Decision 2023/413 - Council Decision 2023/413 as regards the extension of the period of entitlement for audiovisual co-productions as provided for in Article 5 of the Protocol on Cultural Cooperation to the Free Trade Agreement with Korea

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Current status

This decision has been published on February 24, 2023 and entered into force on February 21, 2023.

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Council Decision (EU) 2023/413 of 21 February 2023 as regards the extension of the period of entitlement for audiovisual co-productions as provided for in Article 5 of the Protocol on Cultural Cooperation to the Free Trade Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Korea, of the other part
 
Legal instrument Decision
Number legal act Decision 2023/413
Regdoc number ST(2023)5690
Original proposal COM(2023)23 EN
CELEX number i 32023D0413

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Key dates

Document 21-02-2023; Date of adoption
Publication in Official Journal 24-02-2023; OJ L 59 p. 13-14
Effect 21-02-2023; Entry into force Date of document See Art 2
End of validity 31-12-9999

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Legislative text

24.2.2023   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 59/13

 

COUNCIL DECISION (EU) 2023/413

of 21 February 2023

as regards the extension of the period of entitlement for audiovisual co-productions as provided for in Article 5 of the Protocol on Cultural Cooperation to the Free Trade Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Korea, of the other part

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Council Decision (EU) 2015/2169 of 1 October 2015 on the conclusion of the Free Trade Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Korea, of the other part (1), and in particular Article 3(1) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,

Whereas:

 

(1)

On 1 October 2015, the Council adopted Decision (EU) 2015/2169.

 

(2)

The Protocol on Cultural Cooperation (2) (the ‘Protocol’) annexed to the Free Trade Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Korea, of the other part (3) (the ‘Free Trade Agreement’), sets up the framework within which the Parties are to cooperate for the facilitation of exchanges regarding cultural activities, goods and services, including in the audiovisual sector.

 

(3)

The Protocol exceptionally includes provisions on the entitlement for audiovisual co-productions to benefit from the respective schemes that is in principle reserved for developing countries with developing audiovisual industries.

 

(4)

Pursuant to those provisions of the Protocol, following the initial period of three years, that period of entitlement is to be renewed for further successive periods of the same duration, unless a Party terminates the entitlement by giving notice in writing at least three months before the expiry of the initial or any subsequent period. In accordance with those provisions, the period of entitlement was last extended until 30 June 2023, no Party having terminated it. The actual effects of the Protocol in relation to audiovisual co-productions are to be assessed in due time by the Committee on Cultural Cooperation (the ‘Committee’) and to serve as the basis for the Union’s decision on whether or not to extend the period of entitlement for a further period of three years until 2026.

 

(5)

In accordance with Decision (EU) 2015/2169, the Commission is to provide notice to the Republic of Korea of the Union’s intention not to extend the period of entitlement to co-production following the procedure set out in the Protocol unless, on a proposal from the Commission, the Council agrees four months before the end of such period of entitlement to continue the entitlement. If the Council agrees to continue the entitlement, that procedure is to become applicable again at the end of the renewed period of entitlement.

 

(6)

On 22 December 2022, the Union Domestic Advisory Group provided for in the Protocol was consulted on the extension of the period of entitlement, as provided for in the provisions on the entitlement for audiovisual co-productions of the Protocol.

 

(7)

On 7 December 2022, the Committee assessed the results of the implementation of the entitlement in terms of enhancement of cultural diversity and mutually beneficial cooperation on co-produced works as provided for in the Protocol.

 

(8)

In view of the close, historical and unique relationship between the Union and the Republic of Korea, and as EU-Republic of Korea co-productions are potentially mutually beneficial both economically and culturally, the Council agrees with the extension of the period of entitlement for audiovisual co-productions to benefit from the respective schemes of the...


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