Decision No 786/2004/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 April 2004 amending Decisions No 1720/1999/EC, No 253/2000/EC, No 508/2000/EC, No 1031/2000/EC, No 1445/2000/EC, No 163/2001/EC, No 1411/2001/EC, No 50/2002/EC, No 466/2002/EC, No 1145/2002/EC, No 1513/2002/EC, No 1786/2002/EC, No 291/2003/EC and No 20/2004/EC with a view to adapting the reference amounts to take account of the enlargement of the European Union

Decision No 786/2004/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council
of 21 April 2004
amending Decisions No 1720/1999/EC, No 253/2000/EC, No 508/2000/EC, No 1031/2000/EC, No 1445/2000/EC, No 163/2001/EC, No 1411/2001/EC, No 50/2002/EC, No 466/2002/EC, No 1145/2002/EC, No 1513/2002/EC, No 1786/2002/EC, No 291/2003/EC and No 20/2004/EC with a view to adapting the reference amounts to take account of the enlargement of the European Union
THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 129, Article 137(2), Article 149, Article 150, Article 151(5) Article 152, Article 153, Article 156, Article 166(1), Article 175(1) and Article 285 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee,
After consulting the Committee of the Regions,
Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 251 of the Treaty [1],
Whereas:
-  No 1720/1999/EC of 12 July 1999 adopting a series of actions and measures in order to ensure interoperability of and access to trans-European networks for the electronic interchange of data between administrations (IDA) [2],
-  No 253/2000/EC of 24 January 2000 establishing the second phase of the Community action programme in the field of education "Socrates" [3],
-  No 508/2000/EC of 14 February 2000 establishing the "Culture 2000" programme [4],
-  No 1031/2000/EC of 13 April 2000 establishing the "Youth" Community action programme [5],
-  No 1445/2000/EC of 22 May 2000 on the application of aerial-survey and remote-sensing techniques to the agricultural statistics for 1999 to 2003 [6],
-  No 163/2001/EC of 19 January 2001 on the implementation of a training programme for professionals in the European audiovisual programme industry (MEDIA-Training) (2001 to 2005) [7],
-  No 1411/2001/EC of 27 June 2001 on a Community Framework for cooperation to promote sustainable urban development [8],
-  No 50/2002/EC of 7 December 2001 establishing a programme of Community action to encourage cooperation between Member States to combat social exclusion [9],
-  No 466/2002/EC of 1 March 2002 laying down a Community action programme promoting non-governmental organisations primarily active in the field of environmental protection [10],
-  No 1145/2002/EC of 10 June 2002 on Community incentive measures in the field of employment [11],
-  No 1513/2002/EC of 27 June 2002 concerning the sixth framework programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities, contributing to the creation of the European Research Area and to innovation (2002 to 2006) [12]; the adapted amount must apply to the implementation of all activities provided for in the framework programme, according to Article 166(3) of the Treaty,
-  No 1786/2002/EC of 23 September 2002 adopting a programme of Community action in the field of public health (2003 to 2008) [13],
-  No 291/2003/EC of 6 February 2003 establishing the European Year of Education through Sport 2004 [14],
-  No 20/2004/EC of 8 December 2003 establishing a general framework for financing Community actions in support of consumer policy for the years 2004 to 2007 [15],