised bythefunctional
analyst ,isnearing completion .

ANNEX 3/5
Following thefeasibility study for afile ofaddresses ofcredit
institutions requested byDGXI,computerization ofthis project
was postponed .
Thefeasibility ofcomputerizing thepractical guide forusing the
generalized preferences scheme wasinvestigated ,but not pursued .
23•Projects concerning scientific andtechnical information and
•documentation (IDST ) s
Projects within the context ofIDST concerned :
-afeasibility analysis ofadata base containing theresults of
research ontreatment for cancer ,andpossible use ofthe EURONET
network for exchanging information between hospitals ;
-supervision ofthe experimental implementation ofanetwork linking
\certain information centres onmedicines .
^ .
With regard toEURO NET-DIANE ,afree information service has been
analyzed and implemented .Itprovides inreal time information on
the EURONET network ,the hosts connected tothe network and thedata
')
bases they offer .Anadditional service ,for which acharge would be
made ,toprovide detailed information onthe terminals ,the hosts and
the data bases ,was analysed .
2^..Utilities
There has been considerable re-organization ofthe SGRAPBOOK application ,
which processes texts andtransmits massages ,with aview toincreasing
the range offunctions available tousers andtoimproving software
reliability .

ANNEX 3/6
This led tothesecond version ,which isnow available .
Themore general problem oflink-up between text processing stations
andthecentral computer has also given rise toafair number of
studies andsolutions ,including link-up ofaone-user system -tothe
SCRAPBOOK network andanalysis dfasystem fortransferring texts and
managing messages between heterogeneous stations andthecomputer .
The SINETsoftware package wasused todevelop asystem formanaging
internal meetings andfollow-up ofmeasures agreed .
25 »Conversion
Astudy wasmade ofthepossibility ofconverting DOME ,which ispart
ofGOLEM under GRIPS tosee whether the data base could bemade
available via EURONET ,
Inview ofthelack ofresources upstream forfeeding thadata base
andtheorganization ofaEURNONET user service ,adecision wasde­
'ferred until thenecessary conditions hadbeen fulfilled .
Conversion oftheEURONET address file which forms part oftheGOLEM
software under theGRIPS software isnearing completion .

ANNEX 3/7
3. Data processing .lobs carried outIn1979' inthefield ofstatistics
3i.Pro.iects inhand in1979
These projects areattheanalysis and/orprogramming stage .For
v some (one-shot )projects completion involves also theproduction
stages .' ,
- 1
311,External trade andrelated statistics
General maintenance ofprogrammes ontheexternal trade ofthe
European Community ,including preparatory work for theinclusion
ofGreece inthe general statistics sand thesetting upofaprogramme
for checking supplementary units .
Extension ofthetextiles statistics system toother categories
ofsensitive products (oil,footwear etc.).
Generalization ofthe system for monitoring textile imports ,
-Setting upofanew system forthe generalized preferences scheme
including comparison ofimports under the scheme and normal imports .
Tariff statistics andpreparatory work forthe GATT multilateral
trade negotiations .
Formatting ofdata onexternal trade with aview tointroducing
them into CRONOS .
Preparation ofthe monthly external trade statistics bulletin .
ACPstatistics yearbook 1972/1978 *
Preliminary study (based onareduced number ofdata )ofasystem
forcalculating indices oftheforeign trade unit (average ).

ANNEX 3/8
312 .Other applications -surveys etc .
-Oilcrisis -import monitoring system (RJEdata ).
-Processing ofEGSG questionnaires .
-Steel investment survey .
-Processing andforecasting -fruit tree survey 1977 •
-Preliminary work onagricultural holdings survey 1977#
-Survey ofaccidents intheiron andstedl industry .
-Typology ofagricultural holdings ("based ondata from the '1975
structures survey' .
-Work onsectoral analysis .
-Study oftheICLstatistics 'packages *andofTSP (time series
processing )
-Setting upofnewCRONOS domains (FINA ,SNAG),(sets ofdata relating
totime series onfinancial accounts andforeign trade inagricultural
products ),rewriting ofthebulletins inOSIRIS (agriculture ,energy ,
balance ofpayments ).
-Processing ofdata taken from GATT forspecific one-shot projects
(DGI,DGII,DGVIII ).
32.Operational .jobs
321 .External trade andrelated statistics
-Monthly ,quarterly andannual external trade statistics ofEEC
countries .These statistics include various breakdowns bycountry \
traded with ,economic classification zone ,product andcategory of
product ,andform thebasic documentation onEuropean trade .These
statistics inthemselves represent aquarter ofthework onstatistics ,
-TheECSC external trade statistics aresimilar totheexternal trade
statistics butconcern only EGSG products andalso cover calculations
ofindirect trade insteel andtheEURACIER tables .

