COUNCIL RESOLUTION of 27 April 1989 on standardization in the field of information technology and telecommunications (89/C 117/01)

THE COUNCIL HEREBY INVITES: - the Member States:

to nominate without delay the national standardization bodies which will participate in the procedures for the adoption of ETSI (European Telecommunication Standard Institute) standards in so far as they have not yet done so;

- ETSI and Cen-Cenelec : (European Committee for Standardization - European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization): (a) to quickly conclude a cooperation agreement within the ITSTC (Information Technology Steering Committee) framework;

(b) to consult with a view to forming a single European standardization in which each of the present standardization bodies would preserve its individual identity,

- the administrations, the public network operators, the industry, research institutes and users who are members of ETSI: (a) to make available to ETSI the experts required to carry out its programme of work;

(b) to ensure that any pre-standardization and standardization work is carried out at a common level from the earliest possible stage in the work,

- the Commission: (a) to contribute to the coherent development of ETSI and lend it its support, in particular in the programme of work related to the Community telecommunications policy;

(b) to report to it as and when necessary on the operation and progress made by ETSI (1).

(1) The proceedings of CEN-Cenelec are the subject of Commission reports in accordance with Council Decision 87/95/EEC of 22 December 1986 on standardization in the field of information technology and telecommunications (OJ No L 36, 7.2.1987, p. 31).