Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on establishing the Creative Europe Programme
Date: 2011-11-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Community budget, EU programme, cultural pluralism, cultural promotion, cultural transmission, culture industry, small and medium-sized enterprises, vocational training

EUROPEAN COMMISSION 

Brussels, 23.11.2011 
COM(2011) 785 final 

2011/0370 (COD) 

Proposal for a 

REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL 

on establishing the Creative Europe Programme 

(Text with EEA relevance) 

{SEC(2011) 1399 final} 
{SEC(2011) 1400 final} 

 
 
  
 
EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 

1. 

CONTEXT OF THE PROPOSAL 

On  29  June  2011,  the  Commission  adopted  a  proposal  for  the  next  multi-annual  financial 
framework for the period 2014-2020 on a budget for delivering the Europe 2020 strategy. In 
its proposal, the Commission decided that support for the cultural and creative sectors (CCS) 
should  remain  an  essential  element  of  the  next  financial  package  and  proposed  a  single 
"Creative Europe" framework programme, bringing together the current Culture, MEDIA and 
MEDIA  Mundus  programmes,  and  including  a  new  financial  facility  to  improve  access  to 
finance for small- and medium-sized enterprises (SME) and organisations in the cultural and 
creative sectors. 

This approach  recognises the important  contribution these sectors make  to  jobs and growth, 
representing  4.5%  of  total  European  GDP  in  2008  and  accounting  for  some  3.8%  of  the 
workforce1. Beyond their direct contribution to GDP, they trigger spill-over in other sectors of 
the economy such as tourism and fuelling content for ICT. In a broader sense creativity will 
play an essential role in modern education. It will drive innovation, entrepreneurship, as well 
as  smart  and  sustainable  growth  and  contribute  to  social  inclusion.  Members  States  support 
numerous cultural initiatives many of which fall under state aid rules. 

However  despite  witnessing  higher  than  average  growth  rates  in  many  countries  in  recent 
years,  these  sectors  are  facing  various  common  challenges  and  difficulties,  and  there  is  a 
potential for further growth in the future if a coherent strategic approach is followed and the 
right enablers are put in place. 

A  Creative  Europe  framework  programme  will  contribute  to  Europe  2020  objectives  and 
some  of  its  flagships  by  responding  to  challenges  the  cultural  and  creative  sectors  face  in 
terms of fragmentation, globalisation and the digital shift, shortage of data and lack of private 
investment. It will seek to strengthen competitiveness in the cultural and creative sectors, by 
strongly focussing on capacity building measures and support for transnational circulation of 
cultural  works.  At  the  same  time  it  will  play  a  key  role  in  respecting  the  European  Union's 
legal obligations regarding the safeguarding and promotion of cultural and linguistic diversity. 

The  programme  will  be  a  simple,  recognisable  and  easily  accessible  gateway  for  European 
cultural and creative professionals and it will offer scope for activities within and outside of 
the European Union (EU). A single framework programme will enable synergies and cross-
fertilisation across the different cultural and creative sectors. 

EU  intervention  in  this  area  will  aim  to  deliver  systemic  impact  and  to  support  policy 
development and will be of particular value for the following reasons: 

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The  transnational  character  of  its  activities  and  their  impact  which  will 
complement national, international and other EU programmes; 

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Building  a  Digital  Economy:  The  importance  of  saving  jobs  in  the  EU's  creative  industries,  TERA 
Consultants,  March  2010.  See  also  the  emphasis  on  the  cultural  and  creative  sectors  in  the  European 
Competitiveness Report 2010, Commission staff working document, COM(2010) 614 

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The economies of scale and critical mass which EU support can foster, creating 
a leverage effect on additional funds; 

Transnational cooperation which can stimulate more comprehensive, rapid and 
effective responses to global challenges and have long-term systemic effects on 
the sector; 

Ensuring  a  more  level  playing  field  in  the  European  cultural  and  creative 
sectors  by  taking  account  of  lower  production  capacity  countries  and/or 
countries or regions with a restricted geographical and linguistic area. 

By  specifically  targeting  the  needs  of  the  cultural  and  creative  sectors  aiming  to  operate 
beyond  national  borders,  and  with  a  strong  link  to  the  promotion  of  cultural  and  linguistic 
diversity,  the  programme  will  complement  other  EU  programmes  such  as  structural  fund 
support  for  investment  in  the  cultural  and  creative  sectors,  heritage  restoration,  cultural 
infrastructure  and  services,  digitisation  funds  for  cultural  heritage  and  the  external  relations 
instruments. Furthermore, it will build on the experience and success of existing brands such 
as MEDIA and the European Capitals of Culture. 

2. 

RESULTS OF CONSULTATIONS WITH THE INTERESTED PARTIES AND 
IMPACT ASSESSMENTS 

2.1. 

Consultation and expert advice 

A  public  consultation  on  the  future  of  the  Culture  Programme  took  place  between  15 
September  and  15  December  2010.  A  considerable  number  of  organisations  also  sent  in 
separate  position  papers.  With  almost  1,000  responses  (589  from  individuals,  and  376  from 
organisations and public authorities), this represented a good sample for the future analysis. 
The  online  consultation  asked  a  series  of  questions  building  on  the  findings  of  the  interim 
evaluation.  A  summary  of  the  results  was  published  in  June  20112.  The  online  consultation 
was followed by a public consultation meeting on 16 February 2011 in Brussels, attended by 
more than 550 people, many on behalf of representative European cultural organisations3. 

In addition to the results of the public consultations, the Commission has taken account of the 
interim  evaluation  of  the  current  programme  carried  out  in  20104,  feedback  to  the 
Commission's  Green  Paper  "Unlocking  the  potential  of  cultural  and  creative  industries" 
(which  received  some  350  responses),  findings  of  independent  studies,  as  well  as 
recommendations made by experts in the context of the culture open method of coordination 
(OMC) and structured dialogue with the sector over the period 2008-2010. 

These various sources highlighted the many positive benefits of the Culture Programme, but 
also  identified  areas  for  improvement  and  simplification.  One  element  which  emerged  in 
particular was the need to revise the objectives in the light of the Europe 2020 strategy and the 

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A summary of the online consultation's results regarding the Culture Programme after 2013 is available 
at: http://ec.europa.eu/culture/our-programmes-and-actions/consultation-on-the-future-culture-
programme_en.htm 
A summary of this public hearing are available at: http://ec.europa.eu/culture/our-programmes-and-
actions/doc/culture/summary-public-meeting-16-02-2011_en.pdf 
The interim evaluation is available at: 
http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/education_culture/evalreports/culture/2010/progreport_en.pdf 

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Union's legal and moral obligations to foster the safeguarding and promoting of cultural and 
linguistic  diversity.  Furthermore,  there  was  strong  support  for  the  role  the  programme  can 
play  in  contributing  to  the  strengthening  of  the  cultural  sector  through  professional 
development and capacity-building of artists/cultural operators in an international context, and 
promoting the trans-national circulation of cultural works and products, including the mobility 
of artists, performers  and cultural professionals. Priorities of  a  more social nature  were also 
endorsed, including widening access to culture and participation in culture of disadvantaged 
groups (social inclusion). Furthermore, problems of access to finance for cultural and creative 
SME have been repeatedly stressed. 

The  Commission  undertook  an  online  consultation  on  the  future  of  the  MEDIA  2007 
Programme  from  September  through  November  2010.  2,586  respondents  responded  to  the 
Commission’s public online consultation5. They represent a wide range of stakeholders within 
the  European  audiovisual  sector,  from  many  Member  States  and  other  European  countries. 
The  online  consultation  revealed  that  the  main  priorities  for  the  future  programme  as 
perceived  by  respondents  are  mainly:  new  technologies,  gaps  in  training,  fragmentation, 
support rules, media literacy, and quotas of European works. 

A  separate  online  consultation  on  the  future  of  the  MEDIA  Mundus  Programme  took  place 
from March to end of May 2011. The Commission received 367 replies from 51 countries6. 
86%  of  the  replies  were  submitted  by  professionals  from  Member  States.  Stakeholders 
participating  in  the  MEDIA  Mundus  consultation  prioritised  actions  to  facilitate  co-
productions, i.e. the support of co–production markets and international co-production funds. 
Continuous training also received particularly high support from stakeholders. 

A public hearing on MEDIA and MEDIA Mundus took place on 18 March 2011 in Brussels7. 
together  approximately  250  stakeholders  such  as  filmmakers,  producers, 
gathering 
distributors, film directors, exhibitors, film funds etc., to present their views and debate on the 
future of the programmes. A further 900 people followed via streamed transmission. The main 
outcomes of this hearing were the following: In its 20 years of existence MEDIA helped to 
significantly change the European audiovisual landscape; most European films would not be 
seen  outside  their  home  territories  without  MEDIA  support;  the  European  animation 
industries  now  play  a  very  important  role  on  the  world  markets  and  MEDIA  has  a  major 
impact  on  the  development  of  European  co-productions.  However,  the  sector  is  now  facing 
important challenges and opportunities from digitisation and globalisation and support will be 
needed to enable the sector to develop new business models and to benefit from the changing 
market conditions. It will be very important to support projects acting across the value chain 
and to focus more on audience building, branding and film literacy. 

The  Commission  has  also  conducted  a  series  of  audiovisual  stakeholder  focus  groups  to 
further explore attitudes toward the programme and has organised conferences and meetings 
with various stakeholders in the context of the Rotterdam, Berlin and Cannes Film festivals 
2011. 

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A summary of the online consultation's results regarding the MEDIA Programme after 2013 is available 
at: http://ec.europa.eu/culture/media/programme/docs/overview/online_consultation_summary_en.pdf 
A summary of the online consultation's results regarding the MEDIA Mundus Programme after 2013 is 
available at: http://ec.europa.eu/culture/media/mundus/public_consultation/index_en.htm 
The conclusions of this public hearing are available at: 
http://ec.europa.eu/culture/media/mundus/docs/Programme_public_hearing_The_future_of_the_MEDI
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A  number  of  additional  focused  consultations  took  place  with  respect  to  the  identified 
problem of access to financing involving numerous groups of diverse stakeholders from the 
audiovisual, music, publishing and videogame sectors. These consultations also involved the 
EIB  Group  (European  Investment  Bank  and  European  Investment  Fund),  and  financial 
institutions.  On  3  May  2011  a  seminar  was  organised  by  the  Commission  on  "Facilitating 
access  to  funding  for  cultural  and  creative  SME",  bringing  together  representatives  from 
European  financial  institutions  involved  in  funding  for  SME  operating  in  the  cultural  and 
creative  sectors,  companies  from  these  sectors  and  experts  who  have  been  working  on  the 
topic of access to finance in this area. 

The  feedback  to  all  these  consultations  was  thoroughly  considered  by  the  Commission  and 
used  in  the  preparation  of  both  the  impact  assessment  reports  and  the  future  programme 
design. 

2.2. 

Impact assessment 

Three impact assessments have contributed to this proposal, namely one on the continuation 
of  the  current  Culture  programme,  a  joint  impact  assessment  on  the  current  MEDIA  and 
MEDIA Mundus programmes, and a separate impact assessment on the creation of a financial 
facility for the cultural and creative sectors. 

The impact assessments for Culture and MEDIA identify four common problems facing the 
cultural and creative sectors which will need to be addressed at EU level in order to reach the 
desired impacts. The first is the fragmented market context stemming from Europe's cultural 
and  linguistic  diversity,  which  results  in  these  sectors  being  essentially  fragmented  along 
national  and  linguistic  lines  and  lacking  critical  mass.  At  present  this  leads  to  sub-optimal 
transnational  circulation  of  works  and  mobility  of  artists  and  professionals,  as  well  as 
geographical  imbalances.  It  also  limits  consumer  choice  and  access  to  European  cultural 
works. The second is the need for the sectors to adapt to the impact of globalisation and the 
digital  shift.  Globalisation  has  a  tendency  to  increase  the  concentration  of  supply  among  a 
limited  number  of  major  players,  posing  a  threat  to  cultural  and  linguistic  diversity.  The 
digital  shift  is  having  a  massive  impact  on  how  cultural  goods  are  made,  managed, 
disseminated,  accessed,  consumed  and  monetised,  presenting  both  opportunities  and 
challenges,  and  the  sector  would  benefit  from  transnational  approaches  and  solutions.  The 
third  is  the  shortage  of  comparable  data  on  the  cultural  sector  at  European  and  national 
levels. This has consequences for European policy coordination, which can be a useful driver 
for national policy developments and systemic change at low cost for the EU budget and in 
full  respect  of  the  principle  of  subsidiarity.  The  fourth  is  the  difficulties  faced  by  cultural 
and creative SME in accessing finance. This is due to the intangible nature of many of their 
assets,  such  as  copyright,  which  are  usually  not  reflected  in  accounts  (unlike  patents).  It  is 
also due to the fact that unlike other industrial projects, cultural works are generally not mass-
produced, with every book, opera, theatre play, film and videogame being a unique prototype 
and companies tending to be project-based. 

