CELEX: 51996PC0627
Language: en
Date: 1996-12-05
Title: Amended proposal for a Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a Community action programme in the field of cultural heritage - The Raphael programme

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                       Brussels, 05.12.1996
                                       COM(96) 627 final
                                       95/0078 (COD)
           OPINION OF THE COMMISSION
   pursuant to Article 189 b (2) (d) of the EC Treaty,
        on the European Parliament's amendments
    to the Council's common position regarding the
                       proposal for a
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND COUNCIL DECISION
       establishing a Community action programme
              in the field of cultural heritage:
                  the Raphaël programme
AMENDING THE PROPOSAL OF THE COMMISSION
     pursuant to Article 189 a (2) of the EC Treaty
 ---pagebreak---  ---pagebreak--- 1.       Introduction
1.1     On 6 April 1995 the Commission presented a proposal for a Parliament and
        Council Decision establishing a Community action programme in the field of
        cultural heritage - the Raphaël programme (COM(95) 110 final).
1.2     On 8 July 1996 the Council adopted a common position on the Commission
        proposal pursuant to the second subparagraph of Article 189b(2) of the EC Treaty
         (Common Position (EC) No 51/96).
1.3      On 22 October 1996 Parliament delivered its opinion on the Council's Common
         Position pursuant to Article 189b(2)(d) of the EC Treaty.
1.4     In this document the Commission sets out its opinion on the seven amendments
        proposed by Parliament, as required by Article 189b(2)(d) of the EC Treaty. The
        reasons for this opinion are explained in paragraph 3 below. In Annex 1 the
         left-hand column shows the relevant sections of the Common Position before
         amendment whilst the right-hand column shows those same sections incorporating
        the amendments accepted by the Commission.
2.      Aims of the proposal
The aim of the proposal is that Parliament and the Council should adopt, under the
co-decision procedure, a programme concerning Europe's movable and non-movable
cultural heritage.
         The aim of the action programme is to give fresh impetus to Community activities
in this field, which has been designated as a priority area for Community cultural action.
         This programme, which calls for the pooling of expertise on quality projects with
a European dimension, should make a significant contribution to "creating an ever-closer
union among the people's of Europe"1 and "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"2 and should serve to affirm European
citizenship.
         The programme is designed to encourage cooperation between Member States and
to support and supplement the action taken by Member States, by the regions and by the
various cultural bodies, both public and private.
1
         Treaty on European Union, Article A.
2
         EC Treaty, Article 128(1).
                                              2
 ---pagebreak---        The specific objectives of the programme may be classified as follows:
Action I       Conservation, protection and development of the European cultural
               heritage by means of European cooperation
 Action II     Cooperation for the exchange of know-how and the development of the
               techniques applied in the heritage sector
Action III     Public access, involvement and awareness
Action IV      Cooperation with non-member countries and international organizations.
3.     Commission position on the amendments proposed by Parliament at second
       reading
3.1    Amendments accepted
The Commission accepts 5 of the 7 amendments proposed by Parliament, namely
amendments 1, 2, 6, 7 and 8.
       Amendments 1. 2 and 8 clarify the distinction between heritage and tourism and
       redefine the "sensitive" groups.
       Amendment 6 would delete the Article providing for a review of the overall
       budget, which the common position sets at ECU 30 million for four years. As the
       Commission maintains its proposal (ECU 67 million for five years or
       ECU 57 million for four years), there would be no need for a review of the
       budgetary allocation. The Commission therefore agrees that this Article should
       be deleted.
       Amendment 7 would raise the maximum amount for projects under Action I. The
       Commission feels that the new ceiling (ECU 250 000) is more realistic,
       particularly after one year of implementing the preparatory measures for Raphaël.
3.2    Amendments rejected
Amendments 4 and 5 are rejected:
       Amendment 4 would delete Article 8, which contains the advisory committee
       procedure (procedure I of Decision 87/373/EEC) to which the Commission
       remains attached, having mentioned it expressly in its statement when the
       common position was adopted and repeated it in its communication to Parliament
       on the common position. At the same time the Commission also reserved the
       right to review the entire wording of Articles 7 and 8. It is therefore with a view
       to remaining coherent that it has rejected amendment 4.
                                            3
 ---pagebreak---       Amendment 5 provides for an overall budget of ECU 86 million for a four-year
      period (1997-2000) instead of the ECU 30 million which the Common Position
      would make available over the same period. The Commission maintains its
      original proposal of ECU 67 million over five years (1996-2000) that is,
      ECU 57 million for 1997-2000;
4.    Conclusion
The Commission recommends that the Council approve the amended proposal shown at
Annex I.
 ---pagebreak---                                                      ANNEX 1
        Amended proposal for a Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council
                                establishing a Community action programme
                                         in the field of cultural heritage -
                                              The Raphael programme
           Common position of the Council                                        Modified proposal
THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE                                 THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE
COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,                                   COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                     Having regard to the Treaty establishing the
European Community, and in particular                            European Community, and in particular
Article 128 thereof,                                             Article 128 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the                           Having regard to the proposal from the
Commission \                                                     Commission \
Having regard to the Opinion of the Economic                     Having regard to the Opinion of the Economic
and Social Committee 2,                                          and Social Committee 2,
Having regard to the Opinion of the Committee                    Having regard to the Opinion of the Committee
of the Regions 3,                                                of the Regions 3,
Acting in accordance with the procedure laid                    Acting in accordance with the procedure laid
down in Article 189b of the Treaty 4,                           down in Article 189b of the Treaty 4,
           OJ No C 265, 12.9.1996, p.4.
           OJ No C 256, 2.10.1995, p. 38.
           OJ No C 100, 2. 4.1996, p. 119.
           Opinion of the European Parliament of 22 October 1996 on the Council common position of 8 July 1996 (OJ No C
           264, 11.9.1996, p. 69).
