1719/1999/EC: Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 July 1999 on a series of guidelines, including the identification of projects of common interest, for trans-European networks for the electronic interchange of data between administrations (IDA)
Date: 1999-07-12
Institutions: Council of the European Union, European Parliament
Subjects: administrative cooperation, electronic mail, exchange of information, telecommunications, trans-European network

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(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

DECISION No 1719/1999/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL

of 12 July 1999

on a series of guidelines, including the identification of projects of common interest, for trans-
European networks for the electronic interchange of data between administrations (IDA)

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE
EUROPEAN UNION,

ment and application of new information and commun-
ication technologies (ICT) in the next decade;

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community, and in particular the first paragraph of Article
156 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1),

Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social
Committee (2),

Having regard to the opinion of
Regions (3),

the Committee of

the

Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article
251 of the Treaty (4),

(1) Whereas the Council,

in its resolution of 20 June
1994 (5), emphasised the need for coordination with
regard to information exchange between administra-
tions;

(2) Whereas the Council, in its resolution of 21 November
1996 (6), established new policy priorities regarding the
information society;

(3) Whereas the Commission,

in its Communication of
19 July 1994, proposed an action plan for the informa-
tion society;

(4) Whereas the Commission has proposed an action plan

for the single market;

(5) Whereas the European Parliament, in its resolution of
12 June 1997 (7), invited the European Union and the
Member States to take action with regard to the develop-

(1) OJ C 54, 21.2.1998, p. 3 and
OJ C 23, 28.1.1999, p. 8.
(2) OJ C 214, 10.7.1998, p. 33.
(3) OJ C 251, 10.8.1998, p. 1.
(4) Opinion of the European Parliament of 18 November 1998 (OJ C
379, 7.12.1998, p. 68), Council Common Position of 21 December
1998 (OJ C 55, 25.2.1999, p. 1) and Decision of the European
Parliament of 13 April 1999 (OJ C 219, 30.7.1999). Council Deci-
sion of 21 June 1999.
(5) OJ C 181, 2.7.1994, p. 1.
(6) OJ C 376, 12.12.1996, p. 1.
(7) OJ C 200, 30.6.1997, p. 196.

(6) Whereas the European Parliament and the Council, in
Decision No 2717/95/EC (8), adopted a series of guide-
lines for the development of Euro-ISDN as a trans-Euro-
pean network;

(7) Whereas the European Parliament and the Council, in
Decision No 1336/97/EC (9), adopted a series of guide-
lines for trans-European telecommunication networks;

(8) Whereas, in order to establish economic and monetary
union and to implement Community policies and activi-
ties, it is necessary for Member State administrations and
the Community to access,
and process
increasing amounts of information;

exchange

(9) Whereas, in order to exercise the powers conferred on
them,
is necessary for Community institutions to
access, exchange and process increasing amounts of
information;

it

(10) Whereas the efficient, effective and secure exchange of
processable information requires the availability of inte-
grated data communication systems, hereinafter referred
to as telematic networks;

(11) Whereas telematic networks linking the information
systems of the Member State administrations and the
Community across Europe are trans-European telecom-
munication networks for administrations;

(12) Whereas the smooth functioning of the internal market
and the elimination of obstacles to communication
between public administrations and the private sector
are important factors for the prosperity and competitive-
ness of Community industry;

(13) Whereas use of telematic networks can contribute to the
protection of the financial interests of the Community
and to the fight against fraud;

(8) OJ L 282, 24.11.1995, p. 16.
(9) OJ L 183, 11.7.1997, p. 12.

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(14) Whereas Member States should take account of the tele-
matic networks developed within the framework of
Community action in the development of the projects
they carry out together in areas included in the Treaty
establishing the European Community as a consequence
of the Treaty of Amsterdam and in other areas subject to
the Treaty on European Union, as well as any other
action they may carry out that meets the objectives of
the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in
particular Articles 3(d), 14, 18 and 39 thereof;

(15) Whereas the modification and enhancement of telematic
networks may be required during the preparation for the
enlargement of the European Union;

(16) Whereas responsive and transparent public administra-
tions will encourage citizens of the European Union to
reap the benefits of the information society;

(17) Whereas the Community is a user or a beneficiary of
those telematic networks which support the Community
policies and activities, interinstitutional communication
and economic and monetary union;

(18) Whereas the task of establishing such networks is
incumbent on both the Community and the Member
States;

whereas the proposed action does not go beyond what
is necessary to achieve the said objective;

