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Working Documents 1983-1984 European Communities EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT Working Documents 1983-1984 16 March 1984 DOCUMENT 1-1541/83 Report drawn up on behalf of the Committee on Youth, Culture, Education, Information and Sport on a policy commensurate with new trends in European television Rapporteur: Mr G. ARFE' f-'E 85.902/fin. Or., IL English Edition On 6 July 1983, the Committee on Youth, Culture, Education, Information and Sport was authorized by the enlarged Bureau to draw up an own-initiative report on the interim report from the Commission of the European Communities to the European Parliament on realities and tendencies in the European television: perspectives and options CCOMC83) 229 final). At its meeting of 21 September 1983, the committee appointej Mr Arfe rapporteur. (a) At its sitting of 25 January 1984, the European Parliament referred the motion for a resolution tabled by Mr Hahn and others on the cr~ation of a. European Fund for television programmes (Doc. 1-1219/83) to the Committee on Youth, Culture, Education, Information and Sport as the committee responsible and to the Committee on Budgets for an opinion. Cb) At its sitting of 25 January 1984, the European Parliament referred the motion for a resolution tabled by Mr Hahn and others on erecting a common reception area for direct broadcasting by satellites in the EC 2nd neighbouring states (Doc. 1-1220/83) to the Committee on Youth, Culture, Education, Information and Sport as the committee responsible and to the Political Affairs Committee and the Legal Affairs Committee for o¢inions. (c) At its sitting of 13 February 1984, the European Parliament referred the motion for a resolution tabled by Mr Costanzo, Mr Del Duca and Mr Lima on radio and television coverage of the EP's proceedings <Doc. 1-1323/83) to the Committee on Youth, Culture, Education, Information and Sport as the committee responsible. The committee considered the prese1t motion for a resolution at its meetings of 25 and 26 January 1984 and •t its meeting of 29 February 1984. At this Last meeting, this motion for a resolution was adopted by 13 votes to 2 with no abstentions. The following committees have decided not to give opinions: - the Committee on Budgets -the Political Affairs Committee - the Legal Affairs Committee. The following took part in the vote: Mr Beumer, chairman; Mr Hahn, vice-chairman; Mr Arfe, rapporteur; Mr Alexiadis, Mr B~gh, Mr Bord (deputizing for Mr Rolland), Mr Brok, Miss Brookes, Mr Davern <deputizing for Mr Geronimi), ~-3- PE 85.902/fin. Mr Hutton (deputizing for Mr Cottrell), Mr Marek (deputizing for Mr Pedini), Mr Nielsen (deputizing for Mr Bangemann), Mr Papapietro <deputizing for Mr Fanti), Mrs Viehoff and Mr Simmonds. The report was tabled on 7 March 1984. The deadline for tabling amendments to this report will be indicated in the draft agenda for the part-session at which it will be debated. - 3a - PE 85.902/fin. CONTENTS A - MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION 5 B- EXPLANATORY STATEMENT ••••••..•.•••.•.•••••.••.••••.•...•.••.•.•.• 11 ANNEXES TO THE EXPLANATORY STATEMENT 29 2 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 31 3 . • . • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 35 4 • • • • • • • • • • • • • . • • • • . • . • • • 37 5 • • . • • • • • • • • • • • • • . • . • • • • 40 ANNEXES Annex I - Motion for a resolution tabled by Mr Hahn and others on the creation of a European Fund for television programmes (Doc. 1-1219/83) ..••.•••••••.••.•.••....•...•.•.....••..... 46 Annex II - Motion for a resolution tabled by Mr Hahn and others on creating a common reception area for direct broadcasting by satellites in the EC and neighbouring states (Doc. 1220/83) ...••..••..•..•.....•............... 48 Annex III - Motion for a resolution tabled by Mr Costanzo, Mr Del Duca and Mr Lima on radio and television coverage of the EP's proceedings (Doc. 1-1323/83) .•.•••.••••.•••...•...••.•... 50 - 4 - PE 85.902/fin. A The Committee on Youth, Culture? Education, Intor1nation and Sport hereby submits to the European Parliament the t o ll ow1ng· mot1on· tor a resolution together with explanatory statement: MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on a policy commensurate with new trends in European television The European Parliament, -having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic community, - having regard to its resolution of 12 March 1983 on radio and television broadcasting in the European Community (Doc. 1-1013/81)1, having regard to the report on the promotion of film-making in the Community countries which was adopted on 10 October 1983 (Doc. 1-504/83) 2 and the report on stronger Community action in the cultural sector which was adopted on 18 November 1983 (Doc. 1-927/83) 3 , - having regard to the interim report by the Commission of the European Communities on realities and tendencies in the European television: perspectives and options CCOMC83) 229 final), - having regard to the motion for a resolution tabled by Mr Ha~n and others on the creation of a