Cultural and Scientific Co-Operation - Transfer to the Council for Cultural Co-Operation of the Cultural Activities Listed In The Appendix To Resolution (59) 23

Recalling Resolution (61) 40 of 16 December 1961, concerning the transfer to the Council for Cultural Co-operation of the cultural activities referred to in Resolution (59) 23;

Having regard to the new structures for cultural co-operation established in Resolution (61) 39, whereby those cultural activities exercised within the framework of the Partial Agreement are transferred to the Council for Cultural Co-operation with effect from 1st January 1962,

to instruct the Council for Cultural Co-operation to continue the exercise of the activities enumerated under heads III and IV of the Appendix to Resolution (59) 23;

Representatives of the International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property (Rome Centre) (ICCROM) and of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) may also be invited to attend in an advisory capacity.

to instruct the Secretary-General to report to the Committee of Ministers by the end of 1962 on the methods to be employed for transferring these activities to the Committees and working parties of the Council for Cultural Co-operation;

Whereas the Commission has submitted to the European Parliament and the Council a communication on the first European Community framework programme in support of culture, including a proposal for a decision establishing a single financing and programming instrument for cultural cooperation,

In particular, development cooperation shall contribute to South Africa's harmonious and sustainable economic and social development and to its insertion into the world economy and to consolidate the foundations laid for a democratic society and a state governed by the rule of law in which human rights in their political, social and cultural aspects and fundamental freedoms are respected.

The mechanism is intended to help ensure better protection, primarily of people but also of the environment and property, including cultural heritage, in the event of major emergencies, i. e. natural, technological, radiological or environmental accidents occurring inside or outside the Community, including accidental marine pollution, as provided for in Decision No 2850/2000/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 2000 setting up a Community framework for cooperation in the field of accidental or deliberate marine pollution (2).

It is appropriate to extend the cooperation of the Contracting Parties to the Agreement to include a single financing and programming instrument for cultural cooperation (Culture 2000 programme) (Decision No 508/2000/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council(2)).

RECALLING, moreover, the customs conventions concluded under the auspices of the Customs Cooperation Council, in consultation with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, concerning the temporary importation of educational, scientific and cultural materials,

WHEREAS A COMMITTEE MAKING IT POSSIBLE TO ORGANIZE CLOSE AND EFFECTIVE COOPERATION BETWEEN THE MEMBER STATES AND THE COMMISSION IN THIS FIELD SHOULD THEREFORE BE SET UP TO REPLACE THE COMMITTEE ON DUTY-FREE ARRANGEMENTS SET UP BY COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) NO 1798/75 OF 10 JULY 1975 ON THE IMPORTATION FREE OF COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF DUTIES OF EDUCATIONAL , SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL MATERIALS (3) ,

The mechanism is intended to help ensure better protection, primarily of people but also of the environment and property, including cultural heritage, in the event of major emergencies, i.e. natural, technological, radiological or environmental accidents occurring inside or outside the Community, including accidental marine pollution, as provided for in Decision No 2850/2000/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 2000 setting up a Community framework for cooperation in the field of accidental or deliberate marine pollution(9).