Amendment of the European Heritage Label Action

The restructuring will ensure a more consistent approach to selecting EHL sites and make the scheme more relevant and impactful. It will give the scheme a stronger operational framework, address implementation challenges, and strategically align the scheme with evolving EU policy priorities for culture and heritage.

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En relación con las cuestiones identificadas en la evaluación de la revisión de la base jurídica del Sello de Patrimonio Europeo, consideramos que este instrumento reviste una clara relevancia estratégica, al situar el patrimonio cultural en el centro del proyecto europeo y poner en valor los elementos históricos y simbólicos que expresan la identidad y los principios compartidos de la Unión Europa.

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STRENGTHENING THE EUROPEAN HERITAGE LABEL Towards a European Heritage Label / Sites Community Europa Nostra has supported the rationale behind the launch of the European Heritage Label (EHL) since its inception in 2006. Through our pan-European network and engagement with heritage sites, we see the EHL as a network of places and people telling Europes shared (hi)story. The EHL now stands at a crossroads.

The European Heritage Label initiative is undoubtedly an activity that contributes to increasing the symbolic value and promoting the European profile of cultural sites in Europe, as recognised and appreciated by the European Commission’s report on the research carried out at the EHL sites in 2018-2024.

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The submission is leveraging evidence and tentative recommendations from the RURACTIVE project (Empowering Rural Communities to Act for Change), and BEATLES project (Co-creating Behavioural Change Towards Climate-Smart Food Systems) a Horizon projects where European Association for Innovation in Local Development (AEIDL), an NGO where AEIDL is responsible of formulation and delivering the projects EU policy…

The restructuring will ensure a more consistent approach to selecting EHL sites and make the scheme more relevant and impactful. It will give the scheme a stronger operational framework, address implementation challenges, and strategically align the scheme with evolving EU policy priorities for culture and heritage.

Filed in Italian · English published by the European Commission

Leipzig’s music heritage sites were awarded the European Heritage Label in 2018. They represent the long-standing European music tradition and cultural exchange that originated in Leipzig and continues to this day. The application focused on the link between historical music creation, civic engagement and European values.

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Network of European Works Associations Vienna opinion Summary The European Heritage Label (EHL) should, according to its name, be commemorated at European level and not only within the EU. This would also allow sites from non-EU countries such as Switzerland, which are members of the network, to participate on an equal footing.

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Consultation round Subject: PPWR Article 12 Labelling of fibre packaging with low plastic fraction (5 % PE) Date: 15 February 2026 1. Introduction Article 12 of the PPWR provides for the harmonised visual and systemic design of sorting labels for consumer-facing packaging and waste receptacles.

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There is too little awareness of the European Heritage Label among European Commission officials and MEPs, who are therefore unable to promote it, particularly when they travel to the various EU countries. The quota reducing the possibility of labelling to 1 sites per country every 2 years should be increased to allow for greater awareness of the label among European citizens.

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Agrees with the need to further structure this label. It is very interesting in terms of its challenges and objectives. However, the diversity of sites, while interesting in highlighting the gradations and stages of European integration, does not make it clear how shared European awareness is to be built. Nor does it allow for a clear distinction with the UNESCO World Heritage Label.

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The European Heritage Label is a potentially fruitful format for regional development. By presenting themselves to a European public, regions and municipalities can work on their self-description and put it in the context of European history. This will focus both on own potential and on the link with other heritage sites.

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Cultural heritage today is not only about preserving places or historic narratives. It is also about how people relate to heritage in their everyday lives, through art, storytelling, travel, education and contemporary cultural expression. From our experience as a non-profit cultural organisation, heritage becomes meaningful when it is lived, interpreted and shared in the present.

It is gratifying that the European Commission is considering becoming more deeply involved not only in the preservation of our shared heritage but also in its significance and importance in relation to the Parliament's resolution on European historical awareness.