                                                           5"
 ---pagebreak---     C o m m o n p o s i t i o n of t h e C o u n c i l   Modified proposal
(1)   Whereas the most tangible and                      (1)      Whereas the most tangible and
      influential reality of Europe as a                          influential reality of Europe as a
      whole is not merely its geographical,                       whole is not merely its geographical,
      political, economic and social                              political, economic and social
      features but also its culture;                              features but also its culture;
(2)   Whereas Title IX of the Treaty is                  (2)      Whereas Title IX of the Treaty is
      devoted specifically to culture and                         devoted specifically to culture and
      states that the Community shall                             states that the Community shall
      contribute to the flowering of the                          contribute to the flowering of the
      cultures of the Member States, while                        cultures of the Member States, while
      respecting their national and regional                      respecting their national and regional
      diversity and at the same time                              diversity and at the same time
       bringing the common cultural                               bringing the common cultural
       heritage to the fore;                                      heritage to the fore;
(3)   Whereas Article 128 of the Treaty                  (3)      Whereas Article 128 of the Treaty
       identifies cultural heritage as a                          identifies cultural heritage as a
       specific field of action and that                          specific field of action and that
       cultural heritage is the expression of                     cultural heritage is the expression of
       national and regional identities and                       national and regional identities and
      the links b e t w e e n peoples; whereas                    the links between peoples; whereas
       it must be preserved and the public's                      it must be preserved and the public's
       access to it improved (including for                       access to it improved (including for
      those w h o face particular problems                        those w h o face particular problems
       of access) in order to contribute to                       of access) in order to contribute to
       greater mutual understanding and                           greater mutual understanding and
       respect;                                                   respect;
(4)    Whereas Community action can                      (4)      Whereas Community action can
       contribute to better preservation of                       contribute to better preservation of
       the cultural heritage by promoting                         the cultural heritage by promoting
       the exchange of experiences and                            the exchange of experiences and
       expertise and encouraging                                  expertise and encouraging
       operational synergies and                                  operational synergies and
       partnership;                                               partnership;
(5)    Whereas, because of its                           (5)      Whereas, because of its
       socio-economic dimension, the                              socio-economic dimension, the
       preservation of the cultural heritage                      preservation of the cultural heritage
       is an element in a design for society                      is an element in a design for society
       and can contribute significantly to                        and can contribute significantly to
       job creation and regional                                  job creation, the promotion of
       development and to improving the                           tourism and regional development
       quality of life and the day-to-day                         and to improving the quality of life
       environment of ordinary people;                            and the day-to-day environment of
       whereas contemporary creative work                         ordinary people; whereas
       can play an important role in this                          contemporary creative work can play
       respect;                                                   an important role in this respect;
                                                       G
 ---pagebreak---     C o m m o n p o s i t i o n of t h e C o u n c i l              Modified proposal
(6)   Whereas culture is an important area                           (6)            Whereas culture is an important area
      for action in the context of the                                              for action in the context of the
      information society, as highlighted in                                        information society, as highlighted in
      the Commission communication                                                  the Commission communication
      entitled Europe's way to the                                                  entitled Europe's way to the
      information society: an action plan-,                                         information society: an action plan-,
(7)   Whereas research must be carried                               (7)            Whereas research must be carried
      out at Community level on the                                                 out at Community level on the
      preservation of the cultural heritage;                                        preservation of the cultural heritage;
      whereas Community action in                                                   whereas Community action in
      research, technological development                                           research, technological development
      and demonstration is undertaken in                                            and demonstration is undertaken in
      accordance w i t h the technological                                          accordance w i t h the technological
      research and development                                                      research and development
      Framework Programme 1 , which                                                 Framework Programme 1 , w h i c h
      could be of benefit to this                                                   could be of benefit t o this
      programme;                                                                    programme;
(8)   Whereas the Commission has gained                              (8)            Whereas the Commission has gained
      experience through the activities                                             experience through the activities
      undertaken to date in particular in                                           undertaken to date in particular in
      the field of architectural heritage and                                       the field of architectural heritage and
      the results of the consultations it has                                       the results of the consultations it has
      held w i t h all the parties concerned;                                       held w i t h all the parties concerned;
(9)   Whereas the European Parliament                                (9)            Whereas the European Parliament
      attaches importance to Community                                              attaches importance to Community
      action in favour of heritage, and in                                          action in favour of heritage, and in
      particular to training, research,                                             particular to training, research,
      raising the awareness of young                                                raising the awareness of young
      people and adolescents, cooperation                                           people and adolescents, cooperation
      w i t h non-member countries and the                                          w i t h non-member countries and the
      Council of Europe and links w i t h                                           Council of Europe and links w i t h
      other Community policies,                                                     other Community policies,
      particularly as regards training and                                          particularly as regards training and
      regional development 2 ;                                                      regional development 2 ;
      Decision No 1 1 1 0 / 9 4 / E C of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 April 1 9 9 4 concerning the f o u r t h
      f r a m e w o r k programme of the European Community activities in the field of research and technological development
      and demonstration ( 1 9 9 4 to 1998), OJ No L 126, 1 8 . 5 . 1 9 9 4 , p. 1 .
      European Parliament Resolution on protecting the European cultural heritage, OJ No C 6 2 , 3 0 . 5 . 1 9 7 4 , p. 5.
      European Parliament Resolution on the protection of the architectural and archaeological heritage, OJ No C 2 6 7 ,
      1 1 . 1 0 . 1 9 8 2 , p. 2 5 .
      European Parliament Resolution on the conservation of the C o m m u n i t y ' s architectural and archaeological heritage,
      OJ No C 3 0 9 , 5 . 1 2 . 1 9 8 8 , p. 4 2 3 .
      European Parliament Resolution on preserving the architectural heritage and protecting cultural assets, OJ No C 7 2 ,
      15. 3 . 1 9 9 3 , p. 1 6 0 .
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 ---pagebreak---      Common position of the Council                                             Modified proposal
(10)  Whereas the European Parliament                                           110)     Whereas the European Parliament
      has passed Resolutions on the                                                      has passed Resolutions on the
      contribution of the Community to                                                   contribution of the Community to
      work on restoring outstanding                                                      work on restoring outstanding
      examples of the architectural                                                      examples of the architectural
      heritage1 ;                                                                        heritage1 ;
(11)  Whereas the Council has expressed                                         !11)     Whereas the Council has expressed
      an interest in closer cooperation in                                               an interest in closer cooperation in
      the areas of architectural heritage,                                               the areas of architectural heritage,
      works of art, artifacts and archives,                                              works of art, artifacts and archives,
      in particular as regards the exchange                                              in particular as regards the exchange
      of knowledge, documentation and                                                    of knowledge, documentation and
      training and in view of the important                                              training and in view of the important
      role of networks of cultural                                                       role of networks of cultural
      organizations in cultural cooperation                                              organizations in cultural cooperation
      in Europe2 ;                                                                       in Europe2 ;
      European Parliament Resolution on economic aid to Mount A t h o s (monastery region), OJ No C 1 4 4 , 1 5 . 6 . 1 9 8 1 ,
      p. 9 2 .
      European Parliament Resolution on the participation of Community financial instruments in the restoration of the
      historic centre of the city of Palermo, OJ No C 187, 1 8 . 7 . 1 9 8 8 , p. 160.
      European Parliament Resolution on aid for the reconstruction of the Chiado district of Lisbon, OJ No C 2 6 2 ,
      1 0 . 1 0 . 1 9 8 8 , p. 1 1 0 .
      European Parliament Resolution on the conservation of the C o m m u n i t y ' s architectural and archaeological heritage,
      OJ No C 3 0 9 , 5 . 1 2 . 1 9 8 8 , p. 4 2 3 .
      European Parliament Resolution on the fire at the Gran Teatro del Liceo (Barcelona), OJ No C 6 1 , 2 8 . 2 . 1 9 9 4 ,
      p. 1 8 4 .
      Resolution of the Ministers responsible for Cultural Affairs meeting w i t h i n the Council of 13 November 1 9 8 6 on the
      protection of Europe's architectural heritage, OJ No C 3 2 0 , 1 3 . 1 2 . 1 9 8 6 , p. 1 .
      Resolution of the Ministers w i t h responsibility for Cultural Affairs meeting w i t h i n the Council of 13 November 1 9 8 6
      on the conservation of w o r k s of art and artifacts, OJ No C 3 2 0 , 1 3 . 1 2 . 1 9 8 6 , p. 3.
      Resolution of the Council and the Ministers of Culture meeting w i t h i n the Council of 14 November 1 9 9 1 on
      arrangements concerning archives, OJ No C 3 1 4 , 5 . 1 2 . 1 9 9 4 , p. 2.
      Council conclusions of 17 June 1 9 9 4 concerning greater cooperation in the field of archives, OJ No C 2 3 5 ,
      2 3 . 8 . 1 9 9 4 , p. 3.
