It is against this background that the Commission has just approved for submission to the Council a proposal for a programme of Research and Development in Advanced Communication Technologies in Europe, known as the RACE Main Programme, which follows on the RACE Definition Phase adopted in July 1985 and due to expire at the end of this year.
Dans ce contexte, la Commission vient d'approuver, en vue de la presenter au Conseil, une proposition de programme de recherche et developpement sur les technologies de pointe dans le domaine des telecommunications en Europe, connu sous le nom de programme principal RACE (Research and Development in Advanced Communication Technologies in Europe) qui fait suite a la phase de definition de RACE adoptee en juillet 1985 et qui arrive a expiration a la fin de cette annee.