AMENDMENT TO THE PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DECISION ON A SPECIFIC PROGRAMME OF RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE FIELD OF COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES
Date: 1990-12-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: COST, research programme, scientific research, telecommunications

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMVRJNITIES 

COMOO)  675  f i n al  SYN 259 

B r u s s e l s , 14  December  1990 

Amendment  to  the  proposal 

f or  a 

COUNCIL  DECISION 

on  a  specific  programme  of  research  and  technological  development  in  the  field  of 
Communication  Technologies 

(presented  by the Commission  pursuant  to Article  149(3) 
of the EEC-Treaty) 

EXPLANATORY  NOTE 

The  Commission  presented  its  initial  proposal  concerning  a  specific  programme  of  research 
and  technological  development  in  the  field  of  Communication  Technologies  on  23  May  1990, 
COM(90)  154  final  SYN  259. 

The  Parliament  gave  its  opinion  in  a  first  reading  on  12  December  1990  (PV  n°  147.263). 
The  Commission,  having  accepted  the  following  amendments  in  the  plenary,  modifies  its 
initial  proposal  by  means  of  the  present  document,  nos.  1,  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  8,  9  (in  part),  13,  14, 
15,  16,  17,  18,  19,  20,  21, 28. 

Amendments  12,  27  and  the  Oral  Amendment  42  are  acceptable  in  a  modified  form. 

The  following  amendments  are  not  retained,  nos.  7,  10,  11, 22,  23,  24,  25,  29,  30. 

Amendment  7  concerns  dissemination  of  results  which  will  be  the  subject  of  a  separate 
decision  on  its  budget  allocation  and  modalities  for  implementation. 

Amendments  10  and  11  relate  to  the  type  of  Committee  that  should  assist  the  Commission  in 
the  Management  of  the  Programme.  A  type  Ilia  Management  Committee  is  appropriate  for 
the  specific  programme  on  telematic  systems. 

Amendment  22  replaces  the  ranges  in  the  breakdown  of  expenditure  by  an  average  figure. 
This  loss  of  flexibility  is  not  desirable. 

On  Modalities  of  implementation,  amendments  23,  24,  25,  30  are  not  retained,  either  for 
legal  or  political  reasons. 

Amendment  23,  related  to  amendment  7,  is  unnecessary  and  inappropriate  for  a  Council 
decision. 

Amendment  24  fixes  a  percentage  allocation  for  technology  and  risk  assessment.  Such  a 
fixed  percentage  allocation  is  inappropriate. 

Amendment  25  is  not  applicable  to  this  specific  programme. 

Amendment  29 
programme  is  adopted. 

is  unnecessary, 

the  Vade-Mecum  will  be  made  available  when 

the 

Amendment  30  addresses  a  general 
programme  decision. 

issue,  which  cannot  be  dealt  with 

in  a  specific 

Text proposed by the Commission 

Text amended by Parliament 

(Amendment No. 1) 
Fourth recital 

Whereas,  pursuant  to  Article  4 and 
Annex  I of Decision 90/221/EURATOM, 
EEC, the amount deemed necessary for 
the  whole  framework  programme 
includes an amount of 57 million ECU 
for  the  centralized  dissemination 
and  exploitation  of  results,  to  be 
divided  up  in  proportion  to  the 
anount  envisaged  for each activity; 
whereas in view of the importance of 
this  specific  programme  within  the 
information  and  communications 
technologies  action  the estimate of 
the  financial  resources  needed  by 
this  programme  is to be  reduced  by 
4.89 million ECU, which amount is to 
be  allocated  to  the  centralized 
a~tivltles.  In order to comply with 
the  eecond  sentence  of  Article 
::-0p(2) of the Treaty; 

Whereas,  pursuant  to  Article  4 and 
Annex  I of Decision 90/221/EURATOM, 
EEC, the amount deemed necessary for 
the  whole  framework  programme 
includes an  amount deemed necessary 
of  57  million  ECU  for  the 
centralized  dissemination  and 
exploitation of  results which  is to 
be the subject of a decision of the 
Council  in  cooperation  with 
Parliament;  whereas, in view of the 
importance  of  this  specific 
programme within the information and 
communications technologies action a 
financial  contribution  to  the 
centralized activities is required; 

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Text proposed by the Commiseion 

Text amended by PflrlUggnt 

(Amendment No. 2) 
Recital 4a (new) 

Whereas fundamental research must be 
specifically  encouraged  Community 
wide  In  each  of  the  strategic 
research  sectors  of  the  Framework 
Programme; 

Text proposed by the Commission 

Text amended by Parliament 

(Amendment No. 3) 
Recital 5a (new) 

