36 Amendments of Nicolas BAY related to 2016/2072(INI)
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas in its communication ‘Promoting cultural and creative sectors for growth and jobs in the EU’1, the Commission recognises the key role of cultural and creative industries (CCIs)2 for the social and economic development of the EU, whereas those industries are generating an increasing number of jobs (that are difficult or impossible to relocate), and whereas they are economically robust and are catalysts for innovation; __________________ 1 COM(2012)537 final. 2 Referred to in the Commission communication as: architecture, archives and libraries, artistic crafts, audio-visual (including film, television, video games and multimedia), cultural heritage, design (including fashion design), festivals, music, performing and visual arts, publishing and radio.
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas CCIs have dual value, as they preserve and promote cultural and linguistic diversity, and strengthen Europeanthe national and regional identityies of the Member States, while sustaining social cohesion and contributing substantially to investment, growth, innovation and employment in the EU economy of the EU Member States;
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas cultural diplomacy can be a tool with which Member States can strengthens the bilateral relations between European and third countries and, builds bridges between societies and contribute to better mutual understanding;
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas CCIs contribute to Europe’sthe ‘soft power’ of European countries in their role as ambassadors of European valuecivilisation and its component parts – such as culture, creativity, quality, pluralism, excellence, and craftsmanship – on the world stage;
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas CCIs in the EU employ 2.5 times more people than automotive manufacturers and five times more than the chemical industry, whereas those jobs are part of the development of a knowledge economy and pave the way for social and environmental renewal, whereas there is however a need to tackle the issue of the sustainability of jobs in the creative industry as well as in the audiovisual sector, music, art and entertainment;
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas employment in the cultural sector is unlikely to be offshored, as it is connected to specific cultural and historical competences; whereas CCIs contribute significantly and more than any other sector to youth employment and have proved to be most resilient during the post- 2008 economic crisis, also to youth employment, and proved to be most resilient in the wake of the 2008 economic crisis, whereas account must nevertheless be taken of the report published in 2010 by Tera Consultants, with the backing of the Avignon Forum, which showed that between 2008 and 2011 the creative industries lost more than 185 000 jobs and around EUR 10 billion, principally as a result of digital piracy, and whereas action needs to be taken to combat such piracy, which is undermining our creative industry;
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas the CCIs comprise a majority of small and micro-companies and whereas the cultural and creative sector (CCS) companies with lessfewer than 9nine employees account for more than 90 % of the workforce of those sectors, and whereas there is a particular need to give priority support to these small and medium-sized companies in the policies pursued, as they guarantee lasting, stable jobs in the EU;
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas CCIs play a key role in reindustrialising Europe, are a driver for growth and are in a strategic position to trigger innovative spill-overhifts in other industrial sectors, such as tourism, education, retail, and digital technologies, and whereas there is however a need to encourage interaction and exchange between those various sectors, and develop territories and creative territorial marketing so as to ensure that the creative industry can also be a driver for development in local communities;
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas among the different sources of EU funding, only Creative Europe and the European Fund for Strategic Investment mention CCIs as a specific priority; whereas, furthermore, those funds are still struggling to prove their effectiveness when it comes to the provision of funding for SMEs in the creative and cultural industries, as within the ‘culture’ strand of the Creative Europe programme, only 20% of projects could ultimately be funded between 2014 and 2015, with only 11% of those projects proving successful;
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas despite the fact that more creative content is being consumed today than ever before, in particular on services such as user-uploaded content platforms and content aggregation services, the cultural and creative sector has not seen a comparable increase in revenues from this increase in consumption, owing in particular to competition from a number of major multinationals in the industry, which all too often benefit from unfair taxation arrangements giving them an advantage over very small enterprises and SMEs in the industry;
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
L. whereas the latest study commissioned by the Commission2 takes into account in its definition of CCIs also the creativity-driven high-end industries; whereas fashion and high-end industries rely on a strong cultural and creative input, contribute to preserve the European centuries-old savoir faire of the peoples of Europe and draw on a cultural heritage and traditions that cannot be replicated by others; __________________ 2 Study reference to be completed once published. Please note that all figures mentioned in this report are based on this study.