      Resolution of the Council and the Ministers of Culture meeting w i t h i n the Council of 14 November 1 9 9 1 on
      European cultural n e t w o r k s , OJ No C 3 1 4 , 5 . 1 2 . 1 9 9 1 , p. 1 .
                                                                         g
 ---pagebreak---      C o m m o n p o s i t i o n of t h e C o u n c i l                         Modified proposal
112)   Whereas, in its communication "New                                          12)     Whereas, in its communication " N e w
       prospects for Community cultural                                                    prospects for Community cultural
       a c t i o n " , the Commission states that                                          a c t i o n " , the Commission states that
       Community action should be                                                          Community action should be
       extended to the moveable heritage                                                   extended to the moveable heritage
       and steps taken to promote dialogue                                                 and steps taken to promote dialogue
       and cooperation between those                                                       and cooperation between those
       involved and encourage the                                                          involved and encourage the
       dissemination of experiences and                                                    dissemination of experiences and
       specialized information; whereas the                                                specialized information; whereas the
       European Parliament and the Council                                                 European Parliament and the Council
       have encouraged this approach 1 ;                                                   have encouraged this approach 1 ;
 13)   Whereas the European institutions                                           13)     Whereas the European institutions
       have stressed the importance of                                                     have stressed the importance of
       integrating the different aspects of                                                integrating the different aspects of
       cultural heritage in a coherent                                                     cultural heritage in a coherent
       Community action 2 which takes                                                      Community action 2 w h i c h takes
       account of the richness and diversity                                               account of the richness and diversity
       of the moveable and non-moveable                                                    of the moveable and non-moveable
       heritage and supports the work of                                                   heritage and supports the work of
       the numerous parties involved;                                                      the numerous parties involved;
;14)   Whereas it remains necessary to                                           '14)      Whereas it remains necessary to
       communicate to as wide a public as                                                  communicate to as wide a public as
       possible, by means of general                                                       possible, by means of general
       information, the importance of                                                      information, the importance of
       protecting the cultural heritage;                                                   protecting the cultural heritage;
       European Parliament Resolution on the Commission communication entitled " N e w prospects for Community cultural
       a c t i o n " , OJ No C 4 2 , 1 5 . 2 . 1 9 9 3 , p. 1 7 3 .
       European Parliament Resolution on Community policy in the field of culture, OJ No C 4 4 , 1 4 . 2 . 1 9 9 4 , p. 1 8 4 .
       Conclusions of the Council and Ministers of Culture meeting w i t h i n the Council of 12 November 1 9 9 2 on guidelines
       for C o m m u n i t y cultural action, OJ No C 3 3 6 , 1 9 . 1 2 . 1 9 9 2 , p. 1 .
       European Parliament Resolution on preserving the architectural heritage and protecting cultural assets, OJ No C 7 2 ,
        15. 3 . 1 9 9 3 , p. 1 6 0 .
       Council conclusions of 17 June 1 9 9 4 on drawing up a Community A c t i o n Plan in the field of cultural heritage,
       OJ No C 2 3 5 , 2 3 . 8 . 1 9 9 4 , p. 1 .
                                                                          g
 ---pagebreak---      C o m m o n p o s i t i o n of t h e C o u n c i l    Modified proposal
(15)   Whereas Community action should                     (15)     Whereas Community action should
       take account of the changing nature                          take account of the changing nature
       of the definition of heritage and                            of the definition of heritage and
       include all types of heritage by                             include all types of heritage by
       encouraging multidisciplinary                                encouraging multidisciplinary
       approaches;                                                  approaches;
(16)   Whereas the Commission has                          (16)     Whereas the Commission has
       organized consultations w i t h all                          organized consultations w i t h all
       interested parties, particularly the                         interested parties, particularly the
       departments in the Member States,                            departments in the Member States,
       the professionals, non-governmental                          the professionals, non-governmental
       organizations, foundations and                               organizations, foundations and
       associations, w i t h a view to                              associations, w i t h a view to
       preparing an action programme in the                         preparing an action programme in the
       field of cultural heritage;                                  field of cultural heritage;
(17)   Whereas there are numerous links                    (17)     Whereas there are numerous links
       between the cultural heritage in the                         between the cultural heritage in the
       Community and that in third                                  Community and that in third
       countries; whereas, therefore, this                          countries; whereas, therefore, this
       field is ideally suited to developing                        field is ideally suited to developing
       forms of cooperation w i t h third                           forms of cooperation w i t h third
       countries and w i t h the Council of                         countries and w i t h the Council of
        Europe and other competent                                  Europe and other competent
       international organizations in the                           international organizations in the
       cultural sector such as UNESCO, in                           cultural sector such as UNESCO, in
       accordance w i t h the requirements of                       accordance w i t h the requirements of
       the Treaty and the conclusions and                           the Treaty and the conclusions and
       resolutions cited above;                                     resolutions cited above;
!18)   Whereas the conclusions of the                      118)     Whereas the conclusions of the
       Copenhagen European Council of                               Copenhagen European Council of
        2 1 - 2 3 June 1 9 9 3 call for Community                   21-23 June 1 9 9 3 call for Community
       programmes to be opened up to the                            programmes to be opened up to the
       countries of Central and Eastern                             countries of Central and Eastern
        Europe that are party t o association                       Europe that are party to association
       agreements; whereas the Community                            agreements; whereas the Community
        has signed cooperation agreements                           has signed cooperation agreements
       that include a section on culture w i t h                    that include a section on culture w i t h
       certain third countries;                                     certain third countries;
                                                        ,AX)
 ---pagebreak---        C o m m o n p o s i t i o n of t h e C o u n c i l   Modified proposal
|19)     Whereas this Decision lays d o w n , for           [19)     Whereas this Decision lays d o w n , for
         the entire duration of the                                  the entire duration of the
         programme, a financial framework                            programme, a financial framework
         constituting the principal point of                         constituting the principal point of
         reference, w i t h i n the meaning of                       reference, w i t h i n the meaning of
         point 1 of the Declaration by the                           point 1 of the Declaration by the
          European Parliament, the Council and                       European Parliament, the Council and
         Commission of 6 March 1 9 9 5 , for                         Commission of 6 March 1 9 9 5 , for
         the budgetary authority during the                          the budgetary authority during the
         annual budgetary procedure;                                 annual budgetary procedure;
(20)     Whereas measures under this                        (20)     Whereas measures under this
         programme will also take account of                         programme will also take account of
         the complementary nature of                                 the complementary nature of
         measures w h i c h may be taken under                       measures which may be taken under
         other Community policies;                                   other Community policies;
(21)     Whereas the implementation of this                 (21)     Whereas the implementation of this
         programme relies on close                                   programme relies on close
     '    cooperation w i t h the national                           cooperation w i t h the national
         authorities, w i t h a view to ensuring                     authorities, w i t h a v i e w to ensuring
         that Community action supports and                          that Community action supports and
         supplements activities at national                          supplements activities at national
         level in confirming respect for the                         level in confirming respect for the
          principle of subsidiarity, as it is                        principle of subsidiarity, as it is
         defined by Article 3b of the Treaty;                        defined by Article 3b of the Treaty;
(22)     Whereas, in the light of experience,               (22)     Whereas, in the light of experience,
          it might prove necessary to amend                          it might prove necessary to amend
         the thresholds laid d o w n for the                         the thresholds laid d o w n for the
         Community financial contribution for                        Community financial contribution for
         the various types of project provided                       the various types of project provided
         for in the Annex (Actions I, II and III);                   for in the Annex (Actions I, II and III);
[23)     Whereas a modus vivendi was                        (23)     Whereas a modus vivendi was
          concluded on 20 December 1 9 9 4                           concluded on 20 December 1 9 9 4
          between the European Parliament,                           between the European Parliament,
         the Council and the Commission                              the Council and the Commission
          concerning the implementing                                concerning the implementing
          measures for acts adopted in                               measures for acts adopted in
          accordance w i t h the procedure laid                      accordance w i t h the procedure laid
          d o w n in Article 189b of the Treaty 1 ,                  d o w n in Article T89b of the Treaty 1 ,
          OJ No C 102, 4.4.1996, p. 1
                                                          y\A
 ---pagebreak---           C o m m o n p o s i t i o n of t h e C o u n c i l    Modified proposal
HAVE DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:                                        HAVE DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
                       Article 1                                                      Article 1
The Raphael action programme in the field of                    The Raphael action programme in the field of
cultural heritage, hereinafter referred to as                   cultural heritage, hereinafter referred t o as
"the programme", is hereby established for the                  "the programme", is hereby established for the
period from 1 January 1997 to                                   period from 1 January 1997 to
