CELEX: 51990PC0675
Language: en
Date: 1990-12-14
Title: AMENDMENT TO THE PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DECISION ON A SPECIFIC PROGRAMME OF RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE FIELD OF COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMVRJNITIES
                                                 COMOO) 675 f i n a l   SYN 259
                                                 Brussels,14     December 1990
                        Amendment t o the proposal    for a
                                COUNCIL DECISION
    on a specific programme of research and technological development in the field of
                              Communication Technologies
         (presented by the Commission pursuant to Article 149(3)
                              of the EEC-Treaty)
 ---pagebreak---                                       EXPLANATORY NOTE
The Commission presented its initial proposal concerning a specific programme of research
and technological development in the field of Communication Technologies on 23 May 1990,
COM(90) 154 final SYN 259.
The Parliament gave its opinion in a first reading on 12 December 1990 (PV n° 147.263).
The Commission, having accepted the following amendments in the plenary, modifies its
initial proposal by means of the present document, nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9 (in part), 13, 14,
 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 28.
Amendments 12, 27 and the Oral Amendment 42 are acceptable in a modified form.
The following amendments are not retained, nos. 7, 10, 11, 22, 23, 24, 25, 29, 30.
Amendment 7 concerns dissemination of results which will be the subject of a separate
decision on its budget allocation and modalities for implementation.
Amendments 10 and 11 relate to the type of Committee that should assist the Commission in
the Management of the Programme. A type Ilia Management Committee is appropriate for
the specific programme on telematic systems.
Amendment 22 replaces the ranges in the breakdown of expenditure by an average figure.
This loss of flexibility is not desirable.
On Modalities of implementation, amendments 23, 24, 25, 30 are not retained, either for
legal or political reasons.
Amendment 23, related to amendment 7, is unnecessary and inappropriate for a Council
decision.
Amendment 24 fixes a percentage allocation for technology and risk assessment.           Such a
fixed percentage allocation is inappropriate.
Amendment 25 is not applicable to this specific programme.
Amendment 29 is unnecessary, the Vade-Mecum will be made available                   when     the
programme is adopted.
Amendment 30 addresses a general issue, which cannot be dealt with in a specific
programme decision.
 ---pagebreak---  Text proposed by the Commission            Text amended by Parliament
                               (Amendment No. 1)
                                 Fourth recital
Whereas, pursuant to Article 4 and          Whereas, pursuant to Article 4 and
Annex I of Decision 90/221/EURATOM,        Annex I of Decision 90/221/EURATOM,
EEC, the amount deemed necessary for       EEC, the amount deemed necessary for
the whole       framework programme        the whole      framework    programme
includes an amount of 57 million ECU        includes an amount deemed necessary
for the centralized dissemination          of    57   million    ECU   for   the
and exploitation of results, to be         centralized      dissemination    and
divided up in proportion to the            exploitation of results which is to
anount envisaged for each activity;        be the subject of a decision of the
whereas in view of the importance of       Council     in   cooperation     with
this specific programme within the         Parliament; whereas, in view of the
information      and  communications       importance     of    this    specific
technologies action the estimate of        programme within the information and
the financial resources needed by          communications technologies action a
this programme is to be reduced by         financial    contribution     to the
4.89 million ECU, which amount is to       centralized activities is required;
be allocated to the centralized
a~tivltles. In order to comply with
the eecond sentence of Article
::-0p(2) of the Treaty;
                                                                                 3
 ---pagebreak---                                           Text amended by PflrlUggnt
Text proposed by the Commiseion
                              (Amendment No. 2)
                               Recital 4a (new)
                                          Whereas fundamental research must be
                                           specifically encouraged Community
                                          wide In each of the strategic
                                           research sectors of the Framework
                                           Programme;
 ---pagebreak--- Text proposed by the Commission             Text amended by Parliament
                              (Amendment No. 3)
                               Recital 5a (new)
                                           Whereas, in addition to the specific
                                           programme on human capital and
                                           mobility, training of researchers in
                                       '.'- each of the strategic research
                                           sectors of the Framework Programme
                                           must be ensured;
                                                                              5
 ---pagebreak--- Text proposed by the Commission           Text amended by Parliament
                              (Amendment No. 4)
                              Recital 5b (new)
                                          Whereas the economic and social
