P8_TA(2019)0231 Copyright in the Digital Single Market ***I European Parliament legislative resolution of 26 March 2019 on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on copyright in the Digital Single Market (COM(2016)0593 — C8-0383/2016 — 2016/0280(COD)) P8_TC1-COD(2016)0280 Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 26 March 2019 with a view to the adoption of Directive (EU) 2019/… of the European Parliament and of the Council on copyright and related rights in the Digital Single Market and amending Directives 96/9/EC and 2001/29/EC
Date: 2019-03-26
Institutions: Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, Committee on Culture and Education, Committee on Industry, Research and Energy, Committee on International Trade, Committee on Legal Affairs, Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection, European Parliament
Subjects: audiovisual industry, copyright, cross-frontier data flow, cultural heritage, digital technology, reprography, single market, trans-European network, transmission network








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26.3.2021   


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Official Journal of the European Union


C 108/231






P8_TA(2019)0231
Copyright in the Digital Single Market ***I
European Parliament legislative resolution of 26 March 2019 on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on copyright in the Digital Single Market (COM(2016)0593 — C8-0383/2016 — 2016/0280(COD))
(Ordinary legislative procedure: first reading)
(2021/C 108/24)

The European Parliament,






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having regard to the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council (COM(2016)0593),










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having regard to Article 294(2) and Article 114 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, pursuant to which the Commission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C8-0383/2016),










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having regard to the opinion of the Committee on Legal Affairs on the proposed legal basis,










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having regard to Article 294(3) and to Articles 53(1), 62 and 114 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,










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having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee of 25 January 2017 (1),










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having regard to the opinion of the Committee of the Regions of 8 February 2017 (2),










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having regard to the provisional agreement approved by the committee responsible under Rule 69f(4) of its Rules of Procedure and the undertaking given by the Council representative by letter of 20 February 2019 to approve Parliament’s position, in accordance with Article 294(4) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,










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having regard to Rule 59 and 39 of its Rules of Procedure,










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having regard to the report of the Committee on Legal Affairs and the opinions of the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection, the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy, the Committee on Culture and Education and the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (A8-0245/2018),












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Adopts its position at first reading hereinafter set out;












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Takes note of the statement by the Commission annexed to this resolution;












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Calls on the Commission to refer the matter to Parliament again if it replaces, substantially amends or intends to substantially amend its proposal;












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Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council, the Commission and the national parliaments.






(1)  OJ C 125, 21.4.2017, p. 27.

(2)  OJ C 207, 30.6.2017, p. 80.




P8_TC1-COD(2016)0280
Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 26 March 2019 with a view to the adoption of Directive (EU) 2019/… of the European Parliament and of the Council on copyright and related rights in the Digital Single Market and amending Directives 96/9/EC and 2001/29/EC

(As an agreement was reached between Parliament and Council, Parliament's position corresponds to the final legislative act, Directive (EU) 2019/790.)






ANNEX TO THE LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

COMMISSION’S STATEMENT ON SPORT EVENT ORGANISERS


‘The Commission acknowledges the importance of sports events organisations and their role in financing of sport activities in the Union. In view of the societal and economic dimension of sport in the Union, the Commission will assess the challenges of sport event organisers in the digital environment, in particular issues related to the illegal online transmissions of sport broadcasts’.