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Date: 1988-02-04
Title: Amended Proposal of the decision concerning THE ESTABLISHMENT AT COMMUNITY LEVEL OF A POLICY AND A PLAN OF PRIORITY ACTIONS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN INFORMATION SERVICES MARKET Submitted to the Council by the Commission persuant to the Article 149 § 3 d of the EEC Treaty

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CORRIGENDUM
                                                            COM(88)3 final /*
This document cancels
and replaces document                                 Brussels ,  February 1988
COM ( 88 ) 3 final of
5 january 1988
APPLIES TO THE
EN . VERSION
                      Amended Proposal of the decision
                                 concerning
                      THE  ESTABLISHMENT AT   COMMUNITY LEVEL
                      OF  A POLICY AND . A PLAN OF PRIORITY
                      ACTIONS  FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN
                      INFORMATION SERVICES    MARKET
                Submitted to the Council by the Commission
                persuant to the Article 149 § 3 d of the
                                  EEC Treaty
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                       ReviBed Proposai for a
 ‘       VMW  uvTVivyavur,    UK   an   i r
 Comaunlty ( COK (87) 360 final/2)
 THK COUNCIL OF TBB IUROPEAM C0HJMUNITIB8
     Having regard to the Treaty establishing tho Suropean
     iconoalc Community , and In particular Article 100A thereof ,
     Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ( 1 ),
     In cooperation with the European Parliament ( 2 ),
    Having regard to the opinion of the Scononic and
           Social Committee ( 3 ),
Whereas it la essential to adopt neaaures for the gradual
establ ishaent of the internal market during the period up to
31     b ecesber 1 992 ; whereas the Internal sarket comprises          an area
without internal frontiero                  in which the free novaaent of
goods , persona , services and capital ie ensured;
  Whereas    the Community
programme on the specialised
information merket ( 4 )
has revealed that a much more
comprehensive Community
Information market policy is
necessary ;
Whereas the Heads of State and of Government , Beating at the
European Council in Brussels on 29 and 30 March i 98 5 , approved
the creation of a Community information aarket as a specific
objective ;
Whereas the Council on                18    March   1986   gave   a  favourable
reception         to     the      common lea t Ion    froa    the    Commission
comprising         a    work      programme       for  ^creating     a    common
Information market ;
 Whereas the Commission , having consulted representatives of
users and suppliers of information services as well as the
 Senior Officials Advisory Group on the information market ,
has been able to draw up an agreed definition of the
principal       objectives      and    lines    of  action   of  a  Community
policy which is designed to tackle on a broad front the
complex , diverse and overlapping questions arising out of
 the evolution of the Information market ;
 ( 1 ) OJ No
 (2 )                                                                              Z
 (3 )
  ( 4) OJ No . L31 A , 4.12.198 *
 ---pagebreak---    Whereas If. Is recognised that Information plays a role of
   fundament al      Importance     In    fh e    development   of  trade   and
   industry , giving strength an d coherence to the European
   economy as a whole , as well as being an essential component
   both of the cultural          Identity      of   the Community  and   of the
   fabric of a modern society ;
    WhereaB    the rapid
  development end convergence
   cf new technologies has led_
   t o considerable difficulties
   i n defining the exact scope
   of the Information market
   sector ;
    Whereas    fuller statistics
  on the Community information
  market are vitally needed to
  match those for more
  traditional sectors ;
  Whereas ,       by    virtue     of      the     economic    importance    of
   information ,     the  creation     of   a   common   information   services
  market occupies an essential place In the achievement of the
   internal market by the end of . 1992 ;
    Whereas there exist numerous
    technical , administrative and
   l-ei?al ^friers to the creation
   of an internal market for
   information , which are
  hindering the development of
  jjew services and causing
 .unacceptable distortion *
 of competition :
   Whereas simpl if icati on of
 procedures as well as
 harmonisation in the field of
data bases access should both
have a high priority in a
Community information market
programme ;
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    Whereas the development of
    Information resources and
    information-based services
    requires the application o f
    new technologies and the
    achievement of economies of
    scale ;
     Whereas the Community has a
   strong competitive position In
   some areas of the Information
  roarket , but is much weaker In
  others ;
  Whereas     the Community 's
compet 1 t l ve weaknesses . and
dependence on third
countries . In some areas of
the information market has
consid erable potential costs ,
In financial and strategic
terms ;
Whereas public authorities in the Member States are carrying
out to a varied extent different activities                in the  domain of
the     information      market ;
Whereas          the     growing      importance     of     information    in
international          transactions ,     and   of  the   related   problems
concerning         services ,    is  receiving    Increas ing attention in
 International         fora   and   this   fact  serves   to emphasise the
necessity         for   Member    States    to  develop   common   positions
 in   those     fora ;
 Whereas        the needs and legitimate demands of
                                                                    use rs of
  information services and particularly of those in