31 December 2 0 0 0 .                                           31 December 2 0 0 0 .
The aim of the programme is to support and                      The aim of the programme is to support and
supplement, through cooperation, the action                     supplement, through cooperation, the action
taken by the Member States in the field of                      taken by the Member States in the field of
cultural heritage of European importance.                       cultural heritage of European importance.
                       Article 2                                                       Article 2
Without prejudice t o the powers of the Member                  Without prejudice to the powers of the Member
States to define cultural heritage, for the                     States to define cultural heritage, for the
purposes of the scope of the programme:                         purposes of the scope of the programme:
-   "cultural heritage" shall mean moveable and                 -   "cultural heritage" shall mean moveable and
    immoveable heritage (museums and                                immoveable heritage (museums and
    collections, libraries and archives including                   collections, libraries and archives including
    photographic, cinematographic and sound                         photographic, cinematographic and sound
    archives), archaeological and underwater                        archives), archaeological and underwater
    heritage, architectural heritage, assemblages                   heritage, architectural heritage, assemblages
    and sites and cultural landscapes                               and sites and cultural landscapes
    (assemblages of cultural and natural                            (assemblages of cultural and natural
    objects);                                                       objects);
-   "preservation" shall mean all activities                    -    "preservation" shall mean all activities
    contributing to better knowledge,                               contributing to better knowledge,
    management, conservation, restoration,                          management, conservation, restoration,
    display and accessibility of cultural heritage.                 display and accessibility of cultural heritage.
                                                             At
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                        Article 3                                                     Article 3
The programme shall encourage cooperation at                    The programme shall encourage cooperation at
European level between Member States in the                      European level between Member States in the
field of cultural heritage. It shall support and                field of cultural heritage. It shall support and
supplement their action in accordance w i t h the               supplement their action in accordance w i t h the
principle of subsidiarity by contributing to the                principle of subsidiarity by contributing t o the
flowering of their cultures, while respecting                   flowering of their cultures, while respecting
their national and regional diversity and at the                their national and regional diversity and at the
same time bringing the common cultural                          same time bringing the common cultural
heritage to the fore.                                           heritage to the fore.
To that end and in accordance w i t h the general               To that end and in accordance w i t h the general
aim set out in the second subparagraph of                       aim set out in the second subparagraph of
Article 1 , the following are the specific                      Article 1 , the following are the specific
objectives of the programme based on the                        objectives of the programme based on the
development of transnational cooperation:                       development of transnational cooperation:
(a)  to encourage the conservation and                          (a)  to encourage the conservation and
      restoration of aspects of the cultural                          restoration of aspects of the cultural
      heritage w h i c h are of European                              heritage which are of European
      importance, helping to develop and                              importance, helping to develop and
      promote t h e m ;                                               promote t h e m ;
(b)  to encourage the development of                            (b)  to encourage the development of
     transnational cooperation between                               transnational cooperation between
      institutions and/or those involved in the                      institutions and/or those involved in the
     cultural heritage field, in order to                             cultural heritage field, in order to
     contribute to the pooling of skills and the                      contribute to the pooling of skills and the
     development of best practice in the                             development of best practice in the
     preservation of the cultural heritage;                           preservation of the cultural heritage;
(c)  to improve access to the cultural heritage                 (c)  to improve access to the cultural heritage
     in its European dimension and encourage                          in its European dimension and encourage
     the active participation of the general                         the active participation of the general
     public, in particular children and young                         public, in particular children and young
     people, in the safeguarding and                                  people, the under-privileaed and those
     development of the European cultural                            living in the outlying and rural areas of the
     heritage;                                                        Union, in the safeguarding and
                                                                     development of the European cultural
                                                                     heritage;
(d)  to encourage transnational cooperation in                  (d)  to encourage transnational cooperation in
     developing new technologies for                                 developing new technologies for
     application in the various heritage                             application in the various heritage
     categories and disciplines and in preserving                    categories and disciplines and in preserving
     traditional cultural heritage trades and                        traditional cultural heritage trades and
     techniques;                                                     techniques;
                                                              Ah
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      t o have account taken of the heritage                   (e)   to have account taken of the heritage
      dimension in other Community                                   dimension in other Community
      programmes and policies;                                       programmes and policies;
(f) to encourage cooperation w i t h third                     (f) to encourage cooperation w i t h third
    countries and the relevant international                       countries and the relevant international
    organizations.                                                 organizations.
                        Article 4                                                     Article 4
In order t o achieve the objectives set out in the             In order to achieve the objectives set out in the
second subparagraph of Article 3, the projects                 second subparagraph of Article 3, the projects
developed under the programme will have to                     developed under the programme will have to
have a European dimension and offer added                      have a European dimension and offer added
value compared w i t h actions carried out in the              value compared w i t h actions carried out in the
Member States and meet the following criteria:                 Member States and meet the following criteria:
-   contribute to the promotion of the cultural                -   contribute to the promotion of the cultural
    heritage, including the provision of                           heritage, including the provision of
    information on it;                                             information on it;
-   present interest at Community level because                -   present interest at Community level because
    of their exemplary, innovative or informative                  of their exemplary, innovative or informative
    nature;                                                        nature;
    deal w i t h problems posed by the                             deal w i t h problems posed by the
    preservation of the cultural heritage and                      preservation of the cultural heritage and
    contribute t o the development of the best                     contribute to the development of the best
    preservation practices;                                        preservation practices;
    be likely t o produce a multiplier effect in                   be likely to produce a multiplier effect in
    cultural, educative or socio-economic terms.                   cultural, educative or socio-economic terms.
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                      Article 5                                                      Article 5
The actions described in the Annex shall be                    The actions described in the Annex shall be
carried out in pursuit of the objectives set out               carried out in pursuit of the objectives set out
in the second subparagraph of Article 3. They                  in the second subparagraph of Article 3. They
shall be implemented in accordance w i t h the                 shall be implemented in accordance w i t h the
procedure laid d o w n in Article 7.                           procedure laid d o w n in Article 7.
