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Mr President, on 16 March 2004 the Commission adopted a proposal for a Council and Parliament recommendation on the protection of film heritage and the competitiveness of related industrial activities.
Cinematography is an art form contained on a fragile medium, which therefore requires positive, quick and effective action from the public authorities to ensure its preservation. Films bear comprehensive witness to our times. The protection of the European film heritage, including co-productions with third countries, is therefore in the interest of future generations. In order to ensure that the European film heritage is passed down to future generations, it has to be systematically collected, catalogued, preserved and restored. It should also be made accessible for educational, cultural, research or other non-commercial use; in all cases, in compliance with copyright and related rights. It is therefore the Commission’s intention to promote European standards on the cataloguing of films and we have therefore given a mandate to the European Committee for Standardisation to go ahead with preparatory work. That will facilitate the exchange of information and the interoperability of the databases that are kept by the film archives in all Member States. The Commission will also promote cooperation between film archives. One advantage of this cooperation will be the possibility of recuperating and restoring so-called ‘lost films’.
The report and the amendments discussed today reflect the thorough work by the rapporteur and shadow rapporteurs on the one hand, and the presidency on the other. I would like to thank Mr Hegyi for his very constructive work in that respect. The Commission is grateful to all the key players who made it possible to reach a good compromise today.
The Commission proposal, as amended by Parliament, recommends that Member States introduce an obligation to deposit cinematographic works that form part of a Member State’s audiovisual heritage and that have received public funding. Also, and in compliance with the principle of subsidiarity, the text gives Member States the option as to how to implement this obligation, by law or by means of contract: we leave that up to Member States.
A recommendation is the best-adapted instrument available for achieving the objectives of the proposed measures. They are: first, strengthening of the film industry by laying the foundations for the explanation of sleeping catalogues by rights holders; and secondly, the systematic deposit, collection and conservation of Member States’ visual heritages. The Commission is very satisfied –– and I think the citizens are, too – with the prospect of a first reading agreement. The Commission accepts Parliament’s amendments insofar as they correspond to the political agreement reached between Parliament and the presidency and confirmed by Coreper on 2 May 2005."@en1
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