6 Amendments of Stéphanie YON-COURTIN related to 2023/2019(INI)
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Recognises that the Commission carried out its first review prior to the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, which means that changes to both consumer and trading behaviour triggered by the pandemic were therefore not reflected in the 2020 Commission report; recalls the changes in consumer habits and the rising preference for online services that were additionally strengthened by the COVID-19 pandemic; underlines, therefore, the need to draw further conclusions based on the new data in this area, as 12 % of EU businesses10 started or increased efforts to sell goods or services online due to the pandemic; points out that the European audiovisual sector has been disrupted and suffered massive revenue losses as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic; __________________ 10 Eurostat, ‘Online sales efforts on the rise due to the pandemic’, 11 April 2022.
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Notes that one third of all complaints received by responding competent authorities were not actually covered by the Regulation, including, among other things, copyright-protected content and insurance services; notes with regards to copyright-protected content that according to the 2019 Eurobarometer survey, the overall majority of respondents declared they have not experienced any geoblocking when accessing cultural and creative content;
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11 a. Welcomes the Commission’s first short-term review of the 2018 Geo- blocking Regulation which upholds the continued exclusion of audiovisual services from the scope of the Regulation; welcomes the Council Conclusions ((2021/C 501 I/02 & 7809/22) underlining the importance of territorial exclusivity and exclusive licensing for the sustainability of the audiovisual sector; welcomes the European Parliament’s research service analysis on the implementation of the 2018 Geo-blocking regulation in the digital single market which supports territorial exclusivity, underlining that “the AV sector is strongly reliant on the current financing and licensing model, and that extending the scope of the Geo-blocking regulation could have considerable consequences for the economic sustainability of the sector";
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)
Paragraph 11 b (new)
11 b. Recalls that, as indicated by the Commission report on the first short-term review of the Geo-blocking Regulation of November 2020, geo-blocking in the book sector does not constitute a concern for the vast majority of consumers, and the inclusion of ebooks in the scope of the Regulation would result in a loss of revenue, putting investment in new content at risk, while eroding contractual freedom, reducing cultural diversity, accentuating the monopoly of few dominant market players while pushing out of the market many SMEs, undermining alternative or independent offers and therefore bringing virtually no benefit to consumers;
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Welcomes the progress made in terms of the cross-catalogue availability of music, e-book, video game and software products and services, both in subscription and transaction-based models; regrets the limited improvements regarding the cross- catalogue availability of video content and live sports evconsiders that more should be done to ensure the circulation and availability of works and programmes in the EU, including existing and new cinema and audiovisual contents, which contribute to consumers’ perception that the audiovisual services sector is applying the highest level of geo-blockingthereby reflecting across borders the richness and diversity of culture in Europe; calls for more catalogues to be made available on vide-on-demand services across borders so as to generate further return on investment on several domestic markets;
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Believes that the Portability Regulation12 delivered substantial benefits to consumers who expect to receive continued access to their services when they are temporarily present in another Member State; welcomes the Commission’s ongoing stakeholder dialogue on access to and the availability of audiovisual content across the EU; 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 such as market-led industry initiatives and partnerships to drive further and increase access to and availability of content across the EU; calls, therefore, on the Commission and the Member States to carefully assess all options that will reduce the unjustified and discriminatory geo- blocking barriers for access to audiovisual services and sports events, while taking into account the potdetrimential impact on diversityf a potential extension of the Regulation’s scope on cultural diversity, expected increase prices for consumers and the available financing and viability of the creative sectorand cultural ecosystem; reminds the Commission to present the Parliament with the outcome of its stakeholder dialogue on possibly extending the scope of the Geo-blocking Regulation to audiovisual contincluding showcasing the sharp increase in content offerings and availability that has already been seent; __________________ 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.