Article 1 
This Decision establishes a programme to promote the development and, within the Union and outside it, the distribution of European audiovisual works (hereinafter referred to as 'the Programme'), to run for a period from 1 January 1996 until 31 December 2000, for the purpose of strengthening the European audiovisual industry. Article 2 The aims of the Programme are as follows: 1. As regards development: - to promote, by providing financial and technical assistance, the development of production projects submitted by companies which include the enhancement of the audiovisual heritage and are aimed, in particular, at the European market, to encourage an environment favourable to initiative and to the development of the companies and to encourage networking among them, - to promote the development of production projects which include the enhancement of the audiovisual heritage that make use of new techniques of creation and animation, to support an environment favourable to initiative and development by companies and to encourage networking among them. 2. As regards distribution: - to strengthen the European distribution sector in the field of cinema and video by favouring the networking of European distributors and encouraging them to invest in the production of European cinema films, - to favour wider transnational distribution of European films by way of stimulation measures concerning their distribution and their exhibition in cinemas, and to encourage the networking of operators, - to promote the circulation, in the European Union and outside it, of European television programmes capable of appealing to a European and world audience and to encourage independent European producers and European broadcasters to cooperate in the production of such programmes, - to actively support linguistic diversity of audiovisual and cinema works, - to facilitate the promotion of independent European production and its access to the market by the implementation of promotion services and actions. The aims of the programme must work towards: - an increase in the competitiveness of the audiovisual industry notably in the European market, by supporting the development of projects which have a true distribution potential, - respect for European linguistic and cultural diversity, - enhancing the European audiovisual heritage, - the development of potential in countries or regions with a low capacity for audiovisual production and/or a restricted geographical and linguistic area, - the development of an independent production and distribution sector especially of small and medium-sized entreprises. Article 3 Beneficiaries of Community support, as laid down in Article 2, must provide a significant proportion of the funding. Community funding shall not exceed 50 % of the cost of operations. The financial reference amount for implementation of the programme for the period referred to in Article 1 shall be ECU 265 million. The annual appropriations shall be authorized by the budgetary authority in accordance with the current financial perspective. Without prejudice to the agreements and conventions to which the Community is a contracting party, the businesses benefitting from the programme must be in the possession and continue to be in the possession, whether directly, or by majority participation, of the Member States and/or of nationals from Member States. Article 4 Financial support under the Programme may be granted in the form of loans, repayable advances, or subsidies, as defined in the Annex. The repayments under the Programme, together with the repayments from operations under the Media programme (1991/95), will be allocated to the requirements of the Media II programme. Article 5 1. The Commission shall be responsible for the implementation of the Programme, in accordance with the arrangements laid down in the Annex. In the performance of this task, it shall be assisted by a committee composed of two representatives from each Member State and chaired by the representative of the Commission. 2. The representative of the Commission shall submit to the Committee, for its opinion, a draft of the measures to be taken concerning: - arrangements for the implementation of the actions provided for in the Annex, - the content of calls for proposals, the definition of criteria and procedures for the approval and selection of projects, as well as the final choice of intermediary organizations, - questions concerning the annual internal distribution of finances within the programme, including among the actions established in the distribution sector, - arrangements for monitoring and evaluating the operations. Furthermore, the representative of the Commission shall also submit, for its opinion, the examination of all community allocations which are higher than ECU 300 000 per year as regards development and higher than ECU 500 000 per year as regards distribution. This threshold can be reviewed by the Committee in the light of experience. 3. 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. The opinion shall be delivered by the majority laid down in Article 148 (2) of the Treaty in the case of decisions which 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 which shall 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 shall defer application of the measures which it has decided upon for a period of two months, - the Council, acting by a qualified majority, may take a different decision within the time limit referred to in the previous subparagraph. 