Capital of Culture 2023
Dear Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency,
Under the right of access to documents in the EU treaties, as developed in Regulation 1049/2001, I am requesting documents which contain the following information:
Can you tell me who took the decision to exclude UK cities from this? Why was this taken?
Yours faithfully,
Abdul Hai
[1]Ares(2017)6334424 - Your request for access to documents - Capital of
Culture 2023
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Dear Mr Hai,
Your request has to be treated by the European Commission, DG Education,
Youth, Sport and Culture (EAC).
We have forwarded your request to DG EAC and they will treat it and reply
to you in due course.
Yours faithfully,
EACEA Access to documents coordination
European Commission
Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA)
Managing programmes and activities on behalf of the European Commission
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B-1049 Brussels/Belgium
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[5]Ares(2018)827473 - Your request: Access to information. Exclusion of UK
cities from the European Capital of Culture 2023.
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Dear Mr Hai,
I thank you for your question regarding the discontinuation of the
competition for the European Capital of Culture 2023 title in the United
Kingdom.
The ineligibility of UK cities for the status of European Capital of
Culture 2023 is a direct consequence of the decision of the UK to withdraw
from the European Union as of 29 March 2019.
Indeed, the rules adopted by the European Parliament and the Council of
the European Union (Decision 445/2014/EU as recently amended by Decision
(EU) 2017/1545) makes it clear that the European Capital of Culture EU
action is only available to Member States of the Union, as well as to
candidate countries, potential candidates and European Free Trade
Association countries which are parties to the Agreement on the European
Economic Area (EFTA/EEA countries), but in strictly defined conditions.
Both Decisions mention the United Kingdom as one of the two hosts for the
2023 title only as a Member State of the Union.
You can find these the text of these two Decisions at the following URL:
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[6]http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/E...
- http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/E...
The European Commission cannot deviate from these rules, and therefore
invited UK Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport to discontinue
the competition.
I hope this clarifies your point.
Yours sincerely,
Ana IGLESIAS ÁLVAREZ
European Commission
DG EAC
Unit D2 Creative Europe
Secretariat
BRU-J-70 02/015
B-1049 Brussels/Belgium
+32 2 296 65 67
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