Decision 1982/752 - 82/752/EEC: Council Decision of 4 November 1982 on the adoption of a European Economic Community research and development programme for a machine translation system of advanced design - Main contents

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Number legal act	Decision 1982/752
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82/752/EEC: Council Decision of 4 November 1982 on the adoption of a European Economic Community research and development programme for a machine translation system of advanced design

Official Journal L 317 , 13/11/1982 P. 0019 - 0023

Spanish special edition: Chapter 16 Volume 1 P. 0117

Portuguese special edition Chapter 16 Volume 1 P. 0117

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COUNCIL DECISION

of 4 November 1982

on the adoption of a European Economic Community research and development programme for a machine translation system of advanced design

(82/752/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, one of the Community's main tasks is to promote throughout the Community a harmonious development of economic activities, a continuous and balanced expansion and an increase in stability;

Whereas the multilingual nature of the European Community is of high cultural value, but is also in practice an obstacle to closer ties between the peoples of the Community, to communications and to the development of the internal and external trade of the Community;

Whereas the benefits of teleinformatics and of communication and information networks cannot be fully reaped at Community level unless the language barrier is overcome;

Whereas the development of computational linguistics is likely to contribute to the overcoming of this barrier;

Whereas considerable research has already been carried out on this subject in the Member States;

Whereas this research, by its very nature, can only bear fruit provided that it is supported by a Community action which would inter alia have a catalytic effect on work already carried out;

Whereas such Community action can, in particular, consist in the creation of a European machine translation system of advanced design;

Whereas such a system would have numerous industrial applications and be of direct benefit to European industry and, in particular, to exporting industries;

Whereas the intellectual property rights in connection with the results of such research should be strictly defined;

Whereas the preliminary work already completed has demonstrated the technical feasibility of such a system;

Whereas a Community research and development programme on machine translation is therefore likely to make an effective contribution to the achievement of the above objectives of the Treaty;

Whereas since the specific powers of action required to adopt this Decision have not been proved for in the Treaty, it is necessary to invoke Article 235 thereof;

Whereas the Scientific and Technical Research Committee (Crest) has delivered an opinion on the Commission's proposal,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

A research and development programme for the creation of a machine translation system of advanced design is hereby adopted for a period of five and a half years commencing on the day on which this Decision is published in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

Under the terms of Annex I, the programme shall be divided into phases, each one concluding with a review which may involve a revision of some or all of the elements defined in the said Annex in accordance with the appropriate procedures.

Article 2

The funds estimated as necessary for the execution of the programme should be 16 million ECU, including expenditure on a staff of eight temporary agents.

Article 3

The Commission shall be responsible for the execution of the programme, in particular by means of research contracts. It shall be assisted by an Advisory Committee on Programme Management (ACPM), the membership and terms of reference of which, in accordance...

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