Considerations on COM(2009)657 - EC position to be taken in the EU - Switzerland Joint Committee established in the Agreement with Switzerland in the audiovisual field, establishing the terms and conditions for the participation of Switzerland in the EC program MEDIA 2007, as regards a Joint Committee decision updating Article 1 in Annex I of the Agreement

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dossier COM(2009)657 - EC position to be taken in the EU - Switzerland Joint Committee established in the Agreement with Switzerland in the ...
document COM(2009)657 EN
date September 13, 2010
 
table>(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,