4. The Commission may consult the Committee on any other question concerning the implementation of the programme. The Committee shall deliver its opinion 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 deliveed by the Committee. It shall inform the Committee of the manner in which its opinion has been taken into account. The Commission representative shall keep the Committee informed in good time and on a regular basis of the financial allocation agreed in the framework of the programme (amounts, duration, internal distribution of finances, beneficiaries). Article 6 The programme shall be open to the participation of the associated countries of Central and Eastern Europe (CCEE) in accordance with the conditions laid down in the additional protocols to the Association Agreements on participation in Community programmes concluded or to be concluded with those countries. This programme shall be open to the participation of Cyprus, Malta and EFTA countries members of the EEA Agreement on the basis of additional appropriations in accordance with the same rules as applied to EFTA States, in accordance with procedures to be agreed with these countries. It shall also be open to cooperation with other non-member countries which have concluded agreements containing audiovisual clauses. The arrangements for this participation or cooperation will be fixed at the appropriate time between the parties concerned. Article 7 1. The Commission shall ensure that actions under this Decision are subject to prior appraisal, monitoring and subsequent evaluation. 2. The selected beneficiaries shall submit an annual report to the Commission. 3. After the completion of projects, the Commission shall evaluate the manner in which they have been carried out and the impact of their implementation in order to assess whether the original objectives have been achieved. 4. After two years and six months of implementation of the programme and within the six months that follow this period, the Commission, after having brought the matter before the Committee in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 5 (2) and (3), shall present to the European Parliament, the Council and the Economic and Social Committee an evaluation report on the results which were obtained, accompanied if need be by appropriate proposals. Within the framework of this report, the Commission shall evaluate the comparative results of the systems established in points 1.2.1.(a) and (b) of the Annex, with regard to the objectives of the programme. It shall submit to the Committee, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 5 (2) and (3) of this Decision, appropriate proposals as to the respective proportion for each of the two systems and as to the implementation arrangements for the continuation of the programme. 5. When the programme has run its full term, the Commission shall submit to the European Parliament, the Council and the Economic and Social Committee a report on the implementation and results of the programme. Done at Brussels, 10 July 1995. For the Council The President P. SOLBES MIRA (1) OJ No C 108, 29. 4. 1995, p. 8. (2) OJ No C 166, 3. 7. 1995, p. 191. (3) OJ No C 256, 2. 10. 1995, p. 24. (4) OJ No C 205, 25. 7. 1994, p. 561. (5) OJ No L 298, 17. 10. 1989, p. 23. (1) OJ No L 380, 31. 12. 1990, p. 37.
Article 2 
The aims of the Programme are as follows: 1. As regards development: - to promote, by providing financial and technical assistance, the development of production projects submitted by companies which include the enhancement of the audiovisual heritage and are aimed, in particular, at the European market, to encourage an environment favourable to initiative and to the development of the companies and to encourage networking among them, - to promote the development of production projects which include the enhancement of the audiovisual heritage that make use of new techniques of creation and animation, to support an environment favourable to initiative and development by companies and to encourage networking among them. 2. As regards distribution: - to strengthen the European distribution sector in the field of cinema and video by favouring the networking of European distributors and encouraging them to invest in the production of European cinema films, - to favour wider transnational distribution of European films by way of stimulation measures concerning their distribution and their exhibition in cinemas, and to encourage the networking of operators, - to promote the circulation, in the European Union and outside it, of European television programmes capable of appealing to a European and world audience and to encourage independent European producers and European broadcasters to cooperate in the production of such programmes, - to actively support linguistic diversity of audiovisual and cinema works, - to facilitate the promotion of independent European production and its access to the market by the implementation of promotion services and actions. The aims of the programme must work towards: - an increase in the competitiveness of the audiovisual industry notably in the European market, by supporting the development of projects which have a true distribution potential, - respect for European linguistic and cultural diversity, - enhancing the European audiovisual heritage, - the development of potential in countries or regions with a low capacity for audiovisual production and/or a restricted geographical and linguistic area, - the development of an independent production and distribution sector especially of small and medium-sized entreprises. Article 3 Beneficiaries of Community support, as laid down in Article 2, must provide a significant proportion of the funding. Community funding shall not exceed 50 % of the cost of operations. The financial reference amount for implementation of the programme for the period referred to in Article 1 shall be ECU 265 million. The annual appropriations shall be authorized by the budgetary authority in accordance with the current financial