After  assessing  several  options,  both  conclude  that  a  merger  of  Culture,  MEDIA,  MEDIA 
Mundus  and  a  new  financial  facility  within  a  single  framework  programme  would  have 
advantages  compared  to  all  other  options  considered  in  terms  of  achieving  the  necessary 
objectives, efficiency, cost-effectiveness (result per Euro spent), and coherence. 

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3. 

LEGAL ELEMENTS OF THE PROPOSAL 

The Programme will be based on Articles 166, 167 and 173 of the Treaty on the Functioning 
of  the  European  Union  (TFEU).  Article  166  is  the  base  for  EU  actions  in  the  field  of 
vocational training. Article 167 specifies the EU's competences in the cultural field and calls 
for action by the European Union to contribute to the flowering of the cultures of the Member 
States, while respecting their national and regional diversity and at the same time bringing the 
common  cultural  heritage  to  the  fore  and,  if  necessary,  to  support  and  supplement  Member 
State action in the area listed by this provision. Article 173 TFEU states that the Union and 
the  Member  States  shall  ensure  that  the  conditions  necessary  for  the  competitiveness  of  the 
Union's  industry  exist,  including  taking  action  to  encourage  an  environment  favourable  to 
initiative and to the development of undertakings. 

Furthermore, Article 3(3) of the Treaty on European Union recognises that the internal market 
and  economic  growth  must  be  accompanied  by  respect  for  the  EU's  cultural  and  linguistic 
diversity.  The  EU  Charter  for  Fundamental  Rights  (Article  22)  states  that  the  Union  shall 
respect  cultural  and  linguistic  diversity.  Finally,  the  Union's  mandate  is  recognised  in 
international  law,  in  the  UNESCO  Convention  on  the  Protection  and  Promotion  of  the 
Diversity of Cultural Expressions, which is part of the acquis communautaire. 

4. 

BUDGETARY IMPLICATION 

The overall budget for the actions (2014-2020) amounts to €1.801 billion (current prices). 

5. 

OPTIONAL ELEMENTS 

The proposed programme consists of a framework with three strands: 

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A Cross-sectoral Strand addressed to all cultural and creative sectors including 
a  financial  facility  and  support  for  transnational  policy  cooperation  and 
innovative cross-sectoral actions; 

A Culture Strand addressed to the cultural and creative sectors; 

A MEDIA Strand addressed to the audiovisual sector. 

The indicative budgetary allocation will be 15 % for the Cross-sectoral Strand, 30 % for the 
Culture Strand and 55% for the MEDIA Strand.  

Its  general  objectives  will  be  (i)  to  safeguard  and  promote  the  European  cultural  and 
linguistic  diversity  and  (ii)  to  strengthen  the  competitiveness  of  the  sector;  thereby  it  will 
contribute to the EU 2020 strategy and its flagship initiatives. 

The specific objectives are as follows: 

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support  the  capacity  of  the  European  cultural  and  creative  sectors  to  operate 
transnationally including by strengthening the relations and networks between 
operators; 

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promote  the  transnational  circulation  of  cultural  and  creative  works  and 
operators and reach new audiences in Europe and beyond; 

strengthen the financial capacity of the cultural and creative sectors; 

support transnational policy cooperation in order to foster policy development, 
innovation, audience building and new business models. 

Each strand will specify its own priorities and measures, and will prioritise projects with a 
systemic effect on the sectors for example through support for new business models, network 
building  and  exchange  of  know-how  in  particular  on  the  digital  shift  and  globalisation  of 
these sectors. Another important and new objective will be raising interest in European works 
through the support of audience building activities. 

The  international  dimension  of  Creative  Europe  will  be  integrated  through  the  following 
measures: 

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possibility  for  participation  of  acceding  countries,  candidate  countries  and 
potential  candidates  benefiting  from  a  pre-accession  strategy,  EEA,  countries 
of the European neighbourhood area and Switzerland; 

possibility for bilateral cooperation with other third countries and international 
organisations; 

specific  actions  targeted  at  international  professionals  (integration  of  MEDIA 
Mundus). 

6. 

SIMPLIFICATION 

A considerable number of simplifications were already introduced for the management of the 
current Culture and MEDIA programmes. However further improvements will be introduced 
in Creative Europe. 

Greater  use  will  be  made  in  general  of  flat  rates,  more  grant  decisions  and  framework 
partnership agreements, electronic application and reporting for all actions, and an electronic 
portal to reduce paperwork for applicants and beneficiaries. 

The  number  of  instruments  and  calls  for  proposals  managed  by  the  Executive  Agency  for 
Education, Audiovisual and Culture (EACEA) under the Culture Strand will be simplified by 
reducing them from 9 to 4 main categories. Operating grants, which have been confusing for 
applicants and beneficiaries, will be discontinued in favour of project grants. 

The financial facility will lead to improved use of EU funds through the financial leverage it 
will  generate  and  its  re-use  of  revolving  funds,  which  will  offer  the  Commission  greater 
efficiency than traditional grants to beneficiaries. 

Another  significant  simplification  measure  will  be  the  merging  of  the  two  information 
networks to reap economies of scale, greater transparency for the public by having only one 
EU entry point, the Creative Europe desks. 

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The  establishment  of  a  single  Programme  Committee  would  also  contribute  to  a  more  cost-
effective  and  lean  management  of  the  programme,  not  only  via  savings  in  implementation 
costs  but  also  through  more  effectiveness  resulting  from  stronger  synergies  among  relevant 
policies and sectors. 

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2011/0370 (COD) 

Proposal for a 

REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL 

on establishing the Creative Europe Programme 

(Text with EEA relevance) 

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, 

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular the first 
indent of Article 167(5) and Article 173(3) and Article 166(4) thereof, 

Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission, 

After transmission of the proposal to the National Parliaments, 

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 ordinary legislative procedure, 

Whereas: 

(1) 

(2) 

The  Treaty  aims  at  an  ever  closer  union  among  the  peoples  of  Europe  and  confers  on  the 
Union  the  task,  inter  alia,  of  contributing  to  the  flowering  of  cultures  of  Member  States, 
while respecting their national and regional diversity and at the same time ensuring that the 
conditions necessary for the competitiveness of the Union's industry exist. In this respect, the 
Union,  where  necessary,  supports  and  supplements  Member  States'  actions  to  respect 
cultural and linguistic diversity, strengthen the competitiveness of the European cultural and 
creative  sectors  and  facilitate  adaptation  to  industrial  changes,  in  particular  through 
vocational training. 

Union support for the cultural and creative sectors is based on the experience acquired with 
the  following  programmes  and  actions:  Decision  No  1855/2006/EC  of  the  European 
Parliament  and  of  the  Council  of  12  December  2006  establishing  the  Culture  Programme 
(2007 to 2013)8, Decision No 1718/2006/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council 
of  15  November  2006  concerning  the  implementation  of  a  programme  of  support  for  the 
European audiovisual sector (MEDIA 2007)9, Decision No 1041/2009/EC of the European 
Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 establishing an audiovisual cooperation 
programme  with  professionals  from  third  countries  (MEDIA  Mundus  2011-2013)10, 

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OJ L 372, 27.12.2006, p.1. 
OJ L 327, 24.11.2006, p. 12. 
OJ L 288, 4.11.2009, p.10. 

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Decision No 1622/2006/EC11 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 October 
2006  establishing  a  Community  action  for  the  European  Capital  of  Culture  event  for  the 
years 2007 to 2019 and Decision No xy/201112 (European Heritage Label). 

(3) 

The  'European  agenda  for  culture  in  a  globalizing  world'13,  endorsed  by  the  Council  in  a 
Resolution of 16 November 200714 sets the objectives for future activities of the European 
Union  for  the  cultural  and  creative  sectors.  It  aims  to  promote  cultural  diversity  and 
intercultural  dialogue,  to  promote  culture  as  a  catalyst  for  creativity  in  the  framework  for 
growth  and  jobs  and  to  promote  culture  as  a  vital  element  in  the  Union's  international 
relations. 

(4)  With regard to the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union and in particular 
Articles 11 and 21, the cultural and creative sectors make an important contribution to the 
fight  against  all  forms  of  discrimination  including  racism  and  xenophobia  and  are  an 
important  platform  for  freedom  of  speech.  Article  22  imposes  an  obligation  to  respect 
cultural and linguistic diversity. 

(5) 

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(8) 

(9) 

The UNESCO Convention on the Protection and the Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural 
Expressions which entered into force on 18 March 2007, and to which the Union is a party, 
aims  at  strengthening  international  cooperation,  including  international  co-production  and 
co-distribution  agreements,  and  solidarity  so  as  to  favour  the  cultural  expression  of  all 
countries. 

The Union is a member of World Trade Organisation (WTO) since 1 January 1995 and is 
therefore  under  a  general  obligation  to  respect  the  commitments  undertaken  under  WTO 
Agreements. 

The Communication from the European Commission15 on the European Strategy for smart, 
sustainable and inclusive growth (Europe 2020 Strategy) defines a strategy that aims to turn 
the  Union  into  a  smart,  sustainable  and  inclusive  economy  delivering  high  levels  of 
employment, productivity and social cohesion. In this strategy, the Commission noted that the 
Union needs to provide more attractive framework conditions for innovation and creativity, 
including through incentives for the growth of knowledge based firms and greater access to 
finance for cultural and creative sectors. 

Union support for the cultural and creative sectors is based on the considerable experience 
acquired  with  the  Culture,  MEDIA  and  MEDIA  Mundus  programmes.  These  programmes 
were  the  subject  of  regular  monitoring  and  external  evaluations,  and  public  consultations 
were organised on their future. 

It  emerges  from  these  monitoring,  evaluation  and  public  consultation  exercises  that  the 
Culture, MEDIA and MEDIA Mundus programmes play a very important role in protecting 
and  promoting  Europe's  cultural  and  linguistic  diversity  and  that  they  are  relevant  for  the 
needs of the cultural and creative sectors, but also that the objectives of any new programme 
should be realigned to the goals of Europe 2020. It also appears from these evaluations and 
consultations,  as  well  as  from  various  independent  studies,  in  particular  the  study  on  the 
entrepreneurial  dimension  of  cultural  and  creative  industries,  that  the  cultural  and  creative 

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OJ L 304, 3.11.2006, p. 1. 
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COM(2007) 242 final 
OJ C 287, 29.11.2007, p. 6. 
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sectors  are  facing  common  challenges,  namely  a  highly  fragmented  market  context,  the 
impact of the digital shift and globalisation, difficulties in accessing finance and a shortage 
of comparable data, which all require action at Union level. 

(10)  The  European  cultural  and  creative  sectors  are  inherently  fragmented  along  national  and 
linguistic  lines.  On  the  one  hand,  fragmentation  results  in  a  culturally  diverse  and  highly 
independent  cultural  landscape,  providing  a  voice  for  the  different  cultural  traditions 
forming  the  diversity  of  our  European  heritage.  On  the  other  hand,  fragmentation  leads  to 
limited  and  sub-optimal  transnational  circulation  of  cultural  and  creative  works  and 
operators within and outside the Union, to geographical imbalances and - subsequently - to a 
limited choice for the consumer. 

