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No C 146/18 Official Journal of the European Communities 3. 6. 88

Amended proposal for a Council Decision on a Community programme in the field of road
transport informatics — DRIVE (Dedicated road infrastructure for vehicle safety in Europe) (*)

_COM(88) 167 final_

_(Submitted by the Commission pursuant to the third paragraph of Article 149 of the EEC Treaty on_

_24 March 1988)_

(88/C 146/10)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community and in particular 130Q (2)
thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

In cooperation with the European Parliament,

Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and
Social Committee,

Whereas the Community has as its task, by establishing a
common market and progressively approximating the
economic policies of Member States, _inter alia_ to
promote throughout the Community a hormonious
development of economic activity and closer relations
between the Member States belonging to it;

Whereas the Heads of State and Government

emphasized the importance of road transport efficiency,
safety and environmental compatibility as a major factor
for economic growth and social development within the
framework laid down in the Treaty of Rome,

Whereas the European Parliament, in its assessment of
the situation and development of road transport, stressed
its role for the future political, social and economic
development of the Community and made particular
reference to the need to develop electronic road safety
aids ( [2] ) and by its adoption ( [3] ) of the report ( [4] ) of its
Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs and
Industrial Policy on the European Community Automobile Industry demonstrated the European dimension
of this industry;

(») OJ No C 355, 31. 12. 1987, p. 1.
( [2] ) Resolution of the European Parliament on the adoption of a

programme of Community measures to promote road safety,
OJ No C 104, 27. 4. 1984, p. 38.
(') Resolution of the European Parliament on 23 January 1987.
( [4] ) Document A 2-171/86 of 8 December 1986, rapporteur M.

Peter Beazley.

Whereas the Council in its resolution of 19 December

1984 on road safety invited the Commission to submit
proposals ( [5] );

Whereas the Single European Act provides a new
political and legal base for the development of a
scientific and technological strategy with particular
importance being given to the goal of promoting
industrial competitiveness;

Whereas, by Decision 87/516/Euratom/EEC ( [6] ), the
Council adopted a framework programme of
Community activities in the field of research and technological development (1987 to 1991) providing for
research to be undertaken in the field of the application
of information technology, telecommunications and
broadcasting to meet common social needs and in
particular road transport;

Whereas the Council has recognized the importance of
standardization in the field of information technology
and telecommunications ( [7] ); whereas cooperation in prenormative and pre-competitive R & D towards the development of standards can make a major contribution,
notably by facilitating the evolution towards future more
efficient and safer road transport at regional and local
levels;

Whereas the Commission intends also to propose
Community programmes in the area of the application of
information technologies and telecommunications in
other transport sectors such as rail, sea and air transport;

Whereas the Economic and Social Committee made

particular reference to electronic traffic aids on major
roads ( [8] ) and to the implementation of a Community
programme on road safety ( [9] );

(*) OJ No C 341, 21. 12. 1984, p. 1.
(') OJ No L 302, 24. 10. 1987, p. 1.
O Council Decision of 22 December 1986, OJ No L 36,

7. 2. 1987, p. 31.
( [8] ) Opinion of 27 and 28 April 1977, OJ No C 126, 28. 5. 1977,

p. 20.
O Opinion of 24 May 1984, OJ No C 206, 6. 8. 1984, p. 60.

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Whereas the Commission in its proposal for a mediumterm transport infrastructure programme (') made
specific reference to the importance of stimulating technological developments for improving transport
performance and likely to be of value to exports and to
the enlargement of the internal market for new technologies for European industry which will offer the
security of future increases in productivity and competitiveness;

Whereas the Council Decision of 28 September 1987
concerning the Framework Programme for Community
activities in the field of R & T & D provides that a
particular aim of Community research shall be to
strengthen the scientific and technological basis of
European industry especially in strategic areas of high
technology and to encourage it to become more
competitive at international level and whereas the same
Decision further provides that Community action is
justified where research contributes _inter alia_ to the
strengthening of the economic and social cohesion of the
Community and the promotion of its overall harmonious
development, while being consistent with the pursuit of
scientific and technical quality; whereas it is intended
that the DRIVE programme should contribute to the
achievement of these objectives;

