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FP5 user-friendly information society programme

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    1999/168/EC. English PDF, 20 pages. Official publication edition corresponding to this record.

    Source: Council of the European Union. Retrieved 2026-09-10.

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Official metadata

Official title
1999/168/EC: Council Decision of 25 January 1999 adopting a specific programme for research, technological development and demonstration on a user-friendly information society (1998 to 2002)
Official reference
1999/168/EC
Document type
Decision
Document date
1999-01-25
Document date kind
Official act date
Document-date evidence
Office for Official Publications of the European Communities · Act heading and Done at Brussels clause, PDF pages 1 and 4 — Official act date 25 January 1999.
Publication date
1999-03-12
Publication-date evidence
Office for Official Publications of the European Communities · OJ mastheads, L 64/20–39, 12.3.1999 — Official Journal publication on 12 March 1999.
Version label
Original Official Journal act
Legal status
In force
Legal-status evidence
Publications Office of the European Union · Current document information/status block: In force — Current official status is retained without interpreting programme completion as expiry.
Language
en

Research classifications

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Record level
Principal
Version status
Final
Temporal collection
Historical lineage
Relevance class
AI-related precursor
Policy stage
Implementation
Corpus tier
Directly related
Sectors
  • Health
  • Education
  • Media and culture
  • Research and innovation
Policy membership

    Classification evidence

    Production provenance

    Provenance tags
    • Authored by an EU institution
    • Officially published
    Named bibliographic authors
    None recorded after review
    Institutions and roles

    Official sources and identifiers

    CELEX
    31999D0168
    ELI
    http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/1999/168(1)/oj
    OJ reference
    OJ L 64, 12.3.1999, pp. 20–39
    • Official source · Publisher/host: Publications Office of the European Union
    • Official source · Publisher/host: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities

    Research assessment

    Inclusion rationale
    Dedicated research priorities fund intelligent medical systems, language understanding, knowledge extraction, intelligent assistants and learner modelling. These substantial precursor provisions document the transition from earlier European information-technology programmes toward later AI research priorities.
    Researcher notes
    Original specific-programme decision, separate from the FP5 framework. EUR-Lex currently labels it In force; the programme's 2002 completion does not establish legal expiry or repeal. Relevance and sector tags are editorial classifications supported by Annex II.
    Review status
    verified

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    Verification

    Expanded evidence review
    Verified
    Reviewed by
    Yichen Hao
    Evidence review date
    2026-09-06T00:51:04.811+01:00

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    • Last verified: 2026-09-06T00:51:04.811+01:00 · Complete official English HTML retrieved with public unauthenticated Node fetch (HTTP 200). Identity block confirms CELEX 31999D0168, ELI, OJ L 64 of 12 March 1999, pages 20–39 and current status In force. Programme duration is not interpreted as repeal.
    • Last verified: 2026-09-06T00:51:04.811+01:00 · Complete 20-page English original OJ act retrieved successfully (HTTP 200) and parsed in memory. OJ masthead and heading establish 12 March publication and 25 January 1999 act date. Annex II health, language, media and learner-modelling provisions reviewed. Bytes hashed but not archived.

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