Whereas, in addition to the specific 
programme  on  human  capital  and 
mobility, training of researchers in 

'.'- each  of  the  strategic  research 

sectors  of  the  Framework  Programme 
must be ensured; 

5 

Text proposed by the Commission 

Text amended by Parliament 

(Amendment No. 4) 
Recital 5b (new) 

Whereas  the  economic  and  social 
(human and  environmental) Impact of 
the programme must be assessed by an 
Independent  panel,  and  technology 
and risk assessment be undertaken; 

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Text proposed by the Commission 

Text amended by Parliament 

(Amendment No. 5) 
Recital 6 

by 

t h is 

from 

should 

r e s e a r ch 

programme  must 

w h e r e as 
encourage 

e s s e n t i a l ly 
of 

be 
Whereas 
the 
implemented 
s e l e c t i on 
and 
development  projects  to  enable  them 
Community 
to 
b e n e f it 
t he 
p a r t i c i p a t i o n; 
Commission 
the 
submission  of  such  projects  by  the 
usual  means  of  publishing  c a l ls 
for 
proposals  in  the  Official  Journal  of 
the  European  Communities;  whereas  a 
should  also  be 
special  procedure 
devised  so  as  to  maintain  a  degree 
the 
of 
face  of 
Commission, 
the 
and  gradual 
continuous 
t e c h n o l o g i c al 
a c c e l e r a t i on 
progress, 
i n to 
consideration  spontaneous  proposals 
consistent  with 
the  objectives  of 
the  programme; 

the 
evolution 
of 

f l e x i b i l i ty 

e n a b l i ng 

take 

a l so 

in 

to 

by 

t h is 

from 

should 

r e s e a r ch 

w h e r e as 
encourage 

e s s e n t i a l ly 
of 

programme  must  be 
Whereas 
the 
implemented 
s e l e c t i on 
and 
development  projects  to  enable  them 
Community 
to 
b e n e f it 
t he 
p a r t i c i p a t i o n; 
Commission 
the 
submission  of  such  projects  by  the 
usual  means  of  publishing  c a l ls 
for 
proposals  in  the  Official  Journal  of 
the  European  Communities;  whereas 
an  exceptional  procedure  should  also 
be  devised  so  as  to  come  into  effect 
between  c a l ls  for  proposals  so  as  to 
maintain  a  degree  of 
f l e x i b i l i ty 
enabling  the  Commission,  in  the  face 
and 
of 
g r a d u al 
of 
technological  progress,  also  to  take 
spontaneous 
i n to 
the 
proposals 
objectives  of  the  programme; 

c o n s i s t e nt  with 

a c c e l e r a t i on 

c o n s i d e r a t i on 

continuous 

evolution 

the 

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Oral  Amendment  no.  42 

Recital  6a  (new) 

(Modified  Form) 

the 

support 

I n t e r n a t i o n al 
r e s e a r ch 

for 
through  Cotasunlty 
linked  with 

European 
Whereas 
development 
i n d u s t ry 
prograceaes,  Cs 
r e l a t i o ns  p o l i cy 
based-on  t he  p r i n c i p le  of  " t he  global  e g g f U b r l ua  of  o p p o r t t i n f t i e s"  and 
t h at 
non-Cocanunity  European  companies  c o st  be  considered-

and 
the  CoaamnEty's  e x t e r n al 

c o m p e t i t i v e n e ss  of 
techno log l e al 

t he  p a r t i c i p a t i on  of 

t h is  p o l i cy 

l i g ht  of 

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Text proposed by the Commission 

Text amended bv Parliament 

(Amendment No. 6) 
Article 1 

and 

r e s e a r ch 

s p e c i f ic 

A 
technological  development  programme 
for the  European Economic Community 
in  the  field  of  communication 
technologies, as defined in Annex I, 
is  hereby  adopted  for  a  period  of 
five years as from 1 January 1990. 

and 

r e s e a r ch 

s p e c i f ic 

A 
technological  development  programme 
for the  European Economic Community 
in  the  field  of  communication 
technologies, as defined in Annex I, 
is  hereby  adopted  for  the  period 
from the date of publication of this 
decision  In the Official Journal to 
31 December 1994. 

3 

Text proposed by the Commission 

Text amended by Parliament 

(Amendment No. 8) 
Article 5(3) 

3.  The  reports  shall  be  drawn  up 
having  regard  to the objectives set 
out  in Annex  I to this Decision and 
in  accordance  with  Article  2(4) of 
Decision 90/221/Euratom, EEC. 