ANNEX 3/9
■ ι ·ι
:•»
-Related statistics cover information used fortariff and trade
negotiations ,monitoring systems ,and information concerning the
generalized preferences schemes .
I
-Theexternal trade statistics for ACPcountries (Africa ,Caribbean
andPacific )cover allthetrade ofdeveloping countries benefitting
under the Lame agreements with detailed breakdown bypartner country
and byproducts ..
Miscellaneous .applications
-Basic analysis ofthe 1975 industrial survey .
-Basic analysis ofthe 1975 survey onthestructure ofagricultural -•
holdings .
-Use ofOSIRIS toproduce statistic bulletins ofdata contained in
CR0N0S . .
' /
-Analysis ofrawmaterials .
-Processing ofthe ECSC questionnaires (original version ).
-Investments inthe iron andsteel industry .
-Sectoral display panels .
-Structural data bank .
Jobs which have been converted during 1979
External trade and related matters
-General programme (publications based ontheforeign trade classification
NIMEXE ,TDC,CTCI ,agricultural products ).
-Formatting ofdata for CRONOS (rawmaterials ,animal products ,agri­
cultural andindustrial products ). '
-Monthly application ,
-ECSC and indirect trade insteel .
-Textiles ,tables ofstatistics .
-Textiles monitoring -MFA (Multi Fibres Agreement ).
-Associates .
-ACP .
-Transports NTS.(Nomenclature of-,goods fortransport statistics ).
-JULES input-output package .

ANNEX 3/10
k.Data-processing .jobs carried outin1979 inthefield ofgeneral
statistivs software
4-1.ORONOS (chronological series base )
Completion ofthe IBM/ICL conversion ,adjustments ,operations ,
language study for EURONET ,study for acatalogue ,acomputerized
notebook and aflag system ,construction ofanew generator .
kZ,SABINE (nomenclature base )
Completion ofthe IBM/ICL conversion ,operation ,development ofinput
and output interfaces ,extension tomanagement applications .
43.OSIRIS (table generator )
IBM/lCLconversion ,completion ofthefinal version (2.4),operation ,
with extension ofuse (CRONOS publications ,management jobs).
44.PASCAL (programming language )
Conversion ofthe IBM compiler toICL,consolidation ofdocumentation
and user carriers .
45.SIGISE (integrated statistics
Specifications studies .data base management system )

ANNEX h
JOBS NOT TAKEN ONIN1979
(owing tolack ofresources )
Inthefield ofadministration andfinance
Extension ofandadjustments tothefollowing applications J
-staff files
-posts andallocation ofposts
-allowances anddeductions
-sickness insurance
-telephone directories
-supplies
-library
-translation planning
-accounts
-EAGGF Guarantee Fund
-EAGGF Guidance Fund
-EGSG fund (DGXVIII )
-Social Fund (DGV)
-Régional Fund -ERDF (DGXVI)
.Inthe ofdocumentation
-Within thecontext oftheSAGAP project :management ofafileof
addresses forthedistribution ofpublications ,management oforders
andstocks ,andaccounts ?
-File ofaddresses ofcredit institutions ;

ANNEX k/Z
-Delay intheconversion ofEURODICAUTOM (terminological data base )
during transfer from IBMtoSIEMENS .
3.Inthefield ofstatistics
-Survey onthestructure ofsalaries
-Survey onlabour oosts
-Further analysis ofthe1975 agricultural survey
-Fishing accidents .

ANNEX 5
CIRCE
(information anddocumentation research centre ofthe
European Communities )
Conversion and transfer ~
Theactivities ofCIRCE during 1979 were largely centred onconverting
CIRCE data bases toSTATUS software andtransferring them totheCom­
mission' snewICLcomputer attheComputing Centre inLuxembourg ,
This work proved tobeparticularly difficult with regard toCIRCE
andinvolved agreat deal ofwork forboth theICL/DATASKEL andCIRCE
teams .
Since the newrsoftware wasunsuitable from theoutset ,aconsiderable
/
number ofnewmeasures had tobedeveloped ,tested andimplemented .
Once conversion wascompleted ,operation ofthedifferent data bases
inparallel ontheoutput andinput software greatly increased the
necessary management work ascompared with normal operation andconse­
quently meant anexceptionally high workload fortheentire CIRCE team
Training measures undertaken related chiefly toretrainings

ANNEX 5/2
Developments
Asaresult ofthesiluation described above ,andofbudgetary restrictions
inthefield ofdata processing ,itwasnotpossible toimplement anynew
developments ,despite requests from anumber ofCommission departments .
Theonly action inthis field concerns follow-up development work inthe
newASMODEE data base which istobeused tocheck theapplication ofdi­
(*)recti vesbyMember States v',This data base hasbeen inoperation onan
experimental basis since July 1979 andinformation isfedinregularly .
Operation
Operation hasalso been affected byconversion andtransfer operations ,
inparticular byproblems ofaccess tobases under STATUS ,andproblems
inthedrawing upofselective distribution listings orofmore sophis­
ticated products which arepart oftheservices offered tousers .An
initiative hasbeen launched aimed atusing theACTU file forthedis­
tribution ofCommission<.documents tothe external offices .
Index ofCommunity legislation inforce
Thework ofdrawing upalist ofCommunity legislation inforce with the
aidoftheCELEX system issomewhat behind schedule owing partly toan
unprecedented volume ofcontrol operations ,(validity andindexing )and
(x)Thename oftheUSACAD data base forchecking theapplication of
directives hasbeen changed andthebase isnowknown asASMODEE ,

ANNEX 5/3
wasalso affected bychanges ofdata processing equipment andthe
relevant conversion problems , '
Having regard tothework still tobecompleted andtothereeources
available ,thenewpublication data fortheIndex hasbeen set'for
1July 1980 .
Remote access toCommunity data bases
Inaddition tolinking several outside bodies toCELEX bytelecommu­
nication onanexperimental basis ,apilot experiment hasbeen launched
tolink theRome office oftheEuropean Communities totheCommission 's
internal documentation bases .
Themain aimofthis one-month experiment was to:
-test thetechnical ,possibilities ofremote interrogation ;
-determine thespecific documentation needs oftheoffices ;
-evaluate thecontents ofcomputer bases andtheextent towhich
they were adapted totheneeds ofaperipheral service incontact
with thepublic . 1
Theresults ofthis experiment were onthewhole encouraging andthe
Commission islooking into thepossibility oflinking upfour external
offices .
Statistics
1979 Yielded thefollowing statistics :

ANNEX 5A
File Unit V olume Increase in1979
BC01
CELEX
PRC
AGTUDocumentation unit
Document
Procédure
Document
ASMODES Document113,000
33700
4500 '
22000
630023000
-5?oo
1,100
13ooo
6300
I

ANNEX 6
STAFF 1979
A B C D Total
Statistical Office 10(l) 4(-) -(-) 14(l)
DGIX(Personnel & '
Adrainistrati en)
Functional analysis
group (IGAF ) 8(l) -(-) 1(-) -'(-)■ 9(l)
-Analysis *
andprogramming ,
department (SSAP ) 18(4)43(6) 1(-) -(-) 62(l0)
*Computer operations
division (DEI) 14(2)32(2) 55(3) 3(-) 104 (7)
-Data processing planning
and administration
unit (IPA) 4(l): 2(l) 3(-) -(") ' 9(2)
-CIRCE ' 7(-) 7(-) 1^(-) 1(-) 29(-)
DGXIII -Specialist
department fordata
processing anddocumentation 8(2) 2(-) 2(l) -(-) 12(3)
TOTAL 69(ll)90(9) 76(4)4(-) 239 (24)
Note :Thefigures cover both permanent andtemporary posts ;
thenunber oftemporary posts iashown inbrackets .

