COUNCIL DECISION
of 13 September 2010
on the position to be taken by the European Union in the EU-Switzerland Joint Committee established in the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation in the audiovisual field, establishing the terms and conditions for the participation of the Swiss Confederation in the Community programme MEDIA 2007, as regards a Joint Committee decision updating Article 1 of Annex I to the Agreement
(2011/129/EU)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Articles 166(4) and 173(3), in conjunction with Article 218(9) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
Whereas:
(1)
Article 8 of the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation in the audiovisual field, establishing the terms and conditions for the participation of the Swiss Confederation in the Community programme MEDIA 2007 (1) signed on 11 October 2007, hereinafter referred to as ‘the Agreement’, establishes a Joint Committee responsible for the management and proper implementation of the Agreement.
(2)
Following the entry into force on 19 December 2007 of Directive 89/552/EEC as last amended by Directive 2007/65/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, which was subsequently codified (Audiovisual Media Services Directive) (2), it appears appropriate to the European Union and to Switzerland, hereinafter referred to as the ‘Contracting Parties’, to update the references to that Directive accordingly, as provided in the Final Act (3) to the Agreement in the Joint Declaration by the Contracting Parties on the adaptation of the Agreement to the new Community Directive, and to update Article 1 of Annex I to the Agreement, pursuant to Article 8(7) of the Agreement.
(3)
The Union should therefore take the position in the EU - Switzerland Joint Committee set out in the attached draft decision,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
The Council approves the draft decision in the Annex as the position to be taken by the European Union regarding a decision to be adopted by the EU-Switzerland Joint Committee established in the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation in the audiovisual field, establishing the terms and conditions for the participation of the Swiss Confederation in the Community programme MEDIA 2007, on the updating of Article 1 of Annex I to the Agreement.
Article 2
The decision of the Joint Committee shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Done at Brussels, 13 September 2010.