Corrigendum to Decision No 846/2004/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 amending Council Decision 2000/821/EC on the implementation of a programme to encourage the development, distribution and promotion of European audiovisual works (MEDIA Plus – Development, Distribution and Promotion) (2001-2005) (OJ L 157, 30.4.2004)
Date: 2004-06-02
Institutions: Council of the European Union, European Parliament
Subjects: EU programme, European audiovisual area, audiovisual communications policy, audiovisual programme, cultural transmission, financial aid

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Official Journal of the European Union

2.6.2004

Corrigendum to Decision No 846/2004/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004
amending Council Decision 2000/821/EC on the implementation of a programme to encourage the
development, distribution and promotion of European audiovisual works (MEDIA Plus – Development,
Distribution and Promotion) (2001-2005)

(Official Journal of the European Union L 157 of 30 April 2004)

Decision No 846/2004/EC should read as follows:

DECISION No 846/2004/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL
of 29 April 2004
amending Council Decision 2000/821/EC on the implementation of a programme to encourage
the development, distribution and promotion of European audiovisual works
(MEDIA Plus – Development, distribution and promotion) (2001 to 2005)

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE
EUROPEAN UNION,

(3)

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Commu-
nity, and in particular Article 157(3) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

It is also essential that the Commission provide a full and
detailed assessment report on the MEDIA Plus Programme
not later than 31 December 2005, in time for the legisla-
tive authority to be able to consider the proposal for a new
Media Plus Programme planned to start in 2007, and so
that the budgetary authority can evaluate the need for a
new financial framework,

Having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and
Social Committee (1),

HAVE DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

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),

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

By Decision 2000/821/EC (4) the Council established the
Media Plus programme, which encourages the develop-
ment, distribution and promotion of European audiovisual
works, to run from 1 January 2001 to 31 December 2005.

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 157 of the Treaty.

(1) OJ C 10, 14.1.2004, p. 8.
(2) OJ C 23, 27.1.2004, p. 24.
(3) Opinion of

the European Parliament of 12 February 2004
(not yet published in the Official Journal) and Council Decision of
26 April 2004.

(4) OJ L 336, 30.12.2000, p. 82.

Article 1

Decision 2000/821/EC is hereby amended as follows:

1.

2.

In Article 1(1), ‘31 December 2005’ is replaced by ‘31 Decem-
ber 2006’.

In Article 5(2), the reference amount of EUR 350 million
shall be replaced by EUR 453,60 million,
including the
adjustment to take account of enlargement, following the
revision of the financial perspective.

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 April 2004.

For the European Parliament
The President
P. COX

For the Council
The President
M. McDOWELL