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28. 7. 90 Official Journal of the European Communities N o C 188/17

## III

_(Notices)_

# COMMISSION

Community programme for setting up an information services market

Notice of public invitation to tender

(90/C 188/07)

1. On 26 July 1988 the Council approved the launch
of a two-year Community plan of action for setting up
an information services market (') (Impact 1 programme
covering years 1989 and 1990). In view of the results
achieved so far, the Commission intends to submit to
Council a proposal for the continuation of actions over a
five-year period (Impact 2).

In the framework of the Impact programme, the
Commission has been assigned the task of investigating
the nature of legal and administrative barriers which
hinder the development of the information services
market and possible means of removing them with the
assistance of the Legal Advisory Board (LAB), a group
of high level lawyers influential on the development of
Member States information laws.

The secretariat of the LAB is provided by Commission
services. Its main tasks are to investigate legal issues
arising from the development of electronic information
services, to prepare working papers to be discussed by
LAB and following LAB's conclusions to prepare appropriate proposals to be submitted to Council by the
Commission.

Six legal issues affecting the information services market
have been identified for priority examination and
possible Community action in the context of Impact 1:

— protection of personal data,

— intellectual property protection of databases and
software,

— computer related crime,

— liability of information service providers,

— authentication of electronic transactions,

— confidentiality of database searches.

(') OJ No L 288, 21. 10. 1988, p. 39.

The Commission is in need of expert assistance in order
to draft concrete action proposals on the basis of the
work already undertaken, to follow up the application of
envisaged Community instruments in the areas
concerned and identify further areas for Community
action.

2. The contractor will be asked to provide the services
of qualified experts in order to carry out the following
tasks:

— draft discussion documents for the LAB and for other

purposes,

— undertake investigations,

— organize two workshops,

— collect documentation and monitor developments in
the areas concerned.

The experts concerned should be highly qualified in the
field of information law and in particular in the areas of
personal data protection, access to public sector information, liability and copyright. Experience of both
'continental' and 'common' law is essential. They should
be able to understand documents drafted in any of the
working languages of the Community (if necessary with
the help of native outside experts).

3. Tender documents containing the conditions
governing the submission of bids and the General Terms
and Conditions of Commission Contracts, will be sent
free of charge to interested firms.

N o C 188/18 Official Journal of the European Communities 28. 7. 90

Firms are invited to submit a written application for
tender documents within 30 days of publication of the
present notice to the following address:

Commission of the European Communities,
DG XIII-B-1,
B4/018,
Batiment Jean Monnet,
L-2920 Luxembourg,
Telex: COMEUR LU 3423,

Fax: 43 01 28 47.

Applicants should state their name and address clearly.

Details of the criteria and methods used for selecting and
evaluating bids are contained in the tender documents.
Conditions include the supply of detailed information on
the tenderer (including financial aspects) and his
experience, and the importance of maintaining regular
contact with the Commission departments in
Luxembourg.

4. The deadline for the submission of bids is 36

working days after the date of publication of this notice.

5. The contractor will be selected around

15 November 1990. Work is expected to start around
15 December 1990.

Notice of invitation to tender No TFHR/04/90 concerning the technical assistance to be
provided by the Commission of the European Communities for the implementation of the
Tempus programme for cooperation in the field of higher education in the countries of Central

and Eastern Europe

(90/C 188/08)

1. Name and address of the contracting service

Commission of the European Communities, Task Force
'Human Resources, Education, Training and Youth',
_200_ rue de la Loi, B-1049 Brussels.

2. Procedure

Open tender.

3. Subject

In order to assist it in the implementation of Council
Decision 90/233/EEC of 7 May 1990 establishing a
trans-European mobility scheme for university studies
(Tempus) ('), the Commission of the European
Communities is seeking the technical support of an
organization to carry out the coordination and
management of the Tempus scheme from 1 February
1991 to 31 December 1993.

4. Eligible organizations

4.1. Any organization already established in a Member
State of the European Community or in a Central
or Eastern European country, listed in Council
Regulation (EEC) No 3906/89 as eligible for
Community assistance, may apply with an offer.

(') OJ No L 131, 23. 5. 1990.

4.2. For strictly operational reasons, and without
prejudice to point 4.1, the selected applicant
contractor must already have or must be willing to
establish a legal base in Brussels, including a legal
personality under Belgian Law, from where activities in relation to the technical support contract
will be undertaken. The contract between the

Commission and the selected applicant contractor
may be made either with this Brussels-based body or
with the parent body, as the selected applicant
contractor prefers. This Brussels-based body will be
responsible for all aspects of relations between the
Commission and the selected applicant contractor,
including all financial aspects of the implementation
of the contract.

4.3. Interested organizations must be able to demonstrate a proven record of experience in transnational
inter-university cooperation in Europe as well as in
university-industry cooperation. They should be able
to demonstrate capacity in setting up a multinational
team able to work in all the Community languages.

5. Legal basis

The legal basis for the technical support to be provided
by the selected applicant contractor will be in the form
of three successive contracts. Both first 12-month

contracts will cover the period from 1 February 1991 to
31 January 1993 and will be followed by a further
11-month contract expiring on 31 December 1993.