(11)  The digital shift is having a massive impact on how cultural and creative goods and services 
are  made,  disseminated,  accessed,  consumed  and  monetised.  These  changes  offer  great 
opportunities  for  the  European  cultural  and  creative  sectors.  Lower  distribution  costs,  new 
distribution  channels  and  new  opportunities  for  niche  products  can  facilitate  access  and 
increase circulation worldwide. In order to seize these opportunities and adapt to the context 
of the digital shift and globalisation, the cultural and creative sectors need to develop new 
skills and require greater access to finance to upgrade equipment, develop new production 
and distribution methods and adapt their business models.  

(12)  Current  distribution  practices  underpin  the  film  financing  system.  However,  there  is  an 
increasing  need  to  promote  the  emergence  of  attractive  legal  online  offers  and  encourage 
innovation. Therefore, promoting flexibility of new distribution modes in order to allow the 
emergence of new business models is essential. 

(13)  One of the greatest challenges of the cultural and creative sectors, especially small operators 
including  small  and  medium-sized  enterprises  (SMEs)  and  micro-enterprises,  is  their 
difficulty  accessing  the  funds  they  need  to  finance  their  activities,  grow,  maintain  their 
competitiveness or internationalise. While this is a common challenge for SMEs in general, 
the  situation  is  significantly  more  difficult  in  the  cultural  and  creative  sectors  due  to  the 
intangible nature of many of their assets, the prototype profile of their activities, the lack of 
investment-readiness  of  the  operators  in  the  sectors  as  well  as  the  insufficient  investor-
readiness of financial institutions. 

(14)  As  a  pilot  project,  the  European  Creative  Industries  Alliance  is  a  cross-sectoral  policy 
initiative  that  will  primarily  support  the  creative  industries  at  policy  level.  It  aims  at 
leveraging additional funds for creative industries and in stimulating the demand for creative 
industries'  services  by  other  industries  and  sectors.  Testing  of  new  tools  for  better  support 
for  innovation  in  creative  industries  will  take  place  and  will  be  leveraged  to  feed  into  a 
policy learning platform composed of European, national and regional stakeholders. 

(15)  There is a need to bring together the current individual Union programmes for the cultural 
and creative sectors within a single comprehensive framework programme in order to more 
effectively support cultural and creative operators to take advantage of the opportunities the 
digital  shift  and  globalisation  offer  and  help  them  to  address  issues  currently  leading  to 
market  fragmentation.  To  be  effective,  the  Programme  should  take  account  of  the  specific 
nature  of  the  sub-sectors,  their  different  target  groups  and  their  particular  needs  through 
tailor-made approaches within independent strands. 

(16)  The  European  Capital  of  Culture  and  the  European  Heritage  Label  help  to  strengthen  the 
feeling  of  belonging  to  a  common  cultural  area,  and  contribute  to  enhancing  the  value  of 
cultural heritage. Funding should be provided for these two Union actions. 

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(17)  Participation in the programme will be open to acceding countries, candidate countries and 
potential candidates benefiting from a pre-accession strategy, in accordance with the general 
principles and general terms and conditions for the participation of those countries in Union 
programmes  established  in  the  respective  Framework  Agreements,  Association  Council 
Decisions  or  similar  agreements;  to  EFTA  countries  which  are  parties  to  the  EEA 
Agreement  and  to  countries  of  the  European  neighbourhood  area  in  accordance  with  the 
procedures defined with those countries following the framework agreements providing for 
their  participation  in  European  Union  programmes.  The  participation  of  the  Swiss 
Confederation is subject to specific arrangements with that country. 

(18)  The Programme should further be open for bilateral or multilateral cooperation actions with 
other non EU Member States on the basis of additional appropriations to be defined. 

(19)  Cooperation between the Programme and international organisations in the field of culture 
and  audiovisual  such  as  UNESCO,  the  Council  of  Europe  and  in  particular  Eurimages, 
OECD and the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) needs to be fostered. 

(20) 

It  is  necessary  to  ensure  the  European  added  value  of  all  actions  carried  out  within  in  the 
framework of the Programme, complementarity to Member State activities and compliance 
with  Article  167  (4)  of  the  Treaty  and  other  Union  activities,  in  particular  in  the  field  of 
education,  research  and  innovation,  industrial  and  cohesion  policy,  tourism  and  external 
relations. 

(21)  This Regulation lays down, for the entire duration of the Programme, a financial envelope 
constituting  the  prime  reference,  within  the  meaning  of  point  [17]  of  the  Interinstitutional 
Agreement  of  XX/YY/201Z  between  the  European  Parliament,  the  Council  and  the 
Commission  on  cooperation in budgetary matters and on sound financial management, for 
the budgetary authority during the annual budgetary procedure. 

(22) 

In accordance with the 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,  the  Commission  has  entrusted  the  Executive 
Agency  for  Education,  Audiovisual  and  Culture  with  implementation  tasks  for  the 
management of the Programme of Community Action in the field of Education, Audiovisual 
and Culture since 2009. The Commission may therefore use, on the basis of a cost-benefit 
analysis,  an  existing  executive  agency  for  the  implementation  of  the  Creative  Europe 
programme  2014-2020,  as  provided  for  in  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. 

(23)  With regard to the implementation of the Programme, the specific nature of the cultural and 
creative sectors should be taken into account, and particular care should be taken to ensure 
that administrative and financial procedures are simplified. 

(24)  With regard to the Council Regulation (Euratom, EC) No 2185/96 and Regulation (EC) No 
1073/1999  of  the  European  Parliament  and  the  Council  and  with  regard  to  the  European 
Anti-Fraud  Office  (OLAF)  appropriate  measures  should  be  drawn  up  and  implemented  to 
prevent fraud and to recover funds which have been lost or transferred or used improperly. 

(25)  As stated in the Commission report on the impact of the European Parliament and Council 
Decisions modifying the legal bases of the European Programmes in the areas of Lifelong 
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delays in the management procedures has increased the efficiency of programmes. This type 
of simplification should be continued. 

(26) 

In  order  to  ensure  uniform  conditions  for  the  implementation  of  this  programme, 
implementing powers should be conferred on the Commission which should be exercised in 
accordance  with  Regulation  (EU)  No  182/2011  of  the  European  Parliament  and  of  the 
Council  of  16  February  2011  laying  down  the  rules  and  general  principles  concerning 
mechanisms  for  control  by  Member States  of  the  Commission's  exercise  of  implementing 
powers16. 

(27) 

In  compliance  with  the  principles  for  performance  related  assessment,  the  procedures  for 
monitoring and evaluating the programme should include detailed annual reports and refer 
to the specific, measurable, achievable, relevant and time-bound targets and indicators laid 
down in this Regulation. 

(28)  The  financial  interests  of  the  Union  should  be  protected  through  proportionate  measures 
throughout  the  expenditure  cycle,  including  the  prevention,  detection  and  investigation  of 
irregularities,  the  recovery  of  funds  lost,  wrongly  paid  or  incorrectly  used  and,  where 
appropriate, penalties. 

(29)  Provisions  should  be  made  for  measures  governing  the  transition  from  Culture  2007, 
MEDIA  2007  and  MEDIA  Mundus  Programmes  to  the  Programme  established  in  this 
Regulation. 

(30)  Given the transnational and international character of proposed actions, the objectives of this 
Regulation  cannot  be  sufficiently  achieved  by  Member  States  alone.  For  reasons  of  scale 
and  the  expected  effects  of  those  actions,  transnational  results  can  be  better  achieved  by 
action at Union level. The Union may adopt measures, in accordance with the principle of 
subsidiarity  as  set  out  in  Article  5  of  the  Treaty.  In  accordance  with  the  principle  of 
proportionality,  as  set  out  in  that  Article,  this  Regulation  does  not  go  beyond  what  is 
necessary  in  order  to  support  the  achieving  of  the  objectives  to  safeguard  and  promote 
European cultural and linguistic diversity and strengthen the competitiveness of the cultural 
and creative sectors in the period from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2020 

HAVE ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:  

CHAPTER I 
General provisions 

Article 1 
Subject matter 

This  Regulation  establishes  the  Creative  Europe  Programme  for  support  to  the  European  cultural 
and creative sectors (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Programme’) for the period from 1 January 2014 
to 31 December 2020. 

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Article2 
Definitions 

For the purpose of this Regulation, the following definitions shall apply: 

1.  'cultural  and  creative  sectors'  means  all  sectors  whose  activities  are  based  on  cultural  values 
and/or  artistic  and  creative  expressions,  whether  these  activities  are  market  or  non-market 
oriented  and  whatever  the  type  of  structure  that  carries  them  out.  These  activities  include  the 
creation,  the  production,  the  dissemination  and  the  preservation  of  goods  and  services  which 
embody cultural, artistic or creative expressions, as well as related functions such as education, 
management  or  regulation.  The  cultural  and  creative  sectors  include  in  particular  architecture, 
archives  and  libraries,  artistic  crafts,  audiovisual  (including  film,  television,  video  games  and 
multimedia),  cultural  heritage,  design,  festivals,  music,  performing  arts,  publishing,  radio  and 
visual arts; 

2.  'operator' means a professional, an organisation, a business or an institution active in the cultural 

and creative sectors; 

3.  'financial  intermediaries'  means  financial  institutions  providing  or  planning  to  provide  loan 

facilities or additional expertise regarding the cultural and creative sectors. 

Article 3 
European added value 

1.  The Programme shall only support those actions and activities presenting a potential European 
added value and contributing to the achievement of the objectives of the Europe 2020 Strategy 
and its flagship initiatives. 

2.  European added value shall be ensured in particular through: 

(a) 

(b) 

(c) 

(d) 

the  transnational  character  of  its  activities  and  their  impact,  which  will  complement 
national, international and other Union programmes; 

the economies of scale and critical mass which Union support fosters creating a leverage 
effect for additional funds; 

transnational  cooperation  stimulating  more  comprehensive,  rapid  and  effective  responses 
to global challenges and creating long-term systemic effects on the sectors; 

ensuring a more level playing field in the European cultural and creative sectors by taking 
account of low production capacity countries and/or countries or regions with a restricted 
geographical and linguistic area. 

Article 4 
General objectives of the Programme 

The general objectives of the Programme shall be the following: 

(a) 

(b) 

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to foster the safeguarding and promotion of European cultural and linguistic diversity; 

to  strengthen  the  competitiveness  of  the  cultural  and  creative  sectors  with  a  view  to 
promoting smart, sustainable and inclusive growth. 

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Article 5 
Specific objectives of the Programme 

The specific objectives of the Programme shall be the following: 

(a) 

(b) 

(c) 

(d) 

to  support  the  capacity  of  the  European  cultural  and  creative  sectors  to  operate 
transnationally; 

to  promote  the  transnational  circulation  of  cultural  and  creative  works  and  operators  and 
reach new audiences in Europe and beyond; 

to  strengthen  the  financial  capacity  of  the  cultural  and  creative  sectors,  and  in  particular 
small and medium-sized enterprises and organisations; 

to  support  transnational  policy  cooperation  in  order  to  foster  policy  development, 
innovation, audience building and new business models. 

Article 6 
Structure of the Programme 

The Programme shall consist of the following strands: 

(a) 

(b) 

(c) 

an Cross-sectoral Strand addressed to all cultural and creative sectors; 

a Culture Strand addressed to the cultural and creative sectors; 

a MEDIA Strand addressed to the audiovisual sector. 

CHAPTER II 
The Cross-sectoral Strand 

Article 7 
The Cultural and Creative Sectors Facility 

1.  The  Commission  shall  establish  a  Facility  targeting  the  cultural  and  creative  sectors  and 
operated within the context of a Union debt instrument for small and medium-sized enterprises. 
This facility shall have the following priorities: 

(a) 

(b) 

facilitate  access  to  finance  for  small-  and  medium-sized  enterprises  and  organisations  in 
the European cultural and creative sectors; 

to  this  end,  improve  the  capacity  of  financial  institutions  to  assess  cultural  and  creative 
projects, including technical assistance and networking measures. 

