12 Amendments of Nicolae Vlad POPA related to 2008/2173(INI)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Urges all Member States to use the optional PEGI (Pan European Game Information) and PEGI online systems, already applied in the majority of the Member States, which gives entertainment software an age rating and on-line gaming websites a quality labelling, in order to ensure that minors are not exposed to games which are unsuitable for them;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls on all Member States to ensure that national rating systems are not developed in a way that would weaken the PEGI system;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Member States to simplify the symbols used in the PEGI and PEGI online systems so that ithey can be more easily understood by parents;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Member States to promote dissemination of the PEGI and PEGI online systems among games console manufacturers and retailers, and to implement information measures on its use for families and teachers;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Urges the Member States to improve the filter systems available to families in respect of on-line video games and to promote PEGI online, focusing in particular on the risks associated with use of the Internet, and chat rooms associated with such games;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Urges the Member States to create a (self-regulwork together with stakeholders in creationg and co-regulation) effective pan-European age-rating system (through self-regulation or co-regulation) applicable to all platforms, taking into consideration the specific characteristics of every medium for which classification is difficult, such as the Internet;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the Member States to cooperate with industry representatives, classification bodies and other stakeholders in order to achieve innovative and effective age verification solutions;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Urges the Member States to draw up a pan-European code of conduct on the sale of video games to minors which is agreed between all stakeholders, in order also to oblige retailers to assume their responsibilities;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls on the Commission to develop guidelines in order to prevent possible conflicts of interest within rating institutions and to safeguard the independence of such organisations from industry-related interest groups;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Urges the Member States to conduct information campaigns for parents and schoolteachers aimed at bridging the technological generation gap and at promoting the PEGI and PEGI online systems;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Commission to promote, in cooperation with consumer organisations and existing networks and platforms, awareness and information campaigns aimed at increasing take-up of the PEGI and PEGI online systems by the public;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Calls on the Commission to discourage, through specific legislative measures, the misuse of online games for dishonest commercial activities, such as those which dishonestly induce underage users to enter into legal commitments (e.g. through automated subscriptions or malicious dialler programmes which dial expensive toll lines) and which send anticompetitive promotional messages (e.g. product placement or other stealth marketing techniques).