5 Amendments of Ruth HIERONYMI related to 2008/2204(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Acknowledges that the Internet could become a tool for promoting cultures and languages by developing cultural and creative industries, especially in developing countries if cultural diversity were to be protected through an agreed sector specific international legal basis with regard to content; insists, however, on the importance of promoting equal access to ICTs to make an inclusive information society possible, and removing barriers of any kind, to allow potential trading and to guarantee the full rights of citizenship;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. AcknowledgeHighlights the importance of the UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expression and calls upon the Council and the Commission to implement quickly the Convention in the internal as well as the external policies of the European Union;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses that cultural and artistic products and services have both an economic and cultural nature, and that is important to maintain this recognition in international trade negotiations and agreements, and via global networks by implementing the UNESCO convention in a legally binding way;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Urges the Commission and the Council to ensure that the rules governing international trade allow European cultural industries to fully exploit the new opportunities brought about by online trading in particularly the audiovisual, musical and publishing sectors. However, this must not affect the European Community’s policy, clearly stated in the negotiating mandate, to refrain from making offers or accepting liberalisation demands in the audiovisual and cultural sector;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Any existing or potential future liberalisation of transmission services must not affect the Commission’s position on content related rules;