Statistics on the trading of goods between Member States: computer networks between administrations, EDICOM 1996-1999

OBJECTIVE: to establish a multiannual action to ensure a satisfactory level of information on the trading of goods between Member States through increased use of automatic data processing and electronic data transmission. COMMUNITY MEASURE: Council Decision 96/715/EC on inter-administration telematic networks for statistics relating to the trading of goods between Member States (EDICOM). SUBSTANCE: the EDICOM project seeks to facilitate the implementation of the INTRASTAT regulation for the collection, processing and dissemination of statistics on trading of goods between Member States through increased use of telematic networks and encouraging the exchange of data between businesses, national and Community authorities. The project comes within the priorities selected for the guidelines on transeuropean telecommunications networks. This multiannual project lasts for three years (1996-1999) and should enable the development of harmonized data and procedures through the use of standardized electronic forms and should help to ease the task of businesses to provide information. The total funding for the implementation of EDICOM is ECU 30 million for the whole period. ENTRY INTO FORCE: 09/12/1996 