CELEX: 51989PC0094
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Date: 1989-03-09
Title: Amended Proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION instituting a specific multiannual programme for the research and development of statistical expert systems (DOSES) (presented by the Commission pursuant to Article 149(3) of the EEC Treaty)

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    COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                                         COM ( 89 )       94 final SYN 149
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                                                         Brussels , 9 March 1989
                               Amended Proposal for a
                                  COUNCIL DECISION -
     instituting a specific multiannual programme for the research and development
                          of statistical expert systems ( DOSES )
                ( presented by the Commission pursuant to Article 149(3 )
                                    of the EEC Treaty )
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                                    Amended Proposa l for a
                                       COUNCIL DECISION .
   instituting a specific multiannual programme for the research and development
                            of statistical expert systems ( DOSES )
  THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ,         and
 in particular Article 130q ( 2 ) thereof ,
                                                             ( 1 ) .-
 Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,
                  w •> t h the European Parliament , ^
 Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee, ^
 Whereas Article 130k of the Treaty provides that the framework programme shall
 be implemented through specific programmes developed within each activity ;
 Whereas statistical information can be of use in defining and monitoring
 economic activity and expansion , one of the tasks assigned to the Community in
 Article 2 of the Treaty ;
 Whereas in its Decision 87 / 516 / Euratom , EEC of 28 September 1987 , concerning
 the framework programme for Community , activities in the field of research and
 technological development ( 1987-1991 K         the Council approved the development
of statistical tools as the objective               of the work on " Forecasting and
assessment and other back-up measures ( including statistics )";
Whereas it is necessary to encourage the undertakings to which such an
initiative is of relevance ,            research centres and universities in their
research and technological development activities as well as to support their
efforts to cooperate with one another ;
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 uncertain ;
Whereas    coordination       between   Member  States   makes     it possible to limit
incompatibilities , overlapping and redundancy ;
Whereas it is desirable to further exchanges and transfers of knowledge on
statistical expert systems between the Member States ;
(1)
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     0J n°L302 , 24.10.1987 , P-1
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  Whereas in the present state of development of information systems and in
  particular statistical systems , the development of statistical tools appears a
  useful and indeed essential aid to the optimum use of information ;
  Whereas the enhancement of statistical tools will enable work productivity to
  be increased ;
  Whereas it is desirable for statistical information to become more widely used
  by making access to it easier ;
 Whereas that Decision provides that a particular aim of Community research
 shall be to strenghthen the scientific and        technological basis of European
  industry and to encourage it to become more     competitive at the international
  level and that Community action is justified     where research contributes inter
 alia to the strengthening of the economic and     social cohesion of the Community
 and the promotion of its overall harmonious development ,              while being
 consistent with the pursuit of scientific and technical quality ;          whereas it
 is intended that the DOSES programme should contribute to the achievement of
 these objectives ;
 Whereas   the   Scientific and  Technical   Research   Committee ( CREST )  has  been
 consulted about the following measures ,
 HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS :
                                      Article 1
 A specific programme on research into and the development of statistical
expert systems for the European Economic Community is hereby adopted as
defined in Annex for a period of four years starting on 1 January 1989 .
                                      Article 2
The funds estimated as necessary for the execution of the programme amount to
4 Mecus , including expenditure on a staff of 1 . The indicative allocation of
these funds is set out in Annex .
                                      Artide 3
The programme implementation procedures and the description of staff duties
are set out in the Annex .
                                      Article 4
In the implementation of the programme , the Commission shall be assisted by an
advisory committee composed of representatives of the Member States and
chaired by a Commission representative . The Commission representative shall
submit to the Committee a proposal regarding the measures to be taken . The
Committee shall give its opinion on this proposal , within a period which the
chairman may lay down in the light of the urgency of the question concerned ,
and if appropriate a vote may be taken . The opinion shall be entered in the
minutes ; in addition , each Member State shall have the right to request that
it position be recorded in these minutes . The Commission shall take the
greatest account of the opinion delivered by the Committee . The Commission
shall inform the Committee of the way in which it has taken account of this
opinion .
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                                      Article 5
  In accordance with Article 130n of the EEC Treaty , the Commission is hereby
 authorized to negotiate agreements with European third countries and with
 international organizations , particularly the OECD and its member countries ,
 with a view to their full or partial integration into the programme .
 Where framework agreements for scientific and technical co-operation between
 non-Community Countries and the European Communities have been concluded ,
 organisations and enterprises established in those countries may become
 oartners in a project undertaken within the programme .
 No contractor based outside the Community and participating as a partner in a
 project undertaken under the programme may benefit from the Community
 financing of the programme . Such contractor shall also contribute to general
 administration costs .
                                     Article 6
During the second year of implementation ,       the Commission shall review the
programme and send a report on the results of its review to the Council and
the European Parliament .    This report shall be accompanied where necessary by
proposals for the amendment or extension of the programme .
At the end of the programme , an evaluation of the results achieved shall be
conducted by the Commission which shall report thereon to the Council and the
European Parliament .
The abovementioned reports will be carried out having regard to the objectives
set out in Annex I to this decision and in accordance with the provisions of
Article 2(2 ) of the Framework Programme set out in Decision 87 / 516 / Euratom,
EEC .
                                    Article 7
This Decision is addressed to the Member States .
Done at
                                             For the Council
                                             The President
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                                                                           ANNEX I
                                    Technical Annex
                PROGRAMME OBJECTIVES AND SUMMARY OF THE WORK PROGRAMME
  The actions address the exploitation of advanced information technologies i *
  the field of statistics : in particular , the application of expert system :-
  technology to the whole chain of statistical data processing .
  The actions are oriented to develop knowledge and expert systems rules , whic u
  can constitute the base for the development of expert systems in the various
  domains of the statistics field .
  The programme shall consist of two parts : Part I comprises the organisation 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 organisation of these projects .
 The following are suitable for coordinated projects :
 * subjects which are intrinsically international in character ;
 * Droblems 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 harmonisation .
 * problems arising in connection with the processing of confidential data .
- The main feature 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 relativeU
     short time (2 to 3 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 t
be concluded with the research bodies , companies and other organizations i
the Community . As a general rule , the Community will meet at the most 50% c
‘he costs , the rest normally being borne by# the contractors .              As c
a Lt em3t i ve solution in the case of universities and research bodies carryi r
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 out projects or actions ,   the Community may meet up to 100% of the addition
 cost of their imolementation .      Work will be carried out in the followir
 areas :
 Theme 1 : Vertical study : Preparation of a complete syscem for automate
            information processing , from collection to dissemination , in
           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
Implémentation 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 , and summaries shall be published in the
scientific journals specializing in the subject .
Auxiliary staff and experts shall be recruited to help the Commission to carry
out its work . They will be responsible for the secretariat and the technical
monitoring of the programme . They will advise the Commission on the technical
aspects of project selection and evaluation .
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                                                                   ANNEX
              INTERNAL DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS ( FOR GUIDANCE ONLY )
                                  ( 1989 - 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