Activities of Françoise CASTEX related to 2013/2114(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Private copying levies (short presentation)
Reports (1)
REPORT on private copying levies PDF (166 KB) DOC (77 KB)
Amendments (9)
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 4
Citation 4
– having regard to the judgments of the Court of Justice of the European Union, particularly in cases C-467/08, Padawan v SGAE, of 21 October 2010, C-462/09, Stichting de Thuiskopie v Opus Supplies Deutschland GmbH and others, of 16 June 2011, C-277/10, Martin Luksan v Petrus van der Let, of 9 February 2012, C-457/11 – C-460/11, VG Wort v Kyocera Mita and others, of 27 June 2013, and C-521/11, Austro Mechana v Amazon, of 11 July 2013,
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas these levies only constitute a smallminute proportion of the turnover – estimated to total more than EUR 1 000 billion – of manufacturers and importers of traditional and digital recording media and material, which for the most part are non- European companies;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
L. whereas disparities exist between the various models and collection rates for private copying levies and between their impact on consumers and the single market; and whereas, to preserve the underlying stability of the system in the digital age in these days of the single market, the royalty arrangements in many Member States should be modernised and a European framework should be created that guarantees that equivalent conditions apply to rightholders, consumers, manufacturers and importers of equipment and service providers across the Union;
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to consider whether they might implement an enhanced cooperation procedure with a view to establishing a European private copying levy system;
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Recommends that, in addition to this primary responsibility incumbent upon manufacturers and importers, there should be a joint responsibility applying to all those involved in the sales chain, extending as far as the ultimate consumer, the object being to prevent fraud and unfair competition;
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Recommends that, in the case of cross- border transactions, private copying levies be collected in the Member State in which the product is placed on the market and that the product then be allowed to circulate freely in the internal market without being subject to additional leviesof residence of the end user, in keeping with the Court of Justice’s Opus ruling;
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls on the Commission to assess the desirability of setting up a European declaration portal to lighten the workload and simplify the declaration process for manufacturers and importers; notes that the purpose of such a portal would be to provide a single site on which importers and distance sellers could declare cross- border sales and movements of eligible products;
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Takes the view that, accordingly, private copying levies cannot be collected by a collective management organisation of a Member State if remuneration of the same kind has already been collected in another Member Statefor the same product in several Member States; any levies unduly paid in a Member State other than that of the end user should be reimbursed;
Amendment 145 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Points out that the implementation of exclusive rights does not guarantee all rightholders, and in particular performance artists and certain categories of author in a number of Member States, a fair and proportional share of revenue arising from the use of their works;