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital M
Recital M
M. whereas CCI national estimates are rarely comparable as Member States are still using different definitions of the CCI; whereas there is a need to promote an exchange of best practices and freely encourage the Member States to enhance their cooperation, particularly as regards combating counterfeit and pirated products and services;
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital N
Recital N
N. whereas in 2013 international trade in counterfeit and pirated goods amounted to up to 2.5 % of world trade and up to 5 % of imports in the EU, which represents EUR 85 billion, whereas that is causing serious damage to the creative industries, and whereas it has led to the loss of almost 400 000 jobs in the sector over the past 10 years and to losses of revenue running into several billion euros;
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the CommissionEncourages the Member States to develop a coherent and long-term industrial policy framework for the CCS, and on the EU to includeemphasises, with that in mind, that the Commission can play a role in disseminating best practices from the Member States in this area and act as a forum for the sharing of best practices between nations; points out that the EU ought to take account of the development, promotion and protection of national CCIs in its strategic goals and overall political priorities;
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls onPoints out that the Commission to design its future policicould provide statistics that make it possible to compare the different situations in the Member States based on the following definition of CCIs: ‘cultural and creative industries are those industries that are based on cultural values, individual creativity, skills and talent with the potential to create wealth and jobs through generating value from intellectual property. They include the following sectors relying on cultural and creative inputs: architecture, archives and libraries, artistic crafts, audio-visual (including film, television, video games and multimedia), cultural heritage, design, creativity-driven high-end industries and fashion, festivals, music, performing arts, books and publishing, radio and visual arts’;
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Emphasises, nevertheless, that seeking to change the scope of a common definition (in particular by giving it a political role) is risky in that it might be broader or more restrictive than national definitions, which establish the legal and political framework for CCIs at Member State level; points out, in addition, that some national definitions provide a higher level of protection for SMEs in the sector and that the common definition could jeopardise that protection for SMEs;
Amendment 130 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission to identify specific indicators in order to monitor and analyse the cultural, economic and societal impact of its policies andrelevant national policies and existing European regulatory proposals related to the CCS, and to possibly identifyupdate alternative data sources with a view to complementing and improving official statistics;
Amendment 154 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses that technology and infrastructure rely on the content provided by creators; calls, therefore, on the Commission to establishMember States to establish, if necessary, a legal framework for the value chain in the digital age that takes into account the specificities of the sector and leads to an improvement in the, or protection of, the fair remuneration of authors and creators;
Amendment 176 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Asks the Commission, in view of the upcoming copyright reform, to create legal solutions which will suit creators, right holders and consumers alike in order, and therefore to mtake clear that liability exemptions can only apply to genuinely neutral and passive online service providers and not to services that play an active role in distributing, promoting and monetising content at the expense of creatorsinto account, as regards the taxation of online platforms, the country of destination principle rather than the country of origin principle, which is only beneficial to large companies, often enabling them to avoid tax when it comes to funding audiovisual production;
Amendment 194 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Notes that, ultimately, the country of origin principle can, via tax dumping, weaken both creators and their creations at national level;
Amendment 200 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Highlights that piracy and counterfeiting remain a serious concern for CCIs and citizens alike; stresses that these illicit activities can cause safety and health concerns that need to be addressed and seriously hamper innovation and therefore also the availability of legal goods and services of the creative industries to all citizens;
Amendment 213 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Recommends considering the introduction of tougher sanctions and the promotion of a system of guarantees on traceability as a deterrent for counterfeiters, as well as increasing the damages and compensation awarded to right holders; calls on the EU and the Member States to launch awareness-raising campaigns against piracy and counterfeiting; stresses, finally, the need to involve all digital actors in the fight against online counterfeiting and urges the EU, Member States and third countries to cooperate more closely to protect creative industries and to track organised piracy networks more easily: emphasises, lastly, the cost and revenue losses for Member State budgets due to these illegal activities;
Amendment 229 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Commission and the Member States, in their respective spheres of competences, to promote cross-sectorial cooperation by establishing ‘learning labs’, creative hubs, co-working spaces, networking programmes and cultural and creative clusters and networks at regional, national, European and international level in order to foster interaction between micro-, small, medium and large enterprises in the CCS, traditional craftsmanship, research centres, universities, investors and policy makers; asks, moreover, for support for the development of new business models, products and services through strategic partnerships and for support for the activities of business incubators; calls, finally, for the interests and profits from the innovations of the creative industry to be promoted within the financial sector in order to develop the creative sector and view it as a growth engine for the economy;
