Rakendusametid on juriidilised isikud, mis moodustatakse kooskõlas nõukogu määrusega (EÜ) nr 58/2003 (EÜT L 11, 16.1.2003) eesmärgiga usaldada neile teatud ülesanded, mis puudutavad ühe või mitme ELi programmi haldamist. Rakendusametid luuakse kindlaksmääratud ajavahemikuks. [13.09.2016]
Läbiv suurtäht kokku lepitud Euroopa institutsioonide eesti terminoloogide koosolekul, samuti kooskõlas eesti keele ortograafia reeglitega (asutuse ametlik nimetus). [13.09.2016]
Under Article 4(1) of Commission Decision 2005/56/EC, the Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency (hereinafter referred to as the Agency) has been entrusted with the management of certain strands of Community programmes in the fields of education, audiovisual and culture, and in particular with the management of the support programme for the European audiovisual sector MEDIA 2007 (2007-13), established by Decision No 1718/2006/EC of the Parliament and of the Council, the programme to encourage the development of European audiovisual works, MEDIA Plus — Development, Distribution and Promotion (2001-06), established by Council Decision 2000/821/EC, and with the training programme for professionals of the European audiovisual programme industry MEDIA-Training (2001-06), established by Decision No 163/2001/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council.