3 Amendments of Gerben-Jan GERBRANDY related to 2016/0152(COD)
Amendment 58 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3 a (new)
Recital 3 a (new)
(3a) Although the present Regulation aims to address geo-blocking and hence taking down a barrier to the functioning of the internal market, it needs to be kept in mind that many other differences in Member States' legislation, such as different national standards, or a lack of mutual recognition or harmonisation at Union level, still constitute significant barriers that continue to lead to fragmentation in the single market.
Amendment 83 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) In certain cases, blocking, limiting of access or redirection without the customer's consent to an alternative version of an online interface for reasons related to the customer's nationality, place or residence or place of establishment might be necessary in order to ensure compliance with a legal requirement in Union law or in the laws of Member States in accordance with Union law. Such laws can limit customers' access to certain goods or services, for instance by prohibiting the display of specific content in certain Member States. Traders should not be prevented from complying with such requirements and thus be able to block, limit the access or redirect certain customers or customers in certain territories to an online interface, insofar as that is necessary for that reason. Furthermore, the application of this regulation should not prevent Member States from applying their fundamental rules and principles relating to the freedom of press and freedom of expression.
Amendment 94 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22
Recital 22
(22) Traders falling under the special scheme provided in Chapter 1 of Title XII of Council Directive 2006/112/EC27 are not required to pay VAT in the Member State where they are established. For those traders, when providing electronically supplied services, the prohibition of applying different general conditions of access for reasons related to the nationality, place of residence or place of establishment of the customer would imply a requirement to register in order to account for VAT of other Member States and might entail additional costs, which would be a disproportionate burden, considering the size and characteristics of the traders concerned. Therefore, those traders should be exempted from that prohibition for such time as such a scheme is applicable. _________________ 27 Council Directive 2006/112/EC of 28 November 2006 on the common system of value added tax (OJ L 347, 11.12.2006, p. 1–118)