27. 11. 84 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 308/49 COUNCIL DECISION of 22 November 1984 amending Decision 79/783/EEC in respect of general measures in the field of data processing (84/559/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 Parliament (), Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (?), Whereas, in its resolution of 15 July 1974 on a Community policy on data processing (°), the Council considered it desirable to prepare, in the medium term, a systematic Community programme to promote research, industrial development and applications of data processing ; Considering the communication from the Commis- sion to the European Council in Dublin on 29 November 1979, entitled ‘European Society faced with the challenge of new information technologies: a Community response’ ; Considering the Council resolution of 25 July 1983 () approving the principle of framework programmes and the scientific and technical objectives for 1984 to 1987, and more especially the content of the objective ‘Promoting industrial competitiveness — new techno- logies’, and in particular the importance attached to information technology ; Whereas the programme in Council Decision 79/783/EEC of 11 September 1979 adopting a multi- annual programme (1979 to 1983) in the field of data processing (%), as amended by Decision 84/254/EEC (%) came to an end on 11 September 1983 Whereas continuation of the programme appears necessary in order to achieve certain Community aims () OJ No C 117, 30. 4. 1984, p. 11. . " () OJ No C 103, 16. 4. 1984, p..4. . () OJ No C 86, 20. 7. 1974, p. 1. () O] No C 208, 4. 8. 1983, p. 1. () OJ No L 231, 13. 9. 1979, p. 23. () OJ No L 126, 12. 5. 1984, p. 27. in the operation of the common market, and in parti- cular the aim of establishing an overall strategy for information technology; whereas it therefore seems necessary to extend the programme for an additional two years and to modify its content as far as the ‘General Measures’ are concerned ; Whereas the Commission is responsible for carrying out the programme and is assisted in this task by the Advisory Committee for the Management and Coordi- natin of Data-Processing Programs set up by Decision 79/784/EEC ("), Whereas it has become necessary to ensure concerted action between the Community’s research and deve- lopment activities and the corresponding programmes in third countries participating in European coopera- tion in the field of scientific and technical research (COST); HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS: Article 1 Decision 79/783/EEC is hereby amended as follows : 1. Articles 1 to S are hereby replaced by the following : " ‘Article 1 A multiannual programme is hereby adopted in the field of data processing. Its objects are as. follows : -— general measures: standardization, - public procurement, knowledge of the sector, training, protection for data and persons, cooperation in research and development, — promotion measures : measures covering soft- ware, applications and aspects to be agreed on by the Council in the light of the studies carried out within the framework of the general measures and pursuant to the Council resolu- tion of 11 September 1979 on.a Community action . promoting rmicro-electronic  tech- nology (). ' () OJ No L 231, 13. 9. 1979, p. 29.