Decision No 1349/2008/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 amending Decision No 1719/2006/EC establishing the 'Youth in Action' programme for the period 2007 to 2013 (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2008-12-16
Institutions: Council of the European Union, European Parliament
Subjects: EU financing, EU programme, administrative formalities, aid recipient, disclosure of information, youth policy

24.12.2008

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DECISION No 1349/2008/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL

of 16 December 2008

amending Decision No 1719/2006/EC establishing the 'Youth in Action' programme for the period
2007 to 2013

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE
EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community, and in particular Article 149(4) thereof,

establishing the European

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

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

(4)

(5)

(6)

After consulting the Committee of the Regions,

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

laid down in

Yet these selection decisions mainly concern small grants
and do not
involve any politically sensitive decision
making.

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
Decision
taken
No
a
of
committee,

the
1719/2006/EC without

of
assistance

implementation

obligation

the

for

on

an

Whereas:

HAVE DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Decision No 1719/2006/EC of the European Parliament
and of the Council of 15 November 2006 (3) established
‘Youth
the
the
period 2007 to 2013.

programme

Action’

for

in

Article 10(2) of Decision No 1719/2006/EC stipulates
that measures necessary for the implementation of the
programme other than those listed in paragraph 1 are to
be adopted in accordance with the procedure referred to
in Article 9(3) of that Decision, namely in accordance
with
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).

established

procedure

advisory

the

This wording of Decision No 1719/2006/EC results in
particular in grant award decisions other than those
referred to in Article 10(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. 113.
(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. 30.
(4) OJ L 184, 17.7.1999, p. 23.

Article 1

Decision No 1719/2006/EC is amended as follows:

1. Article 9(3) shall be deleted.

2. Article 10(2) shall be replaced by the following:

‘2.
The Commission shall inform the Committee referred
to in Article 9 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
the decisions in question. This information shall
include
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.’

Article 2

The Commission shall report to the European Parliament and
the Council on the impact of this Decision by 25 June 2010.

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This Decision shall enter into force on the day following 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