Activities of Andrey SLABAKOV related to 2022/2038(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the implementation of the revised Audiovisual Media Services Directive
Amendments (17)
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas new horizontal legal provisions (such as Directive (EU) 2019/790 "Copyright Directive") at Union level make it necessary to clarify its their interconnection with this specific legal framework for audiovisual media service providers in a consistent and coherent manner;
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recalls the Commission’s obligation, as laid down in Article 33, second sentence of the Directive, to submit a report on the application of the Directive no later than 19 December 2022, and reminds the Member States’ of their obligation under Article 7(2) of the Directive to report to the Commission on progress regarding accessibility by the same date; also recalls the Commission’s obligation to report on the application of Article 13(1) and (2) on the basis of the information provided by Member States by 19 December 2021 and of an independent study, taking into account the market and technological developments and the objective of cultural diversity;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Regrets that the Commission has not yet provided its report on the application of the 2010/13/EU Directive for the period 2015-2019, which would have contributed significantly in providing an accurate benchmarking of the implementation of the revised Directive;
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Notes that different levels of consumer protection with regards to commercial communications and the protection from harmful and illegal content exist in different environments; underlines that this creates an un-even level playing field between audiovisual media services and video sharing platforms which is detrimental to consumer protection and sustained investments in news and audiovisual content; notes that whilst audiovisual media service providers are subject to strict rules to protect viewers from harmful content under articles 6 and 6a of the AVMSD, video sharing platforms are only subject to limited requirements via article 28b which necessitates only to roll out some functionalities and modifying their terms and conditions;
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Underlines the importance of numeric buttons on remotes to ensure the visibility and findability of general interest services; Notes that some manufacturers are removing these buttons from their remotes, putting at stake traditional channel numbering systems and preventing the audience from directly accessing their favourite linear channels;
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11 a. Welcomes the smooth and effective implementation by Member States of the minimum required 30% quota obligation for European works in on-demand services’ catalogues, which has had a positive impact on cultural diversity through the exposure of the EU audience to European works and by offering opportunities for European creations to reach viewers across the EU;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Considers it appropriate to maintain the European quota tarenvisage raising the minimum 30% share of European works in on-demand services’ catalogues in the next revision of the Directive considering that the quota was already met in most Member States at the time of adoption of the Directive; suggests as minimum targets at their current levelthat a 50% minimum quota would remove the gap with broadcasters’ obligations and would encourage the production of diversified European and authored works;
Amendment 92 #
12 a. Notes that the quota of European works for on-demand services does not exclude certain types of programmes contrary to the quota for broadcasters of Article 16 that excludes news, sports events, games, advertising, teletext services and tele-shopping; also notes that the business models of on-demand services have evolved to include non- scripted programmes in addition to films and series; calls, therefore, on the Commission to assess the types of programmes offered by on-demand services to ensure that the focus of the quota on films and series is not undermined by other programmes and to review the 2020 guidelines on the calculation of European works if necessary;
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)
Paragraph 12 b (new)
12 b. Encourages the Commission to evaluate the implementation of the general obligation of prominence of European works in Article 13(1) and to present proposals for specific measures to be applied by all Member States;
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 c (new)
Paragraph 12 c (new)
12 c. Welcomes the introduction by a majority of Member States of financial obligations requiring on-demand services to invest part of their revenues earned in the country in the local production (via contributions to funds or direct investment), thus maintaining a steady and diverse industrial audiovisual ecosystem in these countries;
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 d (new)
Paragraph 12 d (new)
12 d. Encourages the Commission and Member State to review national administrative practices regulating quota compliance and financial obligations, with a view to establish best practices and reduce the administrative and financial burden for national administrations and for broadcasters and on-demand services;
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Encourages, furthermore, greater agreement on common EU-wide requirements in investment incentive schemes ensuring 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 at only European works whose production contracts respect the moral rights and right to appropriate and proportionate remuneration of their authors cultural effects that are desirable in terms of media policy, such as talent development, social obligations, inclusion, diversity, gender equality or greeningan qualify for the quotas of Articles 13, 16 and 17 and receive financial support at European and local levels;
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 134 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
Amendment 140 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14 a. Calls on Member States to better protect the European model of author’s rights against practices, such as work-for- hire contracts and buy-out contracts, where the intellectual property rights of creators are waived in full or in part; stresses that, in order to be considered an European work pursuant to Article 13(7) of the Directive, the law governing the contract must be that of the European Union or of one of its Member States; suggests that this latter requirement also applies to the eligibility criteria to benefit from funding under the Creative Europe Media programme;