(25) Whereas the implementation of the Agreement on the
European Economic Area and the association agree-
ments with the European Community requires the rele-
vant telematic networks to be modified and enhanced;

(26) Whereas there is an inherent international dimension to
telematic networks and electronic communication;

(27) Whereas the measures aimed at ensuring the interoper-
ability of telematic networks between administrations
are in accordance with the priorities adopted in relation
to the guidelines for trans-European telecommunication
networks;

(28) Whereas actions have been carried out under Council
Decision 95/468/EC of 6 November 1995 on a
Community contribution for telematic interchange of
in the Community
data between administrations
(IDA) (1); whereas the Court of Justice annulled Decision
95/468/EC on 28 May 1998; whereas the effects of the
measures taken by the Commission on the basis of this
Decision before annulment by the Court are maintained;

(19) Whereas it is essential to maximise the use of standards,
publicly available specifications and public domain
applications to ensure seamless interoperability in order
to achieve economies of scale and to increase the bene-
fits of such networks;

(29) Whereas this Decision establishes a financial framework
which should be the principal point of reference, within
the meaning of point 1 of the Declaration of the Euro-
pean Parliament, the Council and the Commission of 6
March 1995 (2),
for the budgetary authority for the
purposes of the annual budgetary procedure;

(20) Whereas, by means of coordinated development, such
networks should converge towards a common telematic
interface between the Community and the Member
States;

(21) Whereas, in order to make efficient use of the Commu-
nity’s financial resources, it is necessary to share the cost
of such networks between the Member States and the
Community on an equitable basis and, at the same time,
to avoid needless proliferation of equipment, repetition
of investigations and diversity of approach;

(22) Whereas the Member States shall in principle each bear
the cost incurred by their own implementation of IDA
projects and services;

(23) Whereas there is thus a need to define specific guidelines
of general application to all such networks, as well as a
specific financial framework for projects of common
interest under such guidelines;

(24) Whereas,

in accordance with the principles of subsi-
diarity and proportionality established by Article 5 of
the Treaty, the objective of establishing such networks
cannot be adequately attained by the Member States and
can therefore, by reason of the scale and effects of the
proposed action, be better attained at Community level;

(30) Whereas a modus vivendi between the European Parlia-
ment, the Council and the Commission concerning the
implementing measures for acts adopted in accordance
with the procedure laid down in Article 251 of the
Treaty was concluded on 20 December 1994 (3),

HAVE ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Scope and objectives

1.
The Community, in cooperation with the Member States,
shall act in the field of trans-European telematic networks for
administrations and shall take the measures set out in this
Decision with the following objectives:

(1) OJ L 269, 11.11.1995, p. 23.
(2) OJ C 102, 4.4.1996, p. 4.
(3) OJ C 102, 4.4.1996, p. 1.

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(a) the establishment of operational, interoperable, trans-Euro-
pean telematic networks between Member State administra-
tions, whether national or regional, as well as between such
administrations and the Community institutions and bodies
as appropriate, enabling the efficient, effective and secure
interchange of information in order to support the estab-
lishment of economic and monetary union and in order for
the Member States and the Community to implement,
within
the
Community policies and activities referred to in Articles 3
and 4 of the Treaty, taking into account work already
under way in existing Community or Member State
programmes;

competence,

respective

areas

their

of

(b) the establishment of integrated telematic networks for the
facilitation of communication between the Community
institutions and in support of the Community decision-
making process.

This Decision covers all networks under

2.
programme.

the IDA

Article 2

Definitions

For the purpose of this Decision, the following definitions shall
apply:

(a) ‘telematic network': a comprehensive data-communication
system, comprising not only the physical infrastructure and
connections, but also the service and application layers
which are built on top of this infrastructure, thus enabling
the interchange of
information electronically between
organisations and individuals;

established or

(b) ‘IDA network': a trans-European telematic network for
this
administrations
Decision. Such a network is established on the initiative of
the Community as a user of, or a party to, the network or
as a beneficiary having an interest in ensuring its imple-
mentation;

continued under

(c) ‘sectoral network': a trans-European telematic network for
administrations or a set of services and applications,
devoted to the implementation or
the administrative
support of one particular Community policy, activity or
objective which is hereinafter referred to as an ‘adminis-
trative sector';

(d) ‘IDA project': a set of interrelated actions which are under-
taken or continued under this Decision, as identified in the
Annex, and which concern the establishment or enhance-
ment of sectoral networks.

