Amended proposal for a Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council modifying Decision No 163/2001/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 January 2001 on the implementation of a training programme for professionals in the European audiovisual programme industry (MEDIA-Training) (2001-2005) (presented by the Commission pursuant to Article 250 (2) of the EC Treaty)
Date: 2004-03-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU programme, audiovisual communications policy, audiovisual programme, in-service training, vocational training

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 

Brussels, 12.3.2004 
COM(2004) 176 final 

2003/0064 (COD) 

Amended proposal for a 

DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL 

modifying Decision No 163/2001/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 
19 January 2001 on the implementation of a training programme for professionals in the 
European audiovisual programme industry (MEDIA-Training) (2001-2005) 

(presented by the Commission pursuant to Article 250 (2) of the EC Treaty) 

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2003/0064 (COD) 

Amended proposal for a 

DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL 

modifying Decision No 163/2001/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 
19 January 2001 on the implementation of a training programme for professionals in the 
European audiovisual programme industry (MEDIA-Training) (2001-2005) 

1. 

BACKGROUND 

Proposal  forwarded  to  the  Council  and  European  Parliament  [COM  (2003)188  final- 
2003/0064 (COD) ]: 16 April 2003 

Opinion delivered by the European Economic and Social Committee: 24 September 2003. 

Opinion delivered by the Committee of the Regions: 9 October 2003. 

Opinion delivered by the European Parliament at first reading: 12 February 2004. 

2. 

AIMS OF THE COMMISSION’S PROPOSAL 

The “MEDIA Training” Programme, adopted by the Council on 19 January 2001 for a five-
year period with a budget of 50 M€ (EUR 15), will end on 31 December 2005. The purpose of 
this  proposal  for  a  Decision  is  to  extend  the  programme  unchanged  for  one  additional  year 
(2006).  A  budget  of  7.4  M€  is  proposed  for  this  one-year  extension,  taking  account  of  a 
Europe  of  25  Member  States.  This  amount  will  be  additional  to  the  current  50  M€  (thus  a 
budget of 57.4 M€). 

3. 

OBJECTIVE OF THE AMENDED PROPOSAL 

The  amended  proposal  adapts  the  original  proposal  by  taking  account  of  the  impact  of 
enlargement  for  the  years  2004  and  2005,  whereas  the  Commission  proposal  only  took 
account  of  enlargement  for  the  extension  for  the  year  2006.  This  will  clarify  the  budgetary 
framework for the remainder of the Programme. 

4. 

OPINION OF THE COMMISSION ON THE AMENDMENTS ADOPTED BY PARLIAMENT 

Two amendments were adopted in plenary session. 

Amendment  1  introduces  a  new  recital  2B  stating  the  requirement  for  the  Commission  to 
provide  a  full  and  detailed  assessment  report  on the “MEDIA  Training” Programme  not later 
than 31 December 2005 in order to allow the European Parliament and the Council to consider 
the proposal for a new programme for Community action in the audiovisual sector, announced 
for 2004 and planned to start in 2007. 

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Amendment  2  modifies  the  budget  proposed  by  the  Commission.  The  amount  of  57.4  M€  is 
replaced by an amount of 59.4 M€. The additional amount of 2 M€ is intended to take account 
of  the  impact  of  enlargement  for  2004  and  2005  (as  laid  down  in  the  Communication  of  the 
Commission COM (2003) 777).  

4.1 

Amendments accepted in full by the Commission 

In  a  spirit  of  compromise,  the  Commission  has  accepted  both  amendments  proposed  by  the 
Parliament.  The  Commission  intends  to  present  an  assessment  report  on  the  MEDIA 
programmes by 31 December 2005 as specified in the new recital, but considers that this in no 
way affects its right of initiative to present possible proposals for a new programme for the 
European  audiovisual  sector,  to  take  effect  upon  expiry  of  the  MEDIA  Plus  and  MEDIA 
Training Programmes, before that date and that the new recital is without prejudice to the duty 
of the other Institutions to examine any such proposal according to the provisions laid down 
in the Treaty. 

4.3 

Amended proposal 

In accordance with Article 250(2) of the EC Treaty, the Commission is amending its proposal 
as indicated above. 

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