14 Amendments of Laurence FARRENG related to 2023/2053(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 19 a (new)
Citation 19 a (new)
– Having regard to the Council Resolution of 12 February 2001 on the application of national fixed book-price systems,
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the book sector has been suffering from a steady decline in reading, especially in the recent years when the use of modern technologies like social media, digital platforms and apps has replaced reading for pleasure as a leisure time activity;
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas authors are the creative source of all books;
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas on 15 February 2023, the Commission decided to refer 11 Member States to the Court of Justice of the European Union for failing to notify the Commission of transposition measures under two Directives with respect to copyright;
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas self-censorship of writers is a worrying phenomenon that has a great impact on the freedom of expression, variety of content and cultural diversity;
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)
Recital K a (new)
Ka. whereas Brexit has significantly affected the European book market, namely in English-speaking Member States such as Ireland, that heavily relies on the UK’s book market; whereas Brexit has an immense influence on the book sectors’ supply chain by increasing the prices of books and shipment and customs costs, while disrupting the imports of books printed in continental Europe and exports to the EU Member States and other countries, such as the US or Australia, thus negatively affecting the dissemination of European content;
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K b (new)
Recital K b (new)
Kb. whereas Brexit has a strong impact on skills in the publishing sector by reducing the student exchange between the UK, Ireland and other European countries in the highly-regarded publishing programmes, thus making it more difficult to develop much-needed skills and limiting the opportunities of young Europeans interested in the sector;
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Underlines the need to ensure a balance in the book ecosystem by fulfilling the specific roles of the various actors of the value chain, such as authors, publishers, printers, distributors, translators, booksellers and libraries;
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Underlines the duty of public cultural institutions to support the publication and the promotion of diverse titles that carry significant cultural or societal value, but may not necessarily count on commercial success;
Amendment 91 #
8a. Underlines the importance of the mobility and exchanges between authors in order to facilitate their creative work and improve their opportunities to gain new professional experiences abroad;
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Welcomes the new mobility action Culture Moves Europe in the frame of the Creative Europe Programme offering mobility grants to artists and cultural professionals, in particular for literary translators;
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 c (new)
Paragraph 8 c (new)
Amendment 133 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Encourages the Member States to further support the green transition of the book sector through financial incentives or other measures, for the whole supply chain, including the usage of raw materials, sustainable packaging and transport needed for the production and distribution of printed books;
Amendment 136 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)
Paragraph 18 b (new)
18b. Calls on the Member States, together with the stakeholders, to create plans for disposal of excess and defective book copies as a part of the sectors’ green transition;