A fair deal for Europe's creators

Speech Charlie McCreevy "A fair deal for Europe's creators", Creators Conference organised by UK Music London, 11 December 2008

Let us now move on to the legislative process. Since the beginning of September 2008 the proposal is being discussed with Member States in the European Council, and the French presidency has already presented several 'compromise papers' taking into account remarks made by various delegations.

While the debate in the European Council will continue into next Spring, the proposal is now making its way through the European Parliament. The Parliament's Legal Affairs Committee has presented its draft report and a report with their amendments will be voted on by January 2009. The Committee wants film actors to be part of the proposal and wants to strengthen the 'clean slate' provision for featured artists. Both of these amendments are welcome.

The associated committees in Parliament – culture, transport and internal market – are all expected to vote on their draft reports by the end of the year. The committees are favourable to the proposal and have tabled a variety of amendments that do not risk the overall aims of the proposal being met.

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