6. 8. 92 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 221/55 COMMISSION DECISION of 15 July 1992 amending the lists of standards institutions annexed to Council Directive 89/189/EEC (92/400/EEC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Having regard to Council Directive 83/189/EEC of 28 March 1983 laying down a procedure for the provision of information in the field of technical standards and regulations (), as last amended by Commission Decision 90/230/EEC (3), Having regard to the opinion of the Standing Committee set up by Article 5 of that Directive, Whereas the Commission, in its 1987 Green Paper on telecommunications, recommended a substantial increase in standardization activity in the Community, in parti- cular by means of the creation of a European standardiza- tion body in the telecommunications field ; Whereas the PTT authorities of the countries of the Euro- pean Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations (CEPT) acted on this recommendation from the Commission in March 1988 by setting up ETSI (European Telecommunications Standards Institute), a non-profit-making association under French law; Whereas the set of rules of the procedure adopted by the ETSI General Assembly on 21 November 1990, on 7 March 1991 and on 3 April 1992 designed to ensure its smooth functioning as a European standardization body after the start-up phase; Whereas the Member States responded positively to the Council resolution of 27 April 1989 on standardization in the field of information technology and telecommunica- () OJ No L 109, 26. 4. 1983, p. 8. () OJ No L 128, 18. 5. 1990, p. 15. tions (%), and in particular to the call for national standar- dization bodies to be nominated without delay to take part in the procedure for the adoption of ETSI standards ; Whereas CEN, Cenelec and ETSI responded favourably to this resolution, in particular by setting up a Joint Presi- dents Group of CEN, Cenelec and ETSI in December 1989, signing a general agreement on cooperation between the three bodies in June 1990, and defining the terms of reference for collaboration within the ITSTC (Information Technology Steering Committee), HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION : Article 1 The lists annexed to Directive 83/189/EEC are hereby replaced by the lists annexed to this Decision. Article 2 This Decision is addressed to the Member States. Done at Brussels, 15 July 1992. For the Commission Martin BANGEMANN Vice-President () OJ No C 117, 11. 5. 1989, p. 1.