No L 200/46 Official Journal of the European Communities 13.7.89 COUNCIL DECISION of 20 June 1989 instituting a specific programme for the research and development of statistical expert systems ' (Doses) (89/415/EEC) THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 130 q (2) thereof, - Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1), In cooperation with the European Parliament (2)', Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (3), Whereas “Article 130k of the Treaty states that the framework programme is to be implemented through specific programmes developed within each activity; Whereas statistical information can be of use in defining and monitoring economic activity and expansion, one of the tasks assigned to the Community in Article 2 of the Treaty; Whereas; in its Decision 87/516/Euratom, EEC concerning the framework programme for-Community activities in the field of research and technological development (1987 to 1991)(*) as amended by Decision 88/193/EEC, Euratom (%), the Council approved -the development of statistical tools:as the objective of the work on ‘forecasting and assessment and other back-up measures (including statistics)’; Whereas it is necessary to encourage enterprises to which such™ an initiative is of relevance, research centres and universities in their research-and technological development activities and to support their efforts to cooperate with one another; - Whereas it is desirable to promote basic or-applied research whose - value for the development of  statistics is unquestionable but- whose short-term- viability is uncertain; (1) OJ No C 203, 4. 8. 1988, p. S. (3) O] No C 47, 27. 2. 1989, p. 80 and O] No C 158, 26. 6. 1989. (* OJ No C 56, 6. 3. 1989, p. 8. (4) O] No L 302, 24. 10. 1987, p. 1. (%) O] No L 89, 6. 4.-1988, p. 35. Whereas coordination between Member States makes it possible to limit incompatibilities, overlapping and redundancy; Whereas it is desirable to further exchanges and transfers of knowledge on statistical expert systems between the Member States; Whereas, in the present state of development of information - systems and in particular statistical systems, thé development of statistical tools appears a useful and indeed essential aid to the optimum use of information; Whereas the enhancement of statistical tools will enable - work productivity to be increased; Whereas it is desirable for statistical information to become more widely used by making access to it easier; Whereas Decision 87/516/Euratom, EEC stipulates that a particular aim of Community research must be to strengthen the scientific and technological basis of European industry, particularly in strategic sectors of advanced technology, and to encourage industry by making it more competitive at the international level, and whereas the same Decision also lays down that- Community action is justified if it contributes, among other things, to the strengthening of the Community’s economic and social cohesion and the promotion of its overall harmonious development, while at the same time . being consistent with the pursuit of scientific and technical- excellence; whereas the Doses programme is planned to contribute to the pursuit of these objectives; Whereas the Scientific and Technical Research Committee (CREST) has been consulted, HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION: Article 1 A specific programme on research into and the development - of statistical expert systems (Doses) for the European Economic Community as defined in Annex I is hereby adopted for a period of four years starting on 27 June 1989.