95/468/EC: Council Decision of 6 November 1995 on a Community contribution for telematic interchange of data between administrations in the Community (IDA)

COUNCIL DECISION  of 6 November 1995 on a Community contribution for telematic interchange of data between  administrations in the Community (IDA) (95/468/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN  UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 235  thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission  (1),
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament  (2),
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee  (3),
Having regard to the opinion of the Committee of the Regions  (4),
Having regard to the Council Resolution of 16 June 1994 on the development of administrative  cooperation in the implementation and enforcement of Community legislation in the internal market   (5),
Having regard to the Council Resolution of 20 June 1994 on coordination with regard to the  information exchange between administrations  (6),
Having regard to the conclusions of the Corfu European Council of 24 and 25 June 1994,
Whereas the functioning of the internal market involves close cooperation between the competent  administrations in the Member States and between them and the Community institutions;
Whereas in certain cases it is necessary to have recourse to the use of telematic techniques for  such exchange of information;
Whereas, in order to be able to exchange information between the administrations in the different  Member States, the Member States' internal telematic systems must above all comply with rules  governing architecture, management, responsibility and maintenance, to ensure the interoperability  of those telematic systems;
Whereas that task is incumbent principally on the Member States;
Whereas in certain cases a Community contribution is necessary insofar as the objectives of the  proposed action cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Member States and can therefore, by reason  of the scale or effects of the proposed action, be matter achieved by the Community;
Whereas the conditions should be laid down under which the implementation of certain specific  projects is eligible for Community support;
Whereas, if there were no such Community contribution, exchanges of information between the  different administrative systems concerned at national and Community level would be likely not to  be satisfactorily carried out;
Whereas a financial reference amount, within the meaning of point 2 of the Declaration by the  European Parliament, the Council and the Commission of 6 March 1995, is included in this Decision  for 1995 and 1996, without thereby affecting the powers of the budgetary authority as they are  defined by the Treaty;
Whereas the Treaty does not provide for powers other than those in Article 235 for the adoption of  this Decision, the main purpose of which is to facilitate cooperation between administrations,