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 20071 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.

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 Act3 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.