TRENDS IN THE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES
IN THE COMMISSION 'SDATA-PROCESSING SECTOR
Financial year A B C-D TOTAL
1975 43 , 68 60 171
1976 45 70 60 175
"1977 57 81 76 214^
1978 64 79 87 23O^
1979 69 90 80 239
(k)CIRCE wassetupin1977 »which explains themarked increase
inthe number ofemployees in1976 and 1977 •
Ifthe CIRCE staff areleft out ofaccount weobtain for
1977 astaff of191 .

ANNEX 7
EXPENDITURE ONDATA PROCESSING IN1979
I .
In 1000 EUA in 1million Bfrs
Item 2240 '
' I '" •
0. IBMrental (part oftheyear ) i555 '62.2
1.ICLrental (part oftheyear ) 2213 '88,5
2.Software , 209 8.4
3.Network -interactive 595 23.8
-remote batch terminal 134 5-3
-téléphoné lines 328 13^1
- *
-modems 172 6.9
-racks/switches /test equipment 14 10.5
-Comkodak ' 20 0,8
4. MAsets / 7 0«3
5.Purchase ofinformation onmagnetic tapes – . ■ *-
6. .Coding (equipment andservice "bureau ) 358 14.3
7.Technical assistance (operation ) 2910 116.4
8.Token entry - .
9.Supplies (dises ,tapes ,etc. ) 710 28,9
1-Ov .Token entry ,-
ll.^Work ofconversion and service bureau •
(large-scale applications -including
computer time) 2763 ' 110,5 ;
1 ––– _ 1
11988 4-79.9
'\ ;
Less re-use ,adjustments etc. • 394 15.8
Item 2240 11594 464-.1

ANNEX 7/2
in1000 EUA ln 1million Bfrs .
Item 2242
1,External service bureau (mainly
CIRCE and DGII) i980 79.2
2.Decentralized equipment (search
"bytelephone ,single accounting
centre etc.) 225 9»
2205 88.2
Less adjustments 20
Item 2242 2l8^ 7' .
Item 2243
1,Conversion tasks notyetcompleted 671 26.8
2,CIRCE -technical assistance 136 5.4
3,Trade negotiations 100 4.0
4.Miscellaneous technical assistance 487 19.5
Item -2243 ^ 1394 55.7
Item 2244
1.Analysis ofdocuments 593
Item 2244 593 23*7
TOTAL FORARTICLE 224 ,15766 63O.9

ANNEX 8
ORGANIZATION OFDATA PROCESSING AT THE COMMISSION
Data processing
management
committee (CDIC )
Technical committee
PROJECTED UNITS
Functional analysis
(Statistics ) DGXIII
(SSID ?)planning and
admini strati on
unit
DGIX
(GAF3)
System design
and proerammins Specialist department
foranalysis and programming
CIRCE
Computer management '
and operation Data processmg
division
1)Division forthedesign anddevelopment ofsoftware andinformation management
department .
2)Special systems analysis indocumentary applications department ,
3)Functional analysis group 'administrative andfinancial management jobs *.

ANNEX 9
CURRENT PROGRAMMING ASSISTANCE CONTRACTS
Project Firm{s ) Comments
CIRCE :Engineer
analyst/programmer
Conversion ofthe smaller-scale
IBM/lCLapplications
Multilateral Negotiations
Adjustment ofpensions
Conversion of KOM 90Kodak toICL
Management ofearly salary payments
Transport andtelephones
Chemical products (GUD)
Development ofprogramme
Adjustment ofE.P. programme
Logabar it-600
Typology
European Social Fund
Allocation ofinterpreters (SAFIR )
Updating oflarge-scale applications :
SABINE ,foreign trade ,CRONOS
Modifications totelephone software :
majiagement oftelephone list
Fissile materials accounting
EAGGF -advance payment
Financial instrumentsHB-CII
(Computer Resources
Aronworth
(Correlative Systems
[iCL
D.E.L.P.I.
ICL
ICL
Cap-Sogeti
Steriabel
(Correlative Systems
^Aronworth
ICL
Logabax
Computer Resources
Datasolve
Cap-Sogeti
ICL
SAIT
Correlative Systems
Correlative Systems
DatasolveWork continued
from 1978
Engaged in197°
All-in price

