CELEX: 51984PC0380
Language: en
Date: 1984-08-03
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DECISION ON THE COORDINATION OF THE ACTIVITIES OF THE MEMBER STATES AND COMMUNITY INSTITUTIONS WITH A VIEW TO SETTING UP A COMMUNITY INTER-INSTITUTIONAL INFORMATION SYSTEM ( INSIS )

15. 9. 84                            Official Journal of the European Communities                            No C 247/3
                                                            II
                                                    (Preparatory Acts)
                                              COMMISSION
              Proposal for a Council Decision on the coordination of the activities of the Member
              States and Community institutions with a view to setting up a Community inter-
                                       institutional information system (INSIS)
                                                   COM(84) 380 final
                           (Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 8 August 1984)
                                                      (84/C 247/04)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                     Whereas the harmonized use of common standards
COMMUNITIES,                                                    will therefore promote the development of a
                                                                European market for communications equipment,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                    systems and services;
European Economic Community, and in particular
Article 235 thereof,
                                                                Whereas, in the light of the work provided for in
                                                                Decision 82/869/EEC, the Commission has prepared
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,              a report together with suitable proposals for the
                                                                continuation of concerted action and support for
Having regard to the opinion of the European Par-               coordination through pilot projects developed jointly
liament,                                                        by national administrations and the Community
                                                                Institutions ( 2 );
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and
Social Committee,                                               Whereas the Treaty does not provide the specific
                                                                powers of action required for such a proposal,
Whereas the preparatory work provided for in
Council Decision 82/869/EEC of 13 December 1982
relating to the coordination of the activities of the           HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
Member States and Community Institutions with a
view to assessing the need for, and preparing
proposals for setting up, a Community inter-                                             Article 1
institutional   information     system (*)     has   been
completed;                                                      The Member States shall coordinate with the
                                                                Commission their activities for the introduction of
                                                                new information technologies in their respective
Whereas the results show the need to coordinate the
                                                                administrations in areas relevant to exchanges of
introduction of new information technologies in the
                                                                information between them in the Community context.
Community Institutions and national administrations,
                                                                This coordination will make it possible gradually to
including Parliaments, in fields relevant to the
                                                                set up a Community inter-institutional integrated
Community, in order to improve the circulation of
                                                                services information system (INSIS) using new
information;
                                                                electronic technologies for exchanges of information
                                                                between the administrations of the Community
Whereas the assessment, in the course of this work,             Institutions and the Member States including Par-
of the priority needs of users and the technical                liaments.
capabilities for meeting them confirms the need for a
concerted approach, especially to the use of common
exchange standards, so as to ensure end-to-end                  The other Community Institutions and bodies shall be
compatibility of communications infrastructure or               invited to participate in this coordination.
systems independently of the origin of equipment;
                                                                (2) Communication from the Commission to the Council
C) OJ No L 368, 28. 12. 1984, p. 40.                                COM(84).
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                        Article 2                              — prepare for the changeover from pilot to oper-
                                                                    ational schemes.
For this purpose,      the   Member   States   and    the
Commission shall:
                                                                                      Article 3
— make continuing evaluations of their requirements
   for the exchange of information and determine               The coordination referred to in this Decision shall be
   the priorities to be given them,                            the responsibility of a coordination committee
                                                               consisting of representatives of the Member States
— study ways of meeting identified needs and
                                                               and the Community institutions and bodies. This
   incorporate them where appropriate in joint
                                                               committee shall be chaired by the Commission.
   projects,
— draw up joint agreements for exchanges of infor-                                    Article 4
   mation independently of the origin of equipment
   and ensure harmonized use of common standards               The coordinating committee referred to in Article 3
   in compliance with international standardization,           shall submit an annual report on its work to the
                                                               Council and to the Parliament.
— contribute to the evaluation of the resources
   needed for each joint project,
                                                                                      Article 5
— keep the projects under review, ensure coordi-
   nation between them and assess the potential                This Decision shall take effect on the day of its pub-
   social impact of their conversion into operational          lication in the Official Journal of the European
   systems,                                                    Communities.