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).

to increase economic, political and cultural cooperation with Ukraine as well as cooperation in the field of justice and home affairs.

WHEREAS the Community and Bulgaria have agreed in Titles VI and VII of the Europe Agreement to promote economic and cultural cooperation;

Consequently, the two Parties shall, in the context of ACP-EC cultural cooperation, seek to promote and foster respect for copyright and related rights.

The Parties acknowledge that promotion of copyright protection is an integral part of cultural cooperation, the aim of which is to enhance all forms of human expression.

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)).

integrating the cultural dimension at all levels of development cooperation;

COOPERATION ON AUDIO-VISUAL AND CULTURAL MATTERS, INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION

Decision No 508/2000/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 February 2000 establishing the Culture 2000 programme(3) set up a single financing and programming instrument for cultural cooperation for a period running from 1 January 2000 to 31 December 2004.

The area of cooperation may include Community activities concerning, in particular, translation, exchange of works of art and artists, conservation and restoration of historic and cultural monuments and sites, training of persons working in the cultural field, the organization of European-oriented cultural events, raising mutual awareness and contributing to the dissemination of information on outstanding cultural events.

THE PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES GRANTED BY THEM UNDER CULTURAL, SCIENTIFIC OR TECHNICAL COOPERATION AGREEMENTS CONCLUDED BETWEEN THEM OR WITH THIRD COUNTRIES;

RELIEF UNDER THE CUSTOMARY PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES ACCORDED IN THE CONTEXT OF CULTURAL , SCIENTIFIC OR TECHNICAL COOPERATION AGREEMENTS CONCLUDED WITH THIRD COUNTRIES;

It shall encompass cooperation strategies as well as global and sectoral policies, including environment, gender, migration and questions related to the cultural heritage.

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,

DESIROUS of establishing a cooperation, supported by a regular dialogue, on economic, cultural, scientific and educational matters with a view to improving mutual knowledge and understanding,

Cooperation shall help strengthen policies and programmes that improve, ensure and broaden the equal participation of men and women in all spheres of political, economic, social and cultural life.

It is appropriate to extend the cooperation of the Contracting Parties to the Agreement to include the experimental measures in relation to the cultural framework programme in the budget year 1999.

The objectives of ACP-EC development cooperation shall be pursued through integrated strategies that incorporate economic, social, cultural, environmental and institutional elements that must be locally owned.

promote and protect all human rights and fundamental freedoms, democracy, good governance and the rule of law; promote cultural and religious tolerance, and develop cooperation with civil society, including NGOs.

considering that it constitutes a form of cooperation between the Member States and between them and the European Communities while fully acknowledging the Member States' responsibility for the content of teaching and the organization of their educational system, and for their cultural and linguistic diversity;

population and culture - the objective is to respect, preserve and promote the cultural and social independence of the indigenous population and to guarantee the basis for their living standards, in particular environmentally sound settlement and economic development, and promote mutual understanding and cooperation between Alpine and extra-Alpine populations;

The Parties call upon interested Parties to consult each other on the procedure for promoting such cooperation and, in this context, to take measures, in line with their respective policies and their specific situation in the region, which will permit initiatives in the economic field, including the development of trade, as well as in the social and cultural fields.

ASSERTING their resolve to make, through their cooperation, a significant contribution to the economic, social and cultural development of the ACP States and to the greater well-being of their population, helping them facing the challenges of globalisation and strengthening the ACP-EU Partnership in the effort to give the process of globalisation a stronger social dimension;

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) ,

It is appropriate to extend the cooperation of the Contracting Parties to the Agreement to include the prolongation of the programme of support, including translation, in the field of books and reading (Ariane programme) established by Decision No 2085/97/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council(2) and that of the programme to support artistic and cultural activities having a European dimension (Kaleidoscope programme) established by Decision No 719/96/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council(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).

local (including municipal) authorities, non-governmental organisations, organisations of indigenous peoples, local traders' associations and local citizens' groups, cooperatives, trade unions, economic and social actors organisations, local organisations (including networks) which are active in the area of regional decentralised cooperation and integration, consumer organisations, women's and youth organisations, teaching, cultural, research and scientific organisations, universities, churches and religious associations or communities, media and any non-governmental associations and independent foundations likely to contribute to development.

on cooperation in cultural affairs

Joint Declaration on cooperation in cultural affairs;

on cooperation against illegal traffic in cultural goods

promote economic, social, cultural and financial cooperation.

Where appropriate, the Community's cultural cooperation programmes or those of one or more Member States may be extended to Bulgaria and further activities of interest to both sides developed.

Joint Declaration on cooperation against illegal traffic in cultural goods;

DESIROUS of creating favourable conditions for a substantial development and diversification of trade and industry between the Community and Sri Lanka, which will further investment flows, commercial and economic cooperation in areas of mutual interest including science and technology, and foster cultural cooperation;

Such cooperation shall include the preservation of historic and cultural objects.

to provide a basis for economic, financial, cultural and social cooperation, as well as for the Community's assistance to Bulgaria,

reinforcing mutual understanding of their respective economic, social and cultural environment as a basis for effective cooperation.

the strengthening of cooperation in the political, commercial, economic and financial, scientific, technological, social, cultural and cooperation fields, as well as other areas of mutual interest;

The Contracting Parties declare their willingness to establish cooperation arrangements and procedures against illegal traffic in cultural goods as well as arrangements concerning the management of the regime for regular traffic in cultural goods.

In view of Chile's very close cultural ties with the Member States of the European Community, the Parties have decided to intensify cooperation in this area and on communication and information.

The Contracting Parties, having regard to their cooperation within the Council of Europe, recalling the Declaration of 9 April 1984 from the Ministerial meeting in Luxembourg between the European Community and its Member States and the States of the European Free Trade Association, mindful that the establishment of the free movement of goods, services, capital and persons within the EEA will have a significant impact in the field of culture, declare their intention to strengthen and broaden cooperation in the area of cultural affairs, in order to contribute to a better understanding between the peoples of a multicultural Europe and to safeguard and further develop the national and regional heritage that enriches European culture by its diversity.