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The French Coalition for Cultural Diversity is sounding the alarm as the trade negotiations launched in 2017 by 71 member states of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) to establish standards for e-commerce accelerate, posing a major risk to the future of cultural diversity in the digital age. During the negotiations...
TRILOGUE DISCUSSIONS ON AVMS: SAME RULES FOR LINEAR AND VOD SERVICES Based on the European Commission’s proposal on the AVMS directive, the Council and the European Parliament (in its CULT Committee report) have endorsed article 13 § 2. This article enables Member States to require VOD services targeting audiences in...
The ECCD welcomes the end of the trilogue’s discussions regarding the proposal for a regulation against unjustified geoblocking within the internal market and the exclusion of cultural services from its scope. This regulation was proposed by the European Commission in May 2016 as part of the Digital Single Market strategy....
On 25th May, the European Commission released several legislative proposals related to digital matters (on geoblocking, internet platforms, audiovisual media services). The European Coalitions for Cultural Diversity are pleased to note a significant and welcome evolution of the European Executive’s position vis-à-vis its ambition for culture in the digital environment....
On the occasion of a meeting organized in France by Matthias Fekl, French State Secretary in charge of Foreign Trade, promotion of Tourism and French Citizens abroad, Cecilia Malmström, European Commissioner for Trade, confirmed the exclusion of audiovisual services from EU/US trade negotiations, no matter their form of distribution (both...
EU-US trade negotiations: the European Coalitions for Cultural Diversity welcome the position of the European Parliament supporting cultural exception The European Parliament, gathered in Plenary session in Strasbourg, sent yesterday a very good signal to the Council by adopting at a wide majority (391 votes in favor; 191 against; 17...
With a single voice, European filmmakers are requesting that audiovisual and cinema services be excluded from the forthcoming trade negotiations between Europe and the United States. The French Coalition fully supports this initiative and invites anyone who is attached to cultural diversity to sign this petition now opened to all. Link...
The French Coalition for Cultural Diversity expressed its concern following the announcement by the European Council and the US President, Barack Obama, about the pending negotiations aimed at securing a free-trade agreement between the European Union and the United States. Read more © Lack-O’Keen – Fotolia.com
A rather unsatisfactory answer from the European Trade Commissioner Mrs Trüpel and Mrs Kammerevert, German eurodeputies who are following up on culture and trade negotiations have put forward two written questions to European Trade Commisioner Karel de Gucht. The questions dealt with the treatment of the cultural sector in the...
The European Commission disclaims any risk for cultural diversity In reply to a question from Euro-deputy Kader Arif, relaying the concerns of the cultural sector regarding the integration of cultural and audiovisual services in the EU / Canada trade agreement, Commissioner Karel de Gucht, in charge of Trade, disclaims there...
The European coalitions for cultural diversity contributed to the European Commission’s (DG Trade) on the EU’s future trade policy. They called on the Commission (both DG TRADE and DG EAC) to develop a specific strategy for CCPs in order to ensure the autonomy of the cultural negotiation and the implementation...
Organised on 18th may 2009 by the CNC on the occasion of the 62nd International Film Festival in Cannes, this debate was lead by Christine Albanel, French minister of Culture and Communication ; Anne-Marie Idrac, Secretary of State – External Trade ; Ignasi Guardans Cambó, Director of the ICAA (Spain)...