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No C 140 / 18 Official Journal of the European Communities 3 . 6 . 92

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Call for proposals concerning the setting up of a database specialized in information law

( 92 / C 140 / 11 )

1 . Introduction

The objective of Action Line 2 of the Impact 2
programme (') is to overcome legal and administrative
barriers to the establisment of an internal information

services market . In this context the Commission of the
European Communities seeks to improve awareness of
the legal issues raised by the use of information tech ­
nologies, especially in the framework of the information
services market .

It is considered that the creation of legal databases
specialized in these kinds of legal issues, with
Community or international dimensions, and their avail ­
ability to the market will not only cover the information
needs of the Commission in the context of its
NIT-related actions, but will also improve awareness of
the relevant problems among providers and users of
information services, as well as practising lawyers in all
Member States .

The Commission envisages cofinancing projects entering
into this context according to the details given below .

2 . Objectives

The objective sought by the Commission through its
financial contribution is to set up and make available to
the market data bases specialized in one or several of the
legal issues raised by the use of NIT and the devel ­
opment of the Community information market .

awareness of these issues among information providers
and users, as well as lawyers and policy makers . The
transnational - both Community and international character of the information market, as well as the orig ­
inality ( with regard to traditional law ) and complexity of
these issues and the reluctance of information providers
to set up legal databases of transnational character have
led the Commission to the conclusion that Community
financial support will stimulate this market .

3 . Invitation for proposals

Several areas have been identified so far in the
aforementioned context, among which the most inter ­
esting to the Commission are the following :

1 ) protection of personal data ;

2 ) intellectual property issues ( e.g. protection of
databases ) ;

3 ) right of access to the information held by public auth ­

orities ; public / private issues ( competition issues,
public procurement etc .) ;

4 ) liability of information providers ;

5 ) laws, regulations or codes of practice concerning the

functioning of publicly available electronic infor ­
mation services ;

6 ) codes of conduct established by producers of
databases and / or hosts and specialised associations .

It is hoped that the availability of such information
throughout the Community will help to improve The Commission invites proposals for setting up a

database providing Community-wide information within
one or several of the above areas . Apart from legislative
(') Council Decision of 12.12.1991, OJ No L 377, texts and selected jurisprudence, bibliographic references
31 . 12 . 1991, p . 41 . of doctrine sources might be included . Coverage of the

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area from the point of view of civil, commercial, penal,
administrative and possibly Community and international
law should be ensured . The possibility to compare
between Member States ( and eventually third states )
should also be included .

It is essential that the proposed project cover all Member
States, offering either original texts or translations or
both .

The Commission will give preference to the first of the
aforementioned areas ( protection of personal data ),
bearing in mind the policy of the Commission in this
field [ cf . the proposals of communication COM(90)314 ].
It is envisaged that, subject to budget availability, and
taking into account the results of the present call, more
areas will be covered during the years to come in the
framework of the Impact 2 programme .

4 . Selection criteria

Proposers are expected to demonstrate the following :

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— potential for commercial viability of their project and

existence of a target audience and of demand ;
proposals should have identified a sufficient market
for their products ;

— sufficient resources and expertise available to the

proposer to implement the intended database ;

— user-friendliness of the product and technical flexi ­

bility ( suitable for enabling subsequent up-grading or
enrichment of the database, if necessary ) and appro ­
priateness ( in relation to user needs ) ;

— completeness of the proposal both from a substantial

and technical point of view ;

— appropriate functional characteristics : means for
access, research and multicriteria selection of infor ­
mation ; lifetime of information and filing of ' old '
information ; eventual availability of information or
summaries in translation ; security and reliability of
information .

5 . Financial support

Subject to budget availability, financial assistance will be
granted to the selected projects satisfying the aforemen ­
tioned criteria and amount to up to 50 % of the cost ( in
conformity with Article 3(4 ) of the Council Decision of

12 . 12 . 1991 referred to above ), subject to a ceiling of
ECU 150 000 .

6 . Confidentiality

All proposals will be treated as confidential in order to
protect the rights and commercial interests of the

proposers .

7 . How to apply

Proposals may be submitted by any natural or legal
person, public or private body, institution or group
established in the territory of a Member State .

Interested persons and undertakings are invited to submit
proposals to the :

— Commission of the European Communities, DG

XIII / B / 1, Office B4-112, Mr. Vassilis Maragos,
L-2920 Luxembourg, tel . ( 352 ) 43 01-21 94, facsimile
( 352 ) 43 01-28 47 .

Proposals may be written in any official Community
language . They must be sent, by registered post and duly
signed by the applicant(s ), in three copies to the address
given above within 35 calendar days after publication of
the present call .

8 . Handling of proposals

The Commission will evaluate the proposals against the
objectives and criteria stated in this communication . It
will be the sole judge of the action to be taken on the
proposals .

The Commission would expect to notify proposers
within two months of the above closing date as to
whether or not their proposal has been selected for
negociation of the technical specifications of the project .
Contracts will be concluded after successful negociation
of the specifications and timetable and thereafter
payments of the agreed amount of support will be made
in instalments according to the progress made in the
project .