                                                                   small and
medium-sised enterprises and in the less - favoured               réglons of
 the Comm un ity merit sped al attention ;
    Whereas    the n eeds of
developing countries for
 low-cost access to informa tion
should also be borne In Bind ;
 ---pagebreak--- Whereas the Community already possesses potentially useful
instruments for the implementation of the above policy ;
Where a ; toe Community 's financial engineering mechanisms may
contribute to the Implementation of the present action plan ,
in   particular       with     regard   to  the  pilot    and   demonstration
projects designed            to    exert a catalytic effect           on  the
development of the information services market ;
Whereas     an information
market policy is complementary
to other ongoing Community
Initiatives , notably in the
field of telecommunications ;
 HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
                                Article   1
Approval is hereby given to the objectives and           broad lines of the
plan of action proposed by the Commission with the following
a ima :
     - to set up an          internal     Information services mr-kut by
         the  end of   19 9 2 ;
    - to stimulate and reinforce the competitive capability
         of European suppliers of information services ;
     - to promote the use of advanced information services                   in
         the Community ;
     -   to reinforce             joint efforts to achieve the internal
         and external cohesion of the Community with respect to
          information    services *
                                    Article   2
     In order to attain the objectives referred to in Article 1 the following actions
     shall be undertaken             under   the   re s non s ibility  of  the
     Commiss ion :
         the establishment of a
         European information market
        observatory , to provide
        filler Statist ics and to
        identify the rnrgppfln
       CflBBUnitv coappMHw .
       Sirenqths and tfgakneg^ftg
       the secfftp ;
 ---pagebreak---     ~ - presentation to the Council
         of proposals which will ill
         at eliminating ItaiL
         .^ tnutrstiua . fiscal and
         other teehnical barriera , to
         the establishment of an
         Information market ;
      • the Improvement' of the
         conditions for transmit ting
        and accessing information
        services , through greater
        standard lut ion and
        ilmpliflciUttfv;
         the preparation of Initiatives concerning tha role of
         tha public Motor to tha laforoatloo market ;
         the launching of pilot and demonstration projects which
        will act as catalysts for the development of a Curort * vi
        aarket /
        the preparation       of    a  specif lo action U favour of
        libraries;
        the   relnforcsmenh of user support ectlvitles and the
        launching , in coordination with tha Mambar State# , of e
        campaign to promote the wealth and (jualO'y oe Curopaan
        information eervleea available on the market ;
  * greater coordination of
      tha position of tha
      Community Member States on
      information market issues
      in international fora ;
  “ the preparation of
      guidelines on tha
      principles governing
      tarlflcatlon , aimed at
     a much greater
     approximation of tariff s
«    throughout the Community .
   . i f possible on a distance
     independent basis ;
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  * the preparation of
    measures to help small
    and medium enterprises to
    derive the maximum
    possible benefit from the
    Information services
    market ;
- the preparation of
   special Initiatives for
   the less developed and
   peripheral regions of
   the Community ,
                                               l»            2          shall b .
-                f7 --4"v:"h n: Ï«:\V rc,:î*v(
different     n A >- f- i AM
different parties              c ■^    _. _ *        coopération    behween    the
of a number of           pilot concerned and to teat the feasibility
                                ' and deB, o»stration projects .
                                     Article 4
The amount deemed necessary
for the i sp l e me nt a t i on of the
introductory phase i s 20
million ECU for 1989 and _<2>5_
million ECU for 1 990 .
Part of the amount deemed necessary , that used to
 finance pilot
particular      to brine and demonstration
                                    to bear „ „ projects       ., may serve in
sources of fin                 9            , r * * 8 appropriate , y additional
                                                       ,                serve in
sources of finance emanating from interested partners
tn.uo multiplying
European     information      its services
                                      effect market
                                                  on the
                                                       .   development
                                                                  P       of the
                                     Article 5
During the second        ona halfhalf    of 1989 , the Couli.lon shall
transmit to the Council      Council      and to the European Parliament
an evaluation report    reportandon on   the results obtained during the      the
Introductory phase      iase and        shall p'ment , on the basis ooff
those results , guidelines
                        guideline ^ for tho continuation of           of acfcione
                                                                         actions
until 1992 .
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 Beqlnnlno < n IQQQ
 Lg.JLhe Council anri
 European Pflrllflmfnt an ann,,^
report on the roost i^portflnt
events <>nd dmlornirnts tak<p9
        ln thf Intormauoa
garket_.
                                   Article 6
      This Decision       Is addressed          to the Neabar States
      Done at
                                             For the Council