Article 3

Projects of common interest

In order to achieve the objectives laid down in Article 1,
implement

1.
the Community and the Member States shall
projects of common interest as set out in the Annex.

2.
Implementation of such projects shall be carried out in
accordance with the IDA work programme and with global
implementation plans as described in Article 5.

Article 4

Priorities

For the purpose of establishing the IDA work programme, and
in the allocation of Community financial resources to IDA
projects, priority shall be given to those projects which
enhance the economic viability of public administrations, Euro-
pean Community institutions, Member States and the regions,
and which, by means of the establishment or enhancement of a
sectoral network:

(a) directly contribute to removing the obstacles to the free
movement of goods, persons, services and capital; or

(b) directly contribute to the successful implementation or the
satisfactory operation of economic and monetary union; or

(c) encourage

interinstitutional

cooperation between the
Community institutions as well as between the latter and
national and regional administrations,
including national
and regional parliaments; or

(d) contribute to the protection of the financial interests of the
Community and the Member States or to the fight against
fraud; or

(e) facilitate the preparation for the enlargement of the Euro-

pean Union; or

(f) facilitate industrial competitiveness in the Community, with
particular emphasis on the competitiveness of small and
medium-sized enterprises; or

(g) provide benefits to persons in the European Union.

Article 5

Broad lines for implementation

In implementing IDA projects, the principles set out in

1.
this Article shall be observed.

2.
The implementation of an IDA project shall require a
legal basis. For the purpose of this Decision, an IDA project
shall be considered to fulfil this requirement when the network
or networks concerned support communication between
administrations in the framework of the implementation of one
or several Community acts.

The first subparagraph shall not apply to projects that support
interinstitutional communication or the Community decision-
making process, or to common activities for the support of
two or more IDA projects.

3.
IDA projects shall comprise all actions necessary for the
establishment or enhancement of sectoral networks, including
feasibility studies and demonstrations,
the establishment of
working groups of Member State and Community experts, and
the procurement of goods and services for the Community, as
appropriate.

4.
IDA projects shall include a preparatory phase, a feasi-
bility phase, a development and validation phase, and an imple-
mentation phase.

lead to the establishment of a
The preparatory phase shall
preparatory report comprising the objectives, scope and ratio-
nale of the project and in particular the anticipated costs and
benefits, as well as the achievement of the necessary commit-
ment and understanding among the participants
through
appropriate consultation.

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The feasibility phase shall lead to the establishment of a global
implementation plan which shall comprise:

disation in public procurement for information and communi-
cation technologies (ICT) systems and services.

(a) a description of the network or networks intended to be
established under the project in terms of their objectives,
functionalities, participants and technical approach;

(b) the assignment of roles and tasks to the Community and to
the Member States throughout the subsequent development
and validation and implementation phases;

(c) a detailed description of

the expected benefits which
includes assessment criteria for measuring those benefits
beyond the implementation phase;

(d) a schema which defines an equitable sharing between the
Community and the Member States of the operational and
maintenance costs of the networks concerned on conclu-
sion of the implementation phase.

During the development and validation phase, the solution
proposed for the network or networks concerned may, if rele-
vant, be constructed, tested, evaluated and monitored on a
small scale, and the results shall be used to adjust the global
implementation plan accordingly.

During the implementation phase, the fully functional network
or networks concerned shall be established in accordance with
the global

implementation plan.

5.
IDA projects shall build on the horizontal actions and
measures undertaken by the Community within the framework
of European Parliament and Council Decision 1720/1999/EC
of 12 July 1999 adopting a series of actions and measures in
order to ensure interoperability of and access to trans-European
networks for the electronic interchange of data between admin-
istrations (IDA) (1); in particular, common generic services and
applications shall be used where appropriate.

6.
The initiation and implementation of an IDA project, the
definition of its phases, as well as the definition of user require-
for the network or
ments, both technical and functional,
networks concerned under such a project, shall be made within
the framework of the Community policy or activity concerned
and controlled in accordance with the applicable committee
procedure,

if any.

sectoral

Where no
the
Community and the Member States shall set up sectoral groups
of experts to examine these issues.

committee procedure

applies,

The conclusions resulting from sectoral committees and groups
of experts shall be reported by the Commission to the
committee referred to in Article 8 together with its proposals
for the measures referred to in Article 7.

