Decision No 649/2005/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 April 2005 amending Decision No 1419/1999/EC establishing a Community action for the European Capital of Culture event for the years 2005 to 2019
Date: 2005-04-13
Institutions: Council of the European Union, European Parliament
Subjects: EU Member State, EU action, cultural event, cultural policy, town

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DECISION No 649/2005/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL

of 13 April 2005

amending Decision No 1419/1999/EC establishing a Community action for the European Capital of
Culture event for the years 2005 to 2019

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE
EUROPEAN UNION,

HAVE DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Com-
munity, and in particular Article 151 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Having regard to the opinion of
Regions (1),

the Committee of

the

Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in
Article 251 of the Treaty (2),

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Decision No 1419/1999/EC of the European Parliament
and of the Council of 25 May 1999 establishing a Com-
munity action for the European Capital of Culture event
for the years 2005 to 2019 (3) is geared towards high-
lighting the wealth, diversity and shared characteristics
of European cultures and towards contributing to
improving European citizens' mutual knowledge.

Annex I to Decision No 1419/1999/EC sets out the
chronological order
in accordance with which the
Member States can submit nominations for this event.
That Annex is limited to the Member States at the time
the Decision was adopted on 25 May 1999.

Article 6 of Decision No 1419/1999/EC states that that
decision may be revised, in particular with a view to the
future enlargement of the European Union.

In the light of the 2004 enlargement, it is important that
the new Member States should likewise be able within a
short period of
time to submit nominations in the
context of
the European Capital of Culture event,
without changing the order for the other Member States
so that, from 2009 onwards and until the end of the
current Community action, two capitals may be selected
each year in the Member States.

(5)

Decision No 1419/1999/EC should
amended,

therefore

be

Article 1

Decision No 1419/1999/EC is hereby amended as follows:

1. The following Recital shall be inserted:

‘(12a) Whereas account should be taken of the financial
consequences of this Decision in such a way as to
ensure that there is adequate and appropriate Com-
munity funding for the designation of two European
Capitals of Culture;’;

2. Article 2(1) shall be replaced by the following:

Cities in Member States shall be designated as Euro-
‘1.
pean Capital of Culture,
in turn, as set out on the list
contained in Annex I. Up until 2008 inclusive, the designa-
tion shall apply to one city of the Member State appearing
on the list. From 2009 onwards, the designation shall apply
to one city of each of the Member States appearing on the
list. The chronological order set out in Annex I may be
altered by mutual agreement between the Member States
concerned. Each Member State shall submit,
its
nomination of one or more cities to the European Parlia-
ment, the Council, the Commission and the Committee of
the Regions. This nomination shall be submitted no later
than four years before the event in question is due to begin
and may be accompanied by a recommendation from the
Member State concerned.’;

in turn,

3. Annex I shall be replaced by the text appearing in the

Annex to this Decision.

Article 2

This Decision shall enter into force on the twentieth day
following its publication in the Official Journal of the European
Union.

It shall apply from 1 May 2004.

Done at Strasbourg, 13 April 2005.

For the European Parliament

For the Council

The President

J. P. BORRELL FONTELLES

The President

N. SCHMIT

(1) OJ C 121, 30.4.2004, p. 15.
(2) Opinion of the European Parliament of 22 April 2004 (not yet
published in the Official
Journal), Council Common Position of
21 October 2004 (OJ C 25 E, 1.2.2005, p. 41) and Position of the
European Parliament of 22 February 2005 (not yet published in the
Official Journal).

(3) OJ L 166, 1.7.1999, p. 1.

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ORDER OF ENTITLEMENT TO NOMINATE A ‘EUROPEAN CAPITAL OF CULTURE’

ANNEX

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

Ireland

Greece (1)

Luxembourg

United Kingdom

Austria

Germany

Finland

Portugal

France

Sweden

Belgium

Spain

Denmark

Netherlands (1)

Italy

Lithuania

Hungary

Estonia

Slovenia

Slovakia

Latvia

Czech Republic

Poland

Cyprus

Malta

(1) The Culture/Audiovisual Council, at its meeting of 28 May 1998, noted the exchange of positions between Greece and the Nether-

lands in accordance with Article 2(1) of Decision No 1419/1999/EC.