In accordance with the negotiating mandate given to the Commission by the Council, during the forthcoming World Trade Organisation (WTO) negotiations the Union should ensure, as in the Uruguay Round, that the Community and its Member States maintain the possibility to preserve and develop their capacity to define and implement their cultural and audiovisual policies for the purpose of preserving their cultural diversity.
V skladu s pogajalskimi pooblastili, ki jih je Komisiji podelil Svet, naj Unija med prihodnjimi pogajanji Svetovne trgovinske organizacije (WTO), podobno kot v okviru Urugvajskega kroga, poskrbi, da bodo Skupnost in njene države članice še naprej lahko ohranjale in razvijale svoje zmogljivosti za opredeljevanje in izvajanje svojih kulturnih in avdiovizualnih politik zaradi ohranjanja svoje kulturne raznolikosti.