7.
Each IDA project shall be technically specified with refer-
ence to European standards or publicly available specifications,
such as open Internet standards, as appropriate, in order to
ensure a high degree of interoperability between national and
Community systems within and across administrative sectors
and with the private sector. Particular account shall be taken of
Community guidelines and support tools in the area of standar-

(1) See page 9 of this Official Journal.

8.
The definition and implementation of each IDA project
shall build on suitable results achieved by other relevant
in particular the Community research
Community activities,
and
the
programmes
development
Community activities in the field of trans-European telecom-
munication networks.

technological

and

9.
A post-implementation review of each IDA project shall
be carried out in coordination with the Member States within
the framework of the Community policy or activity concerned
and presented to the relevant sectoral committee and to the
committee referred to in Article 8 within one year following
the end of the implementation phase. This review shall include
cost-benefit analysis.

Article 6

Community financial contribution

In the implementation of IDA projects, the Community

1.
shall bear costs in proportion to its interest.

2.
The financial contribution of the Community for each
IDA project shall be determined in accordance with paragraphs
3 to 7. This contribution does not include any costs arising
from the continued use of applications or specifications which
contradict the priorities or the requirements of this Decision or
of European Parliament and Council Decision 1720/1999/EC.

3.
In the preparatory and feasibility phases of a project, the
Community contribution may cover the full cost of the neces-
sary studies.

In the development and validation phase and in the
4.
implementation phase of a project, the Community shall bear
the cost of those tasks which are assigned to it in the global
implementation plan of that project.

The Community may contribute, in exceptional cases and
5.
in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 8, by
means if direct grants to the costs incurred by one or more
Member States, in order for such Member States to carry out:

(a) activities relating to an IDA project or network which are
deemed to be of benefit to other participants or to other
IDA projects or networks,

(b) an enhancement of a system which is deemed necessary in
order to improve or simplify the overall implementation of
a particular IDA network.

The intended grants will be specified in the IDA work
programme for each IDA project or network concerned and for
the current budgetary year, in terms of their maximum allow-
able value, the expected benefits to IDA projects and networks,
the objectives to be achieved, the beneficiary administrations in
the Member States and the tasks to be financed by means of
such grants.

Other than in exceptional circumstances, grants shall not
exceed one half of the expenditure actually incurred by each
beneficiary Member State in implementing the tasks for which
the grant is given.

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Community funding under this Decision shall cease on
6.
completion of the implementation phase of an IDA project;
however, further funding may exceptionally, and in accordance
with the procedure laid down in Article 8, be granted under
this Decision in order to cover all or part of the cost of the
operation and maintenance of an IDA network until the end of
the year following the year in which its implementation is
completed.

7.
The Community may also, within the framework of this
Decision and until the end of 1999, bear the cost of the
operation and maintenance of those IDA networks which are
continued under this Decision and which are already opera-
tional on the date of entry into force of this Decision.

The financial resources provided for under this Decision
in principle, be assigned to projects or phases of
from other sources of Community

8.
shall not,
projects which benefit
funding.

Article 7

Implementation

The Commission shall implement the Community action

1.
set out in Articles 3 to 6.

2.
The procedure set out in Article 8 shall apply in respect
of the approval, on the basis of compliance with the priorities
established in Article 4 and the principles laid down in Article
5, of the section of the IDA work programme concerning the
implementation of this Decision, which the Commission shall
draw up at yearly intervals. The IDA work programme shall
include a breakdown of past expenditure by project for the
previous year(s).

3.
The procedure set out in Article 8 shall apply in respect
of the approval, on the basis of its compliance with the princi-
ples laid down in Article 5, of the preparatory report and of
the global implementation plan of each IDA project at the end
of the feasibility phase and at the end of the development and
validation phase, as well as the approval of any subsequent
substantial amendments to that implementation plan.

The procedure set out in Article 8 shall apply in respect
4.
of the approval, on the basis of the priorities laid down in
Article 4 and the principles laid down in Articles 5 and 6, of
the breakdown by project of the yearly budgetary expenditure
under this Decision. Proposals for any budgetary changes of
more than EUR 250 000 per project line within a year, shall
also be subject to this procedure.

5.
The technical specifications of calls for tender to be
issued in the implementation of this Decision shall, for contract
values in excess of EUR 500 000 be defined in coordination
with the Member States.