                                          (human and environmental) Impact of
                                          the programme must be assessed by an
                                          Independent panel, and technology
                                          and risk assessment be undertaken;
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 ---pagebreak---  Text proposed by the Commission                    Text amended by Parliament
                                       (Amendment No. 5)
                                           Recital 6
 Whereas t h i s programme must be                 Whereas t h i s programme must be
 implemented e s s e n t i a l l y   by the         implemented e s s e n t i a l l y   by the
 selection      of     research          and       selection          of    research       and
 development projects to enable them               development projects to enable them
 to    benefit      from          Community        to    benefit         from        Community
 participation;         whereas           the      participation;            whereas       the
 Commission should encourage the                   Commission should encourage the
 submission of such projects by the                submission of such projects by the
 usual means of publishing c a l l s for           usual means of publishing c a l l s for
 proposals in the Official Journal of              proposals in the Official Journal of
 the European Communities; whereas a               the European Communities; whereas
 special procedure should also be                  an exceptional procedure should also
devised so as to maintain a degree                 be devised so as to come into effect
of    flexibility       enabling         the       between c a l l s for proposals so as to
Commission, in the face of the                    maintain a degree of f l e x i b i l i t y
continuous evolution and gradual                  enabling the Commission, in the face
acceleration       of      technological          of the continuous evolution and
progress,     also    to        take    into      gradual            acceleration           of
consideration spontaneous proposals               technological progress, also to take
consistent with the objectives of                 into    consideration           spontaneous
the programme;                                    proposals         consistent       with  the
                                                  objectives of the programme;
                                                                                               T
 ---pagebreak---                                Oral Amendment no. 42
                                   Recital 6a (new)
                                  (Modified Form)
Whereas support for the I n t e r n a t i o n a l c o m p e t i t i v e n e s s of              European
i n d u s t r y through Cotasunlty r e s e a r c h and techno log l e a l                development
prograceaes, Cs linked with the CoaamnEty's e x t e r n a l r e l a t i o n s p o l i c y
based-on t h e p r i n c i p l e of " t h e global e g g f U b r l u a of o p p o r t t i n f t i e s " and
t h a t I t i s a l s o in the l i g h t of t h i s p o l i c y t h a t t h e p a r t i c i p a t i o n of
non-Cocanunity European companies c o s t be considered-
                                                                                                            i
 ---pagebreak--- Text proposed by the Commission           Text amended bv Parliament
                              (Amendment No. 6)
                                  Article 1
A   specific       research      and      A    specific      research      and
technological development programme       technological development programme
for the European Economic Community       for the European Economic Community
in the     field of communication         in the     field of communication
technologies, as defined in Annex I,      technologies, as defined in Annex I,
is hereby adopted for a period of         is hereby adopted for the period
five years as from 1 January 1990.        from the date of publication of this
                                          decision In the Official Journal to
                                          31 December 1994.
                                                                               3
 ---pagebreak--- Text proposed by the Commission           Text amended by Parliament
                              (Amendment No. 8)
                                Article 5(3)
3. The reports shall be drawn up          3. The reports shall be drawn up
having regard to the objectives set       having regard to the objectives set
out in Annex I to this Decision and       out in Annex I to this Decision and
in accordance with Article 2(4) of        in accordance with Article 2(4) of
Decision 90/221/Euratom, EEC.             Decision 90/.../EURATOM, EEC, and
                                          shall assess the coherence of the
                                          programme       8   measurable
                                          implementation with t h e s i x major
                                          concerns s e t out i n Annex I I of
                                          Council   Decision   90/221/EURATOM,
                                          EEC*
                                                                                Ao
 ---pagebreak---  Text proposed by the Commission              Text amended by Parliament
                                 (Amendoont Mo. 9)
                                     Article 6
 1 . The     commission     shall    be
 responsible for the execution of the
 programme. It shall be assisted by
 a committee, hereinafter referred to
 as 'the Committee', composed of
 representatives of the Member States
 and chaired by a representative of
 the Commission.
