European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Directive 89/552/EEC on the coordination of certain provisions laid down by law, regulation or administrative action in Member States concerning the pursuit of television broadcasting activities (COM(2005)0646 - C6-0443/2005 - 2005/0260(COD))
Date: 2006-12-13
Institutions: Committee on Culture and Education, European Parliament
Subjects: advertising, approximation of laws, audiovisual co-production, audiovisual production, child protection, freedom to provide services, right of establishment

23.12.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 317E/407

Wednesday, 13 December 2006

— having regard to Draft

amending budget No 6/2006, which the Council

established on

30 November 2006 (15635/2006 — C6-0441/2006),

— having regard to Rule 69 of and Annex IV to its Rules of Procedure,

— having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgets (A6-0444/2006),

A. whereas Draft amending budget No 6/2006 aims at budgeting an increase in the forecast of revenue and
a decrease in payment appropriations in the budget lines for Headings 1, 2 and 7, as well as modifying
the remarks of budget Article 1 1 1 concerning sugar storage and of Article 13 03 08,

B. whereas the increase in the forecast of revenue of 2 667 million euro and the decrease in payment appro-

priations of 4 706 million euro are quite substantial,

C. whereas an adoption of Amending Budget No 6/2006 will thus result in the Member States' contribu-

tions for 2006 decreasing by a total of 7 373 million euro,

D. whereas the regular and systematic underestimation of revenue with all its effects should be considered

as an issue deserving further scrutiny,

E. whereas the low level of implementation of payments that were adopted in the annual budgetary proce-

dure remains a constant cause for concern,

F. whereas the two arms of the budgetary authority have come to an agreement on the Budget for 2007,

including the level of payments,

G. whereas Amending Budget No 6/2006, due to its effects on the level of payments in the Budget for

2007, has been included in this agreement,

1. Reminds the Commission of its responsibility to do its utmost to implement payments as adopted by
the budgetary authority within the framework of the annual budgetary procedure;

2. Has decided to accept Council's Draft Amending Budget unamended;

3.

Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council and Commission.

P6_TA(2006)0559

Coordination of certain of
broadcasting ***I

the Member States' provisions on television

legislative resolution on the proposal

European Parliament
the European
Parliament and of the Council amending Council Directive 89/552/EEC on the coordination of
certain provisions laid down by law, regulation or administrative action in Member States
concerning the pursuit of television broadcasting activities (COM(2005)0646 — C6-0443/2005 —
2005/0260(COD))

for a directive of

(Codecision procedure: first reading)

The European Parliament,

— having regard to the Commission proposal

to the European Parliament

and the Council

(COM(2005)0646) (1),

— having regard to Article 251(2) and Articles 47(2) and 55 of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the

Commission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C6-0443/2005),

— having regard to Rule 51 of its Rules of Procedure,

(1) Not yet published in OJ.

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EN

Official Journal of the European Union

23.12.2006

Wednesday, 13 December 2006

— having regard to the report of the Committee on Culture and Education and the opinions of the
Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs, the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy, the
Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection, the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice
and Home Affairs and the Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality (A6-0399/2006);

1. Approves the Commission proposal as amended;

2. Calls on the Commission to refer the matter to Parliament again if it intends to amend the proposal
substantially or replace it with another text;

3.

Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and the Commission.

P6_TC1-COD(2005)0260

Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 13 December 2006 with a view to
the adoption of Directive 2007/…/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council amending
Council Directive 89/552/EEC on the coordination of certain provisions laid down by law,
regulation or administrative action in Member States concerning the pursuit of television broad-
casting activities

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Articles 47(2) and 55
thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee (1),

Having regard to the opinion of the Committee of the Regions (2),

Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 251 of the Treaty (3),

Whereas:

(1)

Directive 89/552/EEC (4) coordinates certain provisions laid down by law, regulation or administrative
action in Member States concerning the pursuit of broadcasting activities. However, new technologies
in the transmission of audiovisual media services call for the regulatory framework to be adapted to
take account of the spread of information and communication technologies (ICT) and the impact of
structural change and technological developments on business models, especially the financing of
commercial broadcasting, and to ensure optimal conditions of competitiveness and legal certainty
for Europe's information technologies and its media industries and services, as well as respect for
cultural and linguistic diversity. The laws, regulations and administrative measures should be as
unobtrusive and simple as possible to allow new and existing audiovisual media services to develop
and flourish, thus allowing for job creation, economic growth, innovation and cultural diversity to
be nurtured.

(1) OJ C 318, 23.12.2006, p. 202.
(2) OJ C …, …, p. …
(3) Position of the European Parliament of 13 December 2006.
(4) Council Directive 89/552/EEC of 3 October 1989 on the coordination of certain provisions laid down by law, regulation or
administrative action in Member States concerning the pursuit of television broadcasting activities (OJ L 298, 17.10.1989,
p. 23). Directive as last amended by Directive 97/36/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 202, 30.7.1997,
p. 60).