Article 8

Committee procedure

1.
The Commission shall be assisted by a committee
composed of the representatives of the Member States and
chaired by a representative of the Commission. This committee
called the Telematics between Administrations
shall be
Committee (TAC).

the chairman may lay down according to the urgency of the
matter. The opinion shall be delivered by the majority laid
down in Article 205(2) of the Treaty in the case of decisions
which the Council is required to adopt on a proposal from the
Commission. The votes of the representatives of the Member
States within the committee shall be weighted in the manner
set out in that Article. The chairman shall not vote.

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 communi-
cated by the Commission to the Council forthwith. In that
event:

the Commission shall defer application of the measures which
it has decided for a period of three months from the date of
communication;

the Council, acting by a qualified majority, may take a different
decision within the timelimit referred to in the previous
subparagraph.

The Commission shall report annually to the TAC on the

2.
implementation of this Decision.

Article 9

Review and evaluation

1.
The Commission shall, in coordination with the Member
States, carry out an evaluation of the implementation of this
Decision at two-yearly intervals.

The evaluation shall establish the progress and current
2.
status of the projects of common interest identified in the
Annex.

The evaluation shall also examine, in the light of the expendi-
ture incurred by the Community, the benefits yielded by IDA
networks to the Community for the advancement of common
policies and institutional cooperation,
the Member States,
Community industry and citizens of the European Union and
improvement and verify synergy
identify areas for potential
with other Community activities in the field of trans-European
telecommunication networks.

3.
The Commission shall forward its evaluation to the Euro-
pean Parliament and the Council, once the TAC has examined
it, together with any appropriate proposal for the amendment
of the Annex. The evaluations shall be forwarded no later than
the draft budget for the years 2001, 2003 and 2005 respec-
tively.

Article 10

Extension to the EEA and associated countries

their

The IDA programme may be opened, within the frame-
1.
work of
respective agreements with the European
Community, to participation by the countries of the European
Economic Area and the associated countries of central and
eastern Europe and Cyprus in projects of common interest
which are relevant to such agreements.

The representative of
to the
committee a draft of the measures to be taken. The committee
shall deliver its opinion on the draft within a timelimit which

the Commission shall submit

2.
In the course of implementing projects, cooperation with
non-member countries and with international organisations or
bodies, as appropriate, shall be encouraged.

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Article 11

Other sectoral networks

1. With regard to the establishment or enhancement of all
other sectoral networks which are not IDA projects (hereinafter
‘other sectoral networks'), Member States and the Community
shall, in accordance with the relevant provisions of Community
legislation governing the implementation of
those sectoral
networks, ensure that paragraphs 2 to 6 are complied with.

The other sectoral networks shall make use of the hori-
2.
zontal actions and measures undertaken by the Community
within the framework of European Parliament and Council
Decision 1720/1999/EC, unless those actions and measures are
the other
inappropriate to meet
sectoral networks.

the user requirements of

3.
Each of the other sectoral networks shall be technically
specified with reference to European standards or publicly
available specifications, such as open Internet standards, as
appropriate, in order to ensure a high degree of interoperability
between national and Community systems within and across
administrative sectors and with the private sector. Particular
account shall be taken of Community guidelines and support
tools in the area of standardisation in public procurement for
ICT systems and services.

4.
In the definition and implementation of each of the other
sectoral networks, care shall be taken to build on suitable
in
results achieved by other relevant Community activities,
particular the Community research and technological develop-
ment programmes and the Community activities in the field of
trans-European telecommunication networks.

A post-implementation review of each of

5.
sectoral networks shall be carried out.

the other

In the implementation of the other sectoral networks the

6.
Community shall bear costs in proportion to its interest.

By 3 October 1999, and at yearly intervals thereafter, the
7.
Commission shall forward to the TAC a report on the imple-
mentation of paragraphs 1 to 6. In that report, the Commis-
sion shall specify any relevant user requirements that prevent
other sectoral networks from making use of generic services
under paragraph 2, and discuss the possibility of upgrading
those generic services in order to meet those user requirements.

Article 12

Financial framework

The financial
framework for Community action under this
Decision for the period 1998 to 2000 shall be EUR 38,5
million.

Annual appropriations shall be authorised by the budgetary
authority within the limit of the financial perspective.

Article 13

Entry into force

This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the
European Communities. It shall enter into force on the day that
of its publication and shall apply until 31 December 2004.

Article 14

Addressees

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 12 July 1999.

