82/869/EEC: Council Decision of 13 December 1982 relating to the coordination of the activities of the Member States and Community institutions with a view to assessing the need for, and preparing proposals for setting up, a Community inter-institutional information system

COUNCIL  DECISION
of 13 December 1982
relating to the coordination of the activities of the Member States and Community institutions with a view to assessing the need for, and preparing proposals for setting up, a Community inter-institutional information system
(82/869/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,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (1),
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (2),
Whereas the integration of data processing, text processing and telecommunications has given rise to new information technologies which could be used to improve the running of the Community's work, especially the ever-increasing exchange of information between the Community institutions and the administrations of the Member States;
Whereas the uncoordinated introduction of new information technologies in the Community institutions and the administrations of the Member States involves the danger of new barriers to the free flow of information;
Whereas the clear definition of application possibilities and user needs in the Community institutions and the administrations of the Member States should have a positive effect on the establishment of technical regulations for information systems not specific to individual manufacturers and on the extension of public telecommunication networks and their use for information systems; it is consequently to be expected that this would provide innovation incentives for industry;
Whereas it is therefore desirable to lay down a coordination procedure with the aim of determining the needs of the Community institutions and the relevant national administrations for new information technologies and of establishing joint agreements for exchanges of information not specific to individual manufacturers taking account of international standardization;
Whereas, since the specific powers of action required to adopt the Decision have not been provided for in the Treaty, it is necessary to invoke Article 235 thereof,