                      Article 6                                                      Article 6
 1. The programme shall be open to                              1. The programme shall be open t o
participation by the associated countries of                   participation by the associated countries of
Central and Eastern Europe in accordance w i t h               Central and Eastern Europe in accordance w i t h
the conditions laid d o w n in the Additional                  the conditions laid d o w n in the Additional
Protocols to the Association Agreements on                     Protocols to the Association Agreements on
participation in Community programmes                          participation in Community programmes
concluded, or to be concluded, w i t h those                   concluded, or to be concluded, w i t h those
countries. The programme shall be open to                      countries. The programme shall be open to
participation by Cyprus and Malta and to                       participation by Cyprus and Malta and to
cooperation w i t h other third countries which                cooperation w i t h other third countries w h i c h
have concluded association or cooperation                      have concluded association or cooperation
agreements involving cultural clauses, on the                  agreements involving cultural clauses, on the
basis of additional appropriations to be provided              basis of additional appropriations to be provided
according to procedures to be agreed w i t h                   according to procedures to be agreed w i t h
those countries.                                               those countries.
2. The Community and the Member States                         2. The Community and the Member States
shall promote cooperation w i t h the Council of               shall promote cooperation w i t h the Council of
Europe and w i t h other relevant international                Europe and w i t h other relevant international
organizations in the cultural sector                           organizations in the cultural sector
(e.g. UNESCO), while ensuring that the                         (e.g. UNESCO), while ensuring that the
instruments adopted are complementary and                      instruments adopted are complementary and
respect the individual identity and autonomy of                respect the individual identity and autonomy of
each institution and organization and that                     each institution and organization and that
resources are put to the best possible use.                    resources are put to the best possible use.
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                     Article 7                                          Article 7
1. The Commission shall implement the              1. The Commission shall implement the
programme in accordance with this Decision.        programme in accordance with this Decision.
2. In carrying out its task, the Commission
shall be assisted by a Committee composed of
two representatives per Member State and
chaired by the representative of the
Commission. Members of the Committee may
be assisted by experts or advisers.
3. The representative of the Commission shall      2. The following measures shall be adopted in
submit to the Committee a draft of the             accordance with the procedure set out in
measures to be taken with regard to:               Article 8(2):
     the annual work programme;                         the annual work programme;
     a general picture of the balance between           a general picture of the balance between
     the various actions;                               the various actions;
     the selection rules and criteria for the           the selection rules and criteria for the
     various types of project described under           various types of project described under
     each of the actions provided for in the            each of the actions provided for in the
     Annex;                                             Annex;
     projects in which the requested
     Community contribution exceeds
      ECU 30 000. That threshold may be
     revised by the Committee in the light of
     experience;
     any amendment of the thresholds for the            any amendment of the thresholds for the
     Community financial contribution for the           Community financial contribution for the
     various types of project provided for in the       various types of project provided for in the
     Annex (Actions I, II and III);                     Annex (Actions I, II and III);
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      the detailed rules for monitoring and                           the detailed rules for monitoring and
      assessing the programme and the                                 assessing the programme.
      conclusions of the evaluation reports laid
      d o w n in Article 11 and any other measure
      readjusting the programme arising
      therefrom.
                                                               3. Decisions on the granting of Community
                                                               financial assistance for projects for which the
                                                               assistance exceeds ECU 3 0 0 0 0 shall be
                                                               adopted in accordance with Article 8(3).
4 . The Committee shall deliver its opinion on
the draft of the measures referred to in
paragraph 3 w i t h i n a time limit which the
Chairman may lay d o w n according to the
urgency of the matter. The opinion shall be
delivered by the majority laid d o w n in
Article 148(2) of the Treaty in the case of
decisions w h i c h the Council is required to adopt
on a proposal from the Commission. The votes
of the representatives of the Member States
within the Committee shall be weighted in the
manner set out in that Article. The Chairman
shall not vote.
The Commission shall adopt measures w h i c h
shall apply immediately.
However, if these measures are not in
accordance w i t h the opinion of the Committee,
they shall be communicated by the Commission
to the Council f o r t h w i t h . In that event, the
Commission may defer application of the
measures w h i c h it has decided for a period of
t w o months from the date of such
communication.
The Council, acting by qualified majority, may
take a different decision within the time limit
referred to in the previous subparagraph.
5. Members of the boards for the selection of
projects shall be appointed on proposals from
the Member States. The proceedings of the
boards - the composition of w h i c h may not be
made public until the completion of their tasks
- must remain confidential and decisions must
be taken by consensus.
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                            Article 8                                              Article 8
1 . The Commission may consult the Committee on             1.    The Commission shall be assisted by a
any other question concerning the implementation of         Committee composed of the representatives of the
the programme as well as on the measures provided           Member States and chaired by the representative of
for in Article 7(3).                                        the Commission.
2. The representative of the Commission shall               2.    The representative of the Commission shall
submit to the Committee a draft of the measures to          submit to the Committee a draft of the measures to
be taken. The Committee shall deliver its opinion on        be taken. The Committee shall deliver its opinion on
the draft, w i t h i n a time limit w h i c h the Chairman  the draft within a time limit which the chairman may
may lay d o w n according to the urgency of the             lay down according to the urgency of the matter.
matter, if necessary by taking a vote.                      The opinion shall be delivered by the majority laid
                                                            down in Article 148(2) of the Treaty in the case of
The opinion shall be recorded in the minutes; in            decisions which the Council is required to adopt on a
addition, each Member State shall have the right to         proposal from the Commission. The votes of the
ask to have its position recorded in the minutes.           representatives of the Member States within the
                                                            Committee shall be weighted in the manner set out
The Commission shall take the u t m o s t account of        in that Article. The chairman shall not vote.
the opinion delivered by the Committee. It shall
inform the Committee of the manner in w h i c h its         The Commission shall adopt measures which shall
opinion has been taken into account.                        apply immediately. However, if these measures are
                                                            not in accordance with the opinion of the
                                                            Committee, they shall be communicated by the
                                                            Commission to the Council forthwith. In that event:
                                                            The Commission may defer application of the
                                                            measures which it has decided for a period of not
                                                            more than one month from the date of such
                                                            communication;
                                                            The Council, acting by a qualified majority, may take
                                                            a different decision within the time limit referred to
3. The representative of the Commission shall keep          in the previous paragraph.
the Committee informed in good time and on a
regular basis of the financial assistance granted           3. The representative of the Commission shall
under the programme (amount, duration, breakdown,           submit to the Committee a draft of the measures to
beneficiaries).                                             be taken. The Committee shall deliver its opinion on
                                                            the draft, within a time limit which the Chairman
                                                            may lay down according to the urgency of the
                                                            matter, if necessary by taking a vote.
                                                            The opinion shall be recorded in the minutes; in
                                                            addition, each Member State shall have the right to
                                                            ask to have its position recorded in the minutes.
                                                            The Commission shall take the utmost account of
                                                            the opinion delivered by the Committee. It shall
                                                            inform the Committee of the manner in which its
                                                            opinion has been taken into account.
                                                            4.    At the request of the Commission, the
                                                            Committee may examine any matter relating to the
                                                            application of this Decision.
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                       Article 9                                               Article 9
 1. The financial framework for the                      1. The financial framework for the
implementation of the programme for the period           implementation of the programme for the period
 referred to in Article 1 is hereby set at               referred to in Article 1 is hereby set at
 ECU 30 million.                                         ECU 57 million.
 2. The annual appropriations shall be                   2. The annual appropriations shall be
 authorized by the budgetary authority within           authorized by the budgetary authority within
the limits of the financial perspective.                the limits of the financial perspective.
