TO THE POSSIBLE INTRODUCTION OF A COMMUNITY INFORMATION SYSTEM RELATING TO ACCIDENTS IN WHICH PRODUCTS ARE INVOLVED OUTSIDE THE SPHERES OF OCCUPATIONAL ACTIVITIES AND ROAD TRAFFIC .
2 . THE AIM OF THE PILOT EXPERIMENT IS TO DETERMINE THE FEATURES OF THE INFORMATION SYSTEM CONTEMPLATED AND TO TEST ITS OPERATION IN A LIMITED NUMBER OF ACCIDENT CASES . WHEN CARRYING OUT THE EXPERIMENT , MEMBER STATES SHALL COMPLY , AS FAR AS POSSIBLE WITH THE INDICATIVE FEATURES OF THE POSSIBLE INFORMATION SYSTEM AS GIVEN IN ANNEX I AND WITH ARTICLE 4 ; EACH NATIONAL CONTRIBUTION TO THE PILOT EXPERIMENT SHALL BE BASED ON DATA FROM A POPULATION SAMPLE WHICH ARE AS COMPARABLE AND AS REPRESENTATIVE AS POSSIBLE . ALL THE DATA RELATING TO THIS SAMPLE SHALL BE FORWARDED .
ARTICLE 2
THE MEMBER STATES GATHER THE INFORMATION NECESSARY FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PILOT EXPERIMENT AND COMMUNICATE IT TO THE COMMISSION .
HOWEVER , THE COMMISSION CAN ACCEPT THAT A MEMBER STATE , WHICH MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE TO IT INFORMATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FEATURES APPEARING IN ANNEX I , SHALL PROVIDE IT WITH SUCH INFORMATION AS THE NATIONAL CONDITIONS ALLOW THAT STATE TO GATHER DURING THE PERIOD OF THE PILOT EXPERIMENT .
ARTICLE 3
EACH MEMBER STATE SHALL DESIGNATE THE NATIONAL AUTHORITY RESPONSIBLE FOR GATHERING THE INFORMATION REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 2 AND COMMUNICATING IT TO THE COMMISSION AND INFORM THE COMMISSION THEREOF . HOWEVER , TWO OR MORE MEMBER STATES MAY ASSOCIATE WITH A VIEW TO IMPLEMENTING THIS DECISION .
ARTICLE 4
THE PROGRAMME SHALL BE AS FOLLOWS :
1 . THE PILOT EXPERIMENT REFERRED TO IN ANNEX II SHALL BE CARRIED OUT OVER A PERIOD OF 30 MONTHS .
2 . ON THE BASIS OF THE RESULTS OBTAINED DURING THE PILOT EXPERIMENT AND AFTER CONSULTING THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 6 , THE COMMISSION SHALL SUBMIT PROPOSALS ON THE FOLLOW-UP TO THE PROJECT IN TIME TO ENABLE THE COUNCIL TO TAKE A DECISION ON THEM , WHERE APPROPRIATE , FOR THE CONTINUITY OF OPERATIONS TO BE GUARANTEED .
3 . THE PILOT EXPERIMENT SHALL COMMENCE ON 1 JANUARY 1982 .
ARTICLE 5
THE COMMISSION SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE PILOT EXPERIMENT AND FOR UTILIZATION OF THE RESULTS AT COMMUNITY LEVEL .
ARTICLE 6
1 . AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON THE PILOT EXPERIMENT , HEREINAFTER CALLED " THE COMMITTEE " , SHALL BE SET UP AT THE COMMISSION ; IT SHALL CONSIST OF TWO REPRESENTATIVES PER MEMBER STATE AND HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE COMMISSION AS CHAIRMAN . THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE MEMBER STATES MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY EXPERTS , OF WHOM THERE MAY BE TWO PER MEMBER STATE .
2 . THE COMMITTEE MAY EXAMINE ANY PROBLEM RELATING TO THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE PILOT PROJECT , ESPECIALLY IN CONNECTION WITH THE POINTS LISTED IN ANNEX III , WHICH IS REFERRED TO IT BY ITS CHAIRMAN EITHER ON HIS OWN INITIATIVE OR AT THE REQUEST OF A REPRESENTATIVE OF A MEMBER