 2. The contracts concluded by the           2. The contract* concluded by the
 Conroission shall govern the rights         Commission shall govern the rights
 and obligations of each party,              and obligations of each party,
 including     the  procedures     for       including     the   procedures     for
 disseminating,     protecting     and       disseminating,      protecting     and
 exploiting the research results, in         exploiting the research" results, in
 accordance with the arrangements            accordance with the arrangements
adopted pursuant to the second               adopted pursuant to the second
paragraph of Article 130k of the             paragraph of Article 130k of the
Treaty.                                      Treaty    and,   where appropriate,
                                             procedures      for   training     and
                                             evaluation.
3. A work programme for each year            3. A work programme shall be drawn
•hall be drawn up and updated where         up at the start of the programme and
necessary.     It shall set out the          shall be regularly revised.         It
detailed objectives and types of            • hall    set    out   the   detailed
projects to be undertaken, and the          objectives and types of projects to
financial arrangements to be made           be undertaken, and the financial
for them. The Commission shall make         arrangeaient s to be made for them.
calleVfor proposals for projects on         The Commission shall make calls for'
the :. basis of the ' annual work-          proposals for projects on the basis*
programmes.               ' • \,            of the annual work programmes//v,:*
                                                                                    Ai
 ---pagebreak---       Text proposed by the Commission              Text amended bv Parliament
                                      (Amendment No. 12)    (modified f o r m )
                                          Article 10
      Where     cooperation     with   third       Where     cooperation          with    third
      countries       and    international         countries        and         international
      organizations aiming at achieving            organizations aiming at achieving
      the objectives of this programme             the objectives of this programme
      requires legal undertakings between          requires legal undertakings between
      the Community and the third parties          the Community and the third parties
      concerned, the Commission shall be           concerned, the Commission shall be
      authorized       to   negotiate,     in      authorized       to       negotiate,      in
      accordance with Article 130n of the          accordance with Article 130n of the
      Treaty,     international   agreements       Treaty,     international         agreements
      laying down the terms of such                 laying down the terms of such
      cooperation.                                 cooperation.
                                                  Priority will also be given to co-
                                                  operation with       6FTA countries' :
                                                  and European countries not members
                                                  of the European Community tn<j in
                                                  accordance      with       the     guidelines
                                                  agreed     between      the      Council   of
                                                  Ministers        and       the      European
                                                  Pariiament „
                                                   The     negotiations             for    such
                                                   international agreements may only be
                                                   initiated with third countries which
                                                   are    already    signatories of an
                                                   agreement with the Community which
                                                   ffypUclUv      cUfff         rt»9flrch aod
                                                   technological         development         or
                                                   gçlenUfJ-ç progress as one of Che
                                                   objectives of cooperation.
'çV.. -Decisions ^                                                 the" conclusion ; of- such- r:
'•:•&'•' agreetiientsj^shall^^be^^adop*^^;;;^^-        International agreements shall- be^;:
 ---pagebreak--- Text proposed by the Commission           Text amended bv Parliament
                              (Amendment No. 13)
               ANNEX I, Area 1, first paragraph, last sentence
This area focuses on the following        This area builds on and extends the
subjects:                                 RACE programme and focuses on the
                                          following subjectsx
                                                                              M
 ---pagebreak--- Text proposed bv the Commission           Tey*; amended,, fry ?tK\i*mnï
                              (Amendment No. 14)
              ANNEX I, Area 1, fifth paragraph, first sentence
This     work     will     support        This work w i l l give priority to
standardization          efforts,         supporting standardization e f f o r t s ,
particularly those of the European        particularly those of the European
Telecommunications       Standards        Telecommunications              Standards
Institute (ETSI).                         I n s t i t u t e (ETSI).  As a matter of
                                          principle,            this   prenormatlve
                                          standardization work should cover ee
                                          many third countries as possible.
