CELEX: 51982PC0356
Language: en
Date: 1982-07-07
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DECISION AMENDING COUNCIL DECISION 79/783/EEC OF 11 SEPTEMBER 1979 ADOPTING A MULTIANNUAL PROGRAMME ( 1979 TO 1983 ) IN THE FIELD OF DATA-PROCESSING

No C 193/4                               Official Journal of the European Communities                                28. 7. 82
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                                                        (Preparatory Acts)
                                                   COMMISSION
                 Proposal for a Council Decision amending Council Decision 79/783/EEC of
                 11 September 1979 adopting a multiannual programme (1979 to 1983) in the field of
                                                         data-processing
                                  (Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 14 July 1982)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                         HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
COMMUNITIES,
                                                                                             Article 1
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                        The title of Council Decision 79/783/EEC of
European Economic Community, and in particular                      11 September 1979 is hereby amended to read as
Article 235 thereof,                                                follows:
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                  'Council Decision of 11 September 1979 adopting a
                                                                    multiannual programme in the field of data
Having regard to the opinion of the European Par-                   processing'.
liament,                                                                                     Article 2
                                                                    The text of Article 1 of Council Decision
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and                    79/783/EEC is hereby replaced by the following text:
Social Committee,
                                                                    'A multiannual programme is hereby adopted for the
Whereas the use made of the mechanism for                           field of data processing. Its objects are as follows:
Community support in the field of data-processing,                  — general        measures:     standardization,     public
provided in accordance with Council Regulation                           procurement, collaboration between research
(EEC) No 1996/79 of 11 September 1979 O ,                                centres and organizations supporting the use of
indicates that by the end of 1982 the maximum                            data processing, a study of the sector and of
amount laid down in Article 2 of Council Decision                        employment, the confidentiality and security of
79/783/EEC will have been used up as far as                              data, and legal protection for computer programs,
activities for the promotion of data-processing are                 — promotion measures: measures covering software,
concerned;                                                               applications and aspects to be agreed on by the
                                                                         Council in the light of the studies carried out
Whereas the Council, when it adopted Decision                            within the framework of the general measures and
79/783/EEC (2), indicated that it was prepared, in                       in implementation of the Council resolution of
the light of the results achieved by the programme                       11 September 1979 on a Community action
during its first two years, to consider a new                            promoting microelectronic technology.
programme;                                                          The duration of the programme shall be seven years.
                                                                    The programme is defined in the Annex hereto'.
Whereas the number and quality of the projects
supported justify continuing the use of the support                                          Article 3
mechanism for projects to promote data-processing in                The text of Article 2 of Council Decision
accordance with Council Regulation (EEC) 1996/79;                   79/783/EEC is hereby replaced by the following text:
Whereas it is evident that continuation of the                      'The appropriations necessary for the implementation
programme is necessary in order to achieve certain                  of the programme shall be entered in the general
Community aims in the operation of the common                       budget of the European Communities. For guidance,
market; whereas the Treaty establishing the European                they are assessed at ten million ECU for the general
Economic Community has not, however, provided                       projects and at fifty-five million ECU for the
the necessary powers,                                               promotion projects for the data-processing sector.'
(') O J N o L 2 3 1 , 13.9. 1979, p. 1.
(') OJ No L 231, 13. 9. 1979, p. 23.
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                                                          ANNEX
                                PRESENTATION O F T H E PROPOSED PROJECTS
        Two major areas in the information technologies that can advantageously be tackled in a
        Community framework have been selected for the implementation of applications projects under the
        conditions laid down in the second part of the multiannual data processing program. The proposed
        projects are suitable to help attain the objectives laid down but at the current stage they are
        submitted by way of example; when the programme is actually carried out, some of them may be
        replaced by others that seem to be more in keeping with the aims pursued.
        The amounts given show the Community contribution to the project, which is 50 % of its costs
        unless otherwise indicated.
        The two fields selected are as follows:
        — ADA;
        — cross-frontier information systems involving distributed data bases.
        A. ADA
           ADA is a modern programming language of general application based on contemporary ideas
           concerning programming methods and suitable for use in a computerized environment having
           powerful programming tools. This, combined with its rigorous approach in the matter of stan-
           dardization, makes it suitable for the industrialized development of software.
           The support received by ADA under the multiannual programme is still inadequate to launch it
           properly, even though there is no candidate with better future prospects than ADA. However,
           despite the strategic approach adopted by much of the industry, the companies' capital resources
           are inadequate to supply investment on the scale needed to compete with the United States
           industry, which has the advantage of government contracts providing 100 % cover for
           developments.
