23.12.2003 Official Journal of the European Union L 336/1 (Acts whose publication is obligatory) DECISION No 2256/2003/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 17 November 2003 adopting a multiannual programme (2003-2005) for the monitoring of the eEurope 2005 action plan, dissemination of good practices and the improvement of network and information security (MODINIS) (Text with EEA relevance) THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EURO- PEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Com- munity, and in particular Article 157(3) thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (!), Having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee (), Having regard to the opinion of the Committee of the Regions (°), Acting in accordance with the procedure set out in Article 251 of the Treaty (%), Whereas: (1) On 23 and 24 March 2000 the Lisbon European Council set the objective of making the European Union the most competitive and dynamic knowledge-based economy in the world and stated the need to use an open method for the coordination of measurement of progress. (2)  On 19 and 20 June 2000, the Feira European Council endorsed the eEurope 2002 action plan and especially underlined the necessity to prepare longer-term perspec- tives for the knowledge-based economy encouraging the access of all citizens to the new technologies and on 30 November 2000 the Internal Market Council defined a list of 23 indicators to measure progress of the eEurope 2002 action plan. (3)  On 28 May 2002, the Commission published a commu- nication addressed to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions entitled ‘eEurope 2005: An information society for all’, and the Seville European Council endorsed the general objectives of the action plan on 21 and 22 June 2002. @ O] C 291 E, 26.11.2002, p. 243. () O C 61, 14.3.2003, p. 184. () O] C 128, 29.5.2003, p. 19. (*) Opinion of the European Parliament of 12 February 2003 (not yet published in the Official Journal), Council common position of 26 May 2003 (O] C 159 E, 8.7.2003, p. 11) and position of the Euro- pean Parliament of 25 September 2003 (not yet published in the Official Journal). Council Decision of 27 October 2003. (4) On 22 January 2001, the Commission published a communication addressed to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions entitled ‘Creating a safer information society by improving the security of information infrastructures and combating computer-related crime’. The conclusions of the Stockholm European Council of 23 and 24 March 2001 contained a request that the Council, together with the Commission, develop a comprehensive strategy on the security of electronic networks including practical implementing action. The communication on ‘Network and information security: Proposal for a European policy approach’ of 6 June 2001 was the initial Commission response to this request. The Council resolution of 30 May 2001 on the eEurope action plan: Information and network security, the Council resolution of 28 January 2002 on a common approach and specific actions in the area of network and information security (°), the Council resolution of 18 February 2003 on a European approach towards a culture of network and information security () and the European Parliament resolution of 22 October 2002 on network and information security: proposal for a Euro- pean policy called upon Member States to launch specific actions to enhance the security of electronic communication networks and information systems. The European Parliament and the Council further welcomed the Commission's intentions to develop, inter alia, a strategy for a more stable and secure operation of the Internet infrastructure and to make a proposal for the establishment of the future structure at European level for network and information security issues.