L 316/4 Official Journal of the European Communities 20.11.2002 DECISION No 2046/2002/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 21 October 2002 amending Decision No 1719/1999/EC on a series of guidelines, including the identification of projects of common interest, for trans-European networks for the electronic interchange of data between administrations (IDA) THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Commu- nity, and in particular the first paragraph of Article 156 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ('), Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (%), After consulting the Committee of the Regions, Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 251 of the Treaty (), Whereas: (1)  The principal objective of Decision No 1719/1999/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (*) is for the Community, in cooperation with the Member States, to take the necessary measures to establish operational, interoperable,  trans-European telematic  networks between Member State administrations and the Commu- nity institutions, facilitating the efficient, effective and secure interchange of information in order to support the establishment of economic and monetary union and the implementation of Community policies, as well as the Community decision-making process. (2)  Priority should be given to those projects which enhance the economic viability of public administrations, European Community institutions, Member States and the regions, and which, by means of the establishment or enhancement of sectoral networks, contribute to the objectives of the eEurope initiative and related action plan, in particular the chapter on government online, aimed at benefiting national parliaments, citizens and enterprises, and to other initiatives aimed at improving the transparency of activities of the Community institu- tions as required by Article 255 of the Treaty and by Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 of the European Parlia- ment and of the Council of 30 May 2001 regarding public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission documents (°). () O] C 332 E, 27.11.2001, p. 287. () O] C 80, 3.4.2002, p. 21. (*) Opinion of the European Parliament of 11 June 2002 (not yet published in the Official Journal) and Decision of the Council of 23 September 2002. () OJ L 203, 3.8.1999, p. 1. () OJ L 145, 31.5.2001, p. 43. 3) Due account should be taken of the recommendations contained in the Declaration issued at the Ministerial Conference on eGovernment From Policy to Practice’ held in Brussels on 29 and 30 November 2001, as well as the conclusions of the Conference ‘eGovernment in the service of European citizens and enterprises — what is required at the European level’, organised jointly by the Presidency of the Council and the Commission (IDA) in Stockholm/Sandhamn on 13 and 14 June 2001. In planning and implementing new networks, it is essen- tial to ensure close cooperation between the Member States and the Commission and, where relevant, the other Community institutions. In planning and implementing new networks, it is essen- tial to analyse and evaluate organisational development and re-engineering of working procedures related to the network or networks intended to be established under the project. For reasons of legal certainty, it is appropriate to make express provision for the possibility of reviewing the section of the IDA work programme concerning the implementation of Decision No 1719/1999/EC during the year of reference. For the implementation of the Community Actions set out in Articles 3 to 6 of Deci- sion No 1719/1999/EC it should be clarified that propo- sals for any budgetary increase of more than EUR 250 000 per project line within a year are subject to the committee procedure referred to in that Decision. Following the interest expressed by Malta and Turkey, the IDA programme may be opened to participation by these countries in projects of common interest. Before the IDA programme has been opened up for full partici- pation to all candidate countries, the possibility for these countries to use at their own cost IDA generic services in order to implement a Community policy should be facilitated. This possibility should also be afforded to other non-member countries, under the same condi- tions. With a view to creating more flexibility in the annual budget allocation, a financial reference amount for the implementation of the Community action under Deci- sion No 1719/1999/EC for the period 2002 to 2004 should be introduced, with the annual appropriations being authorised by the budgetary authority within the limit of the financial perspective.