2008/629/EC: Commission Decision of 12 June 2008 amending Decision 2005/56/EC setting up the Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency for the management of Community action in the fields of education, audiovisual and culture in application of Council Regulation (EC) No 58/2003
Date: 2008-06-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU office or agency, action programme, audiovisual communications policy, cultural policy, education policy, vocational training

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COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 12 June 2008

amending Decision 2005/56/EC setting up the Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency
for the management of Community action in the fields of education, audiovisual and culture in
application of Council Regulation (EC) No 58/2003

(2008/629/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(2)

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 58/2003 of
19 December 2002 laying down the statute for executive
agencies to be entrusted with certain tasks in the management
of Community programmes (1), and in particular Article 3(1)
thereof,

(3)

Whereas:

Following Article 4(3) of Decision 2005/56/EC,
the
Agency may be empowered by the Commission, after
receiving the opinion of the Committee for Executive
Agencies, to carry out further tasks of the same type
under Community programmes
fields of
education, audiovisual and culture.

in the

the
The mandate of
the Agency should also cover
management and the closure of projects under
the
training programme for professionals in the European
audiovisual programme industry MEDIA II — Training
(1996-2000),
Decision
95/564/EC (6); and the programme encouraging the deve­
lopment and distribution of European audiovisual works
MEDIA II — Development and distribution (1996-2000),
approved by Council Decision 95/563/EC (7).

approved

Council

by

(1)

4(1)

Article

European

audiovisual

Commission

Under
Decision
of
2005/56/EC (2), the Education, Audiovisual and Culture
Executive Agency (hereinafter referred to as the Agency)
has been entrusted with the management of certain
strands of Community programmes in the fields of
education, audiovisual and culture, and in particular
with the management of the support programme for
the
sector MEDIA 2007
(2007-13), established by Decision No 1718/2006/EC
the
of
programme to encourage the development of European
audiovisual works, MEDIA Plus — Development, Distri­
bution and Promotion (2001-06), established by Council
Decision 2000/821/EC (4),
training
programme for professionals of the European audiovisual
programme industry MEDIA-Training (2001-06), estab­
lished by Decision No 163/2001/EC of the European
Parliament and of the Council (5).

the Council (3),

and with

Parliament

and

the

the

of

(1) OJ L 11, 16.1.2003, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 24, 27.1.2005, p. 35. Decision as amended by Decision

2007/114/EC (OJ L 49, 17.2.2007, p. 21).

(3) OJ L 327, 24.11.2006, p. 12.
(4) OJ L 336, 30.12.2000, p. 82. Decision as last amended by Regu­

lation (EC) No 885/2004 (OJ L 168, 1.5.2004, p. 1).

(5) OJ L 26, 27.1.2001, p. 1. Decision as last amended by Regulation

(EC) No 885/2004.

(4)

Decision 2005/56/EC should consequently be amended.

(5)

The provisions set out by this Decision are in accordance
with the opinion of
the Committee for Executive
Agencies,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Sole Article

In Decision 2005/56/EC the following points 29 and 30 shall
be added to Article 4(1):

‘29.

training programme

the
in the
European audiovisual programme industry (MEDIA II
— Training)
established by Council
Decision 95/564/EC (*);

for professionals

(1996-2000),

(6) OJ L 321, 30.12.1995, p. 33.
(7) OJ L 321, 30.12.1995, p. 25.

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30. the programme encouraging the development and distribution of European audiovisual works
(1996-2000), established by Council Decision

(MEDIA II — Development and distribution)
95/563/EC (**).

___________
(*) OJ L 321, 30.12.1995, p. 33.
(**) OJ L 321, 30.12.1995, p. 25.’

Done at Brussels, 12 June 2008.

For the Commission

Viviane REDING
Member of the Commission