Action in the field of culture: Culture 2007 programme (2007-2013)

 The committee adopted the report by Vasco GRAÇA MOURA (EPP-ED, PT) broadly approving the Council's common position under the 2nd reading of the codecision procedure, subject to a few amendments:

- when it comes to deciding on the amounts, duration, distribution and beneficiaries of financial support provided by the Community, the commitology procedure should be used only for multi-annual cooperation projects (Article 4(1)(a), first indent) and not, as stipulated by the Council, for any measure proposed under Article 4(1) with a total Community contribution over EUR 200 000;

- the second strand of the Culture Programme should be open to the bodies supported under Part 2 of Annex I to Decision No. 792/2004/EC (other bodies pursuing an aim of general European interest in the field of culture or an objective forming part of the European Union's policy in this area) as well as any other body active at European level in the field of culture, provided that they meet the programme's objectives.