Brüsseler Mediengespräch

The future of media regulation at the Council of Europe

Thursday, 2nd December 2010
The Representation of the State of Rhineland-Palatinate in Brussels, Avenue de Tervueren 60, 1040 Brussels
Invitation
Description

One and a half years have past since the draft Council of Europe Convention on Transfrontier Audiovisual Media Services, aimed at aligning the existing Council of Europe convention with the AVMS-Directive, was submitted. To this date, no text has been presented for ratification to the Member States of the Council of Europe, as the following questions remain unanswered: Do Member States still have the competence to ratify European conventions or is it for the European Union to undertake harmonisation with the AVMSDirective? The European Commission has hitherto held firmly to the view that due to the harmonisation through the AVMS-Directive the conclusion of new conventions cannot be made by the Member States anymore. Should fundamental changes be made to the content of the convention? In Germany it is considered that in future only basic principles of transfrontier audiovisual media services should be laid down. We invite you to a discussion on those questions and possible solutions.

Welcome

Professor Dr. Dieter Dörr
Director of the Media Institute of Mainz

Introduction

Professor Dr. Udo Fink

Deputy Director of the Media Institute of Mainz

Discussion

Marc Jan Eumann
State Secretary for federal affairs, Europe and Media,
State Chancellery of the State North Rhine Westphalia

Professor Dr. Udo Fink

Jan Kleijssen (tbc)
Director of Standard-Setting, Council of Europe

Dr. Michael R. Kogler
Federal Chancellery of the Republic of Austria
Deputy chairman of the Standing Committee on Transfrontier Television

Dr. Harald E. Trettenbrein
European Commission
Directorate General for Information Society and Media
Moderation Presentation

Professor Dr. Matthias Cornils
Deputy Director of the Media Institute of Mainz

Simultaneous translation English/German