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1995/0027(CNS) Audiovisual industry: MEDIA II 1996-2000, development and distribution of European works

Progress: Procedure completed

RoleCommitteeRapporteurShadows
Committee Opinion ECON RANDZIO-PLATH Christa (icon: PES PES)
Committee Opinion JURI PALACIO VALLELERSUNDI Ana (icon: PPE PPE)
Committee Opinion BUDG TILLICH Stanislaw (icon: PPE PPE)
Lead committee dossier:
Legal Basis:
EC before Amsterdam E 130-p3

Events

2003/12/18
   EC - Follow-up document
1999/03/16
   EC - Follow-up document
1998/07/17
   EC - Follow-up document
1995/12/30
   Final act published in Official Journal
1995/07/10
   EP/CSL - Act adopted by Council after consultation of Parliament
Details

Further to the political agreement reached at its meeting on 21 June, the Council adopted the Decision on the implementation of a programme encouraging the development and distribution of European audiovisual works (MEDIA II - Development and Distribution).

1995/07/10
   EP - End of procedure in Parliament
1995/07/10
   CSL - Council Meeting
1995/07/05
   ESC - Economic and Social Committee: opinion, report
Details

The ESC noted that access to funding was subject to a feasibility study by the Commission acting under the advisory committee procedure. This ran counter to the Commission’s declared intention to ‘make greater use of automatic aid systems rather than selective aid systems’. Although the action and funding procedures were clearly stated in the programme, it was important to note that a whole range of issues remained rather hazy. The proposal repeatedly mentioned ‘independent European production companies’ as the main beneficiaries, without actually defining what kind of independence was meant, or how that independence would be verified. Furthermore, the proposal ignored the urgent problem posed by the large media conglomerates and their international links, whereas it should suggest measures to avoid production and distribution subsidies going to these groups. The ESC felt that in order to avoid this, and in keeping with the need for transparency, a limit should be set on company size, using the criteria adopted for aid to SMEs. Monitoring procedures should also be made available: they could at least be required to publish details of their company structure and accounts. The ESC would like to see other development and distribution measures calculated to bring economic benefits without requiring direct funding. These might involve strengthening intellectual property rights, tax deductions, or long-term guarantees on soft loans.

1995/06/21
   CSL - Council Meeting
1995/06/16
   EP - Text adopted by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
1995/06/16
   EP - Decision by Parliament
Documents
1995/06/15
   EP - Debate in Parliament
Details

Mrs ANDRE-LEONARD noted that MEDIA II, whose main objectives were training, development and distribution, had been allocated funding of ECU 400 million, in other words twice as much as its predecessor. As regards the main amendments, she mentioned the amendment to the legal basis as the EP’s Committee on Culture had called for codecision on the basis of Article 128 of the Treaty for the section on ‘development and distribution’. As far as the substance was concerned, the EP proposed, inter alia , the creation of a support system to enable distributors to reinvest in the distribution of new European films. The rapporteur concluded by quoting Martin Scorsese, who believed that the successes of Woody Allen and Quentin Tarantino could be explained by the influence of the films of Fellini and Bergmann respectively, as well as those of Melville. Commissioner Oreja stated that the Commission could take over, in full or in substance, Amendments Nos 1, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23 and 24 on training; it could also take over in full Amendments Nos 3, 16, 20, 28, 29, 35, 37, 43 and 49 on development and distribution, and in substance Amendments Nos 2, 27, 31, 44 (support for distributors), 6, 18, 26, 34, 46, 47 (SMEs and countries with limited production capacity), 14, 23, 24, 25, 43 (promotion of archives and existing European audiovisual works), 12, 33 and 51 (establishment of catalogues of European audiovisual works). However, two issues had not been resolved: - support for the distribution of European films in cinemas, which strictly speaking was outside the scope of the programme’s objectives, given its limited budget in relation to the number of cinemas (more than 20 000) and the important role of the principle of subsidiarity in this area. In spite of this, the Commissioner was prepared to take over Amendments Nos 5, 8 and 44 on the issue. - the Commission’s choice of legal basis was Article 130 (consultation of the EP) rather than Article 128(4) (codecision), in accordance with the case-law of the Court of Justice, since the objectives of MEDIA II were essentially industrial.