perspective. Without prejudice to the agreements and conventions to which the Community is a contracting party, the businesses benefitting from the programme must be in the possession and continue to be in the possession, whether directly, or by majority participation, of the Member States and/or of nationals from Member States. Article 4 Financial support under the Programme may be granted in the form of loans, repayable advances, or subsidies, as defined in the Annex. The repayments under the Programme, together with the repayments from operations under the Media programme (1991/95), will be allocated to the requirements of the Media II programme. Article 5 1. The Commission shall be responsible for the implementation of the Programme, in accordance with the arrangements laid down in the Annex. In the performance of this task, it shall be assisted by a committee composed of two representatives from each Member State and chaired by the representative of the Commission. 2. The representative of the Commission shall submit to the Committee, for its opinion, a draft of the measures to be taken concerning: - arrangements for the implementation of the actions provided for in the Annex, - the content of calls for proposals, the definition of criteria and procedures for the approval and selection of projects, as well as the final choice of intermediary organizations, - questions concerning the annual internal distribution of finances within the programme, including among the actions established in the distribution sector, - arrangements for monitoring and evaluating the operations. Furthermore, the representative of the Commission shall also submit, for its opinion, the examination of all community allocations which are higher than ECU 300 000 per year as regards development and higher than ECU 500 000 per year as regards distribution. This threshold can be reviewed by the Committee in the light of experience. 3. 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. The opinion shall be delivered by the majority laid down in Article 148 (2) of the Treaty in the case of decisions which 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 which shall 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 shall defer application of the measures which it has decided upon for a period of two months, - the Council, acting by a qualified majority, may take a different decision within the time limit referred to in the previous subparagraph. 4. The Commission may consult the Committee on any other question concerning the implementation of the programme. The Committee shall deliver its opinion 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 deliveed by the Committee. It shall inform the Committee of the manner in which its opinion has been taken into account. The Commission representative shall keep the Committee informed in good time and on a regular basis of the financial allocation agreed in the framework of the programme (amounts, duration, internal distribution of finances, beneficiaries). Article 6 The programme shall be open to the participation of the associated countries of Central and Eastern Europe (CCEE) in accordance with the conditions laid down in the additional protocols to the Association Agreements on participation in Community programmes concluded or to be concluded with those countries. This programme shall be open to the participation of Cyprus, Malta and EFTA countries members of the EEA Agreement on the basis of additional appropriations in accordance with the same rules as applied to EFTA States, in accordance with procedures to be agreed with these countries. It shall also be open to cooperation with other non-member countries which have concluded agreements containing audiovisual clauses. The arrangements for this participation or cooperation will be fixed at the appropriate time between the parties concerned. Article 7 1. The Commission shall ensure that actions under this Decision are subject to prior appraisal, monitoring and subsequent evaluation. 2. The selected beneficiaries shall submit an annual report to the Commission. 3. After the completion of projects, the Commission shall evaluate the manner in which they have been carried out and the impact of their implementation in order to assess whether the original objectives have been achieved. 4. After two years and six months of implementation of the programme and within the six months that follow this period, the Commission, after having brought the matter before the Committee in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 5 (2) and (3), shall present to the European Parliament, the Council and the Economic and Social Committee an evaluation report on the results which were obtained, accompanied if need be by appropriate proposals. Within the framework of this report, the Commission shall evaluate the comparative results of the systems established in points 1.2.1.(a) and (b) of the Annex, with regard to the objectives of the programme. It shall submit to the Committee, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 5 (2) and (3) of this Decision, appropriate proposals as to the respective proportion for each of the two systems and as to the implementation arrangements for the continuation of the programme. 5. When the programme has run its full term, the Commission shall submit to the European Parliament, the Council and the Economic and Social Committee a report on the implementation and results of the programme. Done at Brussels, 10 July 1995. For the Council The President P. SOLBES MIRA (1) OJ No C 108, 29. 4. 1995, p. 8. (2) OJ No C 166, 3. 7. 1995, p. 191. (3) OJ No C 256, 2. 10. 1995, p. 24. (4) OJ No C 205, 25. 7. 1994, p. 561. (5) OJ No L 298, 17. 10. 1989, p. 23. (1) OJ No L 380, 31. 12. 1990, p. 37.
