Legal provisions of COM(2002)152-2 - Amendment of Decision No 276/1999/EC adopting a multiannual Community action plan on promoting safer use of the Internet by combating illegal and harmful content on global networks

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dossier COM(2002)152-2 - Amendment of Decision No 276/1999/EC adopting a multiannual Community action plan on promoting safer use of the Internet ...
document COM(2002)152 EN
date June 16, 2003


Contents

Article 1

Decision No 276/1999/EC is hereby amended as follows:

1. The title shall be replaced by the following:

"Decision No 276/1999/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 January 1999 adopting a Multiannual Community Action Plan on promoting safer use of the Internet and new online technologies by combating illegal and harmful content primarily in the area of the protection of children and minors."

2. Article 1(2) shall be replaced by the following:

"2. The action plan shall cover a period of six years from 1 January 1999 to 31 December 2004."

3. Article 1(3) shall be replaced by the following:

"3. The financial framework for the implementation of the action plan for the period from 1 January 1999 to 31 December 2004 is hereby set at EUR 38,3 million.

The annual appropriations shall be authorised by the budgetary authority within the limits of the financial perspective.

An indicative breakdown of expenditure is given in Annex II."

4. In Article 3, the first indent shall be replaced by the following:

"- promotion of industry self-regulation and content monitoring schemes (for example, dealing with content such as child pornography or content which is likely to result in physical or mental harm or content which incites hatred on grounds of race, sex, religion, nationality or ethnic origin),"

5. Article 6(4) shall be replaced by the following:

"4. At the end of two years, at the end of four years and at the end of the action plan, the Commission shall submit to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions, once the committee referred to in Article 5 has examined it, an evaluation report on the results obtained in implementing the action plan. The Commission may present, on the basis of those results, proposals for adjusting the orientation of the action plan."

6. Article 7(1) shall be replaced by the following:

"1. Participation in this action plan may be opened to EFTA States which are members of the European Economic Area (EEA) in accordance with the provisions of the Agreement on the EEA."

7. Article 7(2) shall be replaced by the following:

"2. The action plan shall be open to participation of the candidate and accession countries on the following basis:

(a) central and eastern European countries (CEECs), in accordance with the conditions established in the Europe Agreements, in their additional protocols, and in the decisions of the respective Association Councils;

(b) Cyprus, Malta and Turkey, in accordance with bilateral agreements to be concluded."

8. Annex I shall be amended as set out in the Annex I to this Decision.

9. Annex II shall be replaced by the text in the Annex II to this Decision.

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.