                                                                                     sty
 ---pagebreak--- Text proposed by the Commission            Text amended bv Parliament
                              (Amendment No. 15)
              ANNEX I, Area 1, seventh paragraph, final sentence
The work will enable ATM switching        The work will enable ATM switching
technology to support connectionless      technology to support connectionless
services and the interconnection of        services and the interconnection of
local area networks      (LANs) and       local area networks       (LANs) and
metropolitan area networks (MANs).        metropolitan area networks (MAKs).
                                          This development of ATM does not
                                          exclude    basic   research on new
                                          switching technologies or designs.
                                                                               / *
 ---pagebreak--- Text propoaed by t h e Commission                         Text amended by Parliament
                                            (Amendment No. 16)
                                              ANNEX I , Area 2
This research w i l l be r e l a t e d t o t h e          This research w i l l be r e l a t e d t o the
development             and demonstration            of   use          of       new         techniques          for
techniques                  needed      for       the     information                  transfer,           optical
introduction                 of     'programmable         communications                       and,      possibly,
networks'.               I t w i l l include t h e        a r t i f i c i a l i n t e l l i g e n c e with a view
development               of    techniques         for    t o enhancing f l e x i b i l i t y i n r e s p e c t
enhancing                 intelligence            and     of both p r o v i s i o n of new network
f l e x i b i l i t y , both i n t h e p r o v i s i o n  s e r v i c e s and network management.
of network s e r v i c e s and i n network
management and o p e r a t i o n s ;        in the       These t e c h n o l o g i c a l p r o j e c t s w i l l
l a t t e r c a s e , t h e work w i l l cover           have t h e o b j e c t i v e of paving t h e way
aspects              of    operations      support        for s e c o n d - g e n e r a t i o n systems and
systems (OSS) and telecommunications                     c o n t r i b u t i n g t P t n e standardization,
management networks (TMN).                               a,nd d e f i n i t i o n of              Interconnection
                                                         protocols.
                                                         This r e s e a r c h w i l l be r e l a t e d t o the
                                                         development             and demonstration               of
                                                         techniques                   needed _ for             the
                                                         introduction                    of         'programmable
                                                         networks' and w i l l cover a s p e c t s of
                                                         provision                of          new       services,
                                                         o p e r a t i o n s support systems (OSS) and
                                                         telecommunications                           management
                                                         networks (TMN).
                                                                                                                  si&
 ---pagebreak--- Text proposed by the Commission             Text amended by Parliament
                               (Amendment No. 17)
                  ANNEX I, Area 3, third and fourth sentences
The work     will    focus   on   the      The    work   will   focus    on  the
development         of     advanced        development         of     advanced
functionality for the enhanced and          functionality for the enhanced and
Integrated use of IBC and radio             integrated use of IBC and radio
networks    (e.g.    interconnection       networks     (e.g.   interconnection
standards and mobility management)         standards and mobility management)
and the miniaturization of terminal        and the miniaturization of terminal
technology, with particular emphasis       technology. Tfre termlnil» «ftoyld be
on low powtc consumption.       Close      cost-effective for professional and
attention will be given to the needs       consumer    use,   with    particular
of different kinds of users.               emphasis on low power consumption
                                           and efficient usa of frequencies.
                                           Close attention will be given to the
                                           needs of different kinds of userc
                                           and, especially, the requirements of
                                           pan-European access, necessitating
                                           truly    compatible    services and
                                           protocols.