1995/06/12
   EP - Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading
1995/06/12
   EP - Vote in committee
1995/06/11
   EP - Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading
Documents
1995/05/15
   EP - Committee referral announced in Parliament
1995/04/19
   EP - TILLICH Stanislaw (PPE) appointed as rapporteur in BUDG
1995/04/18
   EP - RANDZIO-PLATH Christa (PES) appointed as rapporteur in ECON
1995/04/03
   CSL - Debate in Council
Details

Pending the opinion of the European Parliament, the Council held an initial discussion on the two proposals for decisions concerning the MEDIA II programme (1996-2000). At the end of the discussion, the Council instructed the ad hoc Working Party on the Audiovisual Sector and the Permanent Representatives Committee to continue examination of the Commission proposals in the light of the views expressed, so that the Council could take action at its June meeting. The Presidency noted that the following points in particular would require special attention in the course of examination: - the objective of a high Community added value and complementarity with action at national level; - the need for concentration of resources in the areas of development and training as well as that of distribution including cinema programming, while taking into account cultural and linguistic diversity and the circumstances of Member States with limited capacity in this respect; - establishment of management arrangements clarifying the respective roles of the Member States, the Commission and professionals in the field; - the need for effective interaction between the support provided by the MEDIA programme and the financial mechanism announced by the Commission; - organisation of a smooth transition from the actions carried out under the present programme. The MEDIA programme, the first phase of which has been running since 1991, is intended to encourage and develop the audiovisual programme industry in Europe . The Commission proposal provides for three main forms of support: training (the first proposal, based on Article 127 of the Treaty), development and distribution (second proposal, based on Article 130 of the Treaty). The second phase of the programme - MEDIA II - would have a funding of ECU 400 million for 5 years. Aid would be granted in the form of loans of up to 50% of the cost of the actions (except for aids to training, which could be as much as 75% and would be granted as non-refundable subsidies).

Documents
1995/04/03
   CSL - Council Meeting
1995/02/08
   EC - Legislative proposal
1995/02/07
   EC - Legislative proposal published
1994/12/02
   EP - PALACIO VALLELERSUNDI Ana (PPE) appointed as rapporteur in JURI

