8 Amendments of Marco CAPPATO related to 2007/0248(COD)
Amendment 94 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 24
Recital 24
(24) .A television broadcast is a linear audiovisual media service as defined in the Audiovisual Media Services Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council of [….] 2007, which is provided by a media service provider for simultaneous viewing of programmes on the basis of a programme schedule; a media service provider may provide a number of audio or audio visual programme schedules (channels). Legal “must-carry” obligations may be applied, but only to specified broadcast channels supplied by a specified media service provider. Member States should provide a clear justification for the “must carry” obligations in their national law so as to ensure that such obligations are transparent, proportionate and properly defined. In that regard, “must carry” rules should be designed in a way which provides sufficient incentives for efficient investment in infrastructure. “Must carry” rules should be periodically reviewed in order to keep them up-to-date with technological and market evolution in order to ensure that they continue to be proportionate to the objectives to be achieved. Given the rapid change in technology and market conditions such a full review would need to be carried out at least every three years and would require a public consultation of all stakeholders. One or moreAll broadcast channels mayshould be complemented by services to improve accessibility - at least in the case of public service programmes such as television news and current affairs programmes - for users with disabilities, such as a videotext service, subtitling service, an audio description or sign language.
Amendment 117 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 3
Article 1 – point 3
Directive 2002/22/EC
Article 4 – paragraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 2
2. The connection provided shall beprovision of broadband capable of supporting voice, facsimile and data communications, at data rates that are sufficient to permit functional Internet access, taking into acc shall be ensured throughount prevailing technologies used by the majority of subscribers and technological feasibilitthe territory.
Amendment 121 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 3
Article 1 – point 3
Directive 2002/22/EC
Article 4 – paragraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 2
2. The connection provided shall be capable of supporting voice, facsimile and data communications, at data rates that are sufficient to permit functional Internet access, taking into account prevailing technologies used by the majority of subscribers and technological feasibility, but may not be below 7/Mbit/s.
Amendment 131 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 5
Article 1 – point 5
Directive 2002/22/EC
Article 7 – paragraph 2 c (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. The Member states shall adopt specific provisions to ensure that SMS messages or video calls are provided free or at cost price (partial exemption) for people with hearing impairments or other users with serious disabilities.
Amendment 194 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 13 – point a
Article 1 – point 13 – point a
Directive 2002/22/EC
Article 22 – paragraph 1
Article 22 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that national regulatory authorities are, after taking account of the views of interested parties, able to require undertakings that provide publicly available electronic communications networks and/or services to publish comparable, adequate and up-to- date information for end-users on the quality of their services, including equivalent access for disabled end-users. The information shall, on request, also be supplied to the national regulatory authority in advance of its publication. There shall be a requirement for invoices for telecommunications services to be issued at regular intervals (at least every six months) and clearly state any concessions, with particular reference to partial exemptions for people with serious disabilities.
Amendment 232 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 16
Article 1 – point 16
Directive 2002/22/EC
Article 28 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point (b) b (new)
Article 28 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point (b) b (new)
(bb) connection services are provided for text telephones, video telephones and products which help to enable elderly people or people with disabilities to communicate, at least in the case of emergency calls.
Amendment 245 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 18
Article 1 – point 18
Directive 2002/22/EC
Article 30 – paragraph 6
Article 30 – paragraph 6
6. Without prejudice to any minimum contractual period, nNational regulatory authorities shall ensure that conditions and procedures for termination of contract do not act as a disincentive for changing suppliers of services and no minimum contractual period may be imposed.
Amendment 251 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 19
Article 1 – point 19
Directive 2002/22/EC
Article 31 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 31 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Member States may impose reasonable “must carry” obligations, for the transmission of specified radio and television broadcast channels and accessibility services, on undertakings under their jurisdiction providing electronic communications networks used for the distribution of radio or television broadcasts to the public where a significant numberthe majority of end-users of such networks use them as their principal means to receive radio and television broadcasts. Such obligations shall only be imposed where they are necessary to meet general interest objectives as clearly and specifically defined by each Member State in its national law and shall be proportionate and, transparent and applied to the dominant platforms.