2.  The priorities shall be implemented as defined in Annex I. 

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Article 8 
Transnational policy cooperation 

In  order  to  foster  policy  development,  innovation,  audience  building  and  business  models  in  the 
cultural  and  creative  sectors  the  Commission  shall  implement  the  following  support  measures  for 
transnational policy cooperation: 

(a) 

(b) 

(c) 

(d) 

(e) 

(f) 

transnational  exchange  of  experiences  and  knowhow  on  new  business  models,  peer-
learning  activities  and  networking  among  cultural  operators  and  policy  makers  related  to 
the development of the cultural and creative sectors; 

market  data,  studies,  anticipation  skills  and  jobs’  tools,  evaluations,  policy  analysis  and 
support for statistical surveys; 

contribution  fee  for  the  membership  of  the  European  Audiovisual  Observatory  to  foster 
data collection and analysis in the cultural and creative sectors; 

testing  of  new  and  cross-sectoral  business  approaches  to  funding,  distributing,  and 
monetising creation; 

conferences,  seminars  and  policy  dialogue  including  in  the  field  of  cultural  and  media 
literacy; 

support  to  the  national  members  of  the  Creative  Europe  Desks'  network  to  carry  out  the 
following tasks: 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

promote the Creative Europe Programme at national level; 

assist the cultural and creative sectors regarding the Creative Europe Programme and 
provide information on the various types of aid available under Union policy; 

stimulate cross-border cooperation between professionals, institutions platforms and 
networks in the cultural and creative sectors; 

support the Commission by providing assistance regarding the cultural and creative 
sectors  in  the  Member  States,  for  example  through  the  provision  of  data  on  these 
sectors; 

support the Commission in ensuring proper communication and dissemination of the 
results and impacts of the programme. 

CHAPTER III 
The Culture Strand 

Article 9 
Priorities of the Culture Strand 

1.  The priorities in the field of reinforcing the sector's capacity shall be the following: 

(a) 

supporting actions providing operators with skills and knowhow encouraging the adaption 
to digital technologies, including testing new approaches to audience building and business 
models; 

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(b) 

(c) 

supporting  actions  enabling  operators  to  internationalise  their  careers  in  Europe  and 
beyond; 

providing support to strengthen European operators and international cultural networks in 
order to facilitate access to professional opportunities. 

2.  The priorities in the field of promoting transnational circulation shall be the following: 

(a) 

(b) 

(c) 

supporting international touring, events and exhibitions; 

supporting the circulation of European literature; 

supporting  audience  building  as  a  means  of  stimulating  interest  in  European  cultural 
works. 

Article 10 
Support measures of the Culture Strand 

The Culture Strand shall provide support for the following measures: 

(a) 

(b) 

(c) 

(d) 

(e) 

cooperation  measures  bringing  together  operators  from  different  countries  to  undertake 
sectoral or cross-sectoral activities; 

activities by European bodies comprising networks of operators from different countries; 

activities by organisations providing a promotional European platform for the development 
of emerging talent and stimulating the circulation of artists and works, with a systemic and 
large scale effect; 

support for literary translation; 

special  actions  aiming  to  achieve  greater  visibility  for  the  richness  and  diversity  of 
European  cultures,  and  stimulate  intercultural  dialogue  and  mutual  understanding, 
including  European  cultural  prizes,  the  European  Heritage  Label,  and  the  European 
Capitals of Culture. 

CHAPTER IV 
The MEDIA Strand 

Article 11 
Priorities of the MEDIA Strand 

1.  The priorities in the field of reinforcing the sector's capacity shall be the following: 

(a) 

(b) 

facilitating  the  acquisition  of  skills  and  the  development  of  networks  and  in  particular 
encouraging  the  use  of  digital  technologies  to  ensure  the  adaptation  to  market 
development; 

increasing  the  capacity  of  audiovisual  operators  to  develop  audiovisual  works  with  a 
potential to circulate in Europe and beyond and to facilitate European and international co-
production including with TV broadcasters; 

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(c) 

encouraging business to business exchanges by facilitating access to markets and business 
tools for audiovisual operators to increase the visibility of their projects on European and 
international markets. 

2.  The priorities in the field of promoting transnational circulation shall be the following: 

(a) 

(b) 

(c) 

(d) 

supporting  theatrical  distribution  through  transnational  marketing,  branding,  distribution 
and exhibition of audiovisual projects; 

supporting transnational marketing and distribution on online platforms; 

supporting  audience  building  as  means  of  stimulating  interest  for  audiovisual  works  in 
particular through promotion, events, film literacy and festivals; 

Promoting  flexibility  of  new  distribution  modes  in  order  to  allow  the  emergence  of  new 
business models. 

Article 12 
Support measures of the MEDIA Strand 

The MEDIA Strand shall provide support for the following measures: 

(a) 

(b) 

(c) 

(d) 

(e) 

(f) 

(g) 

(h) 

(i) 

(j) 

support  the  development  of  a  comprehensive  offer  of  new  skills  acquisition,  knowledge 
sharing and networking initiatives; 

support audiovisual operators to develop European audiovisual works with enhanced cross-
border circulation potential; 

support  activities  aiming  at  facilitating  European  and  international  co-productions, 
including television; 

facilitate access to professional audiovisual trade events and markets and the use of online 
business tools inside and outside Europe; 

establish  systems  of  support  for  the  distribution  of  non-national  European  films  on  all 
platforms and for international sales activities; 

facilitate circulation of European films worldwide and of international films in Europe on 
all platforms; 

support of a European cinema owners' network screening a significant proportion of non-
national European films, including the integration of digital technologies; 

support initiatives presenting and promoting a diversity of European audiovisual works; 

support activities aiming at increasing knowledge and interest of audiences; 

support  innovative  actions  testing  new  business  models  and  tools  in  areas  likely  to  be 
influenced by the introduction and the use of digital technologies. 

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CHAPTER V 
Performance results and dissemination 

Article 13 
Consistency and complementarity 

1.  The Commission, in cooperation with the Member States, shall ensure overall consistency and 

complementarity with: 

(a) 

(b) 

relevant  EU  policies,  in  particular  those  in  the  fields  of  education,  employment,  health, 
research and innovation, enterprise, tourism, justice and development; 

other relevant EU funding sources in the field of culture and media policies, in particular 
the  European  Social  Fund,  the  European  Regional  Development  Fund,  the  Research  and 
Innovation  Programmes,  as  well  as  the  financial  instruments  relating  to  justice  and 
citizenship,  external  cooperation  programmes  and  the  pre-accession  instruments.  In 
particular, it will be important to ensure synergies at the level of implementation between 
the Programme and the national and regional strategies for smart specialisation. 

2.  This  Regulation  shall  apply  and  be  implemented  respecting  international  commitments  of  the 

Union. 

Article 14 
Monitoring and evaluation 

1.  The Commission shall ensure regular monitoring and external evaluation of the Creative Europe 
Programme against the following performance indicators. It has to be taken into account that the 
achievement of performance results depends on the complementary impact of other activities at 
European and national level affecting the cultural and creative sectors: 

(a) 

Indicators for the general objectives referred in Article 4: 

– 

– 

the sectors' share of employment and share of GDP; 

percentage of people reporting that they access European cultural works. 

(b) 

Indicators for the specific objectives referred in Article 5: 

With  regard  to  the  objective  on  support  for  the  capacity  of  the  European  cultural  and  creative 
sectors referred to in point (a) of Article 5: 

– 

– 

internationalisation of cultural operators and the number of transnational partnerships 
created; 

number  of  learning  experiences  created  for  artists/cultural  operators  which  have 
increased their skills and employability. 

With regard the objective on promotion of transnational circulation of cultural and creative works 
and operators and the reaching of new audiences in Europe and beyond referred to in point (b) of 
Article 5: 

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number of people  directly and indirectly reached through  projects supported by the 
Programme. 

MEDIA Strand: 

– 

– 

number  of  admissions  for  European  films  in  Europe  and  worldwide  (10  most 
important non-European markets); 

percentage of European audiovisual works in cinemas, TV and digital platforms. 

With  regard  to  the  objective  on  strengthening  of  the  financial  capacity  of  cultural  and  creative 
sectors referred to in point (c) of Article 5: 

– 

– 

– 

volume of loans granted in the framework of the financial facility; 

number and geographical spread of financial institutions providing access to finance 
for the cultural and creative sectors; 

number,  national  origin  and  sub-sectors  of  final  beneficiaries  benefitting  from  the 
financial facility. 

With regard to the objective on support for transnational policy cooperation referred to in point (d) 
of Article 5: 

– 

number  of  Member  States  making  use  of  the  results  of  the  Open  Method  of 
Coordination in their national policy development and the number of new initiatives. 

2.  The  results  of  the  monitoring  and  evaluation  process  shall  be  used  when  implementing  the 

Programme. 

3.  The evaluation shall have the right scope and will be carried out in a sufficiently timely manner 

to feed into the decision making process. 

(a) 

In addition to the regular monitoring the Commission shall establish an external evaluation 
report  no  later  than  end-2017  in  order  to  assess  the  effectiveness  in  achieving  the 
objectives and the efficiency of the Programme and its European added value in view of a 
decision  on  the  renewal,  modification  or  suspension  of  the  Programme.  The  evaluation 
shall address the scope for simplification, its internal and external coherence, the continued 
relevance  of  all  objectives,  as  well  as  the  contribution  of  the  measures  to  the  Union 
priorities of smart, sustainable and inclusive growth. It shall take into account evaluation 
results on the long-term impact of Decision No 1855/2006/EC, Decision No 1718/2006/EC 
and Decision No 1041/2009/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council. 

(b) 

The longer-term impacts and the sustainability of effects of the measures shall be evaluated 
by  the  Commission  with  view  to  feeding  into  a  decision  on  a  possible  renewal, 
modification or suspension of a subsequent programme. 

Article 15 
Communication and dissemination 

1.  Beneficiaries  of  the  projects  supported  by  the  Programme  shall  ensure  communication  and 
dissemination of information concerning the Union’s funding they have received and the results 
obtained. 

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2.  The Creative Europe Desks network referred to in Article 8 (f) shall ensure communication and 
dissemination  of  information  concerning  the  Union  funding  awarded  and  results  obtained  for 
their country. 

CHAPTER VI 
Access to the Programme 

Article 16 
Provisions concerning non-EU Member States and international organisations 

1.  The  Programme  shall  foster  cultural  diversity  at  international  level  in  line  with  the  2005 
UNESCO  Convention  on  the  protection  and  the  promotion  of  the  diversity  of  cultural 
expressions. 

2.  The  Strands  shall  be  open  to  the  participation  of  the  following  countries  provided  that  the 
conditions  are  met,  including  those  contained  within  Directive  2010/13/EU  of  the  European 
Parliament and of the Council of 10 March 2010 on the coordination of certain provisions laid 
down by law, regulation or administrative action in Member States concerning the provision of 
audiovisual media services for the MEDIA strand, and additional appropriations are paid: 

(a) 

(b) 

(c) 

(d) 

Acceding  countries,  candidate  countries  and  potential  candidates  benefiting  from  a  pre-
accession  strategy,  in  accordance  with  the  general  principles  and  general  terms  and 
conditions for the participation of those countries in Union programmes established in the 
respective Framework Agreements, Association Council Decisions or similar agreements; 

EFTA countries which are members of the EEA, in accordance with the provisions of the 
EEA Agreement; 

The Swiss Confederation, on the basis of a bilateral agreement to be concluded with that 
country; 

Countries of the European neighbourhood area in accordance with the procedures defined 
with those countries following the framework agreements providing for their participation 
in European Union programmes. 

3.  The  Programme  shall  be  open  for  bilateral  or  multilateral  cooperation  actions  targeted  at 

selected countries or regions on the basis of additional appropriations. 

4.  The Programme shall permit cooperation and joint actions with countries not participating in the 
Programme and with international organisations active in the cultural and creative sectors such 
as UNESCO, the Council of Europe, OECD or the World Intellectual Property Organisation on 
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CHAPTER VII 
Implementing provisions 

Article 17 
Implementation of the Programme 

In  order  to  implement  the  programme,  the  Commission  shall  adopt  annual  work  programmes  by 
way of implementing acts in accordance with the advisory procedure referred to in Article 18 (2). 
The annual work programmes shall set out the objectives pursued, the expected results, the method 
of implementation and the total amount of the financing plan. They shall also contain a description 
of the actions to be financed, an indication of the amount allocated to each action and an indicative 
implementation  timetable.  For  grants  they  shall  include  the  priorities,  the  essential  evaluation 
criteria and the maximum rate of co-financing. 