ANNEX 9/2
Project . Firm(s ) Comments
PASCAL andOSIRIS maintenance I.R.E.P. Grenoble■ *.
CBDNOS maintenance Intersoft
Completion ofCRONOS generator IntersoftV,
Perforation Automation Center
. ·
I
\
I

ΑΝΙΤΕΧ 10
OFFICE COMPUTERS INOTHER COMMISSION DEPARTMENTS
DG EQUIPMENT
VI Gamma 10
IX Cil (SAIT )-téléphoné
Logabax 4200 stock replacement
Matra ^30(CIRCE coding )
XIX Logabax ^-600
Nixdorf 900 ML
Logabax 3200 +Bull perforator (2machines )
Miscellaneous
S0EC 5100 IBM
BENSON pen-plotter
TEKTRONIX graphic terminal .
II TEXTRONIX graphic terminal
Some directorates-general ,make useofexternal computers inthecourse oftheir
work onatime-sharing basis :
DG Firm(s )
I GATT ,Geneva (Multilateral Trade Negotiations )
II IBM ,Diegem (+VIII ,XIXandSOEC )
Katholieke Univ .Leuven
III dentre detraitement informatique (c.T.I. )atthe
Ministry forEconomie Affairs (maritime questions )
IBM ,Diegem (textiles )
VI Centre detraitement informatique (C.T.I.)atthe
Ministry forEconomic Affairs (RICA )

ANNEX 10/2
Flrm(s )
COMSHARE (personnel planning )
CETIS ,Ispra (salaries andfissile
materials accounting )
General Time Share
IBM ,Diegem
General Time Share
C.S.C. Computer Science Europe
Informalux (JULES andforeign tråde )
GATT Geneva
Honeywell Bull (CIRCE )

ANNEX 11
LIST OF OPERATIONAL APPLICATIONS
Name . No.of Frequency Main languages Year
Instruction
1.ADMINISTRATION
a
Variable factors 350
Industrial concentration ^600
P.Finet foundation craints 13000
EAGGF management /guidance 9500
EDFgrants 85OO
ADF accountlng 12900
ADFstatistics 17600
Payment ofofficials ,
pensioners andlocal staff 23OOO
Model forofficials' pay 330
Gleaners *pay J0Q
Payment ofLuxembourg local staff 5600
Translation planning 400
Calculation ofsalary scales 150
Table ofnotional steps 35^
Overtime ^$00
Téléphoné charges 4-00
Luxembourg Economat inventory 3OO
Luxembourg shop management 1400
Subscribers tothelibrary 1200
Téléphoné list 3^00
Inventories 12300k Gobol 1972
6 Fortran ,Gobol 1973
k Atlas ,Gobol 1978
30 Gobol ,Sabine 1980
4 Gobol 1979
12 Gobol 1976
2 Cobol 1979
50 Gobol 1968
6 Gobol 1972
13 Gobol 1973
12 Cobol 197^
l6 Cobol 1966
1 Fortran 1966
1 Cobol 1972
12 Cobol ,Atlas 1976
12 Cobol 1970
2 Cobol 1976
12 Cobol 1968
2 Gobol 1972
k Cobol 1970
13 Gobol 1966
(x)Notincluding SAPIR applications and EAGGF accounts /guarantee ,RICA ,general
accounts ,operating budget accounts andrestaurant (accounts .