 3. The financial framework mentioned in
paragraph 1 will be subject to re-examination
before the end of the second year, on a
proposal from the Commission, in the light of
the budgetary situation and the results obtained
in the first phase of the programme.
                      Article 10                                              Article 10
The Commission shall seek to ensure, if                 The Commission shall seek to ensure, if
necessary in collaboration with the Member              necessary in collaboration with the Member
States, that the actions provided for in the            States, that the actions provided for in the
programme and the other cultural programmes,            programme and the other cultural programmes,
and in programmes under other provisions of             and in programmes under other provisions of
the Treaty with cultural-heritage aspects, are          the Treaty with cultural-heritage aspects, are
coherent and complementary; it shall also               coherent and complementary; it shall also
assess the overall effect of these programmes           assess the overall effect of these programmes
on the heritage.                                        on the heritage.
                      Article 11                                              Article 11
 1. After the programme has been in operation           1. After the programme has been in operation
for t w o years and six months, and within              for two years and six months, and within
six months of the end of that period, the               six months of the end of that period, the
Commission, after having consulted the                  Commission, after having consulted the
Committee, shall present a detailed evaluation          Committee, shall present a detailed evaluation
report on the results achieved to the European          report on the results achieved to the European
Parliament and the Council, accompanied,                Parliament and the Council, accompanied,
where necessary, by any measures to adjust              where necessary, by any measures to adjust
the programme. This report is intended to               the programme. This report is intended to
assess, both qualitatively and quantitatively,          assess, both qualitatively and quantitatively,
the extent to which the programmeras                    the extent to which the programme has
achieved the objectives listed in Article 3.            achieved the objectives listed in Article 3.
2. After the programme has been carried out,            2. After the programme has been carried out,
the Commission shall submit to the European             the Commission shall submit to the European
Parliament, the Council and the Committee of            Parliament, the Council and the Committee of
the Regions a qualitative and quantitative report       the Regions a qualitative and quantitative report
on the implementation and achievements of the           on the implementation and achievements of the
programme in the light of the objectives                programme in the light of the objectives
referred to in paragraph 1.                             referred to in paragraph 1.
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                    Article 12                                         Article, 12
The programme, together with practical            The programme, together with practical
information, for each of the actions or           information, for each of the actions or
measures, as regards the procedure, the closing   measures, as regards the procedure, the closing
dates for the submission of applications and the   dates for the submission of applications and the
documents which must accompany                     documents which must accompany
applications, shall be published each year in      applications, shall be published each year in
the "C" series of the Official Journal of the     the "C" series of the Official Journal of the
European Communities.                              European Communities.
The Commission shall give priority to publicity   The Commission shall give priority to publicity
and the dissemination of information on the        and the dissemination of information on the
programme so as to ensure that all cultural        programme so as to ensure that all cultural
operators and networks are informed about and      operators and networks are informed about and
aware of the actions which concern them.           aware of the actions which concern them.
All projects receiving financial support under     All projects receiving financial support under
the programme shall be required to display the     the programme shall be required to display the
European Union flag and acknowledgement of         European Union flag and acknowledgement of
the funding.                                       the funding.
Done at Brussels,                                  Done at Brussels,
For the European Parliament       For the Council  For the European Parliament       For the Council
The President                     The President    The President                     The President
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                         ANNEX                                               ANNEX
             Community action programme                         Community action programme
           in the field of cultural heritage -                in the field of cultural heritage -
                The Raphael programme                              The Raphael programme
The aim of the Raphael programme is t o              The aim of the Raphael programme is to
support actions at European level in all             support actions at European level in all
categories of moveable and immoveable                categories of moveable and immoveable
cultural heritage, in compliance w i t h the         cultural heritage, in compliance w i t h the
principle of subsidiarity.                           principle of subsidiarity.
Action I -      Conservation, safeguarding and       Action I -    Conservation, safeguarding and
                development of the European                        development of the European
                cultural heritage through European                 cultural heritage through European
                cooperation                                        cooperation
-  The aim of this action is to contribute to the    -  The aim of this action is to contribute to the
   conservation, safeguarding and development           conservation, safeguarding and development
   of the European cultural heritage, particularly      of the European cultural heritage, particularly
   if under threat, by encouraging the                  if under threat, by encouraging the
   development and pooling of the best                  development and pooling of the best
   practices w i t h a view to creating an              practices w i t h a view to creating an
   environment conducive to the preservation            environment conducive to the preservation
   and restoration of the cultural heritage.            and restoration of the cultural heritage.
-  This action will involve the following            -  This action will involve the following
   measures:                                            measures:
1. Support for projects for the conservation            Support for projects for the conservation
   and safeguarding of the cultural heritage            and safeguarding of the cultural heritage
   w h i c h qualify as "European heritage              which qualify as "European heritage
   laboratories" by virtue of the interest or           laboratories" by virtue of the interest or
   exemplary value of their content. The                exemplary value of their content. The
   projects must be submitted by the                    projects must be submitted by the
   competent authorities in the Member States           competent authorities in the Member States
   and must relate to w o r k s , monuments or          and must relate to works, monuments or
   sites of exceptional historic, architectural or      sites of exceptional historic, architectural or
   artistic importance, and especially those            artistic importance, and especially those
   where operations of particular complexity            where operations of particular complexity
   from the scientific and/or technical point of        from the scientific and/or technical point of
   view are required for their conservation.            view are required for their conservation.
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     The "laboratories", which may be granted             The "laboratories", w h i c h may be granted
     Community support under the programme                Community support under the programme
     for four years, should particularly associate        for four years, should particularly associate
     w i t h their operation a multidisciplinary          w i t h their operation a multidisciplinary
     European team bringing together the most             European team bringing together the most
     eminent specialists, w i t h a view to               eminent specialists, w i t h a view to
     studying extremely difficult conservation            studying extremely difficult conservation
     problems and developing appropriate                  problems and developing appropriate
     approaches, methods and/or techniques,               approaches, methods and/or techniques,
     ensuring added value in each project.                ensuring added value in each project.
     Those in charge of projects will be                  Those in charge of projects will be
     expected to ensure that experience                   expected to ensure that experience
     acquired in the course of projects is                acquired in the course of projects is
     adequately disseminated.                             adequately disseminated.
2. Support for projects for the conservation         2. Support for projects for the conservation
   and safeguarding of the European cultural            and safeguarding of the European cultural
   heritage in connection w i t h common themes         heritage in connection w i t h c o m m o n themes
   to be determined by the Commission after             to be determined by the Commission after
   submission to the Committee referred to in           submission to the Committee referred to in
   Article 7 of the Decision, bearing in mind           Article 7 of the Decision, bearing in mind
   problem areas relating to the different              problem areas relating to the different
   categories of the cultural heritage. The             categories of the cultural heritage. The
   projects, which should be submitted by the           projects, which should be submitted by the
   person(s) in charge of the property                  person(s) in charge of the property
   concerned, may last a maximum of three               concerned, may last a maximum of three
   years. Priority will be given to projects            years. Priority will be given t o projects
   having exemplary value and a multiplier              having exemplary value and a multiplier
   effect in cultural, technical and                    effect in cultural, technical and
   socio-economic terms and/or in terms of              socio-economic terms and/or in terms of
   access to heritage. Those in charge of               access to heritage. Those in charge of
   projects will be expected to ensure that             projects will be expected to ensure that
   experience acquired in the management                experience acquired in the management
   and/or preservation problems involved is             and/or preservation problems involved is
   adequately disseminated among                        adequately disseminated among
   professionals.                                       professionals.
