Brussels, 20/11/2002 (Agence Europe) - On the initiative of the association "Europa Cinema", Commissioner Viviane Reding and French Minister for Culture Jean-Jacques Aillagon will for the first time, in Paris on 22 November, hand over the European prizes for cinema operators, one of which will go to a hall that distinguished itself by the best entry criteria and programmes over the year, and another to a cinema that has been greatly involved in entertainment for the young. The first prize will go to "Cines Verdi" of Barcelona (Spain), the second to Liege halls (Belgium) "Le Churchill" and "Le Parc". Europa Cinema is an association of 900 commercial cinemas in Europe, which aims to programme European films and is backed by the European Commission. Its chairman is the French director Claude Miller.