CELEX: 51988PC0410
Language: en
Date: 1988-07-18
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DECISION INSTITUTING A SPECIFIC MULTIANNUAL PROGRAMME FOR THE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OF STATISTICAL EXPERT SYSTEMS ( DOSES )

4. 8. 88                               Official Journal of the European Communities                            No C 203/5
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                                                      (Preparatory Acts)
                                                 COMMISSION
              Proposal for a Council Decision instituting a specific multiannual programme for the research
                                   and development of statistical expert systems (Doses)
                                                     COM(88) 410 final
                                      (Submitted by the Commission on 26 July 1988)
                                                        (88/C 203/06)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                          Whereas it is desirable to promote basic or applied
                                                                  research whose value for the development of statistics is
                                                                  unquestionable but whose short-term viability is
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             uncertain;
Economic Community, and in particular Article 130Q
(2) thereof,
                                                                  Whereas coordination between Member States makes it
                                                                  possible to limit incompatibilities, overlapping and
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                redundancy;
In cooperation with the European Parliament,
                                                                  Whereas in the present state of development of infor-
                                                                  mation systems and in particular statistical systems, the
                                                                  development of statistical tools appears a useful and
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and
                                                                  indeed essential aid to the optimum use of information;
Social Committee,
Whereas Article 130K of the Treaty provides that the              Whereas the development of statistical tools will enable
framework programme shall be implemented through                  work productivity to be increased;
specific programmes developed within each activity;
                                                                  Whereas it is desirable to render the use of statistical
Whereas statistical information can be of use in defining         information more common by making access to it easie
and monitoring economic activity and expansion, one of
the tasks assigned to the Community in Article 2 of the
Treaty;                                                           Whereas it is appropriate to promote balanced scientific
                                                                  and technical development within the Community in
                                                                  order to reinforce its economic and social cohesion;
Whereas, in Decision 87/516/Euratom, EEC of 28
September 1987 concerning the framework programme
for Community activities in the field of research and
                                                                  Whereas the Scientific and Technical             Research
technological development (1987 to 1991) ( l ), the
                                                                  Committee (Crest) has been consulted,
Council approved the development of statistical tools as
the objective of the work on 'Forecasting and assessment
and other back-up measures (including statistics)';
                                                                  HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Whereas it is necessary to encourage undertakings,
research centres and universities in their research and
technological development activities as well as to support                                 Article 1
their efforts to cooperate with one another;                      A specific programme on research into and the devel-
                                                                  opment of statistical expert systems for the European
                                                                  Economic Community is hereby adopted as defined in
                                                                  the Annex for a period of four years starting on 1
(l) OJ No L 302, 24. 10. 1987, p. 1.                              January 1989.
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                             Article 2                                  nation (CCAC) created pursuant to Council Decision
                                                                        84/338/Euratom, ECSC, EEC (').
The budgetary appropriations necessary for the
implementation of the programme are estimated at four                                             Article 5
million ECU, including the staff costs, relating to a
complement of one person (starting in 1990).                            In accordance with Article 130N of the EEC Treaty, the
                                                                        Commission      is hereby authorized to           negotiate
                                                                        agreements with European third countries and with
                             Article 3
                                                                        international organizations, particularly the OECD and
The programme implementation procedures are set out                     its member countries, with a view to their full or partial
in the Annex.                                                           integration into the programme.
                                                                                                  Article 6
                             Article 4
                                                                        This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
The Commission shall be responsible for the implemen-
tation of the programme and shall be assisted by a
Consultative Committee for Administration and Co-ordi-                  0) OJ No L 177, 4. 7. 1984, p. 25.
                                                                ANNEX I
                                                              Technical Annex
                                             SUMMARY OF THE WORK PROGRAMME
             The actions address the exploitation of advanced information technologies in the field of statistics: in
             particular, the application of expert systems technology to the whole chain of statistical data processing.
             The actions are oriented to develop knowledge and expert systems rules, which can constitute the base for
             the development of expert sytems in the various domains of the statistics field.
             The programme shall consist of two parts: Part I comprises the organization of coordinated projects and
             Part II comprises research and development projects regarded as meriting priority in the field of official
             statistics. It is (sub)divided into four parts.
                                                                 PART I
                                                            Coordinated projects
             The coordinated projects shall consist in coordination at Community level of activities which are of general
             interest to the Member States and satisfy the criteria laid down in the section 'Coordinated projects' of
             Annex I. The Commission shall provide a framework within which projects can be selected on the basis of
             proposals submitted by the interested parties and financial assistance can be provided for the organization
             of these projects.
             The following are suitable for coordinated projects:
             — subjects which are intrinsically international in character;
             — problems arising in a similar manner in the various Member States (and possibly within the
                  Commission) which may therefore benefit from a coordinated approach;
             — problems which have to be solved for purposes of harmonization.
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         The main featrue of these projects is thus that a minimum number of participants coordinate their work on
         fields of common interest and exchange their findings.
         The emphasis will be on projects able to produce results in a relatively short time (two to three years).
         The participants will fund their own share of the work to be done but will be informed of all the results.
                                                                PART II
                                                        Jointly funded projects
         The research will be carried out under the terms of joint funding contracts to be concluded with the
         research bodies, companies and other organizations in the Community. As a general rule, the Community
         will meet at the most 50 % of the costs, the rest normally being borne by the contractors. As an alternative
         solution in the case of universities and research bodies carrying out projects or actions, the Community
         may meet up to 100 % of the additional cost of their implementation. Work will be carried out in the
         following areas:
         Theme 1: Vertical study: preparation of a complete system for automated information processing, from
                     collection to dissemination, in a specific field (as a prototype for other fields and a reference
                     framework for the other themes);
         Theme 2: Documentation of data and statistical methods;
         Theme 3: Access to statistical information;
         Theme 4: Forecasting.
         Implementation procedures
         Contracts under Part I shall be awarded by means of restricted invitations to tender.
         Contracts under Part II shall be awarded by means of public invitations to tender. They shall involve the
         participation of at least two partners, who are independent of each other and who may not be established
         in the same Member State. Public invitation to tender shall be published in the Official Journal of the
         European Communities.
                                                               ANNEX      II
                                       Internal distribution of funds (for guidance only)
                                                             (1989 to 1992)
                                                                                                            (Million ECU)
         Part I: Coordinated projects                                                                             0,5
         Part II: Jointly funded projects                                                                         3,0
         Staff and administrative costs                                                                           0,5
                                                                                                          Total   4,0