CELEX: 32005D0649
Language: en
Date: 2005-04-13 00:00:00
Title: Decision No 649/2005/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 April 2005 amending Decision No 1419/1999/EC establishing a Community action for the European Capital of Culture event for the years 2005 to 2019

4.5.2005   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               L 117/20
            
         DECISION No 649/2005/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL
   of 13 April 2005
   amending Decision No 1419/1999/EC establishing a Community action for the European Capital of Culture event for the years 2005 to 2019
   THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
   Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 151 thereof,
   Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
   Having regard to the opinion of the Committee of the Regions (1),
   Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 251 of the Treaty (2),
   Whereas:
   
               (1)
            
            
               Decision No 1419/1999/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 May 1999 establishing a Community action for the European Capital of Culture event for the years 2005 to 2019 (3) is geared towards highlighting the wealth, diversity and shared characteristics of European cultures and towards contributing to improving European citizens' mutual knowledge.
            
         
               (2)
            
            
               Annex I to Decision No 1419/1999/EC sets out the chronological order in accordance with which the Member States can submit nominations for this event. That Annex is limited to the Member States at the time the Decision was adopted on 25 May 1999.
            
         
               (3)
            
            
               Article 6 of Decision No 1419/1999/EC states that that decision may be revised, in particular with a view to the future enlargement of the European Union.
            
         
               (4)
            
            
               In the light of the 2004 enlargement, it is important that the new Member States should likewise be able within a short period of time to submit nominations in the context of the European Capital of Culture event, without changing the order for the other Member States so that, from 2009 onwards and until the end of the current Community action, two capitals may be selected each year in the Member States.
            
         
               (5)
            
            
               Decision No 1419/1999/EC should therefore be amended,
            
         HAVE DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
   Article 1
   Decision No 1419/1999/EC is hereby amended as follows:
   
               1.
            
            
               The following Recital shall be inserted:
               
                           ‘(12a)
                        
                        
                           Whereas account should be taken of the financial consequences of this Decision in such a way as to ensure that there is adequate and appropriate Community funding for the designation of two European Capitals of Culture;’;
                        
                     
         
               2.
            
            
               Article 2(1) shall be replaced by the following:
               ‘1.   Cities in Member States shall be designated as European Capital of Culture, in turn, as set out on the list contained in Annex I. Up until 2008 inclusive, the designation shall apply to one city of the Member State appearing on the list. From 2009 onwards, the designation shall apply to one city of each of the Member States appearing on the list. The chronological order set out in Annex I may be altered by mutual agreement between the Member States concerned. Each Member State shall submit, in turn, its nomination of one or more cities to the European Parliament, the Council, the Commission and the Committee of the Regions. This nomination shall be submitted no later than four years before the event in question is due to begin and may be accompanied by a recommendation from the Member State concerned.’;
            
         
               3.
            
            
               Annex I shall be replaced by the text appearing in the Annex to this Decision.
            
         Article 2
   This Decision shall enter into force on the twentieth day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
   It shall apply from 1 May 2004.
   
      Done at Strasbourg, 13 April 2005.
      
         
            For the European Parliament
         
         
            The President
         
         J. P. BORRELL FONTELLES
      
      
         
            For the Council
         
         
            The President
         
         N. SCHMIT
      
   
   
      (1)  OJ C 121, 30.4.2004, p. 15.
   
      (2)  Opinion of the European Parliament of 22 April 2004 (not yet published in the Official Journal), Council Common Position of 21 October 2004 (OJ C 25 E, 1.2.2005, p. 41) and Position of the European Parliament of 22 February 2005 (not yet published in the Official Journal).
   
      (3)  OJ L 166, 1.7.1999, p. 1.
   ANNEX
   ORDER OF ENTITLEMENT TO NOMINATE A ‘EUROPEAN CAPITAL OF CULTURE’
   
               2005
            
            
               Ireland
            
            
                
            
         
               2006
            
            
               Greece (1)
               
            
            
                
            
         
               2007
            
            
               Luxembourg
            
            
                
            
         
               2008
            
            
               United Kingdom
            
            
                
            
         
               2009
            
            
               Austria
            
            
               Lithuania
            
         
               2010
            
            
               Germany
            
            
               Hungary
            
         
               2011
            
            
               Finland
            
            
               Estonia
            
         
               2012
            
            
               Portugal
            
            
               Slovenia
            
         
               2013
            
            
               France
            
            
               Slovakia
            
         
               2014
            
            
               Sweden
            
            
               Latvia
            
         
               2015
            
            
               Belgium
            
            
               Czech Republic
            
         
               2016
            
            
               Spain
            
            
               Poland
            
         
               2017
            
            
               Denmark
            
            
               Cyprus
            
         
               2018
            
            
               Netherlands (1)
               
            
            
               Malta
            
         
               2019
            
            
               Italy
            
            
                
            
         
      (1)  The Culture/Audiovisual Council, at its meeting of 28 May 1998, noted the exchange of positions between Greece and the Netherlands in accordance with Article 2(1) of Decision No 1419/1999/EC.