21 Amendments of Radan KANEV related to 2022/0277(COD)
Amendment 150 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) State advertising should be understood broadly as covering promotional or self-promotional activities undertaken by, for or on behalf of a wide range of public authorities or entities, including governments, regulatory authorities or bodies as well as state-owned enterprises or other state-controlled entities in different sectors, at national or regional level, or local governments of territorial entities of more than 1 million inhabitants. However, the definition of state advertising should not include emergency messages by public authorities which are necessary, for example, in cases of natural or sanitary disasters, accidents or other sudden incidents that can cause harm to individuals.
Amendment 439 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 9
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 9
(9) ‘editorial responsibility’ means the exercise of effective control both over the selection of the programmes, content or press publications and over their organisation, for the purposes of the provision of a media service, regardless of the existence of liability under national law for the service provided;
Amendment 467 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 15
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 15
(15) ‘State advertising’ means the placement, publication or dissemination, in any media service, of a promotional or self-promotional message, normally in return for payment or for any other consideration, by, for or on behalf of any national or regional public authority, such as national, federal or regional governments, regulatory authorities or bodies as well as state-owned enterprises or other state-controlled entities at the national or regional level, or any local government of a territorial entity of more than 1 million inhabitants;
Amendment 512 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 3
Article 4 – paragraph 3
3. Without prejudice and in addition to the right to effective judicial protection guaranteed to each natural and legal person, Member States shall designate an independent authority or body to handle complaints lodged by media service providers or, if applicable, their family members, their employees or their family members, and scrutinize the application of the safeguards under the Recommendation, regarding breaches of paragraph 2, points (b) and (c). Media service providers shall have the right to request that authority or body to issue, within three months of the request, an opinion regarding compliance with paragraph 2, points (b) and (c).
Amendment 526 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 1
1. Public service media providers shall provide in an impartial and independent manner a plurality of information and opinions to their audiences, in accordance with their public service mission.
Amendment 542 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Member States shall ensure that the allocation of financial resources to the public service media providers is conducted through predictable, transparent, independent, impartial and non-discriminatory procedures and on the basis of transparent, objective and proportionate criteria laid down in advance by national law.
Amendment 546 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 4
Article 5 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall designate one or more independent authorities or bodies in order to monitor compliance with paragraphs 1 to 3 and scrutinize the application of the safeguards under the Recommendation.
Amendment 561 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) their legal name and, contact details and registration numbers;
Amendment 578 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(ca) whether and if so to what extent their direct or beneficial ownership is held by the government, a state institution, state-owned enterprise or other public body;
Amendment 591 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Media service providers shall update the information made available according to paragraph 1 without any delay of any change to their ownership or control arrangements.
Amendment 594 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 b (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. National regulatory authorities or bodies shall monitor and produce regularly reports regarding the ownership in media markets within their Member State. In order to assess the accuracy of the information on media ownership made available pursuant to paragraph 4, national regulatory authorities or bodies may request from media service providers further information.
Amendment 599 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 c (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. National regulatory authorities or bodies established in accordance with Directive 2010/13/ EU shall establish national databases of media ownership.
Amendment 655 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3
Article 7 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall ensure that the national regulatory authorities or bodies have adequate financial, human and technical resources to carry out their tasks under this Regulation. The political and operational independence of national regulatory authorities shall be ensured through independent appointments procedures;
Amendment 659 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Member states shall ensure the organisational and functional autonomy of the national regulatory authorities or bodies.
Amendment 730 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 8 a (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. The Board must include in its working rules a mechanism for assessing the independence of an NRA and, where a NRA fails to meet its obligations for political independence, have the power to take measures including suspension or exclusion from membership.
Amendment 782 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(ca) support the Commission on scrutiny of safeguards under the Recommendation for media companies receiving State and EU funding or contracting State or EU advertising;
Amendment 848 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point m a (new)
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point m a (new)
(ma) establish EU wide ownership monitoring methodology and coordinate national monitoring in accordance with Art 6 of this regulation;
Amendment 1139 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 5
Article 20 – paragraph 5
5. Where a national authority or body adopts a measure that affects individually and directly a media service provider and is likely to affect the functioning of the internal market for media services, it shall communicate, at the request of the Board, and where applicable, of the Commission, without undue delay and by electronic means, any relevant information, including the summary of the facts, its measure, the grounds on which the national authority or body has based its measure, and, where applicable, the views of other authorities concerned. Media service providers considering to be directly affected by such measures shall be able to request the Board to issue an opinion.
Amendment 1283 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 24 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. Public authorities, including EU instituions, national, federal or regional governments, regulatory authorities or bodies, as well as state-owned enterprises or other state- controlled entities at the national or regional level, or local governments of territorial entities of more than 1 million inhabitants, shall make publicly available accurate, comprehensive, intelligible, detailed and yearly information about their advertising expenditure allocated to media service providers, which shall include at least the following details:
Amendment 1333 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 3 – point c a (new)
Article 25 – paragraph 3 – point c a (new)
(ca) a detailed analysis of the allocation of state advertising;
Amendment 1337 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 3 – point c b (new)
Article 25 – paragraph 3 – point c b (new)
(cb) an analysis of the rules and practices in the allotment of public subsidies to media services.