8 Amendments of Françoise CASTEX related to 2012/2038(INI)
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Notes that amounts involved in reproduction and representation rights are relatively unimportant for the graphic and plastic arts, where revenue derives from the sale or resale of works of art;
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Notes that several of the Directive’s provisions ensure a balanced application of the resale right, taking into account the interests of all stakeholders, in particular the gradual decrease in applicable rates, the EUR 12 500 ceiling on the resale right, the exclusion of small sales and the resale exemption for the first buyer;
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Notes that the art market was valued at USD 10 billion in 2010 and almost USD 12 billion in 2012; believes, as a result, that artists and their heirs should receive fair compensation and that the resale right accounts for only 0.03% of those sums; believes, as a result, that the existence of the resale right has no negative impact on the art market and that artists and their heirs should receive income from successive resales of their works;
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Notes that the art market was valued at USD 10 billion in 2010 and almost USD 12 billion in 2012; believes, as a result, that artists and their heirs should receive fair compensremuneration;
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Notes, however, that the Directive was only actually implemented in full in all Member States on 1 January 2012, although a resale right has been recognised in many Member States for several decades;
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Welcomes the Commission’s proposal to reassess the Directive inConsiders it premature to reassess the Directive in 2014 as the Commission plans to do, and proposes that the reassessment be carried out in 2015 (four years after the assessment made in December 20141);
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Encourages the Commission, in its next assessment report, to reconsider the relevance of capplicable ratesing the right and of the categories of beneficiaries as specified in the Directive;
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Welcomes the initiatives taken by third countries to introduce the resale right and calls onurges the Commission, within the framework of foreign policy, to continue its efforts to make Article 14ter of the Berne Convention mandatory;