Article 3 
Beneficiaries of Community support, as laid down in Article 2, must provide a significant proportion of the funding. Community funding shall not exceed 50 % of the cost of operations. The financial reference amount for implementation of the programme for the period referred to in Article 1 shall be ECU 265 million. The annual appropriations shall be authorized by the budgetary authority in accordance with the current financial perspective. Without prejudice to the agreements and conventions to which the Community is a contracting party, the businesses benefitting from the programme must be in the possession and continue to be in the possession, whether directly, or by majority participation, of the Member States and/or of nationals from Member States. Article 4 Financial support under the Programme may be granted in the form of loans, repayable advances, or subsidies, as defined in the Annex. The repayments under the Programme, together with the repayments from operations under the Media programme (1991/95), will be allocated to the requirements of the Media II programme. Article 5 1. The Commission shall be responsible for the implementation of the Programme, in accordance with the arrangements laid down in the Annex. In the performance of this task, it shall be assisted by a committee composed of two representatives from each Member State and chaired by the representative of the Commission. 2. The representative of the Commission shall submit to the Committee, for its opinion, a draft of the measures to be taken concerning: - arrangements for the implementation of the actions provided for in the Annex, - the content of calls for proposals, the definition of criteria and procedures for the approval and selection of projects, as well as the final choice of intermediary organizations, - questions concerning the annual internal distribution of finances within the programme, including among the actions established in the distribution sector, - arrangements for monitoring and evaluating the operations. Furthermore, the representative of the Commission shall also submit, for its opinion, the examination of all community allocations which are higher than ECU 300 000 per year as regards development and higher than ECU 500 000 per year as regards distribution. This threshold can be reviewed by the Committee in the light of experience. 3. 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. The opinion shall be delivered by the majority laid down in Article 148 (2) of the Treaty in the case of decisions which 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 which shall 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 shall defer application of the measures which it has decided upon for a period of two months, - the Council, acting by a qualified majority, may take a different decision within the time limit referred to in the previous subparagraph. 4. The Commission may consult the Committee on any other question concerning the implementation of the programme. The Committee shall deliver its opinion 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 deliveed by the Committee. It shall inform the Committee of the manner in which its opinion has been taken into account. The Commission representative shall keep the Committee informed in good time and on a regular basis of the financial allocation agreed in the framework of the programme (amounts, duration, internal distribution of finances, beneficiaries). Article 6 The programme shall be open to the participation of the associated countries of Central and Eastern Europe (CCEE) in accordance with the conditions laid down in the additional protocols to the Association Agreements on participation in Community programmes concluded or to be concluded with those countries. This programme shall be open to the participation of Cyprus, Malta and EFTA countries members of the EEA Agreement on the basis of additional appropriations in accordance with the same rules as applied to EFTA States, in accordance with procedures to be agreed with these countries. It shall also be open to cooperation with other non-member countries which have concluded agreements containing audiovisual clauses. The arrangements for this participation or cooperation will be fixed at the appropriate time between the parties concerned. Article 7 1. The Commission shall ensure that actions under this Decision are subject to prior appraisal, monitoring and subsequent evaluation. 2. The selected beneficiaries shall submit an annual report to the Commission. 3. After the completion of projects, the Commission shall evaluate the manner in which they have been carried out and the impact of their implementation in order to assess whether the original objectives have been achieved. 4. After two years and six months of implementation of the programme and within the six months that follow this period, the Commission, after having brought the matter before the Committee in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 5 (2) and (3), shall present to the European Parliament, the Council and the Economic and Social Committee an evaluation report on the results which were obtained, accompanied if need be by appropriate proposals. Within the framework of this report, the Commission shall evaluate the comparative results of the systems established in points 1.2.1.(a) and (b) of the Annex, with regard to the objectives of the programme. It shall submit to the Committee, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 5 (2) and (3) of this Decision, appropriate proposals as to the respective proportion for each of the two systems and as to the implementation arrangements for the continuation of the programme. 5. When the programme has run its full term, the Commission shall submit to the European Parliament, the Council and the Economic and Social Committee a report on the implementation and results of the programme. Done at Brussels, 10 July 1995. For the Council The President P. SOLBES MIRA (1) OJ No C 108, 29. 4. 1995, p. 8. (2) OJ No C 166, 3. 7. 1995, p. 191. (3) OJ No C 256, 2. 10. 1995, p. 24. (4) OJ No C 205, 25. 7. 1994, p. 561. (5) OJ No L 298, 17. 10. 1989, p. 23. (1) OJ No L 380, 31. 12. 1990, p. 37.
