CELEX: 51985PC0694
Language: en
Date: 1985-12-03
Title: AMENDED PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DECISION RELATING TO THE COORDINATED DEVELOPMENT OF COMPUTERIZED ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES (C.D. PROJECT)

19. 12. 85                             Official Journal of the European Communities                                No C 329/9
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                                                       (Prepa rato ry Acts)
                                                 COMMISSION
              Amended proposal for a Council Decision relating to the coordinated development of
                                    computerized administrative procedures (CD project) (')
                                                      COM(85) 694 final
              (Submitted by the Commission to the Council pursuant to the second paragraph of Article 149 of
                                             the EEC Treaty on 2 December 1985)
                                                        (85/C 329/08)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                            internal trade is completely free of controls and should
                                                                    not result in the submission of further demands for data
                                                                    or the introduction of additional computerized equipment
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               at the Community's internal frontiers;
Economic Community, and in particular Article 235
thereof,
                                                                    Whereas the Commission should be responsible for
                                                                    adopting the measures necessary for the coordinated
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                  development of computerized administrative procedures
                                                                    (CD project); whereas the Commission and each of the
                                                                    Member States should be responsible for implementing
Having regard to the opinion of the European Par-                   their own computer systems, taking into account the
liament,                                                            objectives of the CD project; whereas these objectives are
                                                                    an integral part of the more general framework of the
                                                                    CADDIA programme (4); whereas, in order to assist the
Whereas the Council adopted a resolution on 15 May
                                                                    Commission in the implementation of the CD project, a
 1984 on the computerization of the administrative pro-
                                                                    Project Management Committee should be set up; whereas
cedures relating to intra-Community trade ( 2 ); whereas,
                                                                    an appropriate procedure should be laid down which
further to that resolution, the Commission has sent to
                                                                    allows the Commisison to adopt Community measures for
the Council a communication (3) which provides a
                                                                    the implementation of the CD project;
framework for developing computerized systems for
international trade extending up to 31 December 1991;
whereas that communication broadens the scope of the                Whereas the Treaty has not provided the necessary
said resolution since it not only establishes guidelines for        powers,
developing national computerized systems dealing with
intra-Community trade but also covers systems for
external trade and the interconnection of the relevant              HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
systems of the Commission with those of the Member
States;
                                                                                              Article 1
Whereas the Community framework for computerizing                   1.     The Council takes note of the Commission's
administrative procedures should cover the following six            communication on the coordinated development of
fields: intra-Community trade, trade with non-member                computerized administrative procedures and of the
countries (imports and exports), interfaces with traders'           proposals therein made pursuant to the Council's
systems, interfaces with Commission systems, inter-                 resolution of 15 May 1984.
connection of the systems and the establishment of
common standards for data interchange;
                                                                    2.     The Commission shall be responsible for the
                                                                    coordination of the development of computerized
Whereas, in the case of intra-Community trade, the                  administrative procedures (CD project) by the Member
computerization of administrative procedures should be              States and itself during the period extending until
regarded as an interim solution until such time as                  31 December 1991.
(') OJ No C 167, 6. 7. 1985, p. 3.
O OJ No C 137, 24. 5. 1984, p. 1.                                   (4) OJ No C 112, 26. 4. 1984, p. 1 and OJ No L 96, 3. 4. 1985,
C) O J N o C 15, 16. 1. 1985, p. 1.                                     p. 35.
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3.    The Commission and the Member States shall be                                            Article 4
guided by the computerization framework and work
programme provided in the communication referred to in              1.    The Commission and the Member States, meeting
paragraph 1, amended, as necessary, in accordance with              within the framework of the Management Committee,
the provisions of Article 4. They shall also take account           provided for in Article 5, and working on the basis of
of the opinions expressed within the CADDIA Steering                consensus, shall undertake, in relation to the subject
Committee.                                                          matter covered by the C D project, the following tasks:
                          Article 2                                 (a) the updating and further elaboration, as appropriate,
                                                                        of the CD project development programme;
1.    The CD project shall be undertaken as part of the
CADDIA programme and in conformity with its long-
term objectives of providing the necessary organizational           (b) the review of the systems and plans of the Member
infrastructure and data processing facilities to enable the             States in the customs informatics field and, where
Commission and Member States to obtain access to and                    necessary, the provision of advice on measures
process, expeditiously and efficiently, the information                 needed to ensure their compatibility with the
needed for the operation of the Customs Union and of                    objectives and technical solutions adopted for the
the Community's         commercial      policies and       the          CD project development programme;
management and financial control of agricultural
markets.