Amendment 251 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Stresses that creative skills need tocan be learnt from an early age in order to lay the foundations for the continuous renewal of creative talents; encourages the Member States, but that the acquisition of such skills should not adversely affect but rather complement the basic reading, writing and mathematical skills; encourages the Member States, in conformity with Article 6 TFEU, which identifies education as a national prerogative, to improve their training, learning and qualification systems, enabling students in cultural and arts disciplines to acquire comprehensive training;
Amendment 270 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Highlights the potential of CCIs regarding youth employment and reindustrialisation; calls on the Commission and the Member States to include the CCIs in the Youth Employment Initiative and to provide funds to facilitate careers and training in this sectormake it easier, by simplifying the rules and/or providing tax incentives, for SMEs in the cultural and creative sectors to hire young people and offer them work/training contracts ; points out that as regards youth employment, the Youth Employment Initiative has not had the effects hoped for as in some Member States the youth unemployment rate remains very high (50.1% in Greece) and in other countries such as France has even increased since the introduction of the Youth Employment Initiative (22.8% in 2014 as against 21.5% in 2011);
Amendment 280 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)
Paragraph 11 b (new)
11b. Adds furthermore that funding opportunities for training in this sector already exist, notably through the European Structural and Investment Funds, and that it is thus a question of optimising their management and distribution in order to reach an optimal level of efficiency;
Amendment 283 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to secure the preservation of the traditional European savoir-faire of the peoples of Europe, preserving and promoting the craft trades linked to the CCS and to re-valorise vocational training and a highly skilled workforce in order to attract talents;
Amendment 290 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)
Paragraph 12 b (new)
12b. Is concerned about the potential implications of the future Treaty on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) since the US, unlike the EU, is not a signatory to the Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions (UNESCO); calls on the Commission and the Council to ensure compliance with the terms of this Convention in the context of the TTIP negotiations;
Amendment 303 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Encourages the Members States, in conformity with Article 6 TFEU and where necessary depending on the national situation, to promote cross- sectorial approaches between different areas in formal education and in non- formal learning; recommends the creation within higher education institutions of joint programmes between arts and culture, science, engineering, technology, business and other relevant fields; stresses the need to support centres of excellence;
Amendment 309 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Encourages the Members States to promote cooperation between artistic schools and businesses in the field of CCS; recommends the development, but especially the monitoring, of work- learn trajectories; stresses that public authorities at national level must make efforts to simplify the administrative and fiscal regulations so as to encourage SMEs to engage in training and then hiring apprentices; suggests that it should also be possible to introduce specific incentives for businesses that give priority to local and national production tied to a particular cultural heritage;
Amendment 323 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)
Paragraph 15 b (new)
15b. Emphasises the role which chambers of skilled trades and craft trades, chambers of commerce, entrepreneur networks and associations can play in developing such cooperation between higher education and enterprises in the cultural and creative sector;
Amendment 338 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Notes that participation in all EU funded programmes is open to CCIs, but that this participation should still to be considered below its potential; asks the CommissionMember States as a first step to create a one stop shop – e.g. a website – highlighting different funding opportunities for CCIs, as this would increase awareness and accessibility of funding for CCIs;
Amendment 351 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls on the Commission to fully exploit potential synergies existing between EU policies, so as to effectively userationalise the management of the funding available under EU programmes - such as Horizon 2020, the Connecting Europe Facility, Erasmus +, Creative Europe and COSME - and the European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIFs), which are often poorly used, which results in a substantial loss for potential investments seeking to support more high-quality projects in the field of CCIs;
Amendment 364 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Notes that the Guarantee Facility within Creative Europe is one of the ways to address the pressing need for accessing loan financing for innovative and sustainable projects in the CCS; stresses the need to increasecommunicate more effectively on the budget of Creative Europe and the Guarantee Facility to effectively support European cultural and creative expressions and diversify the beneficiaries of funding in order to enable European SMEs, primarily, to benefit from more funding; recalls, finally, the declared objective of supporting more than 10 000 SMEs;
Amendment 374 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Calls on the EIB to address the lack of EFSI funding to CCIs by investigating possible interaction with Creative Europe and the Guarantee Facility in order to provide fit-for-purpose loans for CCIs; takes note, however, that on 30 June 2016, the European Commission and the European Investment Fund (EIF) submitted an initiative worth EUR 121 million in order to provide guarantees for CCIs through financial institutions and that this facility is intended to encourage bank lending worth over EUR 600 million over the next six years;
Amendment 382 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Considers that in order to improve access to finance in the CCIs it is necessary to develop expertise in assessing the value of intangible assets which could be used as collaterals, so as to provide crucial information for these sectors, for example, business models and specific credit risk assessments;