2007/324/EC: Council Decision of 7 May 2007 on the practical and procedural arrangements with a view to the nomination by the Council of the two members of the selection panel and the monitoring and advisory panel for the European Capital of Culture Community action
Date: 2007-05-07
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: EU action, European cultural event, appointment of staff, capital city, cultural promotion

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COUNCIL DECISION

of 7 May 2007

on the practical and procedural arrangements with a view to the nomination by the Council of the
two members of the selection panel and the monitoring and advisory panel for the ‘European
Capital of Culture’ Community action

(2007/324/EC)

is to be
States hosting a European Capital of Culture that
selected or monitored during the term of office of
the
members of the panel shall be excluded from the draw. A list
of Member States concerned, based on the order of entitlement
to nominate a European Capital of Culture in accordance with
is set out in the
the Annex to Decision No 1622/2006/EC,
Annex to this Decision. Additionally,
to ensure the widest
possible geographical distribution of Member States recom-
mending experts, Member States that recommended experts
for the previous period shall be excluded from the draw.

2.
The first two Member States to be drawn shall be selected.
Each of these two Member States shall recommend the nomi-
nation of one independent expert with substantial experience
and expertise in the cultural sector, in the cultural development
of cities or in the organisation of a European Capital of Culture.

3.
On the basis of the recommendations of the two selected
Member States and following due scrutiny of the recommended
candidates, the Council shall nominate the two experts who are
to form part of the selection panel and the monitoring and
advisory panel for a period of three years.

4.
In case of the death or resignation of a panel expert, the
Member State that recommended the expert in question shall
recommend the nomination of a replacement for the remainder
of the term of office. The procedure referred to in paragraph 3
shall apply.

Article 3

This Decision shall take effect on the day of its publication in
the Official Journal of the European Union.

Done at Brussels, 7 May 2007.

For the Council
The President

H. SEEHOFER

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Decision No 1622/2006/EC of the European
Parliament and of the Council of 24 October 2006 establishing
a Community action for the European Capital of Culture event
for the years 2007 to 2019 (1), and in particular Articles 6 and
10 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Articles 6 and 10 of Decision No 1622/2006/EC provide
that a selection panel and a monitoring and advisory
panel are to be established and that these panels are to
include seven members nominated by the European insti-
two of whom are to be nominated by the
tutions,
Council.

the Council

is appropriate for

It
to decide on the
practical and procedural arrangements for the nomi-
nation of the two members of these two panels by the
Council.

These arrangements should be fair, non-discriminatory
and transparent,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The Council shall decide on the nomination of two members of
the selection panel and the monitoring and advisory panel in
accordance with the practical and procedural arrangements laid
down in Article 2.

Article 2

1.
A draw shall be organised among all Member States. The
participation of Member States in the draw shall be voluntary.
However, to minimise the risk of a conflict of interest, Member

(1) OJ L 304, 3.11.2006, p. 1.

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ANNEX

Foreseeable meetings of the selection panel and the monitoring and advisory panel

Selection panel meetings (1)

Monitoring and advisory panel
meetings (2)

PANEL 2007-2009

PANEL 2010-2012

Finland (2011)
Estonia (2011) (3)
France (2013)
Slovakia (2013)
Portugal (2012)
Slovenia (2012)
Sweden (2014)
Latvia (2014)
Belgium (2015)
Czech Republic (2015)

Belgium (2015)
Czech Republic (2015)
Spain (2016)
Poland (2016)
Denmark (2017)
Cyprus (2017)
Netherlands (2018)
Malta (2018)

PANEL 2013-2015

Italy (2019)
Bulgaria (2019) (4)

Germany (2010)
Hungary (2010)
Finland (2011)
Estonia (2011)
Portugal (2012)
Slovenia (2012)

Finland (2011)
Estonia (2011)
Portugal (2012)
Slovenia (2012)
France (2013)
Slovakia (2013)
Sweden (2014)
Latvia (2014)
Belgium (2015)
Czech Republic (2015)

Sweden (2014)
Latvia (2014)
Belgium (2015)
Czech Republic (2015)
Spain (2016)
Poland (2016)
Denmark (2017)
Cyprus (2017)
Netherlands (2018)
Malta (2018)

(1) Two selection meetings per country: pre-selection no later than five years before the event, final selection nine months later.
(2) Two monitoring meetings per country: no later than two years before the event, no later than eight months before the event.
(3) The Council experts for the selection of
the European Capitals of Culture for 2011 were appointed by the Council on 13

November 2006 in accordance with Decision No 1419/1999/EC.

(4) Order of entitlement after 2019 not known.