11 Amendments of Henri WEBER related to 2009/2225(INI)
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas citizens will refrain from interacting, expressing their opinions freely and entering into transactions if they do not have sufficient confidence in the legal framework of the new digital space; whereas the guarantee of digital rights is an essential condition for confidence on the part of citizens, and whereas protection of intellectual property and other rights is a condition that must be met if business confidence is to be ensured,
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas Europe's cultural and creative industries not only play an essential role in promoting cultural diversity, pluralism of the media and participative democracy in Europe, but also constitute a major engine of sustainable growth and economic recovery in the European Union,
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas we have not yet achieved a fully functioning single market for online services in Europe; whereas the free movement of digital services is today severely hindered by fragmented rules at national level,; whereas particular attention must be paid to cultural and language specificities in the debate on the establishment of a single market in the creative content sector;
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Commission to come forward with a proposal for a comprehensive strategy and action plan enabling Europe to progress towards an open and prosperous digital society– the aims of which would be defined together with Parliament and the Council - enabling Europe to progress towards an open and prosperous digital society, and offering economic, social and cultural opportunities to all EU citizens; proposes that this new framework be called '2015.eu agenda' and be based on the model of the virtuous 2015.eu spiral;
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls for an ambitious digital agenda at European Union level which will not only encourage investment in new networks and platforms, but also provide guarantees of universal openness, accessibility and availability, as well as of security of communication equipment and infrastructure;
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Underlines the importance of maintaining Europe as the mobile continent in the world and ensuring that 75% of mobile subscribers are 3G (or beyond) users by 2015; recalls the necessity to accelerate the harmoniscoordinated deployment of the digital dividend without compromising existing broadcast services;
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stresses that the ‘digital dividend’ is a source of spectrum of great value for economic, social and cultural development; urges the Commission to recognise the value of existing very popular, competitive and economically prosperous platforms, such as digital terrestrial television, and to allow them to develop while at the same time facilitating the development of other technologies;
Amendment 203 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Stresses that a comprehensive, participative and inclusive approach to the European Union’s digital agenda is highly dependent on non-discriminatory access to services for all citizens and on the effective interoperability of those services;
Amendment 260 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Emphasises the need to develop the free circulation of content and knowledge and to achieve, by 2015, a simple, consumer-friendly legal framework for accessing digital content in Europe, which would give certainty to consumers and ensure robust solutions that are balanced and attractive for users and rights-holders; urges the EU to accelerate the debate on copyright and to establish an EU copyright title under Article 118 ofxplore the possibilities offered by the Treaty for establishing the necessary measures for the Tcreaty on the Functioning of the EU by 2013ion of European intellectual property rights with a view to ensuring harmonised protection of intellectual property throughout the EU;
Amendment 272 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Emphasises also, in the same spirit, the need to provide European citizens with attractive digital goods and services, ensuring the promotion of European works and cultural diversity; draws the Commission's attention, in this connection, to the need to encourage audiovisual media service providers and internet operators to invest in creative content in order to promote the availability of such content on networks; calls on the Commission to support a constructive dialogue between all players on the sector and to consider as a matter of urgency ways of speeding up digitisation and providing online access to the European heritage;
Amendment 275 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Calls on the Commission to consider, within its legislative work programme, the possibility of allowing Member States to apply a reduced VAT rate to the distribution of online cultural goods;