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81/599/EEC: Council Decision of 27 July 1981 adopting a third plan of action in the field of information and documentation (1981 to 1983)Legal instrument | Decision |
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Number legal act | Decision 1981/599 |
Original proposal | COM(1980)552 ![]() |
CELEX number i | 31981D0599 |
Document | 27-07-1981 |
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Publication in Official Journal | 06-08-1981; OJ L 220 p. 29-33 |
Effect | 01-01-1981; Application See Art 1 |
End of validity | 31-12-1983; See Art. 1 |
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81/599/EEC: Council Decision of 27 July 1981 adopting a third plan of action in the field of information and documentation (1981 to 1983)
Official Journal L 220 , 06/08/1981 P. 0029 - 0033
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( 1 ) OJ NO C 278 , 28 . 10 . 1980 , P . 4 .
( 2 ) OJ NO C 144 , 15 . 6 . 1981 , P . 101 .
( 3 ) OJ NO C 353 , 31 . 12 . 1980 , P . 29 .
( 4 ) OJ NO L 311 , 4 . 11 . 1978 , P . 1 .
COUNCIL DECISION
OF 27 JULY 1981
ADOPTING A THIRD PLAN OF ACTION IN THE FIELD OF INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION ( 1981 TO 1983 )
( 81/599/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 ),
HAVING REGARD TO THE OPINION OF THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE ( 3 ),
WHEREAS , UNDER ARTICLE 2 OF THE TREATY , THE COMMUNITY SHALL HAVE AS ONE OF ITS TASKS THAT OF PROMOTING THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY THE HARMONIOUS DEVELOPMENT OF ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES AND A CONTINUOUS AND BALANCED EXPANSION ;
WHEREAS , SINCE THE USE OF INFORMATION IS EMERGING AS ONE OF THE PRIME FACTORS IN ECONOMIC ACTIVITY AND IN INNOVATION , SCIENCE , EDUCATION AND ADMINISTRATION , IT IS IMPORTANT THAT CURRENT ACTION WITH REGARD TO SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION SHOULD BE EXTENDED TO COVER THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC SPHERE BY ENCOURAGING AND SUPPORTING BOTH PUBLIC AND PRIVATE INITIATIVES OF ALL KINDS ;
WHEREAS THE HEADS OF STATE AND OF GOVERNMENT , MEETING IN STRASBOURG ON 21 AND 22 JUNE 1979 , DECLARED THAT THE DYNAMIC COMPLEX OF INFORMATION INDUSTRIES , BASED ON THE NEW ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGIES , OFFERED A MAJOR SOURCE OF ECONOMIC GROWTH AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT ;
WHEREAS CONCURRENT DEVELOPMENT OF THE PRODUCTION AND USE OF INFORMATION IN THE COMMUNITY MUST ENABLE A REASONABLE BALANCE BETWEEN INCOMING AND OUTGOING FLOWS OF INFORMATION TO BE GRADUALLY ATTAINED , IN PARTICULAR BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY AND THIRD COUNTRIES , ON A BASIS OF RECIPROCITY , WHICH WILL , INTER ALIA , ENSURE FREEDOM OF ACCESS BY COMMUNITY USERS TO SOURCES OF INFORMATION AND DATA OUTSIDE THE COMMUNITY ;
WHEREAS IT IS PRIMARILY A MATTER FOR THE MEMBER STATES TO CREATE THE BASIS FOR AN EFFICIENT INFORMATION SERVICE BY MEANS OF SUPPORT PROGRAMMES AND PROMOTION ACTIVITIES ; WHEREAS SUCH MEASURES SHOULD BE STRENGTHENED THROUGH SPECIFIC COMMUNITY ACTION ;
WHEREAS THE NEED TO STRENGTHEN AND CONSOLIDATE ACTIVITIES IN THE FIELD OF SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION ( STID ), ALREADY UNDER WAY AS PART OF THE FIRST TWO ACTION PLANS , JUSTIFIES THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A THIRD PLAN OF ACTION WHICH IS NEEDED TO HELP ATTAIN THE ABOVEMENTIONED OBJECTIVES OF THE TREATY ; WHEREAS IT WILL BE NECESSARY , AT THE SAME TIME , TO LAY DOWN GUIDELINES FOR AN APPROPRIATE FORM OF COORDINATION OF ACTION IN THIS FIELD AT NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY LEVEL ;
WHEREAS THE TREATY HAS NOT MADE PROVISION FOR THE SPECIFIC POWERS WHICH ARE REQUIRED TO ATTAIN THESE OBJECTIVES ;
WHEREAS THE SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION COMMITTEE ( STIDC ) AND THE SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL RESEARCH COMMITTEE ( CREST ) HAVE BOTH DELIVERED THEIR OPINIONS ON THE COMMISSION PROPOSAL ,
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS :
ARTICLE 1
A THIRD COMMUNITY PLAN OF ACTION IN THE FIELD OF INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION AS SET OUT IN THE ANNEX IS HEREBY ADOPTED FOR A PERIOD OF THREE YEARS , WITH EFFECT FROM 1 JANUARY 1981 . THE APPROPRIATIONS NEEDED FOR IMPLEMENTING THIS PLAN OF ACTION , WHICH SHALL BE FIXED AT 15 MILLION ECU , SHALL BE ENTERED IN THE GENERAL BUDGET OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES .
ARTICLE 2
THE COMMISSION SHALL ENSURE THAT THE THIRD PLAN OF ACTION IS IMPLEMENTED AND WILL BE ASSISTED BY STIDC , THE DUTIES AND METHOD OF OPERATION OF WHICH , AS DEFINED IN ANNEX II TO COUNCIL DECISION 78/887/EEC OF 9 OCTOBER 1978 ADOPTING A SECOND THREE-YEAR PLAN OF ACTION IN THE...
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