Whereas with the emergence of mobile communication
services and the progressive introduction of computing in
automobiles, the conditions for major improvements for
traffic management, reduction of environmental impact
of road transport and road safety are emerging;

Whereas developments in road transport efficiency and
safety will benefit the international competitiveness of
the European economies in general and of industries in
particular;

Whereas advances in road transport efficiency and safety
will contribute to resolving the problem of intolerable
social and other consequences of road accidents;

Whereas the concerted efforts in this domain will

contribute to the creation of the internal market and

prevent the formation of new internal frontiers to road
safety;

Whereas the development of common functional specifications for equipment and services will strengthen
cohesion and permit the less developed regions to benefit
fully from the efforts of Member States leading to the

(') COM(86) 340 final, June 1986.

improvements of the transport and traffic management
infrastructure developments in the Community;

Whereas the development of the road transport infrastructure technology and services offers a wide range of
opportunities for small and medium-sized companies in
the manufacture of equipment and in the provision of
specialized services within the Community;

Whereas it is appropriate for projects carried out in the
context of Eureka and specific activities undertaken
within the Framework Programme to complement and
support each other when pre-competitive research which
will strengthen European technology is involved;

Whereas the Commission has declared at the second

Eureka Ministerial Meeting at London (June 1986) its
wish to support projects relating to road safety and navigation;

Whereas the constitution or consolidation of a specifically European industrial potential in the technologies
concerned is an urgent necessity; whereas its beneficiaries must be industry, network/broadcasting
operators, research establishments, undertakings,
including small and medium-sized enterprises and other
bodies established in the Community which are best
suited to attain these objectives;

Whereas exploratory investigations at Community level
have confirmed the requests of participants of Eureka to
take advantage of Community cooperation in this field;

Whereas the definition phase of Prometheus (Eureka)
has established the reliance of those parties to that
cooperation agreement on the Community for definition
of pre-normative and pre-competitive work relating to
road infrastructure systems and further pre-competitive
research by the Community in shared cost programmes;

Whereas it is necessary that enterprises in the
Community not taking part in the DRrVE programme
or in related Eureka programmes shall be capable of
benefitting from the results of DRIVE projects as will
companies participating only in related Eureka projects;

Whereas it is essential that any pre-competitive work in a
project carried out in coordination with an Community
technology project for pre-competitive research shall
adhere to the principles for Community shared cost
projects, especially with regard to the cross-frontier
cooperation and inclusion of small and medium-sized
enterprises;

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Whereas it is in the Community's interest to consolidate
the scientific and financial basis of European research by
means of the involvement to a greater extent of
participants from European third countries in certain
Community programmes and particularly in programmes
involving cooperation in research and development of
road transport technology;

Whereas the DRIVE programme will benefit from the
results of Esprit and RACE as well as the on-going
efforts in standardization;

Whereas the implementation of concerted actions in the
COST framework is an essential element to complement
industrially-oriented R & D projects;

Whereas the Scientific and Technical Research
Committee (CREST) has expressed its opinion,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

_Article 1_

1. A Community programme in the field of road
transport informatics, called DRIVE, is adopted for an
initial period of 30 months commencing 1 June 1988.

2. The programme is designed, in concertation with
public and private actions in the field of road transport
informatics undertaken at national and international
level, to promote the competitiveness of the
Community's industries, operators and service providers
in order to make available to the final users, at minimum
cost and with minimum delay, the improvements in road
transport efficiency and safety as well as minimizing the
environmental impact of road transport, thereby contributing to social as well as economic objectives.

3. The programme includes Community activity
relevant to the Eureka actions (') in this field with
respect to standardization and common functional specifications relating to the development of advanced infrastructure systems.

