COUNCIL DECISION of 22 July 1976 adopting a series of joint projects on data processing (76/632/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 Council agreed, in its resolution of 15 July 1974 on a Community policy for data processing (3), with a view to giving a Community orientation to policies for encouraging and promoting data processing, to adopt, on a proposal from the Commission, joint projects of European interest in the field of data processing applications;
Whereas, to this end, priority should be given to projects likely to help to meet the needs of users and to increase the ability of the European-based data processing industry to satisfy these needs on the European and world markets;
Whereas, in the interests of public health in the Community, better determination of the compatibility of organs and blood groups is required, and whereas a data processing system for making such comparisons could help to save more human lives;
Whereas, in its resolution on 26 November 1974, the Council made particular reference to the need to establish an inter-institutional computerized legal information system, and to the advantage of making Community law fully accessible to the Member States and to the need to define a development plan in order to ensure that computerized legal information systems under study or being set up in the Member States and in the institutions of the Communities are compatible;
Whereas improved computer-aided design techniques could strengthen the European electronics industry and could help to increase productivity in the construction industries;
Whereas the aforementioned projects appear necessary for the development of the common policy in the field of data processing;
Whereas the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community has not provided the necessary powers,
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
Article 1
A series of three joint data processing projects is hereby adopted covering the following studies: 1. Study on the setting up of a data bank for matching organs and blood (nine months);
2. Study of requirements in the field of legal document retrieval systems in the Community (18 months);
3. Two development studies in computer-aided design (12 and 18 months respectively).
These projects are defined in Annexes I to III. (1)OJ No C 239, 20.10.1975, p. 16. (2)OJ No C 263, 17.11.1975, p. 44. (3)OJ No C 86, 20.7.1974, p. 1.
Article 2
The appropriations necessary for carrying out these projects shall be entered in the budget of the European Communities.
Article 3
The Commission shall be responsible for carrying out the projects. It shall be assisted by the Advisory Committee on the Joint Data Processing Projects.
The Commission shall submit a report to the Council annually.
Done at Brussels, 22 July 1976.