8 Amendments of Martina MICHELS related to 2014/2228(INI)
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point a
Paragraph 1 – point a
(a) ensure, via a general clause in the agreement, in full compliance with the GATS and the UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions and fully respecting Member States' practices, that the parties to the agreement reserve the right to adopt or maintain any measure (in particular of a regulatory and/or financial nature) with respect to the protection or promotion of cultural and linguistic diversity, media pluralism and media freedom, and to preserve or develop, in accordance with the principle of technological neutrality, a regime for audiovisual services in line with democratic, social and cultural requirements;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point b
Paragraph 1 – point b
(b) reaffirm that services with a strong cultural component will not be challenged by the TTIP agreement; remain concerned about the GATS being the basis of regulation for cultural aspects in the TTIP agreement as a lot of cultural services are covered by the commercial services provision;
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(ba) fully respect the negotiating mandate, understood as excluding audiovisual services, including those provided online and to not include these services in other provisions, including those concerning investment, telecommunications and e- commerce;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point b b (new)
Paragraph 1 – point b b (new)
(bb) consider the preservation of the cultural diversity as a complement to the exclusion of audiovisual services and not as an alternative; as both concepts of "cultural exception" and "cultural diversity" do not grant enough judicial guarantee to protect culture and audiovisual services;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(ca) ensure that the current reform of copyright and Intellectual Property right avoids reducing the freedom of access to cultural production for citizens. In this view, it should not fall into the scope of TTIP-negotiations. Copyright should protect authors and European creation - as well as it includes exceptions for individual and institutional users like libraries, schools, Universities and Institutions for non-formal art and educations (like fair use) - and not been subjected to any attempt of control by huge transnational companies;
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point c b (new)
Paragraph 1 – point c b (new)
(cb) protect cultural production from being subject to secret trade implementation, considering that the implementation of trade secrets in the US is different and more extensive than the European one, where it exists;
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point d
Paragraph 1 – point d
(d) ensure with a general clause the right to adopt or maintain any measure with regard to the provision of all educatDoes not affect the English version. (NB: This amendment applies only to the German version. The English version al services which receive public funding or state support in any form and ensure that privately funded foreign providers meet the same quality and accreditation requirements as domestic providers;ready makes it clear that not only schooling but also non-formal education is covered, whereas the German version suggests the opposite.)
Amendment 70 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point g
Paragraph 1 – point g
(g) refrain from introducing theany kind of ISDS system in the agreement that would challenge in the same court States and investors, bearing in mind that the parties to the agreement have fully developed legal systems and procedures.