3 Amendments of Alex AGIUS SALIBA related to 2023/2019(INI)
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Believes that the Portability Regulation12 delivered substantialcertain benefits to consumers who expect to receive continued access to their services when they are temporarily present in another Member State; welcomNotes the Commission’s ongoing stakeholder dialogue on access to and the availability of audiovisual content across the EUReport on the application of Regulation (EU) 2017/1128 on cross-border portability of online content services in the internal market from June 2022, which elaborates that the legal fiction set out in Article 4 of that Regulation, has allowed the territorial constraints of copyright and related rights to be overcome without any significant revenue loss for rightholders12a; calls on the Commission to assess the possibility of applying similar approach in the Geoblocking Regulation; emphasises that further actions are needed to meet consumers expectations concerning the cross-catalogue availability of and cross-border access to sports events via streaming services; calls, therefore,is concerned that geoblocking also occurs in regard to the audiovisual productions funded or co- funded from the EU budget; is onf the Commission and the Member Statesopinion that whenever EU funds are involved there should be no place for depriving some EU citizens of access to the given content; calls on the Commission to carefully assess all options that willcould reduce the unjustified and discriminatory geo- blocking barriers for access to audiovisual services and sports events, while taking into account the potential impact on diversity and the available financing of the creative sector; reminds the Commcurrent business models of the creative sector; __________________ 12a The provisions in Article 4 mean that the provission to present Parliament with the outcome of its stakeholder dialogue on possibly extendingof an online content service to a subscriber who is temporarily present in another Member State than the Member State of residence, as well as the access to and the uscope of the Geo- blocking Regulation to audiovisual content; __________________ at service by the subscriber, are deemed to occur solely in the subscriber’s Member State of residence. SWD(2022) 173. 12 Regulation (EU) 2017/1128 of 14 June 2017 on cross-border portability of online content services in the internal market, OJ L 168, 30.6.2017, p.1.
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16 a. In this context, urges the Commission to propose, at the latest by September 2024, the comprehensive revision of Geoblocking Regulation, consisting, in particular, of the inclusion of audiovisual services in the scope of this Regulation, and the deletion from Article 4(1)(b) of the exclusion of electronically supplied services, the main feature of which is the provision of access to or use of copyright-protected works or other protected subject matter;
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)
Paragraph 16 b (new)
16 b. Calls on the Commission to include, in this comprehensive Revision of Geoblocking Regulation, specific provisions on modalities related to how the prohibition of unjustified geoblocking will apply to audiovisual services and take into account in particular the need for assuring realistic timeframe allowing providers of audiovisual services to prepare for the implementation of new rules; calls on the Commission to make sure that all European citizens, in particular those living in border regions and linguistic minorities, have access to the content in their preferred language at all times; calls the Commission to take into account the need to provide consumers with a wider choice of content across borders, while acknowledging the need for further assessment of the potential impact on the overall dynamics of the audio-visual sector;