No L 255/28 Official Journal of the European Communities 6. 10. 77 COUNCIL DECISION of 27 September 1977 adopting an experimental application project in high-speed data-transmission techniques (77/617/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 (), 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, joint projects of European interest in the field of data-processing applications ; Whereas, to this end, priority should be given to projects likely to meet users’ needs and increase the capacity of the Europe-based informatics industry so as to satisfy these needs on the European and world markets ; Whereas the evolution of ground networks and satel- lite links for data transmission requires the develop- ment of advanced techniques and procedures to provide the reliability necessary for transmitting large quantities of data at high speeds; Whereas such a project seems necessary in order to attain certain Community objectives within the func- tioning of the common market ; (1) OJ No C 28, 9. 2. 1976, p. 6. () OJ No C 131, 12. 6. 1976, p. 8. (%) OJ No C 86, 20. 7. 1974, p. 1. Whereas the Treaty establishing the FEuropean Economic Community has not provided the necessary powers, HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS: Article 1 A joint informatics project on the experimental appli- cation of high-speed data-transmission techniques is hereby adopted. This project is defined in section II of the Annex. Article 2 The duration of the project shall be four years. The necessary appropriations for carrying it out, which shall amount to 420 000 units of account, shall be entered in the budget of the European Communities. Article 3 The Commission shall be responsible for carrying out the project. It shall be assisted by the Advisory Committee on Joint Data Processing Projects. The Commission shall submit a report to the Council annually. Done at Brussels, 27 September 1977. For the Council The President A. HUMBLET