We also appreciate the special attention given to public establishments such as libraries and archives and other teaching, educational or cultural establishments which serve the public interest. However, further improvements are needed to enable everybody, irrespective of financial or other constraints, to benefit from and fully participate in the information society by using the services offered by libraries and other related public institutions. Specific comments 5. In the light of the continuing debate on this draft Directive especially in the Council of Ministers, we would like to draw special attention to the following issues and concerns. The list of exceptions should be flexible and more open .
Directive sets out a list of permitted exceptions, which is exhaustive.
Member States will therefore not be allowed to provide for any exceptions other than those enumerated. This means that not only will exceptions for the digital environment be extremely limited, existing national exceptions covering the analogue environment will also have to be reduced to the listed few. The EU Directive which is implementing the WIPO Copyright Treaty must not be more restrictive than international treaties in order to ensure that there are no barriers to the Internal Market. There is no evidence that the present UK exemptions, for example, which have been devised strictly in accordance with the three step test have distorted competition in any way. An exception needed for viewing on a screen .