3 Amendments of Andreas SCHWAB related to 2007/2261(INI)
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Supports the principle of the collective sale of television broadcasting rights, in order to ensure the equitable redistribution of this important financial resourcemedia rights, as long as a solidarity mechanism ensures that the revenues are redistributed equitably; calls on European sports organisations to set up a transparent and non-discriminatory licensing procedure to ensure greater transparency of financial flows and prevent distortions of competition;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Underlines the necessity for better control of the sports betting market and preservation of sport’s integrity, asks the Commission to come forward with a proposal ensuring a functioning sports betting market in the European Union on the basis of a State or State-controlled licensing system, providing for Member States to take necessary and appropriate measures against compulsive gambling, respecting the sport event organisers’ rights and, preventing misuse and corruption and allowing the possibility of a stable source of funding to promote professional and amateur sport;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls on the Commission to come forward with a legal and economic framework on professional sports, whiguidelines on sports that would consider in detail the legal and political implications of Article 149 of the Lisbon Treaty version of the EC Treaty for the competences of the Member States, and the subsidiarity principle; recognising at all times that matters concerning the general organisation and rules of professional sport are best left to the national authorities and that action on the part of the EU should only be taken where necessary.