_Article 2_

The programme, as set out in more detail in Annex I,
shall consist of the development of a common conceptual
framework for cooperation, pre-normative work and

(') In particular Prometheus, Europolis and Carminat.

technology exploration and the investigation of the nontechnological factors as required for the objective of
concerting European efforts in improving road transport
efficiency, road safety and reduction of environmental
impact. The work includes the following parts:

I. RTI technologies,

II. Evaluation of strategic options,

III. Specifications, protocols and standardization
proposals.

The programme summary and objectives are set out in
more detail in Annex II.

_Article 3_

1. Projects relating to the programme shall be
executed by means of shared cost contracts. Contractors
shall be expected to bear a substantial proportion of the
costs, which should normally be at least 50 % of the
total expenditure.

Alternatively, in respect of universities and research
institutes carrying out projects or actions, the
Community may bear up to 100 % of the additional
expenditure involved.

2. The proposals for projects shall, as a rule, be
submitted in reply to an open invitation to tender and
involve the participation of at least two independent
partners not all established in the same Member State. At
least one of the partners shall be an industrial undertaking. The invitation to tender shall be published in the
_Official Journal_ _of_ _the European_ _Communities._

3. In exceptional cases concerning projects indispensable for implementing key requirements of the
workplan:

— where a proposal would involve

(i) unreasonable burden on the participants,
particularly small and medium-sized enterprises
and research establishments;

(ii) only one independent partner;
(iii) only independent partners established in the
same Member State,

or

— where an open tendering procedure would be unjustified on grounds of cost or efficiency,

or

— where the amount of Community's contribution to
the cost does not exceed 1 million ECU,

it may be decided, in accordance with the procedures
laid down in Article 8, to depart from the general
provisions set out in paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article.

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4. The contracts for all parts of the action programme
shall be concluded with network operators, research
establishments, universities, undertakings, including small
and medium-sized enterprises, and other bodies established in the Community.

_Article 4_

Where Framework Agreements for scientific and
technical cooperation between non-Community
European countries and the European Community have
been concluded, organizations and enterprises established in these countries may, in accordance with the
procedures laid down in Article 8, become partners to a
project undertaken within this programme.

_Article 5_

1. The funds estimated as necessary for the
Community contribution to the execution of the
programme amount to payment of 60 million ECU over
the period adopted for the Framework Programme,
including expenditure on staff (11 A, 3 B, 8 C temporary
officials).

The total amount of appropriations shall be calculated
definitively on the basis of the appropriations allocated
annually by the Budgetary Authority in the light of
actual requirements.

2. The indicative allocation of these funds is set out in

Annex I.

_Article 6_

1. The Commission shall ensure that the programme
is properly performed and establish the appropriate
implementation measures.

2. The Commission shall ensure that procedures are
set up to allow for appropriate cooperation with COST
activities related to the areas of research covered by the
programme, by ensuring regular exchanges of information between the Committee referred to in Article 7

and the relevant COST Management Committees.

3. The Commission shall establish for each year and
update as required a draft workplan defining the detailed
objectives, the type of projects and actions to be
undertaken and the corresponding financial plans. The
Commission shall keep the European Parliament
informed of the progress of the annual workplans.

4. The procedure laid down in Article 8 shall apply

to:

— the establishment and updating of the annual
workplan referred to in paragraph 3 of this Article,

— any departure from the general conditions laid down
in Article 3 (1) and (2),

— the evaluation of work undertaken in the execution

of the programme by appropriate organizations,
groups and other bodies,

— the assessment of the proposed projects for the
implementation and the estimated amount of the
Community financial contribution for a project when
this contribution is in excess of 2,5 million ECU,

— the participation in any project by European organizations and enterprises not established in the
Community as provided for in Article 4.

5. The Commission may consult the Committee
referred to in Article 7 on any matter falling within the
scope of this Decision.

