BRUSSELS, Nov. 20 (Xinhua) -- The European Union decided on Thursday to create its own label for its heritage.

    The label will be awarded to monuments, natural or urban sites, cultural landscapes and places of remembrance, as well as cultural goods and intangible heritage attached to a place, according to a decision of EU education, youth and culture ministers.

    Sites that bear witness, in particular by their cross-border or pan-European nature, to Europe's history, common values or cultural heritage, are also eligible.

    There will be a regular selection procedure, based on common criteria, carried out initially at national and then at EU level.

    EU member states will participate on a voluntary basis.

    The European Commission, the executive body of the EU, has been asked to submit a proposal for the creation of such a label.