Decision No 1352/2008/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 amending Decision No 1855/2006/EC establishing the Culture Programme (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, cultural policy, disclosure of information

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DECISION No 1352/2008/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL

of 16 December 2008

amending Decision No 1855/2006/EC establishing the Culture Programme (2007 to 2013)

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE
EUROPEAN UNION,

advisory procedure and to the European Parliament's
right of scrutiny.

Having regard to the Treaty
Community, and in particular Article 151(5),
thereof,

establishing the European
indent,

first

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

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

Having regard to the opinion of the Committee of the Regions,

Acting in accordance with the procedure
Article 251 of the Treaty (1),

laid down in

Whereas:

(4)

(5)

(6)

Yet these selection decisions mainly concern projects of
limited duration whose life cycle is incompatible with
lengthy decision-making procedures and do not involve
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

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

1855/2006/EC without

taken for

obligation

assistance

the

an

of

Decision No 1855/2006/EC of the European Parliament
and of the Council of 12 December 2006 (2) established
the Culture programme for the period 2007 to 2013.

HAVE DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

(1)

(2)

implementation of

Article 8(3) of Decision No 1855/2006/EC stipulates that
the
the
measures necessary for
programme other than those listed in paragraph 2 are
to be adopted in accordance with the procedure referred
to in Article 9(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 (3).

(3)

This wording of Decision No 1855/2006/EC results in
particular in selection decisions other than those referred
to in Article 8(2) of that Decision being subject to the

(1) Opinion of the European Parliament of 2 September 2008 (not yet
and Council Decision of

Journal)

published in the Official
20 November 2008.

Article 1

Decision No 1855/2006/EC is amended as follows:

1. Article 8(3) shall be replaced by the following:

‘3.
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.’;

(2) OJ L 372, 27.12.2006, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 184, 17.7.1999, p. 23.

2. Article 9(3) shall be deleted.

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Article 2

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

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