86/23/EEC: Council Decision of 4 February 1986 relating to the coordinated development of computerized administrative procedures (CD project)

COUNCIL  DECISION
of 4 February 1986
relating to the coordinated development of computerized administrative procedures (CD project)
(86/23/EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic 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),
Whereas pursuant to the Council resolution of 15 May 1984 on the computerization of the administrative procedures in intra-Community trade (3), the Commission has sent to the Council a communication (4) which provides a framework for developing computerized systems for international trade extending up to 31 December 1991; whereas that communication broadens the scope of the said resolution since it not only establishes guidelines for developing national computerized systems dealing with intra-Community trade but also covers systems for international trade extending up to 31 December 1991; whereas that communication broadens the scope of the said resolution since it not only establishes guidelines for developing national computerized systems dealing with intra-Community trade but also covers systems for external trade and the interconnection of the relevant systems of the Commission with those of the Member States;
Whereas the Community framework for computerizing administrative procedures should cover the following six fields: intra-Community trade, third country trade (imports and exports), trader interfaces, Commission systems, systems interconnection and data interchange standards;
Whereas, in the case of intra-Community trade, the computerization of administrative procedures must proceed in harmony with the results of actions aimed at creating all the conditions for the achievement of a single market in the Community by 1992 at the latest;
Whereas the Commission should be responsible for adopting the measures necessary for the coordinated development of computerized administrative procedures (CD project); whereas the Commission and each of the Member States must remain responsible for implementing their own computer systems, taking into account the objectives of the CD project; whereas these objectives are an integral part of the more general framework of the Cooperation in Automation of Data and Documentation for Imports/Exports and Agriculture (CADDIA) programme (5); whereas at the present stage it is therefore necessary to make the duration of the CD project and that of the CADDIA programme coincide; whereas, in order to assist the Commission in the implementation of the CD project, a Management Committee for the project should be set up; whereas an appropriate procedure should be laid down which allows the Commission to adopt Community measures in certain fields for the implementation of the CD project;
Whereas the Treaty has not provided the necessary powers other than those of Article 235,