CELEX: 51985PC0295
Language: en
Date: 1985-06-11
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DECISION RELATING TO THE COORDINATED DEVELOPMENT OF COMPUTERIZED ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES (C.D. PROJECT)

6.7.85                                     Official Journal of the European Communities                               No C 167/3
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                                                           (Preparatory Acts)
                                                     COMMISSION
              Proposal for a Council Decision relating to the coordinated development of computerized
                                               administrative procedures ( C D . project)
                                                          COM(85) 295 final
                                   (Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 19 June 1985)
                                                            (85/C 167/03)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                            Whereas the Commission should be responsible for
COMMUNITIES,                                                           adopting the measures necessary for the coordinated
                                                                       development of computerized administrative procedures
                                                                       ( C D . project); whereas the Commission and each of the
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
                                                                       Member States should be responsible for implementing
Economic Community, and in particular Article 235
                                                                       their own computer systems, taking into account the
thereof,
                                                                       objectives of the C D . project; whereas these objectives
                                                                       are an integral part of the more general framework of
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                     the CADDIA programme ( 3 ); whereas, in order to assist
                                                                       the Commission in the implementation of the C D .
                                                                       project, a project management committee should be set
Having regard        to   the    opinion    of   the  European
                                                                       up; whereas an appropriate procedure should be laid
Parliament,
                                                                       down which allows the Commission to adopt
                                                                       Community measures for the implementation of the C D .
Whereas the Council adopted a resolution on 15 May                     project;
1984 on the computerization of the administrative proc-
edures relating to intra-Community trade ('); whereas,                 Whereas the Treaty has not provided the necessary
further to that resolution, the Commission has sent to                 powers;
the Council a communication (2) which provides a
framework for developing computerized systems for
international trade extending up to 31 December 1991;                  HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
whereas that communication broadens the scope of the
said resolution since it not only establishes guidelines for                                      Article 1
developing national computerized systems dealing with
intra-Community trade but also covers systems for                      1.     The Council takes note of the Commission's
external trade and the interconnection of the relevant                 communication on the coordinated development of
systems of the Commission with those of the Member                     computerized administrative procedures and of the
States;                                                                proposals therein made pursuant to the Council's
                                                                       resolution of 15 May 1984.
Whereas the Community framework for computerizing                      2.     The Commission shall be responsible for the
 administrative procedures should cover the following six              coordination of the development of computerized
fields: intra-Community trade, trade with non-member                   administrative procedures ( C D . project) by the Member
countries (imports and exports), interfaces with traders'              States and itself during the period extending until
systems, interfaces with Commission systems, inter-                    31 December 1991.
connection of the systems and the establishment of
common standards for data interchange;                                 3.     The Commission and the Member States shall be
                                                                       guided by the computerization framework and work
Whereas in the case of intra-Community trade, the                      programme provided, in the communication referred to
computerization of administrative procedures should be                 in paragraph 1, amended, as necessary, in accordance
regarded as an interim solution until such time as                     with the provisions of Article 4. They shall also take
internal trade is completely free of controls;                         account of the opinions expressed within the CADDIA
                                                                       Steering Committee.
O OJ No C 137, 24. 5. 1984, p. 1.                                       Q  QJ  N O C n2,  26. 4. 1984, p. 1; OJ No L 96, 3. 4. 1985,
(2) O J N o C 15, 16. 1. 1985, p. 1.                                       p. 35.
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                           Article 2                                2.     The committee shall consist of representatives
                                                                    of the Member States and shall be chaired by a
1.    The C D . project shall be undertaken as part of the          representative of the Commission. The committee shall
CADDIA programme and in conformity with its long-                   adopt its own rules of procedures.
term objectives of providing the necessary organizational
infrastructure and data-processing facilities to enable the
Commission and Member States to obtain access to and                3.     Without prejudice to the provisions of paragraphs 4
process, expeditiously and efficiently, the information             and 5, the Commission and the Member States, meeting
needed for the operation of the Customs Union and                   within the framework of the committee and working on
of the Community's commercial policies and the                      the basis of consensus, shall undertake, in relation to the
management and financial control of agricultural                    subject matter covered by the C D . project, the following
markets.                                                            tasks:
2.     Action shall be taken within the framework of the            (a) the updating and further elaboration, as appropriate,
C D . project:                                                           of the C D . project development programme;
(a) to coordinate the planning and implementation by                (b) the review of the systems and plans of the Member
     the customs administrations of the Member States                    States in the customs informatics field and, where
     and the Commission of computer systems dealing                      necessary, the provision of advice on measures
    with imports, with exports and, pending the                          needed to ensure their compatibility with the
     complete abolition of controls, with               intra-           objectives and technical solutions adopted for the
     Community trade,                                                    C D . project development programme;
(b) to establish a programme and an overall timetable               (c) the review of technical progress reports on all studies
                                                                         and projects carried out under the C D . project and
     for the development and implementation of such
                                                                         the provision of advice, where necessary, to ensure
     systems with the objective of completing their
                                                                         the full conformity of such studies and projects with
     implementation not later than 31 December 1991,
                                                                         the objectives and technical solutions adopted for the
                                                                         C D . project development programme.
