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COUNCIL DECISION
of 31 March 1992
in the field of security of information systems

Article 6

1. The procedure laid down in Article 7 shall apply to: - measures relating to Community policy in the field of the security of information systems;

2. The procedure laid down in Article 8 shall apply to:

• the preparation and updating of the action plan referred to in Article 5;
• the contents of the calls for proposals, the assessment of proposals and the estimated amount of the Community's contribution to measures where this amount exceeds ECU 200 000;
• the cooperation in any activity under this Decision of non-Community organizations;
• arrangements for the dissemination, protection and exploitation of the results of the measures;
• the measures to be undertaken to evaluate the action.

3. Where the amount of the Community contribution to the measures is less than, or equal to, ECU 200 000, the Commission shall consult the Committee on the measures to be taken and inform the Committee of the outcome of its assessment.

Article 7

The representative of the Commission shall submit to the Committee a draft of the measures to be taken. The Committee shall deliver its opinion on the draft, within a time limit which the Chairman may lay down according to the urgency of the matter, if necessary by taking a vote.

The opinion shall be recorded in the minutes; in addition, each Member State shall have the right to ask to have its position recorded in the minutes.

The Commission shall take the utmost account of the opinion delivered by the Committee. It shall inform the Committee of the manner in which its opinion has been taken into account.

Article 8

The representative of the Commission shall submit to the Committee a draft of the measures to be taken. The Committee shall deliver its opinion on the draft within a time limit which the Chairman may lay down according to the urgency of the matter. The opinion shall be delivered by the majority laid down in Article 148 (2) of the Treaty in the case of decisions which the Council is required to adopt on a proposal from the Commission. The votes of the representatives of the Member States within the Committee shall be weighted in the manner set out in that Article. The Chairman shall not vote.

The Commission shall adopt the measures envisaged if they are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee.

If the measures envisaged are not in accordance with the opinion of the Committee, of if no opinion is delivered, the Commission shall, without delay, submit to the Council a proposal relating to the measures to be taken. The Council shall act by a qualified majority.

If, on the expiry of a period of three months from the date of referral to it the Council has not acted, the proposed measures shall be adopted by the Commission, save where the Council has decided against the said measures by a simple majority.

Done at Brussels, 31 March 1992. For the Council

The President
Vitor MARTINS

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