_Article 7_

The Commission shall be assisted in the performance of
its tasks by a committee, hereinafter referred to as 'the
Committee'. The Committee, consisting of two representatives of each Member State, shall be set up by the
Commission on the basis of nominations by the Member
States.

Members of the Committee may be assisted by experts or
advisors depending on the nature of the issues under
consideration.

The Committee shall be chaired by a Commission
representative.

The proceedings of the Committee shall be confidential.
The Committee shall adopt its own rules of procedure.
The secretarial services shall be provided by the
Commission.

_Article 8_

1. Where the procedure laid down in this Article is to
be followed, the chairman shall refer the matter to the
Committee, either on his own initiative or at the request
of one of its members.

2. Under this procedure, the representative of the
Commission, who acts as chairman, refers the draft of
the measures to be adopted to the Committee. The
Committee delivers an opinion within a time limit which
shall normally be one month and shall in no case exceed
two months. The opinion is delivered by the majority
specified in Article 148 (2) of the Treaty for decisions
which the Council is required to adopt on a proposal
from the Commission, the votes of the representatives of
the Member States being weighted as indicated in that
Article. The chairman does not vote.

3. 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 communicated by the Commission to the
Council forthwith. In that event:

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— the Commission may defer application of the
measures which it has decided for a period of not
more than one month from the date of such

communication,

— the Council, acting by a qualified majority, may take
a different decision within the time limit referred to

in the previous paragraph.

_Article 9_

1. The result of the programme shall be reviewed by
the Commission after 18 months. The Commission shall

report to the Council and the European Parliament on
the results of this review, (together with any proposals
for modification or prolongation of the programme
which the Commission deems appropriate).

2. After the completion of the programme, the
Commission shall send to Council and European
Parliament a report on the performance and results of
the programme.

3. The abovementioned reports will be carried out in
relation to the precise objectives set out in Annex II to

this Decision and in conformity with the provisions of
Article 2 paragraph 2 of the Framework Programme.

_Article 10_

1. With regard to the concertation activities provided
for in Article 1 (2), the Member States and the
Commission shall exchange all appropriate information
to which they have access and which they are free to
disclose concerning activities in the areas covered by this
Decision, whether or not planned or carried out under
their authority.

2. Information shall be exchanged according to a
procedure to be defined by the Commission after
consulting the Committee, and shall be treated as
confidential at the supplier's request.

_Article 11_

This Decision shall apply from 1 June 1988.

_Article 12_

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Proposal for a Council Decision concerning budgetary discipline

_COM(88) 257 final_

_(Submitted by the Commission on 27 April 1988)_

(88/C 146/11)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaties establishing the European
Communities, and in particular Articles 43 and 235
thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Having regard to the opinion of the European
Parliament,

Whereas the European Council has agreed that the
Community must submit the use of its own resources to
effective and legally binding discipline parallel to the
efforts being made by the Member States in connection
with their own budgets;

Whereas the arrangements for budgetary discipline
decided upon by the European Council at Fontainebleau
must be strengthened in the light of experience;

Whereas budgetary discipline must be applied to all the
Community's expenditure; whereas it must cover both
payment and commitment appropriations;

Whereas rules on budgetary discipline as regards noncompulsory expenditure will be laid down in a joint
declaration by Parliament, the Council and the
Commission;

Whereas the European Council on 11, 12 and 13
February agreed the principles of a guideline for the
control of agricultural expenditure;

Whereas the rate of progression of EAGGF Guarantee
Section expenditure must not exceed 74 % of the rate of
increase in Community GNP, this rate corresponding to
that of 80 % of maximum EAGGF financing of set-aside
is taken into consideration;

Whereas the European Council has also agreed to mechanisms for the systematic depreciation of existing and
future agricultural stocks so that the stock situation can
be normalized by 1992;

Whereas the stabilization mechanisms provided for in the
provisions governing the common organization of
markets should play a part in ensuring compliance with
the agricultural guideline;

Whereas the European Council has also agreed that the
level of EAGGF Guarantee Section expenditure may be