Pour sa part, la Commission a soumis au Conseil une proposition de directive, datee du 22 janvier 1986, visant a garantir que les gouvernements des Etats membres n'autorisent que ce seuls systeme, afin d'eviter la proliferation en Europe de standards incompatibles, selon la triste experience de la rivalite PAL/SECAM.
On 22 January 1986 the Commission, for its part, transmitted to the Council a proposal for a directive seeking to ensure that no other system is authorized by the Governments of the Member States, in an effort to avoid the proliferation in Europe of incompatible standards following the unfortunate experiences resulting from the PAL/SECAM rivalry.