4. 12. 84 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 314/19 (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COUNCIL COUNCIL DECISION of 27 November 1984 adopting a Community programme for the development of the specialized information market in Europe (84/567/EEC) THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, " Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Europeaﬁ Economic Community, and in particular Article 235 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commis- sion ('), Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (%), Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (), Whereas, under Article 2 of the Treaty, the Commu- nity shall have as one of its tasks that of promoting throughout the Community the harmonious develop- ment of economic activities and a continuous and balanced expansion ; Whereas information has worldwide become one of the prime factors in economic activity, and the effec- tive use of information is one of the essential ingre- dients of economic growth and competitiveness ; Whereas the European integration process is becom- ing increasingly dependent, among other factors, on the effective flow of and to information within and between all Member States ; Whereas, given the growing complexity of information needs for business and political decision-making, for scientific and technical development, for the profes- () OJ No C 328, 2. 12. 1983, p. 3. () OJ No C 117, 30. 4. 1984, p. 9. () O No C 140, 28. 5. 1984, p. 24. sional, cultural, social and economic choices of indivi- duals and groups of people, it is necessary to develop advanced solutions for a flexible and transparent specialized information market at Community level ; Whereas the development of the specialized informa- tion market in Europe aiming at better use of econo- mies of scale and at adequate European independence in the specialized information area, is a challenge for the Community calling for appropriate Community support ; whereas the fast developments in this area require an appropriate programme which offers considerable flexibility of priorities ; Whereas the development of international cooperation between Member States in areas of common interest becomes increasingly important with a view to streng- thening the competitiveness of the European specialized information market; Whereas Community efforts relating to the specialized information market and its development are a neces- sary complement to other related Community initia- tives, in particular the ESPRIT programme to streng- then the European information technology industries through Commission support of cooperation among European manufacturers and Research and Develop- ment institutions in the development of advanced pre-competitive component technologies, the INSIS project for developing an advanced inter-institutional information and communication system for the insti- tutions of the European Communities and those of the Member States, and the new Community initiatives (1983 to 1987) on vocational training and new infor- mation technologies ;