Article 18 
Committee procedure 

1.  The  Commission  shall  be  assisted  by  the  Creative  Europe  Programme  Committee.  That 

committee shall be a committee within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011. 

2.  Where reference is made to this paragraph, Article 4 of the Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 shall 

apply. 

Article 19 
Financial provisions 

1.  The financial envelope for implementing this Programme for the period set out in Article 1 (1) 

is fixed at EUR 1 801 000 000. 

2.  The financial allocation for the Programme may also cover expenses pertaining to preparatory, 
monitoring,  control,  audit  and  evaluation  activities  which  are  required  directly  for  the 
management  of  the  programme  and  the  achievement  of  its  objectives;  in  particular,  studies, 
meetings  of  experts, 
including  corporate 
communication of the political priorities of the European Union as far as they are related to the 
general objectives of this Regulation, expenses linked to IT networks focusing on information 
processing  and  exchange,  together  with  all  other  technical  and  administrative  assistance 
expenses incurred by the Commission for the management of the Programme. 

information  and  communication  actions, 

3.  The  financial  allocation  may  also  cover  the  technical  and  administrative  assistance  expenses 
necessary  to  ensure  the  transition  between  the  Programme  and  the  measures  adopted  under 
Decision No 1855/2006/EC, Decision No 1718/2006/EC and Decision No 1041/2009/EC of the 
European  Parliament  and  of  the  Council.  If  necessary,  appropriations  could  be  entered  in  the 
budget beyond 2020 to cover similar expenses, in order to enable the management of actions not 
yet completed by 31 December 2020. 

4.  The  Commission  shall  implement  the  Union  financial  support  in  accordance  with  Regulation 

XX/2012 [the Financial Regulation]. 

5.  In duly justified cases the Commission may consider costs directly linked to the implementation 
of the supported actions as eligible even if those costs are incurred by the beneficiary before the 
submission of the financing application. 

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Article 20 
Protection of the financial interests of the European Union 

1.  The  Commission  shall  take  appropriate  measures  ensuring  that,  when  actions  financed  under 
this Regulation are implemented, the financial interests of the European Union are protected by 
the application of preventive measures against fraud, corruption and any other illegal activities, 
by effective checks and, if irregularities are detected, by the restitution of the amounts wrongly 
paid and, where appropriate, by effective, proportional and deterrent penalties. 

2.  The Commission or its representatives and the Court of Auditors shall have the power of audit, 
on  the  basis  of  documents  and  on-the-spot,  over  all  grant  beneficiaries,  contractors  and 
subcontractors who have received Union funds. The European Anti-fraud Office (OLAF) may 
be authorised to carry out on-the-spot checks and inspections on economic operators concerned 
directly  or  indirectly  by  such  funding  in  accordance  with  the  procedures  laid  down  in  the 
Regulation  (Euratom,  EC)  No  2185/96  with  a  view  to  establishing  that  there  has  been  fraud, 
corruption or any other illegal activity affecting the financial interests of the European Union in 
connection with a grant agreement or decision or a contract concerning Union funding.  

3.  Without prejudice to the first sub-paragraphs, cooperation agreements with third countries and 
international  organisations  and  grant  agreements  and  grant  decisions  and  contracts  resulting 
from  the  implementation  of  this  Programme  shall  expressly  empower  the  Commission,  the 
Court  of  Auditors  and  OLAF  to  conduct  such  audits,  verifications  or  on-the  spot  checks 
Regulation XX/2012 [the Financial Regulation]. 

CHAPTER VIII 
Final provisions 

Article 21 
Repeal and transitional provisions 

1.  Decision  No  1855/2006/EC,  Decision  No  1718/2006/EC  and  Decision  1041/2009/EC  of  the 
European Parliament and of the Council shall be repealed with effect from 1 January 2014. 

2.  Activities  undertaken  before  the  31  December  2013  on  the  basis  of  the  Decision  No 
1855/2006/EC,  Decision  No  1718/2006/EC  and  Decision  1041/2009/EC  of  the  European 
Parliament  and  of  the  Council  shall  continue  to  be  managed  until  they  are  terminated  in 
compliance with the provisions of those Decisions. 

Article 22 
Entry into force 

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

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. 

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It shall apply from 1 January 2014. 

Done at Brussels, 

For the European Parliament 
The President 

For the Council 
The President 

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ANNEX I 

IMPLEMENTATION ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CULTURAL AND CREATIVE 
SECTORS FACILITY 

The  Commission  shall  establish  a  facility  targeting  the  cultural  and  creative  sectors  and  operated 
within  the  context  of  a  European  Union  debt  instrument  for  small  and  medium-sized  enterprises. 
The financial support thus provided shall be earmarked to small and medium-sized enterprises and 
organisations operating in the cultural and creative sectors. 

1.  Tasks 

The Cultural and Creative Sectors Facility shall carry out the following tasks: 

(a) 

(b) 

Provide  guarantees  to  appropriate  financial  intermediaries  from  any  country  participating 
in the Creative Europe Programme; 

Provide  financial  intermediaries  with  additional  expertise  and  capacity  to  evaluate  risks 
associated with operators in the cultural and creative sectors; 

2.  Selection of intermediaries 

Intermediaries shall be selected in conformity with best market practice with regard to the effect on: 

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the volume of debt financing made available to cultural and creative operator and/or 

cultural and creative operator access to finance, and/or 

risk-taking in cultural and creative operator financing by the intermediary concerned. 

3.  Duration of the Cultural and Creative Sectors Facility 

Individual guarantees may have a maturity of up to 10 years. 

In  accordance  with  Article  18.2  of  Regulation  XX/2012  [the  Financial  Regulation],  revenues  and 
repayments  generated  by  the  guarantees  shall  be  assigned  to  the  financial  facility.  For  financial 
facilities already set up in the previous multiannual financial framework, revenues and repayments 
generated by operations started in the previous period shall be assigned to the financial facility in 
the current period. 

4.  Capacity Building 

Capacity  building  under  the  Cultural  and  Creative  Sectors  Facility  is  essentially  the  provision  of 
expert  services  to  the  financial  intermediaries  signing  a  facility  agreement  under  the  Cultural  and 
Creative  Sectors  Facility,  with  the  objective  of  providing  each  financial  intermediary  with 
additional expertise and capacity to evaluate risks associated to financing the cultural and creative 
sectors. Additionally, operators in the cultural and creative sectors could benefit from this capacity 
building  by  developing  the  appropriate  skills  to  elaborate  business  plans  and  to  prepare  accurate 
information  of  their  projects  that  would  help  the  financial  intermediary  evaluate  the  cultural  and 
creative projects in an efficient way. 

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The  budgetary  allocation  shall  cover  the  full  cost  of  the  Facility,  including  payment  obligations 
towards  financial  intermediaries  such  as  losses  from  guarantees,  management  fees  for  the  EIF 
managing the Union's resources, as well as any other eligible costs or expenses. 

6.  Visibility and awareness-raising 

Each  intermediary  shall  provide  an  appropriate  level  of  visibility  and  transparency  to  the  support 
given by the Union, including adequate information on the financial opportunities made available 
by the Programme. 
It  shall  be  ensured  that  the  final  beneficiaries  are  adequately  informed  of  the  available  financing 
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ANNEX II 

LEGISLATIVE FINANCIAL STATEMENT FOR PROPOSALS 

FRAMEWORK OF THE PROPOSAL/INITIATIVE  

1.1. 

Title of the proposal/initiative  

Proposal  for  a  REGULATION  OF  THE  EUROPEAN  PARLIAMENT  AND  OF  THE 
COUNCIL establishing the Creative Europe Programme 

1.2. 

Policy area(s) concerned in the ABM/ABB structure17  

Title 15 Education and Culture 

1.3. 

Nature of the proposal/initiative  

(cid:57) The proposal/initiative relates to a new action  

(cid:133) The proposal/initiative relates to a new action following a pilot project/preparatory action18  

(cid:133) The proposal/initiative relates to the extension of an existing action  

(cid:133) The proposal/initiative relates to an action redirected towards a new action  

1.4. 

Objectives 

1.4.1.  The Commission's multiannual strategic objective(s) targeted by the proposal/initiative  

The Programme will contribute to the Europe 2020 Strategy (COM (2010) 2020, 3.3.2010) 
through 

(a) fostering the safeguarding and promotion of European cultural and linguistic diversity;  

(b)  strengthening  the  competitiveness  of  the  cultural  and  creative  sectors  with  a  view  to 
promoting smart, sustainable and inclusive growth. 

1.4.2. 

Specific objective(s) and ABM/ABB activity(ies) concerned  

Specific objectives: 

(a)  Support  the  capacity  of  the  European  cultural  and  creative  sectors  to  operate 
transnationally; 

(b) Promote the transnational circulation of cultural and creative works and operators and 
reach new audiences in Europe and beyond; 

(c) Strengthen the financial capacity of the cultural and creative sectors; 

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As referred to in Article 49(6)(a) or (b) of the Financial Regulation. 

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(d)  Support  transnational  policy  cooperation  in  order  to  foster  policy  development, 
innovation, audience building and new business models.  

ABM/ABB activity(ies) concerned 

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1.4.3.  Expected result(s) and impact 

Specify the effects which the proposal/initiative should have on the beneficiaries/groups targeted. 

The  programme  will  strengthen  the  adaptation  of  the  cultural  and  creative  sectors  to 
globalisation  and  the  digital  shift  and  increase  transnational  trade  of  cultural  works  and 
touring  by  artists  and  other  professionals,  thereby  improving  its  capacity  to  operate 
internationally  and  contribute  to  economic  growth  and  employment.  This  would  be  done 
by  targeting  projects  which  can  promote  the  knowhow  and  skills  to  make  full  use  of  the 
potential  the  digital  shift  offers  to  reach  larger  audiences,  develop  new  business  models 
and  to  tap  into  new  revenue  streams  (thereby  also  helping  to  reduce  reliance  on  public 
funding).  By  targeting  multipliers,  an  exponential  effect  will  be  sought.  More  targeted 
support  for  the  transnational  circulation  of  works  should  help  to  generate  economies  of 
scale  by  fostering  physical  networks  for  artists,  professionals  and  works  or  wider  digital 
distribution  outside  of  traditional  distribution  chains  and  thereby  facilitating  the 
recoupment of costs through more extended runs and larger audiences.  

The structure of a framework programme integrating the previous Culture, MEDIA 2007 
and  MEDIA  Mundus  programme  will  ensure  a  more  fluid  flow  of  information  between 
sectors  and  help  increase  knowledge  sharing,  for  example  in  new  business  skills.  It 
accommodates  networking,  collaborations  and  strategic  partnerships  between  operators 
more easily than would be the case with two separate programmes.  

Furthermore, the inclusion of a financial instrument will help the CCS to achieve financial 
stability, invest in innovation, reach new growth markets, through digital distribution and 
sales, thereby reaching new and larger audiences.  

1.4.4. 

Indicators of results and impact  

Specify the indicators for monitoring implementation of the proposal/initiative. 

(a) Indicators for general objectives (Article 4 of the Regulation): 

- the sectors' share of employment and share of GDP [target for 2020: increase of 5% in 
share of employment and share of GDP]; 

-  percentage  of  people  reporting  that  they  access  non-national  European  cultural  works 
[target  for  2020:  increase  of  2  percentage  points  in  comparison  to  the  Eurobarometer 
Survey 2007].  

(b) Indicators of specific objectives (Article 5 of the Regulation): 

As regards support for the capacity of the European cultural and creative sectors (Article 5 
(a)):  

-  internationalisation  of  cultural  operators  and  the  number  of  transnational  partnerships 
created [target for 2020: creation of 10.000 transnational partnerships];  

- number of learning experiences created for artists/cultural operators which have increased 
their  skills  and  employability  [target  for  2020:  300.000  professionals  with  learning 
experiences]. 