Community support is intended to contribute to       Community support is intended to contribute to
the added European value of the projects             the added European value of the projects
carried out within the framework of this action      carried out within the framework of this action
and to the creation of conditions for the            and to the creation of conditions for the
development of European k n o w - h o w .            development of European k n o w - h o w .
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Projects must have a balanced financing plan       Projects must have a balanced financing plan
setting out the financial requirements of the      setting out the financial requirements of the
action for which administrative costs must not     action for which administrative costs must not
exceed 12% of the Community financing of the       exceed 12% of the Community financing of the
project.                                           project.
Community financial assistance for a project       Community financial assistance for a project
under this action may not exceed 50% of the        under this action may not exceed 50% of the
total cost of the project in question and, in the  total cost of the project in question and, in the
case of projects under paragraph 2, may not        case of projects under paragraph 2, may not
exceed ECU 150 000.                                exceed ECU 250 000.
Projects shall be the subject of individual        Projects shall be the subject of individual
applications to the European Community. Each       applications to the European Community, Each
application shall include:                         application shall include:
-  a detailed description of the actions. An          a detailed description of the actions. An
   opinion on the technical conformity of the         opinion on the technical conformity of the
   project must be established by the                 project must be established by the
   competent authorities in the Member States         competent authorities in the Member States
   and reach the Commission within the time           and reach the Commission within the time
   limit for the submission of projects. If the       limit for the submission of projects. If the
   opinion is not available within a deadline to      opinion is not available within a deadline to
   be fixed, the procedure for selection of the       be fixed, the procedure for selection of the
   project will go ahead;                             project will go ahead;
-  a detailed estimated budget for these              a detailed estimated budget for these
   actions.                                           actions.
The resources to be committed to this action       The resources to be committed to this action
shall amount to approximately 50% of the           shall amount to approximately 50% of the
overall budget allocated to the programme.         overall budget allocated to the programme.
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A c t i o n II -   Cooperation for the exchange of                  Action II -     Cooperation for the exchange of
                   experiences and the development                                  experiences and the development
                    of techniques applied to the                                    of techniques applied t o the
                    heritage                                                        heritage
     The aim of this action is to encourage the                        The aim of this action is t o encourage the
     strengthening of transnational cooperation                        strengthening of transnational cooperation
     for the pooling of skills and development of                      for the pooling of skills and development of
     best practice through networks and                                best practice through networks and
     partnerships and through the mobility of                          partnerships and through the mobility of
     professionals between heritage-sector                             professionals between heritage-sector
     institutions and/or operators. Particular                         institutions and/or operators. Particular
     attention will be given to the development of                     attention will be given to the development of
      new technologies applied t o different                           new technologies applied to different
     cultural-heritage disciplines and t o the                         cultural-heritage disciplines and t o the
     preservation of traditional heritage trades                       preservation of traditional heritage trades
     and techniques.                                                   and techniques.
      Depending on the theme they deal w i t h ,                       Depending on the theme they deal w i t h ,
     networks will be able to bring together                           networks will be able t o bring together
     public and/or private institutions and/or                         public and/or private institutions and/or
     operators in the heritage field and, if                           operators in the heritage field and, if
      necessary, other public and/or private                           necessary, other public and/or private
      institutions, research centres and companies                     institutions, research centres and companies
      w i t h a special interest.                                      w i t h a special interest.
                                                                       Special attention shall be paid to networks
                                                                       which encourage access t o the cultural
                                                                       heritage for the most disadvantaged sections
                                                                       of the population.
-     The action will involve the following                            The action will involve the following
      measures:                                                        measures:
1.       Innovation and new technologies                            1.   Innovation and new technologies
1.1.        Support for projects intended t o identify              1.1.     Support for projects intended to identify
            research requirements - to be developed                          research requirements - t o be developed
            at Community level - in the heritage                             at Community level - in the heritage
            field, to circulate research work to                             field, to circulate research work to
            heritage professionals and develop                               heritage professionals and develop
            practical applications for the use of                            practical applications for the use of
            professionals working in the field. These                        professionals working in the field. These
            measures will be developed as far as                             measures will be developed as far as
            possible in synergy w i t h the framework                        possible in synergy w i t h the framework
            research programme. Any subsequent                               research programme. Any subsequent
            research action will be carried out within                       research action will be carried out w i t h i n
            the RTD framework programme in                                   the RTD framework programme in
            accordance w i t h its provisions.                               accordance w i t h its provisions.
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1.2.  Support for projects for the application to             1.2.  Support for projects for the application to
      different heritage disciplines of new                         different heritage disciplines of new
      technologies and services (restoration                        technologies and services (restoration
      and preservation techniques; audiovisual                      and preservation techniques; audiovisual
      and multimedia products, advanced                             and multimedia products, advanced
      information and communications                                information and communications
      services, etc.).                                              services, etc.).
2.   Mobility and training of professionals                   2.   Mobility and training of professionals
2.1.  Support for projects for exchange of                    2.1.  Support for projects for exchange of
      professionals in the various heritage                         professionals in the various heritage
      categories and disciplines, enabling them                     categories and disciplines, enabling them
      to w o r k for a maximum of 12 months in                      to work for a maximum of 12 months in
      an equivalent professional environment in                     an equivalent professional environment in
      another Member State.                                         another Member State.
      Community support will be directed                            Community support will be directed
      t o w a r d s organizing exchanges and                        towards organizing exchanges and
      contributing to additional costs incurred,                    contributing to additional costs incurred,
      such as travel and accommodation.                             such as travel and accommodation.
2.2.  Support for projects of a transnational                 2.2.  Support for projects of a transnational
      nature intended to encourage further                          nature intended to encourage further
      training of heritage professionals in the                     training of heritage professionals in the
      new technologies and advanced                                 new technologies and advanced
      information and communication services                        information and communication services
      applied to the cultural heritage sector as                    applied to the cultural heritage sector as
      well as for those intended to develop and                     well as for those intended to develop and
      preserve the techniques of traditional                        preserve the techniques of traditional
      heritage trades.                                              heritage trades.
3.   Exchanges of experience and information                  3.   Exchanges of experience and information
3.1.  Support for exchanges of experience                     3.1.  Support for exchanges of experience
      through conducting studies, surveys and                       through conducting studies, surveys and
      working meetings, as well as through                          working meetings, as well as through
      seminars, in the following fields in                          seminars, in the following fields in
      particular:                                                   particular:
      -    development of technical                                 -   development of technical
           recommendations (standards) for the                          recommendations (standards) for the
           improvement of usage and practices in                        improvement of usage and practices in
           the management and/or conservation                           the management and/or conservation
           of the cultural heritage;                                    of the cultural heritage;
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         identification of risk factors                               identification of risk factors
         concerning cultural objects as well as                       concerning cultural objects as well as
         systems of periodic inspection of their                      systems of periodic inspection of their
         state of conservation;                                       state of conservation;
         preventive protection of cultural                        -   preventive protection of cultural
         objects, works and monuments                                 objects, works and monuments
         against disaster and conditions for                          against disaster and conditions for
         their conservation;                                          their conservation;
     -   qualifications of professionals in                       -   qualifications of professionals in
         heritage-preservation trades;                                heritage-preservation trades;
     -   documentation of cultural objects;                       -   documentation of cultural objects;
     -   conditions for the loan of works for                     -   conditions for the loan of w o r k s for
         temporary exhibitions;                                       temporary exhibitions;
     -   repercussions on the cultural-heritage                   -   repercussions on the cultural-heritage
         sector of other Community policies.                          sector of other Community policies.