3.  The  reports  shall  be  drawn  up 
having  regard to the objectives set 
out  in Annex  I to this Decision and 
in  accordance  with  Article  2(4) of 
Decision  90/.../EURATOM,  EEC,  and 
shall  assess  the  coherence  of  the 

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p r o g r a m me 
implementation  with 
concerns 
C o u n c il 
EEC* 

s et 
out 
D e c i s i on 

m e a s u r a b le 
s ix  major 
t he 
of 
90/221/EURATOM, 

in  Annex  II 

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Text proposed by the Commission 

Text amended by Parliament 

(Amendoont Mo. 9) 
Article 6 

1 .  The  commission  shall  be 
responsible for the execution of the 
programme.  It shall be assisted by 
a committee, hereinafter referred to 
as  'the  Committee',  composed  of 
representatives of the Member States 
and  chaired  by  a  representative  of 
the Commission. 

2.  The  contracts  concluded  by  the 
Conroission  shall  govern  the  rights 
and  obligations  of  each  party, 
including  the  procedures  for 
disseminating,  protecting  and 
exploiting  the  research  results, in 
accordance  with  the  arrangements 
adopted  pursuant  to  the  second 
paragraph  of  Article 130k  of  the 
Treaty. 

2.  The  contract*  concluded  by  the 
Commission  shall  govern  the  rights 
and  obligations  of  each  party, 
including  the  procedures  for 
disseminating,  protecting  and 
exploiting  the  research" results, in 
accordance  with  the  arrangements 
adopted  pursuant  to  the  second 
paragraph  of  Article 130k  of  the 
Treaty  and,  where  appropriate, 
for  training  and 
procedures 
evaluation. 

3.  A  work  programme  for  each  year 
•hall be drawn up and updated where 
necessary. 
It  shall  set  out  the 
detailed  objectives  and  types  of 
projects  to  be  undertaken,  and  the 
financial  arrangements  to  be  made 
for them.  The Commission shall make 
calleVfor proposals for projects on 
the :. basis  of  the ' annual  work-
programmes. 

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3. A  work  programme  shall be drawn 
up at the start of the programme and 
shall  be  regularly  revised. 
It 
• hall  set  out  the  detailed 
objectives  and types of projects to 
be  undertaken,  and  the  financial 
arrangeaient s  to  be  made  for  them. 
The Commission  shall make calls for' 
proposals  for projects on the basis* 
of the annual work programmes//v,:* 

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Text proposed by the Commission 

Text amended bv Parliament 

(Amendment  No. 12) 
Article 10 

( m o d i f i ed  f o r m) 

and 

Where  cooperation  with  third 
countries 
international 
organizations  aiming  at  achieving 
the  objectives  of  this  programme 
requires  legal  undertakings  between 
the Community  and the third  parties 
concerned,  the  Commission  shall  be 
authorized 
to  negotiate,  in 
accordance  with  Article 130n of the 
Treaty,  international  agreements 
laying  down  the  terms  of  such 
cooperation. 

and 

Where  cooperation  with  third 
c o u n t r i es 
international 
organizations  aiming  at  achieving 
the  objectives  of  this  programme 
requires  legal  undertakings  between 
the Community  and  the third  parties 
concerned,  the  Commission  shall  be 
authorized 
to  negotiate,  in 
accordance  with  Article 130n of the 
Treaty,  international  agreements 
laying  down  the  terms  of  such 
cooperation. 

Priority  will  also  be  given  to  co 
operation  with  6FTA countries' : 
and  European  countries  not  members 
of  the  European  Community  tn<j  in 
accordance  with  the  guidelines 
between  the  Council  of 
agreed 
M i n i s t e rs 
European 
Pariiament „ 

the 

and 

for 

n e g o t i a t i o ns 

The 
such 
international agreements may only be 
initiated with third countries which 
are  already  signatories  of  an 
agreement  with  the  Community  which 
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or 
technological 
gçlenUfJ-ç  progress  as  one  of  Che 
objectives  of  cooperation. 

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Text proposed by the Commission 

Text amended bv Parliament 

(Amendment No. 13) 
ANNEX I, Area 1, first paragraph, last sentence 

This  area  focuses  on  the  following 
subjects: 

This area builds on  and extends the 
RACE  programme  and  focuses  on  the 
following subjectsx 

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Text proposed bv the Commission 

Tey*; amended,, fry  ?tK\i*mnï 

(Amendment No. 14) 
ANNEX I, Area 1, fifth paragraph, first sentence 

T h is 
w i ll 
w o rk 
s t a n d a r d i z a t i on 
particularly 
T e l e c o m m u n i c a t i o ns 
Institute  (ETSI). 

those  of  the  European 
S t a n d a r ds 

s u p p o rt 
e f f o r t s, 

This  work  w i ll  give  priority 
to 
supporting  standardization  e f f o r t s, 
the  European 
particularly  those  of 
S t a n d a r ds 
T e l e c o m m u n i c a t i o ns 
As  a  matter  of 
I n s t i t u te 
p r i n c i p l e, 
prenormatlve 
standardization  work  should  cover  ee 
many  third  countries  as  possible. 