(c) to adopt appropriate    standards for the interchange of
     data, and for the       security of data exchanged,
     between the parties    involved in the project, having         4.     Furthermore, provisions relating to the following
     regard to the overall  standardization requirements of         matters required for the implementation of the C D .
     CADDIA,                                                        project shall be adopted under the procedure laid down
                                                                    at paragraph 5:
(d) to ensure close cooperation with commercial and
     industrial interests so as to provide appropriate              (a) syntax rules for the purpose of data exchange
     interfaces between commercial and industrial systems                between the Commission and Member States,
     and those of customs administrations.                               between the customs administration of one Member
                                                                         State and that of another, and between customs
                                                                         administrations and persons, whether natural or
                           Article 3                                     legal, who are authorized to exchange data with
                                                                         such administrations by electronic means;
1.     The Commission and each Member State shall be
responsible for the implementation of its own computer
systems.                                                            (b) data elements, codes, message formats, and
                                                                         transmission standards for use in the exchanges
                                                                         referred to in 4 (a);
2.     In preparing their implementation plans, the
Commission and the Member States shall take into                    (c) standards concerning the security, protection and
account the systems descriptions, and the data exchange                  privacy of data in respect of imports, exports and
and data security standards established under the                        intra-Community trade supplied to, held by, or in
procedure referred to in Article 4 (4).                                  the course of transmission between the Commission,
                                                                         customs administrations and commercial operators;
3.     The Commission and the Member States shall
establish their implementation timetables having regard             (d) system descriptions (*) for the functions and facilities
to the objectives of the C D . project and the overall                   to be included to meet Community requirements in
timetable referred to at Article 2 (2) (b).                              the systems whose development is coordinated within
                                                                         the framework of the C D . project.
                           Article 4
1.     A committee for the implementation of the project
                                                                    (') System description is defined as 'a statement presenting a
shall be established to assist the Commission in the                    logical solution to meet a user requirement and which is not
execution of the tasks referred to in Article 1 (2).                    related to any specific hardware or software'.
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5.     The representative of the Commission shall submit                no opinion is delivered, the Commission shall
to the committee a draft of the provisions to be adopted.               without delay propose to the Council the provisions
The committee shall deliver its opinion on the draft                    to be adopted. The Council shall act by a qualified
within a time limit set by the chairman having regard to                majority.
the urgency of the matter. Opinions shall be delivered by
a qualified majority, the votes of the Member States                (c) If within three months of the proposal being
being weighted as provided in Article 148 (2) of the                    submitted to it, the Council has not acted, the
Treaty. The chairman shall not vote.                                    proposed provisions shall be adopted by the
                                                                        Commission.
(a) The Commission shall adopt the provisions envisaged
     where they are in accordance with the opinion of the
     committee.                                                                             Article 5
(b) Where the provisions envisaged are not in                       This Decision is addressed to the Commission and the
     accordance with the opinion of the committee, or if            Member States.
              Proposal for a Council Directive amending Directive 78/1035/EEC on the exemption from
             taxes of imports of small consignments of goods of a non-commercial character from third
                                                            countries
                                                      COM(85) 305 final
                       .        (Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 20 June 1985)
                                                        (85/C 167/04)
             THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
              Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in
             particular Articles 99 and 100 thereof,
             Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
             Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament,
             Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee,
             Whereas no adjustment has been made to the tax relief provided for in Council Directive
              78/1035/EEC (') as regards the importation of small consignments of goods of a non-
             commercial character from third countries since the adoption of Council Directive 81/933/
             EEC (2), resulting in a fall in the real value of the relief owing to the rise in consumer prices;
             whereas that situation should be.remedied;
             Whereas the tax relief should be set at the same level as the relief from customs duties on
             imports of small consignments from third countries provided for by Council Regulation (EEC)
             No 918/83 (3) as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No . . .;
             (') OJ No L 366, 28. 12. 1978, p. 34.
             (2) OJ No L 338, 25. 11. 1981, p. 24.
             (') OJ No L 105, 23. 4. 1983, p. 1.