DECISION NO 845 /2004/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL OF 29 APRIL 2004 AMENDING DECISION NO 163/2001/EC ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A TRAINING PROGRAMME FOR PROFESSIONALS IN THE EUROPEAN AUDIOVISUAL PROGRAMME INDUSTRY (MEDIA-TRAINING) (2001- 2005)
Date: 2004-04-29
Institutions: Council of the European Union, European Parliament
Subjects: EU programme, audiovisual communications policy, audiovisual programme, in-service training, vocational training

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(Acts whose publication is obligatory) 

DECISION No 845 /2004/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE 

COUNCIL 

of 29 April 2004 

amending Decision No 163/2001/EC on the implementation  

of a training programme for professionals in the  

European audiovisual programme industry  

(MEDIA-Training) (2001-2005) 

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, 

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 150(4) 

thereof, 

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission , 

Having regard to the Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee 1, 

Having regard to the Opinion of the Committee of the Regions 2,  

Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 251 of the Treaty 3, 

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OJ C 10, 14.1.2004, p. 8. 
OJ C 23, 27.1.2004, p. 24. 
Opinion of the European Parliament of 12 February 2004 (not yet published in the Official 
Journal) and Council Decision of 26 April 2004. 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                                                 
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Whereas: 

(1) 

By Decision No 163/2001/EC 1 the European Parliament and the Council established the 

MEDIA-Training programme, which is a training programme for professionals in the 

European audiovisual programme industry, to run from 1 January 2001 to 

31 December 2005. 

(2) 

It is essential to ensure the continuity of Community policy for the support of the European 

audiovisual sector having regard to the objectives followed by the Community under 

Article 150 of the Treaty. 

(3) 

It is also essential that the Commission provide a full and detailed assessment report on the 

MEDIA-Training Programme not later than 31 December 2005, in time for the legislative 

authority to be able to consider the proposal for a new MEDIA-Training Programme 

planned to start in 2007, and so that the budgetary authority can evaluate the need for a new 

financial framework, 

HAVE DECIDED AS FOLLOWS: 

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OJ L 26, 27.1.2001, p. 1.  Decision as amended by Decision No     /2004/EC (OJ L .., p.  ). 

 
 
 
 
 
                                                 
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Decision No 163/2001/EC is hereby amended as follows:  

(1) 

In Article 1, "31 December 2005" shall be replaced by "31 December 2006". 

(2) 

In Article 4(5), the financial framework set at EUR 52 million shall be replaced by 
EUR 59,4 million, in accordance with Decision No .../2004 * of the European Parliament and 

of the Council, amending the reference amounts, in order to take account of the enlargement 

of the European Union. 

Article 2 

This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the 

European Union. 

Done at Strasbourg, 29.4.2004 

For the European Parliament 

The President 

P. COX 

For the Council 

 The President 

M. McDOWELL 

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Note to OJ: Insert here the references of the Decision referred to in the footnote on page 2.