(ETSI). 

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Text proposed by the Commission 

Text amended bv Parliament 

(Amendment No. 15) 
ANNEX I, Area 1, seventh paragraph, final sentence 

The  work  will  enable  ATM  switching 
technology to support connectionless 
services  and  the  interconnection of 
local  area  networks  (LANs)  and 
metropolitan area networks  (MANs). 

The  work  will  enable  ATM  switching 
technology to support connectionless 
services  and  the  interconnection of 
local  area  networks  (LANs)  and 
metropolitan  area  networks  (MAKs). 
This  development  of  ATM  does  not 
exclude  basic  research  on  new 
switching technologies or designs. 

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Text  propoaed  by  t he  Commission 

Text  amended  by  Parliament 

(Amendment  No.  16) 
ANNEX  I,  Area  2 

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n e e d ed 

and  demonstration 

include 
t e c h n i q u es 

of 
It  w i ll 
of 
i n t e l l i g e n ce 

This  research  w i ll  be  r e l a t ed  to  t he 
of 
development 
t e c h n i q u es 
t he 
'programmable 
i n t r o d u c t i on 
t he 
networks'. 
for 
d e v e l o p m e nt 
e n h a n c i ng 
and 
t he  p r o v i s i on 
f l e x i b i l i t y,  both 
in  network 
of  network  s e r v i c es  and 
in 
management  and  o p e r a t i o n s; 
t he 
cover 
l a t t er 
a s p e c ts 
support 
systems  (OSS)  and  telecommunications 
management  networks  (TMN). 

t he  work  w i ll 
o p e r a t i o ns 

c a s e, 
of 

in 

new 

t e c h n i q u es 

This  research  w i ll  be  r e l a t ed  to  the 
u se 
f or 
of 
o p t i c al 
i n f o r m a t i on 
p o s s i b l y, 
c o m m u n i c a t i o ns 
i n t e l l i g e n ce  with  a  view 
a r t i f i c i al 
to  enhancing 
in  r e s p e ct 
f l e x i b i l i ty 
of  both  p r o v i s i on  of  new  network 
s e r v i c es  and  network  management. 

t r a n s f e r, 
and, 

t e c h n o l o g i c al 

s e c o n d - g e n e r a t i on 

These 
p r o j e c ts  w i ll 
have  t he  o b j e c t i ve  of  paving  t he  way 
for 
and 
c o n t r i b u t i ng  tP  t ne  standardization, 
a,nd  d e f i n i t i on 
I n t e r c o n n e c t i on 
of 
p r o t o c o l s. 

systems 

and  demonstration 
n e e d ed  _  f or 

This  r e s e a r ch  w i ll  be  r e l a t ed  to  the 
of 
development 
t e c h n i q u es 
t he 
i n t r o d u c t i on 
'programmable 
of 
networks'  and  w i ll  cover  a s p e c ts  of 
p r o v i s i on 
s e r v i c e s, 
o p e r a t i o ns  support  systems  (OSS)  and 
t e l e c o m m u n i c a t i o ns 
management 
networks  (TMN). 

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Text proposed by the Commission 

Text amended by Parliament 

(Amendment No. 17) 
ANNEX I, Area 3, third and fourth sentences 

of 

a d v a n c ed 

The  work  will  focus  on  the 
d e v e l o p m e nt 
functionality  for  the  enhanced  and 
Integrated  use  of  IBC  and  radio 
networks  (e.g.  interconnection 
standards  and  mobility  management) 
and  the  miniaturization  of terminal 
technology, with particular emphasis 
on  low  powtc  consumption. 
Close 
attention will be given to the needs 
of different kinds of users. 

of 

a d v a n c ed 

The  work  will  focus  on  the 
d e v e l o p m e nt 
functionality  for  the  enhanced  and 
integrated  use  of  IBC  and  radio 
networks 
(e.g.  interconnection 
standards  and  mobility  management) 
and  the miniaturization  of terminal 
technology.  Tfre termlnil» «ftoyld be 
cost-effective  for professional  and 
consumer  use,  with  particular 
emphasis  on  low  power  consumption 
and  efficient  usa  of  frequencies. 
Close attention will be given to the 
needs  of  different  kinds  of  userc 
and, especially, the requirements of 
pan-European  access,  necessitating 
truly  compatible  services  and 
protocols. 

