20 Amendments of Mary HONEYBALL related to 2016/2072(INI)
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas CCIs have dualmultiple values, as they preserve and promote cultural and linguistic diversity, and strengthen European and regional identity, while sustainingbuild social cohesion, andct as a driver of sustainable economic growth, contributinge substantially to investment, growth, innovation novation and create significandt employment opportunities in the EU economy;
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas creative industries in Europe provide more than 12 million full- time jobs, which amounts to 7.5 % of the EU’'s work force, creating approximately EUR 509 billion in value added to GDP (5.3 % of the EU’'s total GVA) and in specific regions, creative industries represent a significantly higher percentage of GDP and employ a higher percentage of the local workforce;
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas CCIs play an important role in creating vibrant and distinctive regions, which can help to improve the quality of life of citizens and be an important inward investment factor;
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas authors and performers are at the origin and the very source of CCIs;
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas employment in the cultural sector is unlikely to be offshored, as it is connected to specific cultural and historical competences; whereas CCIs contribute significantly and more than any other sector to youth employment and have proved to be most resilient during the post- 2008 economic crisis; recognises the important role of the European Social Fund in promoting youth employment and skills development;
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas it is increasingly rare for cultural and creative artists to be in permanent employment; whereas they are, to an increasing extent, self-employed, alternating between self-employed and employed activity or engaged in part-time or irregular activity;
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Points out that the cultural and creative industries benefit considerably from public funding for culture, which also contributes significantly to cultural diversity in the European Union; urges the Commission and Member States therefore, within their respective spheres of competence, to continue a earmark an adequate share of their budgets for public funding for culture;
Amendment 144 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Points out that the atypical employment of cultural and creative artists is becoming increasingly common; urges the Commission and the Member States therefore, within their respective spheres of competence, to devote greater attention to legislative provisions regarding the employment and working conditions of cultural and creative artists and in particular their social protection; calls in addition for their position to be strengthened by means of collective representation;
Amendment 163 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses that technology and infrastructure rely on the content provided by creators; calls, therefore, on the Commission to establish a legal framework for the value chain in the digital age that takes into account the specificities of the sector and leads to an improvement in the remuneration of authors and creators, i.e. through the introduction of an unwaivable right of authors to remuneration;
Amendment 164 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Encourages the Commission to establish legal provisions which create a fairer environment governing the transfer of rights and the contractual remuneration of authors and performers; calls therefore to create a contract adjustment mechanism, which allows authors and performers to claim additional remuneration in case the revenues yielded out of the exploitation of the works are disproportionally high compared to the remuneration agreed in the initial contract; recommends also to provide for a transparency obligation for publishers and producers to detail on a regular basis timely, adequate and comprehensive information on the exploitation of works, notably as regards modes of exploitation, revenues generated and remuneration due; calls on the Commission to examine the possibility of entitling unions or associations representing creators to a kind of collective bargaining related to the definition of appropriate remuneration; asks the Commission to introduce a rights reversion mechanism which would enable creators to terminate a contract, namely in case of lack of exploitation, lack of payment of the remuneration foreseen, in established case of inappropriate remuneration as well as lack of regular reporting;
Amendment 168 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Calls on the Commission to examine the possibility of entitling unions or associations representing creators to file legal complaints on behalf of creators;
Amendment 180 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Asks the Commission, in view of the upcoming copyright reform, to create legal solutions which will suit creators, right holders, right users and consumers alike in order to make clear that liability exemptions can only apply to genuinely neutral and passive online service providers and not to services that play an active role in distributing, promoting and monetising content at the expense of creators;
Amendment 189 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Highlights that the majority of organisations in the CCI sector are SMEs; stresses that SMEs often face major challenges with regard to rights clearance; asks the Commission, therefore, to simplify rights clearance systems in the upcoming copyright reform;
Amendment 192 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Highlights that research on right holders and intransparent rules on copyright represent administrative burdens entailing high expenses and a lot of efforts, especially for SMEs working on cross-border basis; recommends, therefore, to establish a common pan- European database with all available information on right holders for each sector in order to facilitate rights clearance;
Amendment 195 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6c. Stresses that Directive 2014/26/EU has led to improvements in the rights clearance system of musical works in the online environment; asks the Commission to also improve good governance, efficiency, transparency and accountability of collective rights management organisations in other sectors;
Amendment 232 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Calls on the Commission to promote and support the creation, improvement and expansion of infrastructure which is key to supporting creative industries in Europe, particularly ensuring the expansion of high speed broadband to rural and remote areas;
Amendment 247 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Recognises that many cities and regions across Europe have developed substantial plans for their local CCIs; calls on the Commission to draw on best practice from these strategies;
Amendment 272 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Highlights the potential of CCIs regarding youthe employment andof disadvantaged individuals, including young people, as well as reindustrialisation; calls on the Commission and the Member States to include the CCIs in the Youth Employment Initiative and to provide funds to facilitate careers and training in this sector;
Amendment 343 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Recognises the important role played by not-for-profit, cooperative and social enterprises in the CCIs and therefore, calls for any distinction in EU structural and social funding, which could limit the eligibility of these structures, to be avoided;
Amendment 358 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Recognises the vital multiplier effect that EU funding can have for CCIs, particularly in specific regions; Calls on the Commission to establish the cultural and creative industries as a horizontal priority within EU funding schemes, in particular Horizon 2020 and the ESIFs;