Proposal for a Council Decision concerning the conclusion of a bilateral agreement between the Community and the Republic of Cyprus on the Republic of Cyprus' participation in a Community programme within the framework of Community audiovisual policy
Date: 1998-04-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Cyprus, EU programme, agreement (EU), audiovisual communications policy, bilateral agreement

28.5.98

EN

Official  Journal  of  the  European  Communities

C  162/5

II

(Preparatory  Acts)

COMMISSION

Proposal  for  a  Council  Decision  concerning  the  conclusion  of  a  bilateral  agreement  between  the
Community  and  the  Republic  of  Cyprus  on  the  Republic  of  Cyprus’  participation  in  a
Community  programme  within  the  framework  of  Community  audiovisual  policy

(98/C  162/06)

COM(1998)  242  final  -  98/0138(CNS)

(Submitted  by  the  Commission  on  29  April  1998)

THE  COUNCIL  OF  THE  EUROPEAN  UNION,

Having  regard  to  the  Treaty  establishing  the  European
Community,  and  in  particular  Article  127(4)  and  Article
130(3), 
first
in 
paragraph,  thereof,

conjunction  with  Article  228(3), 

Having  regard  to  the  proposal  from  the  Commission,

Whereas  the  Republic  of  Cyprus  has  ratified  the  Council
of  Europe  Convention  on  Transfrontier  Television,
which  constitutes  an  important  step  in  the  process  of
legislative  alignment;

Whereas  the  Comission  has  negotiated,  on  behalf  of  the
European  Community,  an  agreement 
the
Republic  of  Cyprus  to  participate  in  this  programme;

to  enable 

Having 
Parliament,

regard 

to 

the  opinion  of 

the  European

Whereas  this  Agreement  should  be  approved,

Whereas  the  Resolution  of  the  EU/Cyprus  Association
Council  of  12  June  1995  established  certain  elements  of  a
pre(cid:220)accession  strategy  which  include  the  participation  of
the  Republic  of  Cyprus  in  Community  programmes;

Whereas  pursuant  to  Council  Decision  95/563/EC(cid:216)(˛)  of
10  July  1995  and  Council  Decision  95/564/EC(cid:216)(ˇ)  of
the  Community  established  a
22  December  1995, 
programme 
and
distribution  of  European  audiovisual  works  and  a
training  programme  for  professionals  in  the  European
audiovisual  programme 
together
called  the  "MEDIA  II  programme’);

industry  (hereinafter 

development 

encouraging 

the 

the  abovementioned  decisions  provide, 

Whereas 
in
Articles  6  and  5  respectively,  that  this  programme  shall
be  open  to  the  participation  of  the  Republic  of  Cyprus;

Whereas  a  successful  cooperation  in  this  field  implies  a
general  commitment  by  the  Contracting  Parties  to  make
complementary 
the  European
to 
dimension  in  the  audiovisual  sector;

stimulate 

efforts 

HAS  DECIDED  AS  FOLLOWS:

Article  1

The  Agreement  between  the  European  Community  and
the  Republic  of  Cyprus  concerning  the  participation  of
the  Republic  of  Cyprus  in  the  MEDIA  II  programme  is
hereby  approved  on  behalf  of  the  European  Community.

The  text  of  the  Agreement  is  attached  to  this  Decision.

Article  2

The  Commission  shall  represent  the  Community  in  the
Joint  Committee  provided  for 
the
Agreement.

in  Article  6  of 

Article  3

The  President  of  the  Council  shall,  on  behalf  of  the
in
Community,  give 
Article  14  of  the  Agreement.

the  notification  provided 

for 

(˛)(cid:217)OJ  L  321  of  30.12.1995,  p.  25.
(ˇ)(cid:217)OJ  L  321  of  30.12.1995,  p.  33.

This  Decision  shall  be  published  in  the  Official  Journal  of
the  European  Communities.

Article  4