3.2. Support for projects between                           3.2.  Support for projects between
     cultural-heritage institutions, using                        cultural-heritage institutions, using
     electronic communication technology                          electronic communication technology
     (on-line, CD-ROM, CD-I, etc.) for the                        (on-line, CD-ROM, CD-I, etc.) for the
     collation/exchange and dissemination of                      collation/exchange and dissemination of
     specialized information, in the following                    specialized information, in the following
     fields in particular:                                        fields in particular:
     -   Member States' cultural-heritage                         -   Member States' cultural-heritage
         legislation;                                                 legislation;
     -   lists and inventories of the cultural                    -   lists and inventories of the cultural
         heritage;                                                    heritage;
     -   inventories, by discipline, of further                   -   inventories, by discipline, of further
         training courses;                                            training courses;
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           integrated databases for the                          integrated databases for the
           cataloguing and description of cultural               cataloguing and description of cultural
           objects;                                              objects;
           statistics and indicators on the cultural             statistics and indicators on the cultural
           heritage;                                             heritage;
           lists and directories of innovative                   lists and directories of innovative
           projects in the cultural heritage field;              projects in the cultural heritage field;
           practices and systems used in the                     practices and systems used in the
           preservation, restoration, management                 preservation, restoration, management
           and dissemination of the cultural                     and dissemination of the cultural
           heritage in the Member States;                        heritage in the Member States;
           practical guides, manuals and                         practical guides, manuals and
           information bulletins on the cultural                 information bulletins on the cultural
           heritage.                                             heritage.
Applications, which will be submitted by the          Applications, which will be submitted by the
institutions and/or operators concerned, must         institutions and/or operators concerned, must
offer the financial guarantees required to carry      offer the financial guarantees required to carry
them out. The Community contribution under            them out. The Community contribution under
this action cannot in any circumstances exceed        this action cannot in any circumstances exceed
50% of the total cost of the project, nor can it      50% of the total cost of the project, nor can it
exceed ECU 50 000, except in the case of              exceed ECU 50 000, except in the case of
projects under 1.2 and 2.2, for which the             projects under 1.2 and 2.2, for which the
Community contribution may be up to                   Community contribution may be up to
ECU 150 000, and 2.1 and 3.1 -(fourth indent),        ECU 150 000, and 2.1 and 3.1 (fourth indent),
for which the Community contribution may be           for which the Community contribution may be
up to ECU 100 000.                                    up to ECU 100 000.
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 ---pagebreak---           Common position of the Council            Modified proposal
Action           Public access to, participation in Action III    -  Public access to, participation in
                 and awareness of the cultural                       and awareness of the cultural
                 heritage                                            heritage
   The aim of this action is to improve public      -  The aim of this action is to improve public
   access to the cultural heritage by                  access to the cultural heritage by
   encouraging projects to raise awareness that        encouraging projects to raise awareness that
   have a European dimension and by                    have a European dimension and by
   promoting the use of advanced information           promoting the use of advanced information
   and communications technologies and                 and communications technologies and
   services.                                           services.
-  The action will involve the following            -  The action will involve the following
   measures:                                           measures:
1. Support for transnational cooperation            1. Support for transnational cooperation
   projects between cultural-heritage                  projects between cultural-heritage
   institutions and/or operators using                 institutions and/or operators using
   multimedia systems and products or other            multimedia systems and products or other
   forms of communication to present the               forms of communication to present the
   heritage in its European dimension and in           heritage in its European dimension and in
   particular to offer the public access to the        particular to offer the public access to the
   whole range of works of art of similar and/or       whole range of works of art of similar and/or
   complementary styles kept by other                  complementary styles kept by other
   European cultural bodies.                           European cultural bodies.
2. Support for events to raise public awareness     2. Support for events to raise public awareness
   of the cultural heritage held at European           of the cultural heritage held at European
   level.                                              level.
3. Support for multilingual presentations              Support for multilingual presentations
   concerning the heritage in museums,                 concerning the heritage in museums,
   monuments, sites, libraries, archives, etc.         monuments, sites, libraries, archives, etc.
   aimed at people throughout the European             aimed at people throughout the European
   Union. Projects might relate to                     Union. Projects might relate to
   presentational material, brochures, exhibition      presentational material, brochures, exhibition
   panels, electronic guide systems, audiovisual       panels, electronic guide systems, audiovisual
   or multimedia products, etc.                        or multimedia products, etc.
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 ---pagebreak---           Common position of the Council           Modified proposal
    Support for transnational cooperation              Support for transnational cooperation
    projects bringing together institutions and/or     projects bringing together institutions and/or
    operators from at least three Member States        operators from at least three Member States
    of the Community with the aim of increasing        of the Community with the aim of increasing
    the public's awareness of the cultural             the public's awareness of the cultural
    heritage, such as exhibitions, teaching            heritage, such as exhibitions, teaching
    programmes, transnational cultural                 programmes, transnational cultural
    itineraries, etc.                                  itineraries, etc.
Applications, which will be submitted by the       Applications, which will be submitted by the
institutions and/or operators concerned, must      institutions and/or operators concerned, must
offer the financial guarantees required to carry   offer the financial guarantees required to carry
them out. The Community contribution under         them out. The Community contribution under
this action cannot in any circumstances exceed     this action cannot in any circumstances exceed
50% of the total cost of the project, nor can it   50% of the total cost of the project, nor can it
exceed ECU 50 000, except in the case of           exceed ECU 50 000, except in the case of
projects under 1 and 3, for which the              projects under 1 and 3, for which the
Community contribution may be up to                Community contribution may be up to
ECU 150 000.                                       ECU 150 000.
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 ---pagebreak---          Common position of the Council             Modified proposal
Action IV     -  Cooperation with third countries   Action IV     -  Cooperation with third countries
                 and international organizations                     and international organizations
-   The aim of this action is to develop projects   -  The aim of this action is to develop projects
   with third countries and create synergies           with third countries and create synergies
   with activities undertaken by other                 with activities undertaken by other
   international organizations, in particular the      international organizations, in particular the
   Council of Europe and UNESCO.                       Council of Europe and UNESCO.
-  The action will involve the following            -  The action will involve the following
   measures:                                           measures:
1. Support for cooperation with third countries     1. Support for cooperation with third countries
   in the fields covered by actions I, II, and III.    in the fields covered by actions I, II, and III.
     Details of the arrangements for                     Details of the arrangements for
participation of third countries are set out in     participation of third countries are set out in
Article 6.                                          Article 6.
   Support for projects in synergy with the            Support for projects in synergy with the
   international organizations working in the          international organizations working in the
   field of cultural heritage and in particular the    field of cultural heritage and in particular the
   Council of Europe and UNESCO. The                   Council of Europe and UNESCO. The
   procedures for this synergy will be decided         procedures for this synergy will be decided
   on an individual basis between the                  on an individual basis between the
   Community and the international                     Community and the international
   organization concerned, in accordance with          organization concerned, in accordance with
   the arrangements provided for in                    the arrangements provided for in
   Article 7(3).                                       Article 7(3).
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