Decision No 1357/2008/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 amending Decision No 1720/2006/EC establishing an action programme in the field of lifelong learning (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2008-12-16
Institutions: Council of the European Union, European Parliament
Subjects: EU programme, action programme, continuing education, continuing vocational training, economic and social cohesion, education, vocational training

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DECISIONS ADOPTED JOINTLY BY THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE
COUNCIL

DECISION No 1357/2008/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL

of 16 December 2008

amending Decision No 1720/2006/EC establishing an action programme in the field of lifelong
learning

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE
EUROPEAN UNION,

(4)

establishing the European
Having regard to the Treaty
Community, and in particular Articles 149(4) and 150(4)
thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

(5)

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

After consulting the Committee of the Regions,

These procedural requirements add two to three months
to the process of awarding grants to applicants. They
cause many delays for recipients, place a disproportionate
burden on the programme’s administration and provide
no added value given the nature of the grants awarded.

procedure with

In order to allow selection decisions to be implemented
more quickly and efficiently, it is necessary to replace the
advisory
the
Commission to inform the European Parliament and
the Member States without delay about any measures
of Decision No
implementation
taken
1720/2006/EC without the assistance of a committee,

obligation

the

for

on

an

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

laid down in

HAVE DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Decision No 1720/2006/EC of the European Parliament
and of the Council of 15 November 2006 (3) established
the action programme in the field of lifelong learning for
the period 2007 to 2013.

implementation of

Article 9(2) of Decision No 1720/2006/EC stipulates that
measures necessary for
the
the
programme other than those listed in paragraph 1 are
to be adopted in accordance with the procedure referred
to in Article 10(3) of
that Decision, namely in
accordance with the advisory procedure established by
Council Decision 1999/468/EC of 28 June 1999 laying
down the procedures for the exercise of implementing
powers conferred on the Commission (4).

This wording of Decision No 1720/2006/EC results in
particular in selection decisions other than those referred
to in Article 9(1) of that Decision being subject to the
advisory procedure and to the European Parliament’s
right of scrutiny.

(1) OJ C 224, 30.8.2008, p. 115.
(2) Opinion of the European Parliament of 2 September 2008 (not yet
and Council Decision of

Journal)

published in the Official
20 November 2008.

(3) OJ L 327, 24.11.2006, p. 45.
(4) OJ L 184, 17.7.1999, p. 23.

Article 1

Decision No 1720/2006/EC is amended as follows:

1. Article 9(2) shall be replaced by the following:

‘2.
The Commission shall inform the Committee referred
to in Article 10 and the European Parliament of all other
selection decisions it has taken for the implementation of
this Decision within two working days of the adoption of
include
the decisions in question. This information shall
descriptions and an analysis of the applications received, a
description of the assessment and selection procedure, and
lists of both the projects proposed for funding and those
rejected.’;

2. Article 10(3) shall be deleted.

Article 2

The Commission shall report to the European Parliament and to
the Council on the impact of this Decision by 30 June 2010.

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

Article 3

Done at Strasbourg, 16 December 2008.

For the European Parliament
The President

H.-G. PÖTTERING

For the Council
The President

B. LE MAIRE