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As  regards  the  promotion  of  transnational  circulation  of  cultural  and  creative  works  and 
operators and the reaching of new audiences in Europe and beyond (Article 5 (b)): 

Culture Strand: 

-  number  of  people  directly  and  indirectly  reached  through  projects  supported  by  the 
Programme [100 million people]; 

MEDIA Strand: 

- number of admissions for European films in Europe and worldwide (10 most important 
non-European markets) [target for 2020: 325 million admissions (in Europe) 165  million 
admissions (worldwide, 10 most relevant markets) (10% increase)]; 

- percentage of European audiovisual works in cinemas, TV and digital platforms [target 
for 2020: 60% for cinema, 67% for TV, 67% for digital platforms]. 

As  regards  the  strengthening  of  the  financial  capacity  of  cultural  and  creative  sectors 
(Article 5(c)): 

- volume of loans granted in the framework of the financial facility [target for 2020: € 1 
billion worth of loans]; 

- number and geographical spread of financial institutions providing access to finance for 
the  cultural  and  creative  sectors  [target  for  2020:  financial  institutions  from  10  different 
countries]; 

-  number,  national  origin  and  sub-sectors  of  final  beneficiaries  benefitting  from  the  financial 
facility [target for 2020: 15.000 beneficiaries from 5 different sub-sectors]. 

As regards support for transnational policy cooperation (Article 5 (d)): 

- number of Member States making use of the results of the Open Method of Coordination 
(OMC) in their national policy development and the number of new initiatives [target for 
2020: each Member State participating in the OMC makes use of the results and launches 
at least one initiative]. 

1.5. 

Grounds for the proposal/initiative  

1.5.1.  Requirement(s) to be met in the short or long term  

The programme will respond to challenges the cultural and creative sectors face in terms of 
fragmentation,  globalisation  and  the  digital  shift,  shortage  of  data  and  lack  of  private 
investment  and  contribute  to  the  delivery  of  the  Europe  2020  objectives  by  driving 
innovation, entrepreneurship and smart, sustainable growth and social inclusion.  

It  increases  the  sectors'  contribution  to  the  share  of  employment  and  growth,  which 
currently represents 4.5% of total European GDP in 2008 and some 3.8% of workforce. 

1.5.2.  Added value of EU involvement 

In  addition  to  the  complementarities  to  other  EU  policies  and  programmes  the  new 
initiative would have the following added value of EU involvement: 

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-  The  transnational  character  of  its  activities  and  the  impact  of  their  outputs,  which  will 
complement national, international and other European Union programmes; 

-  The  economies  of  scale  and  critical  mass  which  European  Union  support  can  foster 
creating leverage effect on additional funds; 

-  Transnational  cooperation  can  stimulate  more  comprehensive,  rapid  and  effective 
responses to global challenges and have long-term systemic effects on the sector; 

-  Ensuring  a  more  level  playing  field  in  the  European  cultural  and  creative  sectors  by 
taking  account  of  low  production  capacity  countries  and/or  countries  or  regions  with  a 
restricted geographical and linguistic area. 

1.5.3.  Lessons learned from similar experiences in the past 

Following  the  results  of  several  evaluations  and  public  consultations  of  previous 
programmes  the  Creative  Europe  programme  will  introduce  measures  adapted  to  the 
current  and  future  needs  of  the  sectors  and  simplify  management  and  implementation  of 
the programme.  

The  dramatic  changes  of  the  sector  in  terms  of  digitisation  and  globalisation  and  the 
continually  evolving  technology  require  a  massive  adjustment  by  cultural  and  creative 
operators. These needs are reflected in the proposed action. The programme facilitates new 
competences,  such  as  the  development  of  new  business  models  and  revenue  streams, 
including  marketing  and  audience-building  skills,  up-to-date  ICT  knowhow,  and  better 
knowledge of issues such as copyright and also responds to the current shortage of market 
data.  New  geographical  and  product  markets  will  be  reached  by  introducing  an 
international  dimension  throughout  the  programme  and  e.g.  an  increased  focus  on  video 
games.  The  programme  will  have  flexibility  for  further  experimentation  through  the 
support of pilot projects. Moreover the programme meets the need for media and cultural 
literacy measures in order to build up and increase an audience and contribute to a critical 
understanding for European cultural and creative works. 

The  programme  establishes  a  recognizable  and  simple  single  entry  point  for  cultural  and 
creative  operators  in  Europe.  A  single  Creative  Europe  Desk  will  save  resources  and 
improve management of the desks, facilitate application and create more visibility for the 
programme.  

Further simplifications will be introduced to accelerate the operational management of the 
programme. They will include: improvements to the data collection and analysis tools and 
resources;  greater  use  of  lump  sums  and  flat  rates  funding,  framework  partnership 
agreements, grant decisions; reduction in the number of instruments in the case of Culture; 
beneficiary  portals  and  other  ICT  tools  to  reduce  paperwork  for  applicants/beneficiaries; 
electronic application and final report forms for all actions. 

1.5.4.  Coherence and possible synergy with other relevant instruments 

The  programme  will  be  entirely  complementary  to  other  EU  instruments.  No  other  EU 
programme  promotes  the  transnational  mobility  of  artists/cultural  and  audiovisual 
professionals  nor  the  circulation  of  works.  Regarding  linguistic  diversity  the  programme 
will complement EU actions on language learning. However, the programme does not aim 
at  formal  or  informal  learning  which  is  covered  by  the  Erasmus  for  All  Programme,  but 

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focuses on fostering peer and accelerated learning among cultural organisations on topics 
where the sector faces key challenges.  

The programme will complement EU culture policy by reaching cultural operators directly 
and thereby helping bring about systemic change in terms of EU policy priorities.  

In contrast to other EU funding such as the ERDF, ESF, Competitiveness and Innovation 
Framework  Programme  (CIP),  the  programme  will  specifically  target  the  needs  of  the 
cultural  and  creative  sectors  with  a  wish  to  operate  beyond  national  borders  and  with  a 
strong  link  to  the  promotion  of  cultural  and  linguistic  diversity.  Indeed,  the  current 
ERDF/ESF support is for preservation, rehabilitation and development of cultural heritage, 
development of  cultural infrastructure, urban regeneration, support to tourism, promotion 
of entrepreneurship, support to ICT based cultural services and the improvement of human 
capital,  with  a  very  strong  focus  on  innovation  and  regional  or  local  development. 
Furthermore  the  support  for  policy  development  would  have  benefits  for  knowledge 
sharing in the development of regional policies by Member States. 

The CIP provides access to funding for SMEs (through guarantee and equity) and the up-
take  of  digital  technologies  and  contents,  but  these  are  generic  tools,  without  any 
dissemination  of  sector-specific  expertise.  The  financial  facility  established  by  the 
programme  to  strengthen  the  financial  capacity  of  Europe's  cultural  and  creative  sectors 
will focus on the specific needs of these sectors, in order to foster greater understanding of 
assessing  risks  in  these  sectors  by  financial  institutions  and  stimulating  networking 
between them.  

Mass digitisation of cultural heritage will not be supported through the culture strand. But 
it could be funded within the Structural Funds. Additionally, policy and actions related to 
digitisation and content aggregation around Europeana (the European Digital Library) are 
implemented within the Digital Agenda for Europe. 

International  funding  under  the  culture  strand  will  help  the  European  cultural  sector  to 
operate internationally and be a projection of the objectives of the internal programme. In 
contrast to other EU instruments aimed at cultural cooperation with third countries, it is a 
multilateral,  not  bilateral  tool,  and  does  not  target  development  cooperation  in  third 
countries.  However,  it  will  create  synergies  with  these  programmes  once  cultural  and 
creative sectors have been built up. 

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1.6. 

Duration and financial impact  

(cid:59) Proposal/initiative of limited duration  

–  (cid:59)  Proposal/initiative in effect from 01/01/2014 to 31/12/2020  

–  (cid:59)  Financial impact from 2014 to 2020 (and to post-2020 for payments) 

(cid:133) Proposal/initiative of unlimited duration 

–  Implementation with a start-up period from YYYY to YYYY, 

–  followed by full-scale operation. 

1.7.  Management mode(s) envisaged19  

(cid:59) Centralised direct management by the Commission  

(cid:59) Centralised indirect management with the delegation of implementation tasks to: 

–  (cid:59)  executive agencies  

–  (cid:133)  bodies set up by the Communities20  

–  (cid:59)  national public-sector bodies/bodies with public-service mission  

–  (cid:133)  persons entrusted with the implementation of specific actions pursuant to Title V of 
the  Treaty  on  European  Union  and  identified  in  the  relevant  basic  act  within  the 
meaning of Article 49 of the Financial Regulation  

(cid:133) Shared management with the Member States  

(cid:133) Decentralised management with third countries  

(cid:59) Joint management with international organisations (as specified below) 

If more than one management mode is indicated, please provide details in the "Comments" section. 

Comments  

The Programme will be implemented by: 

- the Commission for the following action lines: special actions within the Culture Strand (Prizes, 
ECOC,  European  Heritage  Label  etc.),  support  to  co-production  fund,  support  to  transnational 
policy cooperation 

- the EACEA for the remaining action lines 

- the EIF in respect of the cultural and creative sectors financial facility 

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Details of management modes and references to the Financial Regulation may be found on the BudgWeb site: 
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- European based international co-production funds (article 54 Financial Regulation bodies) for the 
co-production action line 

2. 

MANAGEMENT MEASURES  

2.1.  Monitoring and reporting rules  

Specify frequency and conditions. 

The  Commission  shall  ensure  regular  monitoring  and  external  evaluation  of  the  Creative 
Europe Programme against the indicators listed in 1.4.4. It has to be taken into account that 
the assessment of the indicators depends on the complementary impact of other activities 
on European and national level affecting the cultural and creative sector. The Commission 
shall submit to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social 
Committee and the Committee of the Regions an evaluation report on the results obtained 
and on the qualitative and quantitative aspects of the implementation of the Programme not 
later  than  31  December  2017.  The  evaluation  will  include  the  ex  post  evaluation  of  the 
previous programmes. 

2.2.  Management and control system  

2.2.1.  Risk(s) identified  

A: Key risks and key causes of errors 

The following key risks and causes of errors have been identified for the Creative Europe 
Programme,  on  the  basis  of  those  already  reported  for  the  current  MEDIA  and  Culture 
programmes: 

-  Specific  target  public:  most  participants  to  the  programme  are  likely  to  be  small  and 
medium-sized  organisations  operating  in  the  audiovisual  and  creative  sectors.  Some  of 
them may not have a strong financial footing or sophisticated management structures. This 
may have an impact on their financial and operational capacity for managing EU funds; 

- Errors regarding the eligibility of expenses in budget-based grants, due to the complexity 
of  rules,  the  lack  of  adequate  supporting  documentation  kept  by  grant  beneficiaries  or 
inadequate desk controls: this risk will still exist under the Creative Europe Programme but 
should  be  lower  than  for  the  current  generation  of  Programmes,  due  to  simplified  rules, 
increased use of flat rates and lump sums and improved and better targeted desk controls 
(see 2.2.2); 

- Limited risk of double funding, as entities may benefit from several grants under different 
EU Programmes. 

It  should  be  noted  that  most  of  the  actions  under  the  current  MEDIA  and  Culture 
Programmes and the Creative Europe Programme are/will be managed by the Education, 
Audiovisual  and  Culture  Executive  Agency  (EACEA).  The  mitigation  of  the  risks 
mentioned above will therefore mainly fall under the responsibility of the Agency.  

B: Expected error rates 

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Figures for 2009 and 2010 show that the error rate for the MEDIA Programme is very low 
(under 0,50%). This is confirmed by the indicative figures available to date for 2011. 

Concerning the Culture Programme, the 2009 error rate was 0.57% and should be also well 
under 2% in 2011 according to provisional figures, around 0.6-0.7%. The materiality of the 
value at risk resulting from the error rate was for 2010 above the 2% threshold (4.28%) but 
the  sample  of  audits  represented  a  smaller  amount  in  terms  of  budget  than  in  2009  and 
2011. Therefore, for the years 2009 to 2011, the multi-annual error rate is less than 1%.  