Documents

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  • date: 1995-02-08T00:00:00 type: Legislative proposal published body: EC docs: url: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!DocNumber&lg=EN&type_doc=COMfinal&an_doc=1994&nu_doc=523 title: EUR-Lex title: COM(1994)0523 summary:
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  • date: 1995-06-15T00:00:00 type: Debate in Parliament body: EP docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?secondRef=TOC&language=EN&reference=19950615&type=CRE title: Debate in Parliament summary: Mrs ANDRE-LEONARD noted that MEDIA II, whose main objectives were training, development and distribution, had been allocated funding of ECU 400 million, in other words twice as much as its predecessor. As regards the main amendments, she mentioned the amendment to the legal basis as the EP’s Committee on Culture had called for codecision on the basis of Article 128 of the Treaty for the section on ‘development and distribution’. As far as the substance was concerned, the EP proposed, inter alia , the creation of a support system to enable distributors to reinvest in the distribution of new European films. The rapporteur concluded by quoting Martin Scorsese, who believed that the successes of Woody Allen and Quentin Tarantino could be explained by the influence of the films of Fellini and Bergmann respectively, as well as those of Melville. Commissioner Oreja stated that the Commission could take over, in full or in substance, Amendments Nos 1, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23 and 24 on training; it could also take over in full Amendments Nos 3, 16, 20, 28, 29, 35, 37, 43 and 49 on development and distribution, and in substance Amendments Nos 2, 27, 31, 44 (support for distributors), 6, 18, 26, 34, 46, 47 (SMEs and countries with limited production capacity), 14, 23, 24, 25, 43 (promotion of archives and existing European audiovisual works), 12, 33 and 51 (establishment of catalogues of European audiovisual works). However, two issues had not been resolved: - support for the distribution of European films in cinemas, which strictly speaking was outside the scope of the programme’s objectives, given its limited budget in relation to the number of cinemas (more than 20 000) and the important role of the principle of subsidiarity in this area. In spite of this, the Commissioner was prepared to take over Amendments Nos 5, 8 and 44 on the issue. - the Commission’s choice of legal basis was Article 130 (consultation of the EP) rather than Article 128(4) (codecision), in accordance with the case-law of the Court of Justice, since the objectives of MEDIA II were essentially industrial.
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  • date: 1995-07-10T00:00:00 type: Act adopted by Council after consultation of Parliament body: EP/CSL summary: Further to the political agreement reached at its meeting on 21 June, the Council adopted the Decision on the implementation of a programme encouraging the development and distribution of European audiovisual works (MEDIA II - Development and Distribution).
  • date: 1995-07-10T00:00:00 type: End of procedure in Parliament body: EP
  • date: 1995-12-30T00:00:00 type: Final act published in Official Journal docs: title: Decision 1995/563 url: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!CELEXnumdoc&lg=EN&numdoc=31995D0563 title: OJ L 321 30.12.1995, p. 0025 url: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/JOHtml.do?uri=OJ:L:1995:321:SOM:EN:HTML
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  • body: CSL type: Council Meeting council: Former Council configuration
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CULT/4/06598
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  • CULT/4/06598
procedure/final/url
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http://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!CELEXnumdoc&lg=EN&numdoc=31995D0563
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https://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!CELEXnumdoc&lg=EN&numdoc=31995D0563
procedure/subject
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  • 3.30.01.02 Programmes and actions in audiovisual sector
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3.30.01.02
Programmes and actions in audiovisual sector
links/European Commission/title
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PreLex
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EUR-Lex
activities
  • date: 1995-02-08T00:00:00 docs: url: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!DocNumber&lg=EN&type_doc=COMfinal&an_doc=1994&nu_doc=523 celexid: CELEX:51994DC0523:EN type: Legislative proposal published title: COM(1994)0523 type: Legislative proposal published body: EC commission:
  • body: CSL meeting_id: 1841 docs: url: http://register.consilium.europa.eu/content/out?lang=EN&typ=SET&i=SMPL&ROWSPP=25&RESULTSET=1&NRROWS=500&DOC_LANCD=EN&ORDERBY=DOC_DATE+DESC&CONTENTS=1841*&MEET_DATE=03/04/1995 type: Debate in Council title: 1841 council: Culture date: 1995-04-03T00:00:00 type: Council Meeting
  • date: 1995-05-15T00:00:00 body: EP type: Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading committees: body: EP responsible: False committee: BUDG date: 1995-04-19T00:00:00 committee_full: Budgets rapporteur: group: PPE name: TILLICH Stanislaw body: EP responsible: False committee: ECON date: 1995-04-18T00:00:00 committee_full: Economic and Monetary Affairs, Industrial Policy rapporteur: group: PSE name: RANDZIO-PLATH Christa body: EP responsible: False committee: JURI date: 1994-12-02T00:00:00 committee_full: Legal Affairs, Citizens' Rights rapporteur: group: PPE name: PALACIO VALLELERSUNDI Ana
  • body: EP committees: body: EP responsible: False committee: BUDG date: 1995-04-19T00:00:00 committee_full: Budgets rapporteur: group: PPE name: TILLICH Stanislaw body: EP responsible: False committee: ECON date: 1995-04-18T00:00:00 committee_full: Economic and Monetary Affairs, Industrial Policy rapporteur: group: PSE name: RANDZIO-PLATH Christa body: EP responsible: False committee: JURI date: 1994-12-02T00:00:00 committee_full: Legal Affairs, Citizens' Rights rapporteur: group: PPE name: PALACIO VALLELERSUNDI Ana docs: type: Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading title: A4-0143/1995 date: 1995-06-12T00:00:00 type: Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading
  • date: 1995-06-15T00:00:00 docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?secondRef=TOC&language=EN&reference=19950615&type=CRE type: Debate in Parliament title: Debate in Parliament body: EP type: Debate in Parliament
  • date: 1995-06-16T00:00:00 docs: type: Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading title: T4-0319/1995 body: EP type: Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
  • date: 1995-06-21T00:00:00 body: CSL type: Council Meeting council: Culture meeting_id: 1860
  • date: 1995-07-10T00:00:00 body: CSL type: Council Meeting council: Economic and Financial Affairs ECOFIN meeting_id: 1863
  • date: 1995-07-10T00:00:00 body: EP type: End of procedure in Parliament
  • date: 1995-07-10T00:00:00 body: EP/CSL type: Act adopted by Council after consultation of Parliament
  • date: 1995-12-30T00:00:00 type: Final act published in Official Journal docs: url: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!CELEXnumdoc&lg=EN&numdoc=31995D0563 title: Decision 1995/563 url: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=OJ:L:1995:321:TOC title: OJ L 321 30.12.1995, p. 0025
committees
  • body: EP responsible: False committee: BUDG date: 1995-04-19T00:00:00 committee_full: Budgets rapporteur: group: PPE name: TILLICH Stanislaw
  • body: EP responsible: False committee: ECON date: 1995-04-18T00:00:00 committee_full: Economic and Monetary Affairs, Industrial Policy rapporteur: group: PSE name: RANDZIO-PLATH Christa
  • body: EP responsible: False committee: JURI date: 1994-12-02T00:00:00 committee_full: Legal Affairs, Citizens' Rights rapporteur: group: PPE name: PALACIO VALLELERSUNDI Ana
links
European Commission
other
  • body: CSL type: Council Meeting council: Former Council configuration
procedure
dossier_of_the_committee
CULT/4/06598
reference
1995/0027(CNS)
instrument
Decision
legal_basis
EC before Amsterdam E 130-p3
stage_reached
Procedure completed
subtype
Legislation
title
Audiovisual industry: MEDIA II 1996-2000, development and distribution of European works
type
CNS - Consultation procedure
final
subject
3.30.01.02 Programmes and actions in audiovisual sector