European Fund for television programmes CDoc. 1-1219/83), - having regard to the motion for a resolution tabled by Mr Hahn and others on creating a common reception area for direct broadcasting by satellites in the EC and neighbouring states (Doc. 1-1220/83), - having regard to the motion for a resolution tabled by Mr Costanzo, Mr Del Duca and Mr Lima on radio and television coverage of the EP's proceedings (Doc. 1-1323/83), -having regard to the work of the Council of Europe on means of mass communication, - having regard to the Canadian system of aid for the production of television programmes <see Annex 3 to the explanatory statement), 1 --- 2Hahn report- OJ No. C 87, 5 April 1982, p.10 3Pruvot report - OJ No. C 307, 14 November 1983, p.16 fanti report - OJ No. C 342, 19 December 1983, p.127 - 5 - PE 85.902/fin. - having regard to the proposal tor an information programme submitted to Parliament by the Committee on Youth, Culture? Education, Information and Sport <see Annex 2 to the explanatory statement), -whereas direct broadcasting by satellite (D8Sl will be available in Europe as from 1986, together with the expensive cable networks on which the various Governments have already agreed, - having regard to the report of the Committee on Youth, Culture, Education, Information and Sport (Doc. 1-1541/83), A. 2.£.c_e_p_t_"i_n_g the principle it has already put fon.Jard Cin the Hahn report) and that is now being adopted and presented by the Commission, of aid for and possible Community participation in a European television channel; B. having regard to the impact of the speed of technological progress on all aspects of television as a result of new transmission techniques (optical-fibre cables, satellites) as manifester in the data provided in the Commission's interim report and contained ir the documents annexed to the explanatory statement, C. ~r::t!:r.:~~;:: such o2velopments are bound to have a considerable impact on culture, economic life, social habits and consumer choices, as well as the entire television system, D. whereas this inexorable trend towards the internctionalization of television creates a need for sufficient political integration at Community Level to allow timely action to be taken to prevent distortions and imbalances whticr could not easily be remedied subsequently, E. whereas a European television channel should the·efore be seen in the broader context of a European television policy :overing Legislation and rules,, development of the television industry and the production of programmf:s? F.;d_h~.rg_a~ ·it has already expressed in a resolution the vie~oJ, shared by the Commission in its interim report, that information on European policy and the workings of the Community institutions is inadequate and unsuited to the needs and interests of the citizens of Europe, 1. Expresses its warm appreciation to the Commission for its interim report I. ~e LegaL framewor~ 2. ~-ill§._o~ the C0mmission and the Council to provide a reliable legal framework in which to implement the principles of the Treaty of Rome applicable to the subject, particularly the sectors covered by Title 3 (free movement of persons, services and capital) and with reference to Article 235; - 6 - PE 85.902/fin. 3. Calls on the Commission to submit its promised 'Green Paper' interpreting the above-mentioned articles and the foreseeable consequences of implementing them; 4. Calls on the Commission and the Council to cooperate with each other and the Parliament to review national legislation to ensure that it is possible to coordinate the different systems as required. This could include: (a) proposals to allocate transmission time between national, European and other productions; (b) an anti-dumping policy for cinematographic products; (c) a system of self-regulation of advertising covering duration and type of advertising; (d) rules for the protection of children and young people, copyright and authors' rights; (e) study of a combined system of public and private television broadcastins; II. Technical and industrial cooperation 5. Calls on the Commission and the Council to encourage and support technical and industrial cooperation in order to enhance the position of the European industry on the world market and to unify the transmission systems unanimously adopted on 15 July 1983 by all EBU television authorities as an essential prerequisite for the production of multilingual European programmes and the achievement of improvements in the qua;1tity and quali1y of services in the medium term given the prospect of a decrease in the cost of equipment; III. A Eur:~_pean television channelbroadcast by satellite 6. Welcomes the fact that, in its interim report, the Commission describes as urgent the European ~arliament's proposal (Doc. 1-1013/81) to set up, in close collaboration with the EBU, a television channel to be directly broadcast by satellite, and therefore calls on the Council to ·'mbark on the necessary negotiations with a view to creating the Legal, political and material conditions for the establishment of such a channel; 7.
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