Article 4 
Financial support under the Programme may be granted in the form of loans, repayable advances, or subsidies, as defined in the Annex. The repayments under the Programme, together with the repayments from operations under the Media programme (1991/95), will be allocated to the requirements of the Media II programme. Article 5 1. The Commission shall be responsible for the implementation of the Programme, in accordance with the arrangements laid down in the Annex. In the performance of this task, it shall be assisted by a committee composed of two representatives from each Member State and chaired by the representative of the Commission. 2. The representative of the Commission shall submit to the Committee, for its opinion, a draft of the measures to be taken concerning: - arrangements for the implementation of the actions provided for in the Annex, - the content of calls for proposals, the definition of criteria and procedures for the approval and selection of projects, as well as the final choice of intermediary organizations, - questions concerning the annual internal distribution of finances within the programme, including among the actions established in the distribution sector, - arrangements for monitoring and evaluating the operations. Furthermore, the representative of the Commission shall also submit, for its opinion, the examination of all community allocations which are higher than ECU 300 000 per year as regards development and higher than ECU 500 000 per year as regards distribution. This threshold can be reviewed by the Committee in the light of experience. 3. 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. The opinion shall be delivered by the majority laid down in Article 148 (2) of the Treaty in the case of decisions which 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 which shall 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 shall defer application of the measures which it has decided upon for a period of two months, - the Council, acting by a qualified majority, may take a different decision within the time limit referred to in the previous subparagraph. 4. The Commission may consult the Committee on any other question concerning the implementation of the programme. The Committee shall deliver its opinion 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 deliveed by the Committee. It shall inform the Committee of the manner in which its opinion has been taken into account. The Commission representative shall keep the Committee informed in good time and on a regular basis of the financial allocation agreed in the framework of the programme (amounts, duration, internal distribution of finances, beneficiaries). Article 6 The programme shall be open to the participation of the associated countries of Central and Eastern Europe (CCEE) in accordance with the conditions laid down in the additional protocols to the Association Agreements on participation in Community programmes concluded or to be concluded with those countries. This programme shall be open to the participation of Cyprus, Malta and EFTA countries members of the EEA Agreement on the basis of additional appropriations in accordance with the same rules as applied to EFTA States, in accordance with procedures to be agreed with these countries. It shall also be open to cooperation with other non-member countries which have concluded agreements containing audiovisual clauses. The arrangements for this participation or cooperation will be fixed at the appropriate time between the parties concerned. Article 7 1. The Commission shall ensure that actions under this Decision are subject to prior appraisal, monitoring and subsequent evaluation. 2. The selected beneficiaries shall submit an annual report to the Commission. 3. After the completion of projects, the Commission shall evaluate the manner in which they have been carried out and the impact of their implementation in order to assess whether the original objectives have been achieved. 4. After two years and six months of implementation of the programme and within the six months that follow this period, the Commission, after having brought the matter before the Committee in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 5 (2) and (3), shall present to the European Parliament, the Council and the Economic and Social Committee an evaluation report on the results which were obtained, accompanied if need be by appropriate proposals. Within the framework of this report, the Commission shall evaluate the comparative results of the systems established in points 1.2.1.(a) and (b) of the Annex, with regard to the objectives of the programme. It shall submit to the Committee, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 5 (2) and (3) of this Decision, appropriate proposals as to the respective proportion for each of the two systems and as to the implementation arrangements for the continuation of the programme. 5. When the programme has run its full term, the Commission shall submit to the European Parliament, the Council and the Economic and Social Committee a report on the implementation and results of the programme. Done at Brussels, 10 July 1995. For the Council The President P. SOLBES MIRA (1) OJ No C 108, 29. 4. 1995, p. 8. (2) OJ No C 166, 3. 7. 1995, p. 191. (3) OJ No C 256, 2. 10. 1995, p. 24. (4) OJ No C 205, 25. 7. 1994, p. 561. (5) OJ No L 298, 17. 10. 1989, p. 23. (1) OJ No L 380, 31. 12. 1990, p. 37.
