THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 58/2003 of 19 December 2002 laying down the statute for executive agencies to be entrusted with certain tasks in the management of Community programmes, and in particular Article 3(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
Under Article 4 of Commission Decision No 2009/336/EC of 20 April 2009 setting up the Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency for the management of Community action in the fields of education, audiovisual and culture in application of Council Regulation (EC) No 58/2003, the Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency (hereinafter the ‘Agency’) is responsible for managing EU action in the fields of education, audiovisual and culture.
(2)
By Decision No 1041/2009/EC, Parliament and the Council established an audiovisual cooperation programme with professionals from third countries (MEDIA Mundus) for the period from 1 January 2011 to 31 December 2013.
(3)
In the light of the expertise gained by the Agency, the Commission wishes to delegate to it the management of this new programme and of projects which, whilst falling within the Agency’s current remit, may be funded under other arrangements or from other sources. These projects are in the fields of primary and secondary school education and youth which may be funded by certain instruments in the European Neighbourhood and Partnership Policy.
(4)
The Commission also plans to allocate to the Agency new tasks relating to European cooperation in the field of youth.
(5)
Decision 2009/336/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.
(6)
The measures provided for by this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee for Executive Agencies,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION: