5 Amendments of Katerina BATZELI related to 2008/2173(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. emphasises that playing video games are played by an increasingly wide range of ages and can have substantial educational advantages and be beneficial in developing linguistic, creative, strategic skills and intellectual capacities; stresses, however, that they must be used with caution since they can have harmful effects, particularly on minors;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. supports and calls on the Commission to proceed with the promotion and expansion of a common, self-regulatory EU system of rating criteria, more specifically the Pan European Game Information (PEGI) labelling system and PEGI Online, which deals with video games via the Internet, systems which provides information about potentially harmful content for minors, and to ensure coordination among Member States to achieve a PEGI-only labelling system in the sale of games;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. calls on the Commission to promote a systematic study of the effects of using video games and Internet games, together with mechanisms and practices to promote their rational use, particularly by minors, including innovative methods of preventing minors from accessing online video games with content which is unsuitable for them;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. emphasises the value of education, from as early as preschool age, in gradually teaching children constructive ways of making use of this type of game;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 c (new)
Paragraph 7 c (new)
7c. Considers that national information and awareness campaigns should be organised for consumers, particularly parents, to help them buy video games which are suitable for the age and knowledge requirements of their children and avoid products which are not appropriately labelled;