Concerning  the  2010  error  rate,  the  analysis  done  by  EACEA  of  the  errors  showed  that 
most of them fell within the key risks identified above. An action plan has been designed, 
comprising  measures  to  improve  the  quality  of  information  provided  to  beneficiaries  on 
their  financial  obligations,  a  strategy  to  improve  the  efficiency  and  effectiveness  of 
monitoring visits, a strategy to improve desk controls and a consolidation of the 2011 audit 
plan. 

Based on the error rates for 2009 and 2010 and the estimation of the likely error rates for 
2011,  it  can  be  concluded  that  the  level  of  non-compliance  for  the  Creative  Europe 
Programme is expected to be well under the 2% threshold. This assumption is supported by 
the  fact  that  additional  simplification  measures  and  control  measures  are  planned  to  be 
implemented compared to the current programmes (see 2.2.2). 

2.2.2.  Control method(s) envisaged  

A: Information on the internal control system  

The control system for the Creative Europe Programme will be risk-based. It will include 
the following main controls, to be mostly implemented by the EACEA. The same control 
system is implemented for the actions directly managed by EAC. 

1. At the selection stage: 

- Control of the operational and financial capacity of applicants 

- Checks of eligibility and exclusion criteria 

- Budget and content evaluation and check 

- Legal and financial verifications  

- Identification of cases of potential double funding using appropriate IT tools 

2. During the contract management phase 

- Financial circuits based on segregation of duties 

- Wider use of flat rates and lump sums to reduce the risk of errors 

- For budget-based grants, definition of the desk controls to be applied to final statements 
based on an assessment of the risks involved and the costs of controls: 

* for grants above a threshold, audit certificates to be mandatory at the final payment 

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*for smaller grants, samples of invoices to be provided by beneficiaries; the content 

of the samples will be determined for each action following a risk-based analysis. 

-  Simplification  of  rules  as  well  as  improvement  of  the  clarity  and  transparency  of  the 
information provided to the beneficiaries concerning those rules  

- Improvement of the efficiency and effectiveness of monitoring visits by using risk-based 
criteria  for  the  choice  of  projects  to  be  visited  and  quality  criteria  to  follow-up  their 
implementation.  

3. Ex-post 

- Annual ex-post audit plan (risk-based and random selection) based on a comprehensive 
risk analysis  

-  Ad-hoc  audits  to  be  implemented  when  there  are  serious  concerns  in  terms  of 
irregularities and/or suspected fraud. 

To  conclude,  the  concrete  burden  of  the  controls  on  the  beneficiaries  should  decrease 
compared to the current situation, as part of the expected lower risk of non-compliance will 
result from additional simplifications and better quality of supporting information provided 
to beneficiaries.  

4. Supervision of the EACEA by the Commission 

In  addition  to  controls  regarding  the  grant  process,  the  Commission  will  also  apply  the 
control  measures  required  for  executive  agencies  in  accordance  with  Art.  59  of  the 
Financial  Regulation.  It  will  monitor  and  control  that  the  EACEA  realises  appropriate 
control objectives for the actions that it will be entrusted to manage. This supervision will 
be integrated in the terms of cooperation between the parent DG and EACEA and in the 
half year reporting of the agency. 

B: Estimation of costs of control for actions managed by the EACEA and EAC 

1. During the selection and the contract management phases 

1.1 Staff costs 

The  estimation  is  calculated  taking  into  account  control  activities  carried  out  under  the 
current MEDIA and Culture Programmes: 

- by operational and financial staff having initiation and verification  

- in all phase of the project life cycle (selection, contracting and payments). 

Number of staff carrying out 
control activities 

Standard costs 

Total (1 year) 

Contractual 
(EACEA): 21,75 

Temporary 
(EACEA): 6,6 

agents 

64.000€ 

1.392.000€ 

Agents 

127.000€ 

838.200€ 

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Officials:1,6  (part  managed 
by EAC) 

127.000€ 

212.200€ 

Total  for 
duration: 17.096.800€ 

the  Programme 

1.2. Other costs 

Standard costs 

Total (1 year) 

On 
the 
(EACEA) 

spot  Missions 

1.000€ 

95.000€ 

Audit  certificates 
to  be 
provided  by  beneficiaries 
(EACEA) 

1.300€ 

On  the  spot  Missions  (part 
managed by EAC) 

1.000€ 

to  be 
Audit  certificates 
provided  by  beneficiaries 
(part managed by EAC) 

1.300€ 

2. Ex-post controls 

2.1 Staff 

2.550.000€ 

6.000€ 

150.000€ 

Total  for 
duration: 19.607.000€ 

the  Programme 

Number of staff carrying out 
control activities 

Standard costs 

Total (1 year) 

Contractual 
(EACEA): 1 

Temporary 
(EACEA): 0,2 

agents 

64.000€ 

Agents 

127.000€ 

Officials  (part  managed  by 
EAC): 0,1 

127.000€ 

64.000€ 

25.400€ 

12.700€ 

Total  for 
duration: 714.700€ 

the  Programme 

1.2. Ex-post audits 

Random,  risk-based  &  ad-
hoc audits 

Standard costs 

Total (1 year) 

EACEA 

10.500€ 

409.500€ 

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EAC 

10.500€ 

25.000 € 

Total  for 
duration: 3.041.500€ 

the  Programme 

3. Total costs  of  controls in EACEA and  EAC compared to the  operational budget to be 
managed 

Given an operational budget of 1.678,7€ for Creativ e Europe, the total cost of control for 
actions managed by EACEA and EAC is approximately 2.40% of the budget. 

2.3.  Measures to prevent fraud and irregularities  

Specify existing or envisaged prevention and protection measures. 

A  low  number  of  fraud  cases  in  combination  with  very  low  error  rates,  justifies  that 
measures  to  prevent  fraud  and  irregularities  in  the  new  programme  will  have  to  be 
proportional and cost effective. 

In addition to the application of all regulatory control mechanisms, DG EAC will devise an 
anti-fraud strategy in line with the Commission’s new anti-fraud strategy (CAFS) adopted 
on 24 June 2011 to ensure inter alia that its internal anti-fraud related controls are aligned 
with the CAFS and that its fraud risk management approach is geared to identify fraud risk 
areas and adequate responses. Where necessary, networking groups and adequate IT tools 
dedicated to analysing fraud cases related to the Erasmus for all programme will be set up. 

In  order  to  mitigate  potential  fraud  and  irregularities,  the  following  measures  are 
envisaged.  

-  The  prevention  of  potential  fraud  and  irregularities  is  considered  already  at  the 
programme set up, by the simplification of rules and the wider use of flat rates and lump 
sums.  

- Systematic check of potential double funding and identification of beneficiaries of several 
grants will be done 

-  Ad  hoc  audits  will  be  implemented  when  there  are  serious  concerns  in  terms  of 
irregularities and/or suspected fraud. 

-  The  Executive  Agency  will  have  to  report  potential  fraud  and  irregularities  to  the 
Commission ad hoc as well as in their regular reporting.  

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3. 

ESTIMATED FINANCIAL IMPACT OF THE PROPOSAL/INITIATIVE  

3.1. 

Heading(s)  of  the  multiannual  financial  framework  and  expenditure  budget  line(s) 
affected  

•  Existing expenditure budget lines  

In order of multiannual financial framework headings and budget lines. 

Budget line 

Type of  
expenditure

Contribution  

Number  
[Description………………………...……….] 

Diff./non-
diff 
(21) 

from 
EFTA22 
countries 

from 
candidate 
countries23 

from third 
countries 

within the meaning 
of Article 18(1)(aa) 
of the Financial 
Regulation  

Heading of 
multiannual 
financial 
framework 

5 

3 

15.01  Administrative  expenditure  of 
the 
Education and Culture policy area, articles 1-3 

15.01.04.31  Education,  Audiovisual  and 
Culture  Executive  Agency  –  Contribution 
from programmes under Heading 3 

•  New budget lines requested  

Non diff. 

YES 

YES 

YES 

NO 

Non diff. 

YES 

YES 

YES 

NO 

In order of multiannual financial framework headings and budget lines. 

Budget line 

Type of 
expenditure

Contribution  

Number  
[Heading……………………………………..] 

Diff./non-
diff. 

from 
EFTA 
countries 

from 
candidate 
countries 

from third 
countries 

within the meaning 
of Article 18(1)(aa) 
of the Financial 
Regulation  

15.01.04.04  Creative  Europe 
Expenditure 
management 

– 
administrative 

on 

Non diff  YES 

YES 

YES 

NO 

15.04.01 Creative Europe  

Diff 

YES 

YES 

YES 

NO 

Heading of 
multiannual 
financial 
framework 

3 

3 

21 
22 
23 

Diff. = Differentiated appropriations / Non-Diff. = Non-differentiated appropriations 
EFTA: European Free Trade Association.  
Candidate countries and, where applicable, potential candidate countries from the Western Balkans. 

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3.2. 

Estimated impact on expenditure  

3.2.1. 

Summary of estimated impact on expenditure  

Heading of multiannual financial 
framework:  

Number  Heading 3 

EUR million (to 3 decimal places) 

DG: EAC 

(cid:121) Operational appropriations  

Number of budget line 

Appropriations 
administrative 
from the envelope for specific programmes24  

an 

of 

Year 
2014 

Year 
2015 

Year 
2016 

Year 
2017 

Year 
2018 

Year 
2019 

Year 
2020 

Year 
post-2020 

TOTAL 

Commitments  

Payments  

(1) 

(2) 

nature 

financed 

178.670  198.139  218.564  239.022  260.243  280.850 

303.212 

1678.700 

107.197  158.513  174.855  244.503  266.739  288.369 

311.700 

126.824 

1678.700 

Number of budget line 

(3) 

14.330 

14.861 

15.436 

16.978 

17.757 

20.150 

22.788 

TOTAL appropriations 
for DG EAC  

Commitments 

Payments 

193.000  213.000  234.000  256.000  278.000  301.000 

326.000 

=1+1a 
+3 

=2+2a 

+3 

121.525  173.374  190.291  261.481  284.496  308.519 

334.488  126.824 

1801.000 

122.3 

1801.000 

24 

EN 

Technical and/or administrative assistance and expenditure in support of the implementation of EU programmes and/or actions (former "BA" lines), indirect research, direct 
research. 

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The  Commission  envisages  (partially)  externalising  the  implementation  of  this  programme  to  an  executive  agency.  Amounts  and  breakdown  of 
estimated costs may have to be adjusted according to the degree of externalisation finally retained  

(cid:121) TOTAL operational appropriations  

Commitments 

Payments 

(cid:121)  TOTAL  appropriations  of  an  administrative  nature 
financed from the envelope for specific programmes  

(4) 

(5) 

(6) 

TOTAL appropriations  
under HEADING 3 
of the multiannual financial framework 

Commitments 

=4+ 6 

193.000  213.000  234.000  256.000  278.000  301.000  326.000 

Payments 

=5+ 6 

121.525  173.374  190.291  261.481  284.496  308.519  334.488 

126.824 

1801.000 

1801.000 

If more than one heading is affected by the proposal / initiative: 

(cid:121) TOTAL operational appropriations  

Commitments 

Payments 

(cid:121)  TOTAL  appropriations  of  an  administrative  nature 
financed from the envelope for specific programmes  

(4) 

(5) 

(6) 

TOTAL appropriations  
under HEADINGS 1 to 4 
of the multiannual financial framework 
(Reference amount) 

Commitments 

=4+ 6 

Payments 

=5+ 6 

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Heading of multiannual financial 
framework:  

5 

" Administrative expenditure " 

Year 
2014 

Year 
2015 

Year 
2016 

Year 
2017 

Year 
2018 

Year 
2019 

Year 
2020 

TOTAL 

EUR million (to 3 decimal places) 

