CELEX: 51977PC0074
Language: en
Date: 1977-03-17
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION subscribing, on behalf of the Community, to a joint declaration of intent to implement a European project in the field of transport on the subject: "Electronic traffic aids, on major roads" (COST Project 30) (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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                                 Proposal for a
                              COUNCIL DECISION
            subscribing ^. on behalf of the Community , to a
            joint declaration of intent to implement a
            European project in the field of transport on
            the subject :   " Electronic traffic aids , on major
                                      roads"
                               ( COST Proie et 30 )
            ( submitted to the Council by the Commission)
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 ---pagebreak---                                        EXPLANATORY Ma&RAlTDUH
      Eleven European States , including nix Member States of the Community
      and the Community itself , have finalized a programme for a point
      research project on "Electronic" traffic
      aids on major roads " (Project 30 )« A joint declaration of intent to im­
      plement this programme has been submitted for signature to the 19 COST
      States * and to "the Community .
!•    The mai» points of the programme ï
      ( a) Objectives :
        -    development of techniciues for the control and realtime management
             of road traffic ;
        -    the establishment of a testing programme , or any other project aimed
             at defining a system of electronic traffic aids for major roads which
             could be standardized and submitted to the European Governments .
      (b ) Methods :
             A research and development programme and joint studies by the relevant
             national laboratories of the participating countries®
II •  The time allowed for the work is three years and may be extended by joint
      agreement between the participating countries#
III * In its opinion, delivered an 16 and 17 April 1975 > CREST :
       ( a) recognized that the project was of interest to the Community ;
       (b ) emphasized that work on drafting the agreement should be continued
              under the auspices of COST in order to avoid the further long delays which
              could result if 4 were transformed into a Community programme with which
              non-Community COST countries could be associated#
       ( c ) stressed the need for the Commission to be closely associated at all
              stages of the project particularly the drafting of recommendation on a
              European standard for a system of electronic traffic aids for major roads ;
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       (d) expressed the hope that all the Member States would accede to this
           agreement »
  IV* On 5 a^d 6 November 1975 * following a proposal by the Commission, the               <
      Council authorized the Commission to negotiate Community participation
      in this action programme on the basis of the following directives :
       (a) participation by the Community as such must not include any financial
           contribution from the Community j
      (b) the Community is to be represented on the Management Committee
           by the Commission,'        i .-"> Oorexisaior.#
      - During the negociatiorsheld from November 1975 "to September 197^» "the
          detailed rules for the implementation of the project underwent major
          changes# For the phase covered by the draft agreement there is now
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          no longer any provision for joint experiments oarried out in areas
          to which the public has access# It will therefore no longer be ne­
          cessary to set up a joint fund to finance the project# '
          Under these circumstances the participating States and th$iJ3.$ra#uiai1#fhave
          limrtedoiheic contait&eAt-iorai joint. 'declaination of intent: tthose «ntry into
          force is
          not subject to ratification by the national parliaments#
          As a result of the negociations the Community 's contribution to this
          action will involve i         '          '       *
                                                             J
          - attendance at meetings of the Management Committee and participation
                                                             /
             in the preparation of its work ;
          – participation in the work of a specialist group on the development
                              »
             of an appropriate terminology for traffic messages#
   V# In view of the opinion delivered by the Scientific and Technical Research
      Committee (CREST ) and the agreement reached between the Commission and
      the Committee on European Cooperation in the field of Scientific and
      Technical Research (COST ), the Commission proposes that the Council should
      adopt the appended decision to which the joint declaration of intent is
      annexed#
 ---pagebreak---                                COUNCIL   DECISION
Subooriving on behalf of the Community , to a joint declaration of intent to
  implement a European project in the field of transport on the subject :
  "Electronic traffic aids on major roads(COST Project 30 ).
  THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ,
  and in particular Article 75 thereof :
  Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ?
  Having regard to the Opinion of the European Parliament ;
  Having regard to the Opinion of Economic and Social Committee ;
 Whereas the aim of COST Project 30 is to establish a standardized European
  system designed to make more efficient use of the road infrastructure and
  improve road safety ;
  Whereas in particular this project will have repercussion on the common
  transport policy ;
  Whereas it is therefore appropriate that the Community should participate
  in the execution of COST Project 30 ;
 Whereas the Scientific and Technical Research Committee ( CREST ) has stated
  in its Opinion of 16 and 17 April 1975 » that it is in favour of such parti­
  cipation ;
  HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOW :
                               Article 1
  On behalf of the European Economic Community , the joint declaration of in­
  tent to implement a European project in the field of transport on the sub­
  ject "Electronic traffic aids on major roads " (Project 30 ) is hereby s..b-
  subscribed to .
  The joint declaration of intent is annexed to this Decision .
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                             Article 2
The President of the Council is hereby authorized to nominate those persons
empowered to sign the agreement , and to confer upon them the powers necessa­
ry for commiting the Community .
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                             Article 3
On the Management Committee in respect of the project the Community shall
be represented by the Commission .
                                            Done at Brussels ,
                                            For the Council
                                            The President