Desuden vil de byer i Fællesskabet, som allerede er udpeget som Europæiske Kultur byer, på eget initiativ for at sikre en vis samordning mellem de to begivenheder i deres program kunne medtage et særligt indslag om kulturen i den by uden for Fællesskabet, som samme år skal afvikle den Europæiske Kulturmåned.
In addition, in order to ensure a degree of coordination between the two operations, Community cities already designated European Cities of Culture could, on their own initiative, devote part of their programme to the culture of the non-Community city which was to organize the European Cultural Month that year.