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Document 11997D/PRO/09

    Treaty of Amsterdam amending the Treaty on European Union, the Treaties establishing the European Communities and certain related acts - Protocol annexed to the Treaty of the European Community - Protocol on the system of public broadcasting in the Member States

    ĠU C 340, 10.11.1997, p. 109 (ES, DA, DE, EL, EN, FR, IT, NL, PT, FI, SV)

    ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/treaty/ams/pro_9/sign

    11997D/PRO/09

    Treaty of Amsterdam amending the Treaty on European Union, the Treaties establishing the European Communities and certain related acts - Protocol annexed to the Treaty of the European Community - Protocol on the system of public broadcasting in the Member States

    Official Journal C 340 , 10/11/1997 P. 0109


    Treaty of Amsterdam amending the Treaty on European Union, the Treaties establishing the European Communities and certain related acts - Protocol annexed to the Treaty of the European Community - Protocol on the system of public broadcasting in the Member States

    THE HIGH CONTRACTING PARTIES,

    CONSIDERING that the system of public broadcasting in the Member States is directly related to the democratic, social and cultural needs of each society and to the need to preserve media pluralism,

    HAVE AGREED UPON the following interpretative provisions, which shall be annexed to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

    The provisions of the Treaty establishing the European Community shall be without prejudice to the competence of Member States to provide for the funding of public service broadcasting insofar as such funding is granted to broadcasting organisations for the fulfilment of the public service remit as conferred, defined and organised by each Member State, and insofar as such funding does not affect trading conditions and competition in the Community to an extent which would be contrary to the common interest, while the realisation of the remit of that public service shall be taken into account.

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