           Because of the strategic importance of this language for the European software industry, it is
           proposed that the current commitment to ADA be continued in four fields. These relate to
           software development methods, the automated support environment for the language, its formal
           definition and some pilot projects selected from key sectors for the use of ADA. The projects to
           be undertaken in these four fields will have to be defined more precisely in cooperation with the
           industry.
           A.l. Development of software writing techniques to be used in conjunction with ADA. This consists
                  mainly of the development of methods for the use of ADA.
                  Contribution to project: 3 million ECU.
           A.2. Development of an automated support environment for ADA programs for their full life cycle.
                  This covers the development of tools fitting into an ADA programming support
                  environment (APSE).
                  Contribution to project: 9-5 million ECU.
           A.3. Formal definition of ADA. A major contribution to the standardization of ADA. In this
                  case, the Commission should bear 100 % of the cost.
                  Contribution to project: 2 million ECU.
           A.4. Pilot applications of ADA in selected fields. The application still has to be selected from
                  communications, automation of production or data-base software. The choice will be
                  guided by the fact that the application must make optimum use of the new advantages
                  offered by ADA.
                  Contribution to project: 5 million ECU.
        B. Cross-frontier information systems using distributed data-base techniques
            Cross-frontier information systems are a particularly suitable field for Community cooperation.
            Some of the projects of this type carried out under the multiannual programme, such as those on
           ports or shipping companies, have demonstrated how a Community venture can meet the
            interests of users across national frontiers in a common information system and give rise to
            interesting projects. The aim in carrying out projects of this type, applied to distributed data
           banks, is to help European industry to overcome the technical problems still hindering practical
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                        applications and launching on the market-place. These technical problems which affect practical
                        application arise in particular from the following aspects:
                        — heterogeneity of the data banks;
                        — the numerous sources interrogated;
                        — distributed updating;
                        — data confidentiality and security;
                        — complexity inherent in the number of banks;
                        — interconnection of open systems;
                        — choice of terminals (in relation with the office automation aspects).
                        The projects now proposed in order to provide a practical opportunity for overcoming the
                        technical problems are the following advanced applications:
                        B.l. Distributed data base for EUROSTAT. Pilot distributed data-base system for the SOEC.
                               Cost 100 % payable by the Commission.
                               Contribution to project: 3 million ECU.
                        B.2. Distribution of commercial data at European level. Access system for distributed data bases of
                               chambers of commerce and other similar organizations concerning firms and market
                               products at international level.
                               Contribution to project: 5 million ECU.
                        B.3. Fleet management system for shipping companies. On-board collection of data on the state
                               and operation of each of a shipping company's vessels and transmission by satellite to the
                               company's head office to enable the fleet to be used to better advantage.
                               Contribution to project: 5-5 million ECU.
                        B.4. Distributed data bases for public health. Pilot project for a system linking banks containing
                               data on patients; these data may be scattered through several banks.
                               Contribution to project: 4-5 million ECU.
                        B.5. Triangle project. Set of R-D projects on networks to be carried out in cooperation between
                               the Hahn-Meitner-Institute in Berlin, INRIA in Paris, and NCC in Manchester.
                               Contribution.to project: 1 -5 million ECU.
                  These advanced applications each tackle a combination of the problems mentioned above and the
                  idea is that together they will cover all these problems encountered at the level of practical
                  applications. However, as stated above, they are given here by way of example: when the
                  programme is actually carried out, some of them may be replaced by others which appear more
                  suitable to help solve all the technical problems involved and which will be identified with the help
                  of the industry.
                  Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation ( E E C ) N o 1418/76 on the
                                                    c o m m o n organization of the m a r k e t in rice
                                      (Submitted       by the Commission      to the Council on 21 June               1982)
T H E COUNCIL OF T H E EUROPEAN                                                    W h e r e a s Article 11a of Council Regulation ( E E C )
COMMUNITIES,                                                                       N o 1 4 1 8 / 7 6 ('), as last a m e n d e d by Regulation
                                                                                   (EEC)           No       1871/80       ( 2 ), lays down  special
H a v i n g regard to the T r e a t y establishing the                             a r r a n g e m e n t s for imports into the French overseas
E u r o p e a n E c o n o m i c C o m m u n i t y , and in particular              d e p a r t m e n t of R e u n i o n and for consignments from
Article 43 thereof,                                                                M e m b e r States to the said d e p a r t m e n t ; whereas
                                                                                   experience gained in applying these a r r a n g e m e n t s has
H a v i n g regard to the proposal from the Commission,
H a v i n g regard        to    the  opinion        of   the    European           O OJ No L 166, 25. 6. 1976, p. 1.
Parliament,                                                                        (2) O J N o L 184, 17.7. 1980, p. 4.