ANNEX 11/2
Name No.of Frequency Main languages Year
Instruction
Economat -cards 600 1 Cobol 1973
Restaurant cards 200 1 Atlas 1977
Administrative stagiaires I65O 2 Cobol 1977
Scanning ofleave forms 4000 200 Cobol 1978
Breakdown ofmedical expenses - IO3OO 100 Cobol 1976
Sickness insurance statistics 1700 '• 1 Cobol 1978
RENSPERS sickness insurance 250 12 Cobol 1972
Statistics onabsences . 6000 1 Cobol ,Osiris 1978
Mission bookings 1200 12 Cobol 1964
Mission expenses 12200 24 Cobol . 1964
PRONOM - 7500 14 'Cobol ,Atlas 1975
Building loans / 1500 18 Cobol ,Fortran ,Atlas 1973
Staff information „ .20000 -200 Cobol ,Atlas ,Osiris 1976
Leave management -36OO 12 Cobol 1968
Jobinformation 5000 14 Atlas ,Cobol ,Osiris 1973
ERDF fund management IO5OO 100 Atlas ,Cobol "1975
Fissile materials accounting 47000 100 Cobol 1976
ECSC financial accounts 6900 '13 Cobol '1977
ECSC borrowings' .750 .13 Cobol 1977
ECSC accrued interest accounts 31Q0 13 Cobol 1977
ECSC portfolio situation 2100 13 Cobol 1977
ECSC funds 1300 13 Cobol 1977
Management ofECSC borrowings 1900 3 Cobol 1975
ECSC withdrawals 5900 14 Cobol 1973
Analytical salary accounts 33OO 24 Cobol 1970
Research budget accounts I83OO 150 Cobol 1978
Sickness insurance accounts ,1150 • 12 Cobol * 1976
PPBS accounts ,DGX 12000 12 Cobol . ' 1975
Research budget ,operating budget '-.2400 2 Cobol 1968
management account
Pupils attheEuropean School 19000 2 Cobol 1977

ANNEX 11/3
Name No,of Frequency Main languages yeax
Instruction
2.ΙΧΚΙΤιΕΝΤΑΤΙΟΝ
SAGAP (automatic address andpubli­
cations management system ' 39500 25O Cobol 1979
Automatic library catalogue 36OO 12 PLI 1978
EURONET address management 4000 12 Grips 1978
CELEX ,(CLEX.GJUS ) 4000 250 Cobol ' 1978
CLEX -list 5200 1 Cobol 1979
GLEX -list (REID ) 900 1 Cobol 1979
CLEX 28000 250 Cobol 1979
CJUS 14000 250 Cobol 1979
ECDOC „ 23000 250 Cobol 1979
SCRAPBOOK 30000 250 BCPL 1978
Text treatment 1165 75 Assembler ,Cobol 1977
Text treatment 2000 150 Basic 1979
DOME (micro-economics documentation ) 2500 12 Assembler ,ELI 1978
International Patent Institute 2500 1 PLI 1978
EABS (under GRIPS ) 5500 12 Grips 1979
EABS (under GOLEM ) 850 12 Assembler 1977
AGREP 400 25O Grips 1979
AGRIS (under STAIRS ) 85Ö 12 Assembler ,PL1 1978
EURODI CAUTOM -batch 32000 12 Cobol ,PL1 1978
" -online 15000 25O Assembler 1978
" -batch 32200 12 Cobol ,PL1 1976
" -online 20000 25O Assembler 1976
ASTUTE 55OO 12 Cobol 1976
Word frequency 26OO 12 . Cobol 1978
SDIM " 8000 12 Cobol 197^
CNRS " 1800 12 Assembler 1977
CRIF " 200 12 ELI 1978

ANNEX 11
Name No.of
InstructionFrequency Main languages Year
Automatic translation interface
-GAB 2000 12 Assembler ,Cobol 1978
-Agricultural credits 3OO 12 Cobol 1978
-Office Journal 700 12 Cobol 1978
-Bulletin ' 800 12 Cobol 1978
-Agris 600
55012' Cobol . 1978 .
Project 2*4· Cobol 1977
Pstents 5OOO 1 FLl 197^
Thesaurus photocomposition 25OO 1 FL1 1976
3.STATISTICS
OSIRIS 60000 .0 Pascal 1976
ATLAS 3OOOO 0 Cobol 1978
Miscellaneous utilities 10000 0 Cobol ' 1978
PASCAL (compiler ) 9OOO .0 Pascal 1976
General foreign trade statistics 33OOO 6k Cöbol 1977
ECSC statistics 7OOO 128 Cobol ,Osiris 1978
Textile alert 10000 96 Cobol ,Osiris 1979
Textiles monitoring ., 8000 il· Cobol 1979
Oil crisis .3OOO 2h Cobol 1980
Monthly foreign trade statistics 9OOO 96 Cobol 1977
ACP statistics 65OO 35 Cobol 1965
Transport statistics 1200 25 Cobol 1976
Statistics onassociate -states II50 1 Osiris 1977
Tariff statistics 65OO 0 Cobol 1979
Systems ofgeneralized oreferences 23OOO 16 Cobol 1979
ECSC questionnaire 55OO 13 Cobol ,Osiris 1979
Steel investment survey 6000 12 Cobol ,Osiris 1979