Article 5 
1. The Commission shall be responsible for the implementation of the Programme, in accordance with the arrangements laid down in the Annex. In the performance of this task, it shall be assisted by a committee composed of two representatives from each Member State and chaired by the representative of the Commission. 2. The representative of the Commission shall submit to the Committee, for its opinion, a draft of the measures to be taken concerning: - arrangements for the implementation of the actions provided for in the Annex, - the content of calls for proposals, the definition of criteria and procedures for the approval and selection of projects, as well as the final choice of intermediary organizations, - questions concerning the annual internal distribution of finances within the programme, including among the actions established in the distribution sector, - arrangements for monitoring and evaluating the operations. Furthermore, the representative of the Commission shall also submit, for its opinion, the examination of all community allocations which are higher than ECU 300 000 per year as regards development and higher than ECU 500 000 per year as regards distribution. This threshold can be reviewed by the Committee in the light of experience. 3. 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. The opinion shall be delivered by the majority laid down in Article 148 (2) of the Treaty in the case of decisions which 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 which shall 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 shall defer application of the measures which it has decided upon for a period of two months, - the Council, acting by a qualified majority, may take a different decision within the time limit referred to in the previous subparagraph. 4. The Commission may consult the Committee on any other question concerning the implementation of the programme. The Committee shall deliver its opinion 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 deliveed by the Committee. It shall inform the Committee of the manner in which its opinion has been taken into account. The Commission representative shall keep the Committee informed in good time and on a regular basis of the financial allocation agreed in the framework of the programme (amounts, duration, internal distribution of finances, beneficiaries). Article 6 The programme shall be open to the participation of the associated countries of Central and Eastern Europe (CCEE) in accordance with the conditions laid down in the additional protocols to the Association Agreements on participation in Community programmes concluded or to be concluded with those countries. This programme shall be open to the participation of Cyprus, Malta and EFTA countries members of the EEA Agreement on the basis of additional appropriations in accordance with the same rules as applied to EFTA States, in accordance with procedures to be agreed with these countries. It shall also be open to cooperation with other non-member countries which have concluded agreements containing audiovisual clauses. The arrangements for this participation or cooperation will be fixed at the appropriate time between the parties concerned. Article 7 1. The Commission shall ensure that actions under this Decision are subject to prior appraisal, monitoring and subsequent evaluation. 2. The selected beneficiaries shall submit an annual report to the Commission. 3. After the completion of projects, the Commission shall evaluate the manner in which they have been carried out and the impact of their implementation in order to assess whether the original objectives have been achieved. 4. After two years and six months of implementation of the programme and within the six months that follow this period, the Commission, after having brought the matter before the Committee in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 5 (2) and (3), shall present to the European Parliament, the Council and the Economic and Social Committee an evaluation report on the results which were obtained, accompanied if need be by appropriate proposals. Within the framework of this report, the Commission shall evaluate the comparative results of the systems established in points 1.2.1.(a) and (b) of the Annex, with regard to the objectives of the programme. It shall submit to the Committee, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 5 (2) and (3) of this Decision, appropriate proposals as to the respective proportion for each of the two systems and as to the implementation arrangements for the continuation of the programme. 5. When the programme has run its full term, the Commission shall submit to the European Parliament, the Council and the Economic and Social Committee a report on the implementation and results of the programme. Done at Brussels, 10 July 1995. For the Council The President P. SOLBES MIRA (1) OJ No C 108, 29. 4. 1995, p. 8. (2) OJ No C 166, 3. 7. 1995, p. 191. (3) OJ No C 256, 2. 10. 1995, p. 24. (4) OJ No C 205, 25. 7. 1994, p. 561. (5) OJ No L 298, 17. 10. 1989, p. 23. (1) OJ No L 380, 31. 12. 1990, p. 37.