                                                                                 sh
 ---pagebreak--- Text proposed by the Commission            Text amended by Parliament
                              (Amendment No. 18)
                       ANNEX I, Area 4, third sentence
It   will    include    coding   and       It will focus on digital HDTV,
presentation techniques for still,        Including coding and presentation
moving and three-dimensional images,      techniques for still, moving and
notably in HDTV.                          three-dimensional images.     In the
                                          specific case of HDTV, the objective
                                          is to secure cooperation between all
                                          the parties concerned and, with ft
                                          high degree of efficiency, develop
                                          technologies and make them available
                                          in up-to-date, user-friendly form.
                                                                               Ai
 ---pagebreak--- Text proposed by the Commission            Text amended bv Parliament
                              (Amendment No. 19)
                  ANNEX I, Area 5, first paragraph a (new)
                                          The objective of this research If to
                                          contribute to the definition 9Î.
                                          common functional specifications for
                                          new communication      services and
                                          multi-media systems. In particular,
                                          work will have to be done on
                                          specifications for use and, more
                                          generally, on the design of services
                                          and their links with networks.
                                                                              S3
 ---pagebreak--- Text proposed by the Commission            Text amended by Parliament
                              (Amendment No. 20)
                      ANNEX I, Area 6, second paragraph a (new)
                                          The priority in this area is to
                                          develop technologies for information
                                          security in line with actions which
                                          are carried     out   in the other
                                          specific programmes.
                                                                             Jo
 ---pagebreak--- Text proposed by the Commission            Text amended by Parliament
                              (Amendment No. 21)
               ANNEX I, Area 7, final paragraph, final sentence
The resulting experience will form a      The resulting experience will form a
basis      for     the    relevant        basis       for    the     relevant
telecommunications          sector        telecommunications           sector
organizations    in planning the          organizations     in planning    the
standardization, implementation and       standardization, implementation and
operation of integrated broadband         operation of integrated broadband
communications.                           communications.    These experiments
                                          should    take   into   account  the
                                          foreseeable conditions of the market
                                          in order to obtain results.
                                                                               iV
 ---pagebreak--- Text_proposed by the CommlBslon              Text amended bv ParH„m»n«-
                              (Amendment No. 27)
                    ANNEX III, point 4, second paragraph
                           (Modified f-'onn)
                                    The Commission shall determine iiycnch_cn.se
                                    whether the management j)( jh ç pro A ram m e,
                                    or parts thereof, can be undcrtnkcn by
                                    organisations or institutions outside the
                                    Commission without dclctyuinft its decision-
                                                                             -
                                    making powers.
                                                                                   £Z
 ---pagebreak---  Tfxt proposed by the Commission              Text amended by Parllament
                                 (Amendment No. 28)
                  ANNEX III, point 4, fifth and sixth paragraphe
 The exceptional procedure must be            The exceptional procedure shall come
 completed    before     the   ordinary       into effect after the first call for
 procedure in such a way that the             proposals and must be completed
 available amount for the Community's        before the ordinary procedure in
 financial participation in projects          such a way that the available amount
 retained by the ordinary procedure           for   the   Community's    financial
can be determined precisely.        The      participation in projects retained
closing date for the exceptional             by the ordinary procedure can be
procedure shall be published each            determined precisely.     The closing
year in the Official Journal of the          date for the exceptional procedure
European Communities.                        shall be published each year in the
                                             Official Journal of the European
                                             Communities.
The    amount    of    the   financial       The    amount    of   the   financial
participation of the Community for           participation of the Community for
all the projects retained by the             all the projects retained by the
exceptional     procedure     will be        exceptional    procedure     will be
decided each year, in relation to            decided each year, in relation to
the projects selected according to           the projects selected according to
particularly    strict criteria of           particularly    Btrict criteria of
excellence.      In any case, this           excellence.      In any case, this
amount may. not exceed 15%; it may           amount may not exceed 10% of the
be revised each year in the light of         annual budget appropriation.
experience.
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