Article 8 Implementation rules

In the implementation of the ISA programme due consideration shall be given to the European Interoperability Strategy and the European Interoperability Framework.

Involvement of the largest possible number of Member States in a study or project shall be encouraged. A study or project shall be open for accession at any stage, and Member States not involved in a study or project shall be encouraged to join at a later stage.

In order to ensure interoperability between national and Community systems, common frameworks, common services and generic tools shall be specified with reference to existing European standards or publicly available or open specifications for information exchange and service integration.

The establishment or improvement of solutions shall, where appropriate, build on or be accompanied by the sharing of experience and the exchange and promotion of good practices.

In order to avoid duplication and to speed up the establishment of solutions, results achieved by other relevant Community and Member State initiatives shall be taken into account, where appropriate.

In order to maximise synergies and ensure complementary and combined efforts, actions shall, where appropriate, be coordinated with other relevant Community initiatives.

The initiation of actions, the definition of the phases of such actions and the establishment of project charters and execution reports shall be carried out and monitored by the Commission as part of the implementation of the rolling work programme established in accordance with Article 9.