Article 6 
The programme shall be open to the participation of the associated countries of Central and Eastern Europe (CCEE) in accordance with the conditions laid down in the additional protocols to the Association Agreements on participation in Community programmes concluded or to be concluded with those countries. This programme shall be open to the participation of Cyprus, Malta and EFTA countries members of the EEA Agreement on the basis of additional appropriations in accordance with the same rules as applied to EFTA States, in accordance with procedures to be agreed with these countries. It shall also be open to cooperation with other non-member countries which have concluded agreements containing audiovisual clauses. The arrangements for this participation or cooperation will be fixed at the appropriate time between the parties concerned. Article 7 1. The Commission shall ensure that actions under this Decision are subject to prior appraisal, monitoring and subsequent evaluation. 2. The selected beneficiaries shall submit an annual report to the Commission. 3. After the completion of projects, the Commission shall evaluate the manner in which they have been carried out and the impact of their implementation in order to assess whether the original objectives have been achieved. 4. After two years and six months of implementation of the programme and within the six months that follow this period, the Commission, after having brought the matter before the Committee in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 5 (2) and (3), shall present to the European Parliament, the Council and the Economic and Social Committee an evaluation report on the results which were obtained, accompanied if need be by appropriate proposals. Within the framework of this report, the Commission shall evaluate the comparative results of the systems established in points 1.2.1.(a) and (b) of the Annex, with regard to the objectives of the programme. It shall submit to the Committee, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 5 (2) and (3) of this Decision, appropriate proposals as to the respective proportion for each of the two systems and as to the implementation arrangements for the continuation of the programme. 5. When the programme has run its full term, the Commission shall submit to the European Parliament, the Council and the Economic and Social Committee a report on the implementation and results of the programme. Done at Brussels, 10 July 1995. For the Council The President P. SOLBES MIRA (1) OJ No C 108, 29. 4. 1995, p. 8. (2) OJ No C 166, 3. 7. 1995, p. 191. (3) OJ No C 256, 2. 10. 1995, p. 24. (4) OJ No C 205, 25. 7. 1994, p. 561. (5) OJ No L 298, 17. 10. 1989, p. 23. (1) OJ No L 380, 31. 12. 1990, p. 37.
Article 7 
1. The Commission shall ensure that actions under this Decision are subject to prior appraisal, monitoring and subsequent evaluation. 2. The selected beneficiaries shall submit an annual report to the Commission. 3. After the completion of projects, the Commission shall evaluate the manner in which they have been carried out and the impact of their implementation in order to assess whether the original objectives have been achieved. 4. After two years and six months of implementation of the programme and within the six months that follow this period, the Commission, after having brought the matter before the Committee in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 5 (2) and (3), shall present to the European Parliament, the Council and the Economic and Social Committee an evaluation report on the results which were obtained, accompanied if need be by appropriate proposals. Within the framework of this report, the Commission shall evaluate the comparative results of the systems established in points 1.2.1.(a) and (b) of the Annex, with regard to the objectives of the programme. It shall submit to the Committee, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 5 (2) and (3) of this Decision, appropriate proposals as to the respective proportion for each of the two systems and as to the implementation arrangements for the continuation of the programme. 5. When the programme has run its full term, the Commission shall submit to the European Parliament, the Council and the Economic and Social Committee a report on the implementation and results of the programme. Done at Brussels, 10 July 1995. For the Council The President P. SOLBES MIRA (1) OJ No C 108, 29. 4. 1995, p. 8. (2) OJ No C 166, 3. 7. 1995, p. 191. (3) OJ No C 256, 2. 10. 1995, p. 24. (4) OJ No C 205, 25. 7. 1994, p. 561. (5) OJ No L 298, 17. 10. 1989, p. 23. (1) OJ No L 380, 31. 12. 1990, p. 37.