# Decision (EU) 2015/2240 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2015 establishing a programme on interoperability solutions and common frameworks for European public administrations, businesses and citizens (ISA2 programme) as a means for modernising the public sector (Text with EEA relevance), Article 4: General principles

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

Actions launched or continued under the ISA2 programme shall:
(a) be based on utility and driven by identified needs and programme objectives;
(b) comply with the following principles:
subsidiarity and proportionality,
user-centricity,
inclusion and accessibility,
delivery of public services in such a way as to prevent digital divide,
security, respect for privacy and data protection,
multilingualism,
administrative simplification and modernisation,
transparency,
preservation of information,
openness,
re-usability and avoidance of duplication,
technological neutrality, solutions which, insofar as possible, are future-proof, and adaptability,
effectiveness and efficiency;
(c) be flexible, extensible and applicable to other business or policy areas; and
(d) demonstrate financial, organisational and technical sustainability.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2015/2240/article/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2015-2240/article-4
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