Face a un projet de standard mondial d'origine japonaise pour la television dite de "haute definition", c'est-a-dire des equipements de production, de transmission et des televiseurs dont la qualite signifiera une veritable revolution technique et industrielle, la Commission europeenne, les industriels, les Administrations nationales et les principaux utilisateurs dans la Communaute se preparent a une riposte europeenne sur la scene mondiale.
In the face of a proposal for a Japanese world standard for so- called "high-definition" television (i.e., production, transmitting and television-receiving equipment of such a quality as to engender a veritable technical and industrial revolution), the Commission of the European Communities, the manufacturers, national authorities and principal users in the Community are preparing to launch a European counteroffensive on an international scale.