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Text proposed by the Commission 

Text amended by Parliament 

(Amendment No. 18) 
ANNEX I, Area 4, third sentence 

include  coding  and 
It  will 
presentation  techniques  for  still, 
moving and three-dimensional images, 
notably in HDTV. 

It  will  focus  on  digital  HDTV, 
Including  coding  and  presentation 
techniques  for  still,  moving  and 
three-dimensional  images. 
In  the 
specific case of HDTV, the objective 
is to secure cooperation between all 
the  parties  concerned  and,  with ft 
high  degree  of  efficiency,  develop 
technologies and make them available 
in up-to-date, user-friendly  form. 

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Text  proposed by the Commission 

Text amended bv Parliament 

(Amendment  No. 19) 
ANNEX I, Area 5, first paragraph a  (new) 

The objective of this research  If to 
contribute  to  the  definition  9Î. 
common  functional specifications for 
new  communication  services  and 
multi-media  systems.  In particular, 
work  will  have  to  be  done  on 
specifications  for  use  and,  more 
generally, on the design of services 
and their  links with networks. 

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Text proposed by the Commission 

Text amended by Parliament 

(Amendment No. 20) 

ANNEX I, Area 6, second paragraph a (new) 

The  priority  in  this  area  is  to 
develop technologies  for information 
security  in  line with  actions which 
are  carried  out  in  the  other 
specific programmes. 

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Text proposed by the Commission 

Text amended by Parliament 

(Amendment No. 21) 
ANNEX I, Area 7, final paragraph, final sentence 

the 

The resulting experience will form a 
b a s is 
f or 
t e l e c o m m u n i c a t i o ns 
organizations  in  planning  the 
standardization,  implementation  and 
operation  of  integrated  broadband 
communications. 

r e l e v a nt 
s e c t or 

s e c t or 

r e l e v a nt 

The resulting experience will form a 
the 

b a s is 
f or 
t e l e c o m m u n i c a t i o ns 
organizations  in  planning  the 
standardization,  implementation  and 
operation  of  integrated  broadband 
communications. 
These  experiments 
should  take  into  account  the 
foreseeable conditions of the market 
in order to obtain results. 

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Text_proposed by the CommlBslon 

Text amended bv ParH„m»n«-

(Amendment No. 27) 
ANNEX III, point 4, second paragraph 

(Modified f-'onn) 

The  Commission  shall  determine  iiycnch_cn.se 
whether  the  management j)(  jh ç  pro A ram m e, 
or  parts  thereof,  can  be  undcrtnkcn  by 
organisations  or  institutions  outside  the 
Commission  without  dclctyuinft  its  decision 
making  powers. 

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Tfxt proposed by the Commission 

Text amended by Parllament 

(Amendment  No. 28) 
ANNEX  III, point 4, fifth and sixth paragraphe 

The  exceptional  procedure  must  be 
completed  before  the  ordinary 
procedure  in  such  a  way  that  the 
available amount  for the Community's 
financial  participation  in projects 
retained  by  the  ordinary  procedure 
can  be  determined  precisely.  The 
closing  date  for  the  exceptional 
procedure  shall  be  published  each 
year  in the Official Journal of the 
European Communities. 

The  amount  of  the  financial 
participation  of  the  Community  for 
all  the  projects  retained  by  the 
exceptional  procedure  will  be 
decided  each  year,  in  relation  to 
the  projects  selected  according  to 
particularly  strict  criteria  of 
In  any  case,  this 
excellence. 
amount  may. not  exceed  15%;  it may 
be revised each year in the light of 
experience. 

The exceptional procedure shall come 
into effect after the first call for 
proposals  and  must  be  completed 
procedure  in 
before  the  ordinary 
such a way that the available amount 
for  the  Community's  financial 
participation  in  projects  retained 
by  the  ordinary  procedure  can  be 
determined  precisely.  The  closing 
date  for  the  exceptional  procedure 
shall be published  each  year in the 
Official  Journal  of  the  European 
Communities. 

The  amount  of  the  financial 
participation  of  the  Community  for 
all  the  projects  retained  by  the 
exceptional  procedure  will  be 
decided  each  year,  in  relation  to 
the  projects  selected  according  to 
particularly  Btrict  criteria  of 
In  any  case,  this 
excellence. 
amount  may  not  exceed  10%  of  the 
annual budget appropriation. 

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