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The European Coalitions for Cultural Diversity welcome the adoption of Vivian Reding’s report by the European Parliament on February 3rd, which makes recommendations to the European Commission notably to preserve cultural diversity as part of the negotiations of the TISA trade agreement. Read the Press Release
The European Coalitions for Cultural Diversity have officially launched an association with the objective to become a priviledged interlocutor with European institutions and to better defend a strong ambition for culture in Europe. Read the press release
While the European Commissioners-designates’ hearings by the European Parliament are fast approaching, the European Coalitions for Cultural Diversity want clarification on the roadmap & agenda of the new Commission vis-à-vis creation, culture and copyright
In their letter recently addressed to the European Commissioner for Competition, Joaquin Almunia, the European Coalitions requested clarification on the revision of the General Block Exemption Regulation on state aid measures which shall grant a notification exemption to aids for culture and for audiovisual works. Addressing their concerns on the...
The European Coalitions for Cultural Diversity ask the European Union not to question the founding principles of copyrights. Last December, the European Commission launched a public consultation on the review of copyrights rules. Deadline for inputs was Wednesday, March 5 2014. In their answer to the EC’s questionnaire, only available...
Over a hundred participants gathered at the European Parliament to attend the conference “How to adapt fiscal policies applying to cultural and audiovisual goods and services in the digital era?” organized by the European coalitions for cultural diversity on February 11th in Brussels. Members of the European Parliament and members...
The digital revolution brings numerous challenges for cultural and audiovisual goods and services: divergent VAT rates between member states, depending on whether they apply to physical or digital devices; Internet giants which establish their headquarters so as to escape taxation and obligations to support creation; the need to renew and...
The European coalitions for cultural diversity are relieved by the adoption of the new Cinema Communication The European coalitions for cultural diversity welcome the positive amendments in the new text of the Cinema Communication adopted by the European Commission a few days ago which states the criteria applicable within the...
The European Coalitions for cultural diversity welcome this success and urge the European Commission to respect the States’ decision The European Coalitions for cultural diversity congratulate EU Member States for their decision on June 14th to exclude audiovisual services from the negotiating mandate of the Free Trade Agreement between Europe...
The European Coalitions for cultural diversity support the petition European filmmakers launched in order to denounce the negotiating mandate of the European Commission drafted within the framework of the forthcoming trade negotiations between Europe and the United States. Read the press release © Gina Sanders – Fotolia.com
The thirteen European coalitions wrote to M. Barroso to ask for the European Commission to respect its commitment to defend and promote the diversity of cultural expressions made when signing the 2005 UNESCO Convention. They urged him to obtain the exclusion of the cultural and audiovisual sector from the trade...
In their letter dated October 15th 2012, the European coalitions were urging Commissionner Piebalgs, in charge of development, to ensure that the development programs take culture into consideration and respect the terms of the 2005 UNESCO Convention. In his answer, M. Piebalgs confirmed the European Commission’s strong commitment for culture...