77/616/EEC: Council Decision of 27 September 1977 adopting a series of studies in support of the use of informatics

COUNCIL DECISION  of 27 September 1977  adopting a series of studies in support of the use of informatics  (77/616/EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 235 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (1),
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (2),
Whereas the Council resolution of 15 July 1974 on a Community policy on data processing (3) is aimed at giving a Community orientation to policies for encouraging and promoting data processing;
Whereas the development of application software raises a number of general problems concerning programming techniques and relations between manufacturers and users;
Whereas the development of informatics applications calls for an examination of the problems of data security and confidentiality and of the technical, legal and social aspects thereof, in particular with a view to protecting citizens in respect of the use of informatic facilities;
Whereas the efficient use of computers is of considerable economic importance ; whereas, to increase this efficiency, programming techniques must be improved;
Whereas data-base systems and software should be systematically examined and tools developed to help users to select, implement and operate these systems and to facilitate standardization at a later stage;
Whereas the above projects seem necessary in order to attain certain Community objectives within the functioning of the common market;
Whereas the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community has not provided the necessary powers,