DG: Education and Culture 

(cid:121) Human resources  
(cid:121) Other administrative expenditure  

5.619 

0.505 

5.619 

0.505 

5.619 

0.505 

5.873 

0.505 

6.127 

0.505 

6.381 

0.505 

6.703 

0.505 

TOTAL DG Education and Culture 

Appropriations  

6.124 

6.124 

6.124 

6.378 

6.632 

6.886 

7.213 

41.946 

3.535 

45.481 

TOTAL appropriations 
under HEADING 5 
of the multiannual financial framework  

(Total 
= Total payments) 

commitments 

6.124 

6.124 

6.124 

6.378 

6.632 

6.886 

7.213 

45.481 

Year 
2014 

Year 
2015 

Year 
2016 

Year 
2017 

Year 
2018 

Year 
2019 

Year 
2020 

Year 
post-2020 

TOTAL 

EUR million (to 3 decimal places) 

TOTAL appropriations  
under HEADINGS 1 to 5 
of the multiannual financial framework  

Commitments 

198.804  218.804  239.804  262.058  284.312  307.566  332.893 

1844.241 

Payments 

127.331  179.178  196.095  267.539  290.808  315.085  341.381 

170.065 

1887.482 

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3.2.2.  Estimated impact on operational appropriations  

–  (cid:133)  The proposal/initiative does not require the use of operational appropriations  

–  (cid:59)  The proposal/initiative requires the use of operational appropriations, as explained below: 

Commitment appropriations in EUR million (to 3 decimal places) 

Indicate 
objectives and 
outputs  

(cid:216) 

Type of output 

OUTPUTS of the MEDIA Strand 

Average cost  
of the output 

Total number of 
outputs (2014-
2020) 

Total  
cost 

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVE No 1: Support the capacity of the European cultural and creative sectors to operate 
transnationally 

- Output 

New skills and networking [outputs: number of 
courses/workshops/events] 

0.150 

425 

63.7 

- Output 

Development of audiovisual projects (including TV production) 
[outputs: number of projects,] 

0.110 

2301 

253.1 

-Output 

-Output 

Support to co-production funds [output: number of co-production 
funds supported] 

Audiovisual markets, promotion tools and stands [output: number of 
projects] 

- Output 

Innovative projects in the field of ICT applicable to AV industry  
[output: number of applications of ICT to the industry] 

0.300 

0.1925 

0.500 

48 

452 

30 

14.3 

87.1 

15.2 

Sub-total for specific objective N°1 

3256 

433.4 

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVE No 2: Promote the transnational circulation of cultural and creative works and operators and reach new audiences in Europe and 
beyond 

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- Output 

Distribution campaigns of European Non National films 
[output: number of projects .] 

0.046 

6932 

318.9 

- Output 

-Output 

International grouping of sales agents, distributors and right holders 
[outputs: number of groupings ] 

Network of cinemas screening majority of European films [output: 
number of cinema networks]

-Output 

Film festivals and events [output: number of festivals and events] 

-Output 

Film literacy initiatives [output: number of projects] 

- Output 

New marketing and advertising tools [outputs: number of projects 
establishing e.g. film community platforms]

Sub-total for specific objective N°2 

0.271 

13.893 

0.040 

0.040 

0.040 

40 

7 

645 

269 

213 

TOTAL COST 

11.362 

10.8 

97.2 

26 

10.7 

8.5 

472.1 

905.5 

Indicate 
objectives and 
outputs  

(cid:216) 

Type of output25 

OUTPUTS of the CULTURE Strand 

Average cost  
of the output 

Total number of 
outputs 

Total  
cost 

SPECIFIC  OBJECTIVE  No  1:  Support  the  capacity  of  the  European  cultural  and  creative  sectors  to  operate 
transnationally 

25 

Outputs are products and services to be supplied (e.g.: number of student exchanges financed, number of km of roads built, etc.). 

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- Output 

Cooperation measures, such as activities stimulating peer learning 

- Output 

European networks, such as those providing capacity building 

European  platforms,  such  as 
i
f
Special actions, such as Prizes, ECOC, European Heritage label,… 

those  providing  a  structure  for 

l d

i

l

l

i

0.360 

0.100 

0.340 

0.406 

356 

132 

39 

48 

128.1 

13.2 

13.2 

19.4 

- Output 

-Output 

. 

EN 

Sub-total for specific objective N°1 

575 

173.9 

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVE No 2: Promote the transnational circulation of cultural and creative works and operators and reach new audiences in Europe and 
beyond 

- Output 

Cooperation measures, such as those supporting international touring 

- Output 

European networks, such as those promoting audience building 

- Output 

European platforms, such as those fostering international careers 

- Output 

Literary translations and promotional support 

-Output 

Special actions, such as Prizes, ECOC, European Heritage label, … 

0.360 

0.100 

0.340 

0.05 

0.406 

Sub-total for specific objective N°2 

TOTAL COST 

553 

205 

60 

859 

74 

1751 

2326 

199.2 

20.5 

20.5 

42.9 

30.2 

313.3 

487.2 

Indicate 
objectives and 
outputs  

(cid:216) 

Type of output 

OUTPUTS of the Cross-sectoral Strand 

Average cost  
of the output 

Total number of 
outputs (2014-
2020) 

Total  
cost 

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SPECIFIC OBJECTIVE No 1: Strengthen the financial capacity of the cultural and creative sectors 

- Output 

Establishment of a Cultural and Creative Sectors Facility 
[outputs: number of loans provided by banks to operators over 7 years] 

848  
[EIF fee plus 
expected loss] 

14420 

211.20 

Sub-total for specific objective N°1 

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVE No 2: Support transnational policy cooperation 

- Output 

Network of Creative Europe desks 

-Output 

Studies, evaluations and policy analysis [NB: This also includes the 
European audiovisual observatory] 

- Output 

Transnational exchanges and networking 

- Output 

Testing new cross-sectoral approaches  

- Output 

Conferences, seminars and policy dialogue 

Sub-total for specific objective N°2 

0.226 

0.317 

1.585 

1.132 

0.232 

189 

36 

4 

4 

42 

275 

TOTAL COST 

211.20 

42.7 

11,4 

6.4 

4.5 

9.8 

74.8 

286.00 

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3.2.3.  Estimated impact on appropriations of an administrative nature 

3.2.3.1.  Summary  

–  (cid:133)  The  proposal/initiative  does  not 

require 

the  use  of  administrative 

appropriations  

–  (cid:59)  The  proposal/initiative  requires  the  use  of  administrative  appropriations,  as 

explained below: 

EUR million (to 3 decimal places) 

Year 
2014 

Year 
2015 

Year 
2016 

Year 
2017 

Year 
2018 

Year 
2019 

Year 
2020 

TOTAL 

HEADING 5 
of the multiannual 
financial framework 

Human resources  

5.619 

5.619 

5.619 

5.873 

6.127 

6.381 

6.708 

41.946 

0.505 

0.505 

0.505 

0.505 

0.505 

0.505 

0.505 

3.535 

6.124 

6.124 

6.124 

6.378 

6.632 

6.886 

7.213 

45.481 

14.330 

14.861 

15.436 

16.978 

17.757 

20.150 

22.788 

122.3 

Other administrative 
expenditure  

Subtotal HEADING 5 
of the multiannual 
financial framework  

Outside HEADING 526 
of the multiannual 
financial framework  

Human resources  

Other expenditure  
of an administrative 
nature27 

Subtotal  
outside HEADING 5 
of the multiannual 
financial framework  

TOTAL 

20.454 

20.985 

21.560 

23.356 

24.389 

27.036 

30.001 

167.78

26 

27 

Technical  and/or  administrative  assistance  and  expenditure  in  support  of  the  implementation  of  EU 
programmes and/or actions (former "BA" lines), indirect research, direct research. 
The  Commission  envisages  (partially)  externalising  the  implementation  of  the  Programme  to  the 
EACEA.  The  above  mentioned  figures  will  be  adjusted  if  necessary  in  accordance  with  the 
externalisation process envisaged. 

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3.2.3.2.  Estimated requirements of human resources  

–  (cid:133)  The proposal/initiative does not require the use of human resources  

–  (cid:57)  The  proposal/initiative  requires  the  use  of  human  resources,  as  explained 

below: 

Estimate to be expressed in full time equivalent units 

Year 
2014 

Year 
2015 

Year 
2016 

Year 
2017 

Year 
2018 

Year 
2019 

Year 
2020 

TOTAL 

(cid:121) Establishment plan posts (officials and temporary agents) 

40 

40 

40 

42 

44 

46 

48 

300 

XX 01 01 01 
(Headquarters and 
Commission’s 
Representation 
Offices) 

XX 01 01 02 
(Delegations) 

XX 01 05 01 
(Indirect research) 

10 01 05 01 (Direct 
research) 

(cid:121) External personnel (in Full Time Equivalent unit: FTE)28 

8 

8 

8 

8 

8 

8 

9 

57 

XX 01 02 01 (CA, 
INT, SNE from the 
"global envelope") 

XX 01 02 02 (CA, 
INT, JED, LA and 
SNE in the 
delegations) 

XX 
01 
04 
yy 
29 

- at 
Headquarter
s30 

- in 
delegations  

XX 01 05 02 (CA, 
INT, SNE - Indirect 
research) 

10 01 05 02 (CA, 
INT, SNE - Direct 
research) 

Other budget lines 
(specify) 

TOTAL 

48 

48 

48 

50 

52 

54 

57 

357 

28 

29 
30 

CA= Contract Agent; INT= agency staff ("Intérimaire"); JED= "Jeune Expert en Délégation" (Young 
Experts in Delegations); LA= Local Agent; SNE= Seconded National Expert;  
Under the ceiling for external personnel from operational appropriations (former "BA" lines). 
Essentially  for  Structural  Funds,  European  Agricultural  Fund  for  Rural  Development  (EAFRD)  and 
European Fisheries Fund (EFF). 

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XX is the policy area or budget title concerned. 

The human resources required will be met by staff from the DG who are already assigned to 
management of the action and/or have been redeployed within the DG, together if necessary 
with any additional allocation which may be granted to the managing DG under the annual 
allocation procedure and in the light of budgetary constraints. Amounts and imputations will 
be adjusted depending on the results of the envisaged externalisation process. 

Description of tasks to be carried out: 

Officials and temporary agents 

Implementation of the Programme 

External personnel 

Implementation of the Programme 

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3.2.4.  Compatibility with the current multiannual financial framework  

–  (cid:57)  Proposal/initiative  is  compatible  with  the  multiannual  financial  framework 

2014-2020. 

–  (cid:133)  Proposal/initiative  will  entail  reprogramming  of  the  relevant  heading  in  the 

multiannual financial framework. 

Explain what reprogramming is required, specifying the budget lines concerned and the corresponding 
amounts. 

–  (cid:133)  Proposal/initiative requires application of the flexibility instrument or revision 

of the multiannual financial framework31. 

Explain what is required, specifying the headings and budget lines concerned and the corresponding 
amounts. 

3.2.5.  Third-party contributions  

–  The proposal/initiative does not provide for co-financing by third parties  

–  The proposal/initiative provides for the co-financing estimated below: 

Appropriations in EUR million (to 3 decimal places) 

Year 
N 

Year 
N+1 

Year 
N+2 

Year 
N+3 

… enter as many years as 
necessary to show the duration 
of the impact (see point 1.6) 

Total 

Specify  the  co-financing 
body  

TOTAL appropriations 
cofinanced  

31 

See points 19 and 24 of the Interinstitutional Agreement. 

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3.3. 

Estimated impact on revenue  

–  (cid:59)  Proposal/initiative has no financial impact on revenue. 

–  (cid:133)  Proposal/initiative has the following financial impact: 

(cid:133) 

(cid:133) 

on own resources  

on miscellaneous revenue  

Appropriations 
available for the 
ongoing budget 
year 

Budget revenue line: 

Article …………. 

EUR million (to 3 decimal places) 

Impact of the proposal/initiative32 

Year 
N 

Year 
N+1 

Year 
N+2 

Year 
N+3 

… insert as many columns as necessary 
in order to reflect the duration of the 
impact (see point 1.6) 

For miscellaneous assigned revenue, specify the budget expenditure line(s) affected. 

. 

Specify the method for calculating the impact on revenue. 

. 

32 

As regards traditional own resources (customs duties, sugar levies), the amounts indicated must be net 
amounts, i.e. gross amounts after deduction of 25% for collection costs. 

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