                                                                    (c) the review of technical progress reports on all studies
                                                                        and projects carried out under the CD project and
2.    Action shall be taken within the framework of the                 the provision of advice, where necessary, to ensure
CD project:                                                             the full conformity of such studies and projects with
                                                                        the objectives and technical solutions adopted for the
(a) to coordinate the planning and implementation by                    CD project development programme.
    the customs administrations of the Member States
     and the Commission of computer systems dealing
    with imports, with exports and with intra-Com-                  2.    Furthermore, provisions relating to the following
     munity trade. In respect of the last named, computer           matters required for the implementation of the CD
     systems shall be planned so as to obviate data                 project shall be adopted under the procedure laid down
     collection at the Community's internal frontiers;              at Article 5 (3):
(b) to establish a programme and an overall timetable
     for the development and implementation of such                 (a) syntax rules for the purpose of data exchange
     systems with the objective of completing their                     between the Commission and Member States,
     implementation not later than 31 December 1991;                    between the customs administration of one Member
                                                                        State and that of another, and between customs
(c) to adopt appropriate    standards for the interchange of            administrations and persons, whether natural or
     data, and for the       security of data exchanged,                legal, who are authorized to exchange data with
     between the parties    involved in the project, having             such administrations by electronic means;
     regard to the overall  standardization requirements of
     CADDIA;
                                                                    (b) data elements, codes, message formats, and
(d) to ensure close cooperation with commercial and                     transmission standards for use in the exchanges
     industrial interests so as to provide appropriate                  referred to in Article 4 (1);
     interfaces between commercial and industrial systems
     and those of customs administrations.
                                                                    (c) standards concerning the security, protection and
                                                                        privacy of data in respect of imports, exports and
                           Article 3                                    intra-Community trade supplied to, held by, or in
                                                                        the course of transmission between the Commission,
 1.    The Commission and each Member State shall be
                                                                        customs administrations and commercial operators;
responsible for the implementation of its own computer
systems.
                                                                    (d) systems descriptions (x) for the functions and
2.     In preparing their implementation plans, the                     facilities to be included to meet Community
Commission and the Member States shall take into                        requirements in the systems whose development is
account the systems' descriptions, and the data exchange                coordinated within the framework of the CD
and data security standards established under the                       project.
procedure referred to in Article 4 (4).
3.    The Commission and the Member States shall
establish their implementation timetables having regard
                                                                    (') System description is defined as 'a statement presenting a
to the objectives of the CD project and the overall                     logical solution to meet a user requirement and which is
timetable referred to at Article 2 (2) (b).                             not related to any specific hardware or software'.
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                         Article 5                                (a) The Commission shall adopt the provisions envisaged
                                                                       where they are in accordance with the opinion of the
1.    A Committee for the implementation of the project                Committee.
shall be established to assist the Commission in the
accomplishment of the tasks referred to in Article 1 (2).         (b) Where the provisions envisaged are not in
                                                                       accordance with the opinion of the Committee, or if
                                                                       no opinion is delivered, the Commission shall
2.    The Committee shall consist of representatives of
                                                                       without delay propose to the Council the provisions
the Member States and shall be chaired by a rep-
                                                                       to be adopted. The Council shall act by a qualified
resentative of the Commission. The Committee shall
                                                                       majority.
adopt its own rules of procedure.
                                                                  (c) If within three months of the proposal being
3.    The representative of the Commission shall submit                submitted to it, the Council has not acted, the
to the Committee a draft of the provisions to be adopted.              proposed provisions shall be adopted by the
The Committee shall deliver its opinion on the draft                   Commission.
within a time limit set by the chairman having regard to
the urgency of the matter. Opinions shall be delivered by                                        Article 6
a qualified majority, the votes of the Member States
being weighted as provided in Article 148 (2) of the              This Decision is addressed to the Commission and the
Treaty. The Chairman shall not vote.                              Member States.
             Proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) on the rationalization and improvement of health
                                         conditions in slaughterhouses in Belgium
                                                     COM(85) 657 final
                             (Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 3 December 1985)
                                                       (85/C 329/09)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                          Whereas a contribution towards solving the sector's
                                                                  problem could be made by wider application of the
                                                                  measures referred to in Council Regulation (EEC) No
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             355/77 of 15 February 1977 on common measures to
Economic Community, and in particular Articles 42 and             improve the conditions under which agricultural and
43 thereof,                                                       fishery products are processed and marketed ('), as last
                                                                  amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1247/85 (2), with a
                                                                  view to accelerating the adaptation of Belgian slaugh-
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                terhouses, including any cutting plants attached to such
                                                                  slaughterhouses;
Having regard to the opinion of the European Par-
liament,
                                                                  Whereas such wider application is of special interest to
                                                                  the Community; whereas the measures relating thereto
Whereas there is an urgent need to accelerate the                 therefore constitute a common measure within the
modernization of slaughterhouses in certain regions of            meaning of Article 6 of Council Regulation (EEC) No
the Community and whereas, in particular, the structure           729/70 of 21 April 1970, on the financing of the
and hygiene of slaughterhouses in Belgium are out of              common agricultural policy (3), as last amended by Regu-
date with the result that they no longer meet the                 lation (EEC) No 870/85 (4),
required economic and, more particularly, health
standards;
Whereas a special effort must be made to adapt and
rationalize this sector so that it may regain its                 (') O J N o L 5 1 , 23. 2. 1977, p. 1.
competitiveness; whereas, in the first instance, and              O   O J N o L 130, 16. 5. 1985, p. 1.
because of the particular situation in Belgium, this effort       O   OJ No L 94, 28. 4. 1970, p. 13.
must be concentrated in that Member State;                        (4) O J N o L 9 5 , 2. 4. 1985, p. 1.