No L 255/22 Official Journal of the European Communities 6. 10. 77 (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COUNCIL COUNCIL DECISION of 27 September 1977 adopting a series of informatics projects in the field of software portability (77/615/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 Parlia- ment (1), Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (2), Whereas, with a view to giving a Community orienta- tion to policies for encouraging and promoting data processing, the Council agreed in its resolution of 15 July 1974 on a Community policy on data processing ®) to adopt, on a proposal from the Commission, industrial development projects on areas of common interest involving transnational coopera- tion ; Whereas the portability of software will enable users substantially to reduce conversion costs when changing over from one type of equipment to another; whereas to this end it is necessary to promote a series of projects aimed at the industrial development of languages, systems and portable products in the field of software ; Whereas the abovementioned projects seem necessary in order to attain certain Community objectives within the functioning of the common market ; Whereas the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community has not provided the necessary powers, 1) OJ No C 28, 9. 2. 1976, p. 6. %) O] No C 131, 12. 6. 1976, p. 8. (*) O] No C 86, 20. 7. 1974, p. 1. HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS: Article 1 The following three joint informatics projects are hereby adopted : (a) study of a software writing language ; (b) study on conversion tools ; (c) study on the feasibility of developing a common software interface for minicomputers. These projects are defined in section II of the Annex. Article 2 The duration of the studies referred to in Article 1 shall be one year. The appropriations necessary for carrying them out, which shall amount to 390 000 units of account, 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 Joint Data-Processing Projects. The Commission shall submit a report to the Council at the end of the studies. Done at Brussels, 27 September 1977. For the Council The President A. HUMBLET