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9 . 4 . 92 Official Journal of the European Communities No C 88 / 15

Call for tenders for the production of information and discussion documents for the legal

advisory board ( LAB )

( 92 / C 88 / 13 )

1 . The Legal Advisory Board ( LAB ) is a group of inde ­
pendent experts supporting the Commission in the study
of the legal issues raised by the development of the infor ­
mation market and information services and the estab ­
lishment of a Community information services market,
according to the details of action line 2 of the Impact 2
programme ( adopted by the Council on 12 . 12 . 1991 ).
This programme has a duration of four years and is the
continuation of the Impact 1 programme which had
lasted two years .

A certain number of legal issues have been so far studied

and discussed by the Legal Advisory Board :

— intellectual property protection for databases,

— personal data protection,

— liability of information services providers,

— authentication of transactions,

— computer crime,

— confidentiality of database searches,

— access to information held by public bodies,

— legal barriers to the establishment of trans-European

viedotex networks .

Particular Community initiatives in these areas, and
other areas that will have been identified in the
meantime, as barriers to the establishment of the internal
information services market will be examined in future
meetings of the Legal Advisory Board with a view to
establishing recommendations for action .

2 . The present call for tenders concerns the preparation
of information and discussion documents covering the
whole range of legal issues to be examined by the LAB .

Recipients of these documents, apart from the members
of the LAB, include information law experts, academic
institutions, relevant government authorities ( in
particular members of the Impact Committee ) as well as
private sector organizations . The objective is to improve
Europe-wide awareness of the problems affecting the
information services market by providing information to
interested parties .

3 . The texts of the technical specifications for the
submission of tenders and the general terms and
conditions governing contracts awarded by the
Commission, will be sent, free of charge, upon request .

Written requests for obtaining the tendering documents

should indicate the name and address of the organiz ­
ations and should be addressed to :

— Commission of the European Communities, DG
XIII / B / 1, bâtiment Jean Monnet, office B4 / 109,
L-2920 Luxembourg, facsimile ( 352 ) 43 01 28 47 .

The criteria and methods for the evaluation of offers are
contained in the afore-mentioned documents . Amongst
these are the following : background and experience of
the tenderer, technical aspects of the offer, appropriate
staffing facilities, as well as time schedule, detailed
pricing, contract management and conformity to the
general conditions governing contracts awarded by the
Commission .

Prospective candidates should have a good experience in
information law and the drafting of documents aimed
both at experts and non-experts ( businessmen, infor ­
mation users, etc .).

4 . Tenders may be submitted by any undertaking or

other body established in a Community Member State .
Tenders must be submitted, at the latest, on 22 . 5 . 1992

( see in detail the tendering documents ).