ANNEX

MEASURES FOR STANDARDIZATION IN THE FIELD OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS 1.2 // 1. // Aims // // (a) to contribute to the integration of the internal Community market in the information technology and telecommunications sector; // // (b) to improve the international competitiveness of Community manufacturers by allowing for greater market uptake in the Community of equipment manufactured to recognized European and international standards; // // (c) to facilitate the exchange of information throughout the Community, by reducing the obstacles created by incompatibilities arising from the absence of standards or their lack of precision; // // (d) to ensure that user requirements are taken into account by giving users greater freedom to assemble their systems in a manner guaranteeing operating compatibility and, consequently, improved preformance at a lower cost; // // (e) to promote the application of standards and functional specifications in public sector orders. // 2. // Description of measures and activities to be undertaken // 2.1. // Preparation of work programmes and definition of priorities // // The drawing-up of work programmes and assignment of priorities taking account of Community requirements and the economic impact of these activities from the standpoint of users, producers and telecommunications administrations. The tasks to be performed at this level may include, in particular: // 2.1.1. // gathering detailed information on the basis of national and international programmes, presentation of that information in a form which facilitates comparative analysis and preparation of the summaries required for the work of the Committee; // 2.1.2. // The dissemination of that information, the examination of requirements and the consultation of interested parties; // 2.1.3. // synchronization of the work programmes with international standardization activities; // 2.1.4. // the management of work programmes; // 2.1.5. // the preparation of reports describing the execution of the activities and the practical results of their implementation. // 2.2. // The execution of standardization activities in the field of information technology // // Execution of the work programmes necessitates the implementation of a series of activities, responsibility for which is generally entrusted to CEN/CENELEC and to the CEPT and which correspond to the different stages of activity that must be completed in order to ensure the credibility of standards. // // These activities include: // 2.2.1. // the refinement of international standards in an effort to remove the ambiguities and options that distort the function of standards designed to guarantee the exchange of information and the compatible operation of systems; // 2.2.2. // the drafting of prestandards in cases justified by the excessive delays of international standardization procedures, or of standards required in the Community context in the absence of international standards; // 2.2.3. // the definition of the conditions to be fulfilled in order to establish complete conformity to a standard; // 2.2.4. // the preparation of test standards or test specifications included in the standards and the organization of procedures and structures to enable test laboratories to check conformity to those standards on a properly harmonized basis. // 2.3. // Activities affecting the telecommunications sector // // The standardization measures which concern the telecommunications sector include two types of activity: // // - the drafting of functional specifications, based on international or European standards/specifications where they exist, for the means of access to public telecommunication networks for those services specifically intended for exchange of information and data between information technology systems. This technical work comes under the harmonization activities carred out in the telecommunications section and is entrusted to CEPT following the procedures described in Directive 86/361/EEC, // // - the work to be carried out in the field common to information technology and to telecommunications requires increased cooperation between the competent technical bodies (i.e. CEN/CENELEC/CEPT). It should raise the degree of convergence so that the standards and functional specifications can be applied in as many ways as possible and in a harmonized manner following the procedure described in Directive 83/189/EEC. // 2.4. // Complementary measures // // This part of the programme covers the following measures: // 2.4.1. // specific metrological activities relating to: // // - promotion of the development of test and validation instruments and formal description techniques, // // - support for the case of references, particularly in the case of applications requiring the use of functional standards based on a number of standards in combination; // 2.4.2. // the promotion of the preparation of manuals giving guidance on the application of standards for the final user; // 2.4.3. // the promotion of demonstrations in respect of the operating compatibility achieved as a result of the application of a standard. The main aim of this action will be to make the test and metrological instruments defined in 2.4.1. available for use in different projects and to ensure that development standards are experimented with; // 2.4.4. // the promotion of arrangements that go beyond the framework of industrial standardization, depend on agreements concluded in particular fields of professional activity and contribute to the efficient exchange of information (travel agency transactions, automation of money transactions, computerization of customs documents, robotics, office automation, micro-computing, etc.); // 2.4.5. // studies and projects relating specifically to standardization in the field of information technology. // 3. // Measures relating to the application of standards in the public procurement sector // // Determination of the most efficient methods of ensuring the rapid application of the standards and technical specifications within the context of the present Decision while assuring appropriate linking with activities depending on Directive 77/62/EEC (1).

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