Activities of Martina MICHELS related to 2022/2038(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the implementation of the revised Audiovisual Media Services Directive
Amendments (13)
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
B a. whereas easily accessible and comprehensive user information on the ownership of media producers can be key in combating further media concentration, and whereas at the same time there is a need to swiftly clarify which data on the use by streaming services of content must be transparent and available to the corresponding film producers, as well as to individual users;
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Recognises as a good practice and strongly encourages member states to foresee in their legislation for the interconnections of the Directive with relevant horizontal legal provisions at the Union level, such as the DSA and the copyright Directive, safeguarding a framework for fair conditions for all workers in the cultural creative sector, participants and consumers;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Notes that the requirements for the protection of minors and consumers are still regulated very differently in the case of traditional media providers and that of VODs, thus undermining the harmonising provisions of the Directive in practice; calls, in particular, for the measures taken and the degree of implementation of Article 28b in the case of VODs to be examined as part of the ongoing evaluation of the implementation and effectiveness of the directive;
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11 a. Urges the Commission to examine the effects of the transpositions and applications of Articles 13(1) (30% quota) and 13(2) (investment obligation), in particular, in order, on the one hand, to meet the requirements of Article 13(5) and, on the other hand, to determine in general how European works are promoted in view of the relevant and current cultural, technical and commercial developments taking place in a disparate European media landscape with small and large regional, European and non-European providers;
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Considers it appropriate to maintainunderstand the European quota targets as minimum targets at their current level; requirements and to include the cultural and economic effects of higher national quotas in the European debates on progress in implementation and on measures to ensure cultural diversity;
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12 a. Proposes that the effective access to European works in online catalogues, in particular those of the major streaming providers in accordance with Article 13(1), be the focus of independent implementation studies and their social evaluations, in order to thus help to ensure findability in a lasting manner, firmly establishing this as a necessary concept for safeguarding cultural diversity based on effective practical experience;
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)
Paragraph 12 b (new)
12 b. Calls on the European Commission and the Member States, when applying rules for fair and equal regulation to all providers of audio-visual productions in the age of media convergence, to pay particular attention to the role of streaming services in promoting, publicising and making European works findable;
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 c (new)
Paragraph 12 c (new)
12 c. Considers that there is an urgent need, when examining the implementation of the AVMSD in the Member States, for the Commission to penalise systematic violations of fundamental rights, for example under the guise of protecting minors by, for instance, excluding LGBTI topics from national programmes and advertising;
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Encourages, furthermore, in addition to traditional direct investment in film production and the regionally different film support structures that have evolved to achieve high-quality audiovisual content produced in the EU, greater agreement on common EU-wide requirements in investment incentive schemes in the form of tax credits; considers that such schemes should provide automatic eligibility mechanisms so that they are less dependent on award decisions by panels, are not capped and provide additional incentives for social or cultural effects that are desirable in terms of media policy, such as talent development, social obligations, inclusion, diversity, gender equality or greening;
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13 a. Recognizes the importance of the introduction of a minimum VoD quota and considers that ensuring its effective implementation is a priority; calls on the European Commission, Member States and audiovisual regulators to proceed to a detailed monitoring of its concrete implementation in all Member States as well as to assess its impact on the geographical, cultural, linguistic and artistic diversity of audiovisual works available to the European audience, including authored works; considers that equating a season of a series with one title should be assessed in due time in light of the objective of ensuring a balanced representation of cinematographic works and TV series;
Amendment 130 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)
Paragraph 13 b (new)
13 b. Stresses the importance of prominence, promotion and discoverability of European works and that they should be the subject of more attention and proposals, on the continuity of the work done by ERGA on the matter; calls on the Commission to present guidelines on how Member States can ensure the prominence and the discoverability of European works, with a view to improving access to a greater cultural and linguistic diversity, and suggests that these guidelines may define the terms of prominence and discoverability; stresses the need for access to online consumption data in order to properly evaluate the impact of the prominence obligation in particular;
Amendment 132 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 c (new)
Paragraph 13 c (new)
13 c. Insists on the importance of the article 13.2 on the possibility to introduce financial obligations (contributions to funds or direct investment obligations) on the basis of a targeted derogation to the country-of-origin principle, as Member States retain full competence over their cultural policies including for the audiovisual sector; highlights that financial obligations are instrumental in stimulating private investments and public support policies to the benefit of European works and to sustain local audiovisual ecosystems in a changing market context; encourages Member States implementing financial obligations to make sure that they benefit European independent producers and authors as well as different audiovisual genres and the linguistic expressions;
Amendment 136 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Considers that equating a season of a series with one titlefilm, as set out in the guidelines pursuant to Article 13(7) of the Directive on the calculation of the share of European works in on-demand catalogues, does not serve the intended objective; notes that quota levels are purely quantitative targets which can best be achieved equitably by means of a minute- by-minute count in relation to objective of ascertaining the share of European productions achieved in relation to non- European offers; notes that, in the interests of proportionality and effectiveness, the guidelines explicitly encourage Member States to introduce weighting mechanisms, whereby, for example, titles with significantly higher production costs compared to other total size, measured in minutes, of the currently available catalogue of a video- on-demand service; itles in the catalogue also receive a higher value in the calculation; considers that the result of a weighting mechanism must reflect the production effort and, at the same time, be suitable as an assessment key for a straightforward quantitative comparison of all productions in available catalogues;