ANNEX 11/5
Name No.of
InstructionsFrequency Main languages Year
Industrial survey 75/76 9000 24 Cobol ,Osiris 1979
CRONOS bulletins 65OO 64 Osiris · 1979
Salaries survey 78/79-monitoring 45OO 24 Cobol ,Osiris 1980
Agricultural survey 77 -■·monitoring 4000 24 Cobol 1980
Wine survey 79-monitoring 4000 24 Cobol . 1980
Collective agreements 20000 1 Cobol 1979
Typology ofagricultural
holdings 20000 1 Cobol 1979/80
Fruit survey 1000 3 Cobol 1979
Agricultural structures survey 1977 10000 3 Cobol 1979
Osiris 1980
Indices ofmean values for 2000 test Cobol 1979
foreign trade 2000 stage Basic 1980
ACP -statistics yearbook 5OOO being Osiris 1980
tested
Trade negotiations (DGl) 5OOO upon Osiris 1979/80
request
Sectorial tables 2000 15 Osiris 1979/80
Managements tasks 2000 Osiris 1979/80
General accounting tools
(SOEC follow-up system ) 8000 100 Cobol
Studies andforecasting models 1000 100 Fortran 1979
Input /output tables 2000*' APL (IBM) 1979/80
Structural data bases -
national accounts 2000* en APL (METRA ) 1979/80
Regional statistics 2000* test APL (SIEMENS ) 1979/80
BENSON graphics 5OOO 100 APL (51OO ) 1979/80
xTheindication ofthenumber ofAPLinstructions isonly ofrelative value since
thelanguage issospecific .
N.B. :Itisnotpossible togive afrequency forapplications written inBASIC and
AEL (interactive )fortheremaining applications .

List ofabbreviations and initials used in
the annual report ofthedata-processing departments
ofthe Commission -1979
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ACTU file containing summary data ondocuments published bythe
Secretariat-General ofthe Commission
.1 ' -
AGREP permanent inventory ofresearch projects inthefield
ofagriculture
AGRIS agricultural science andtechnology system
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AO System analysis
ASTUTE thesaurus compilation system ,
ATLAS programming language
CDIC steering committee ondata processing attheCommission
CELEX documentary file onCommunity law .
AIRCE information and research centre ondocumentation ofthe
European Communities
CJUS lawdata base (judgments oftheCourt ofJustice )
CMP fissile materials accounting
COMEXT foreign trade application
CPU central processing unit -i.e. thecentral unit ofacomputer
CRONOS chronological sériés data "base
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DOME micro-economics documentation
ECDOC European Commission documentation
EGO! general file oninternai documentation
(part ofCIRCE )
EUROABSTRACTS data base onresults ofresearch programmes directly
(EABS ) orindirectly financed bytheCommission
EAGGF European Agricultural Guidance andGuarantee Fund
EREF European Regional Development Fund
EURODICAUTOM terminological data bank
EURONET European network
FAM (CMF ) fissile materials accounting
GATT General Agreement onTariffs andTrade
COLEM Grossspeicherorientierte listenorganisierte
Ermittlungsmethode mass-memory list-based enquiry
method )
GRIPS General relation-based information processing system
IAEA International Atomic Energy Agency (Vienna )
IDMS Integrated data base management system
IGAF management andfinancial applications department
JULES input /output package
OSIRIS system forgenerating tables ofstatistics

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PASCAL programming language
PRONOM appointments procedures
RICA information onagricultural accounting
RJE remote job entry
SABINE nomenclat vires data base
SAFIR system forallocating interpreters tomeetings
SAGAP automated address and publications management system
SCRAPBOOK text processing and message transmission system
SSID specialized service for documentary data processing (DGXIII )
STATUS software for interrogating documentary data bases onICL
SYSTRAN automatic pre-translation System