Decision No 1358/2008/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 amending Decision No 1904/2006/EC establishing for the period 2007 to 2013 the programme Europe for Citizens to promote active European citizenship
Date: 2008-12-16
Institutions: Council of the European Union, European Parliament
Subjects: European Union membership, European citizenship, European identity, action programme

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DECISION No 1358/2008/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL

of 16 December 2008

amending Decision No 1904/2006/EC establishing for the period 2007 to 2013 the programme
‘Europe for Citizens’ to promote active European citizenship

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE
EUROPEAN UNION,

(5)

Having regard to the Treaty
establishing the European
Community, and in particular Articles 151 and 308 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

(6)

After consulting the European Economic and Social Committee,

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
the
advisory
Commission to inform the European Parliament and
the Member States without delay about any measures
taken
of Decision No
implementation
1904/2006/EC without the assistance of a committee,

obligation

the

for

on

an

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

laid down in

HAVE DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Decision No 1904/2006/EC of the European Parliament
and of the Council of 12 December 2006 (2) established
the ‘Europe for Citizens’ programme for the period 2007
to 2013.

implementation of

Article 8(3) of Decision No 1904/2006/EC stipulates that
measures necessary for
the
the
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).

This wording of Decision No 1904/2006/EC results in
particular in selection decisions other than those referred
to in Article 8(2) of that Decision being subject to the
advisory procedure and to the European Parliament's
right of scrutiny.

Article 1

Decision No 1904/2006/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.’;

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

2. Article 9(3) shall be deleted.

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

Journal)

published in the Official
20 November 2008.

(2) OJ L 378, 27.12.2006, p. 32.
(3) OJ L 184, 17.7.1999, p. 23.

Article 2

The Commission shall report to the European Parliament and
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 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