For the European Parliament

For the Council

The President

J. M. GIL-ROBLES

The President

S. NIINIST(cid:153)

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PROJECTS OF COMMON INTEREST IN THE SPHERE OF TRANS-EUROPEAN NETWORKS FOR THE INTER-
CHANGE OF DATA BETWEEN ADMINISTRATIONS

ANNEX

The following projects shall be projects of common interest under the IDA programme:

A.

IN GENERAL

1. Development and implementation of telematic networks supporting EMU and Community policies and activities
(in accordance with section B), interinstitutional information exchange (in accordance with section C), as well as
the globalisation of IDA networks (in accordance with section D).

2. Continuation and enhancement of sectoral projects and networks undertaken under Council Decision

95/468/EC, with the exception of the networks referred to in section E.

3.

4.

5.

Implementation of those networks required for the functioning of the European Agencies and bodies and in
support of the legal framework arising from the creation of the European Agencies.

Implementation of networks in the field of policies related to the free movement of persons, in so far as they are
required to support the action of the Community and/or the Member States under the Treaty establishing the
European Community.

Implementation of those networks which, within the framework of the Community policies and activities and in
unforseen circumstances, are urgently required to support the action of the Community and the Member States,
inter alia, in protecting the life and health of humans, animals and plants, the rights of European consumers, the
living conditions of persons in the European Union, or the fundamental

interests of the Community.

B. SPECIFIC NETWORKS SUPPORTING EMU AND COMMUNITY POLICIES AND ACTIVITIES

1. Telematic networks concerning economic and monetary policy, notably to facilitate the monitoring of compli-

ance with convergence criteria and the introduction of the euro.

2. Telematic networks concerning the enlargement of the European Union, notably through the implementation of
efficient electronic communication between, on one side, the translation services of the Commission and the
Council and, on the other side, the temporary translation/revision offices that may be set up in each candidate
country.

3. Telematic networks concerning regional and cohesion policies, notably to facilitate the collection, management,
and dissemination of information concerning the implementation of regional and cohesion policies at the level
of central and regional administration.

4. Telematic networks concerning Community funding, notably to create an interface to existing Commission
databases in order to facilitate the access of European organisations, and particularly SMEs, to Community
sources of funding.

5. Telematic networks in the area of statistics, notably regarding the collection and dissemination of statistical

information.

6. Telematic networks in the area of publication of official documents.

7. Telematic networks in the agricultural and fisheries sectors, notably regarding support for the management of
agricultural markets and structure, more efficient financial management, exchange of farm accounts data (RICA)
between national agencies and the Commission, and the fight against fraud.

8. Telematic networks in the industry sector, notably concerning the exchange of information between administra-
tions in charge of industrial affairs, and between such administrations and industry federations, for the exchange
of data regarding automobile type-approval data interchange between administrations, as well as services to
simplify and improve the process of administrative form filling.

9. Telematic networks concerning competition policy, notably through the implementation of improved electronic
data exchange with the national administrations in order to facilitate information and consultation procedures.

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10. Telematic networks in the areas of culture, information, communication, and audiovisual sector, notably for the
exchange of information concerning content issues on open networks and to promote the development and free
circulation of new audiovisual and information services.

11. Telematic networks in the transport sector, notably for the support of the exchange of data concerning drivers,

vehicles and transport operators.

12. Telematic networks in the area of tourism, environment, consumer protection and consumer health protection

for the support of the exchange of information between Member States.

C.

INTERINSTITUTIONAL NETWORKS

Telematic networks in support of the interinstitutional exchange of information, notably:

1.

2.

3.

in support of the Community decision-making process and Parliamentary questions;

for the setting up of the necessary telematic links between the Commission, European Parliament, other
European institutions and the Council (including the site of the European Union Presidency-in-office and the
Permanent Representation of the Member States);

in facilitation of multilingualism in interinstitutional
information exchanges, means of translation workflow
management and translation support tools, the sharing/exchanging of multilingual resources, and the organ-
isation of common access to terminology databases;

4.

for document sharing between European Agencies and bodies and the European institutions.

D. GLOBALISATION OF IDA NETWORKS

Extension of IDA networks to the EEA, EFTA, CEECs and other associated countries, as well as to G7 countries and
international organisations, in particular regarding the social security, healthcare, pharmaceutical and environmental
telematic networks.

E. OTHER SECTORAL NETWORKS

The projects which were previously funded by the IDA programme and which now have their own Community
funding nevertheless fall within the group ‘other sectoral networks' referred to in Article 11 of the Decision.