14 Amendments of Dominique BILDE related to 2016/0186(COD)
Amendment 11 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) Decision No 445/2014/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council5 aims to safeguard and promote the diversity of cultures in Europe and to highlight the common features they share while increasing citizens' sense of belonging to a common cultural areaivilisation. That Decision also aims to foster the contribution of culture to the long-termsustainable environmental, economic and social development of cities in accordance with their respective strategies and priorities. _________________ 5 Decision No 445/2014/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 establishing a Union action for the European Capitals of Culture for the years 2020 to 2033 and repealing Decision No 1622/2006/EC (OJ L 132, 3.5. 2014, p. 1).
Amendment 17 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) Article 3 of Decision No 445/2014/EU provides that only cities from a Member State, from a candidate country or a potential candidate, or from a country that accedes to of the Union in the circumstances set out in Article 3(5) of that Decision have access to the Union action 'European Capitals of Culture'.
Amendment 19 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) The Union action should also be open, subject to some conditions, to cities from European Free Trade Association countries which are parties to the Agreement on the European Economic Area (‘EFTA/EEA countries’), Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway with the view to reinforcing the cultural links between those countries and the European Union in line with Article 81 of the Agreement on the European Economic Area.
Amendment 22 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) A candidate country, potential candidate orn EFTA/EEA country should host the European Capital of Culture in 2028 instead of 2027 so as to make it possible for those countries to negotiate their participation in the Union programme supporting culture that will follow Creative Europe for the period 2021 to 2027 before the relevant call for submission of applications at the latest six years before the year of the title.
Amendment 26 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point a Decision 445/2014/EU
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point a Decision 445/2014/EU
The title shall be awarded each year to a maximum of one city in each of the two Member States appearing in the calendar set out in the Annex (‘the calendar’) and, in the relevant years, to one city from an EFTA/EEA country or a candidate country or a potential candidate, or to one city from a country that accedes to the Union in the circumstances set out in paragraph 5.;
Amendment 30 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b
Decision 445/2014/EU
Article 3 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Cities in EFTA/EEA countries and in candidate countries and potential candidates which participate in the Creative Europe Programme or in the subsequent Union programmes supporting culture at the date of publication of the call for submission of applications referred to in Article 10(2) may apply for the title for one year in the framework of an open competition organised every third year in accordance with the calendar.
Amendment 32 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b
Decision 445/2014/EU
Article 3 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Article 3 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 34 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b
Decision 445/2014/EU
Article 3 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 3
Article 3 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 3
Amendment 35 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
Decision 445/2014/EU
Article 10 – title
Article 10 – title
Pre-selection and selection in EFTA/EEA countries, candidate countries or potential candidates;.
Amendment 36 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Decision 445/2014/EU
Article 10 – paragraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission, in close cooperation with the national authorities of the cities of the countries concerned, shall be responsible for the organisation of the competition between cities in EFTA/EEA countries, candidate countries and potential candidates.;.
Amendment 37 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point c
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point c
Decision 445/2014/EU
Article 10 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1
6. The panel shall issue a selection report on the applications of the shortlisted candidate cities together with a recommendation for the designation of a maximum of one city in one EFTA/EEA country, candidate country or potential candidate.;.
Amendment 38 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Decision 445/2014/EU
Article 11 – paragraph 2
Article 11 – paragraph 2
2. In the case of EFTA/EEA countries, candidate countries and potential candidates, the Commission shall designate one city to hold the title in the relevant years, on the basis of the recommendations contained in the selection report of the panel, and shall notify, no later than four years before the year of the title, the European Parliament, the Council and the Committee of the Regions of that designation.;
Amendment 40 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point a
Decision 445/2014/EU
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
The Member State or EFTA/EEA country or candidate country or potential candidate concerned may nominate an observer to attend those meetings.;
Amendment 42 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point b
Decision 445/2014/EU
Article 13 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Article 13 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
The panel shall transmit its monitoring reports to the Commission, as well as to the designated cities and to the Member State or EFTA/EEA country or candidate country or potential candidate concerned.;.