European Parliament Plenary adopts further restrictions advertising for energy consuming products
The European Parliament voted in plenary on the report of Mr Tamburrano (EFDD/IT) on the proposal for a regulation setting a framework for energy efficiency labelling and repealing Directive 2010/30/EU.
European press publishers applaud European Commission landmark decision in competition case against Google
European Commissioner for Competition Margrethe Vestager announced that the EU competition authority concluded that Google’s practice of illegally favouring its own services in search results breached EU antitrust rules, undermining competition in Europe.
European press publishers underline the need for an alignment of digital and print VAT rates, following Council Ecofin Meeting
European press publishers regret the outcome of today’s Economic and Financial Affairs Council (Ecofin) meeting, which ended without a political agreement on the adoption of the proposal to amend the existing EU VAT directive in order to allow Member States to apply reduced VAT rates to digital publications.
EMMA and ENPA welcome ECOFIN Council conclusions on VAT for the e-publications
On 25 May 2016, the Council of the EU (ECOFIN) adopted conclusions on the VAT Action Plan “Towards a single EU VAT area”, published on 7 April by the European Commission.
The European Commission today tabled a package of measures to allow consumers and companies to buy and sell products and services online more easily and confidently across the EU.
Review of Audiovisual Media Services’ Directive still impacts media pluralism in the field of advertising
European Parliament has approved the mandate for inter-institutional negotiations to the rapporteurs on the AVMS file in spite of persisting concerns in regard to the press sector.
Review of Audiovisual Media Services’ Directive still impacts media pluralism in the field of advertising
European Parliament has approved the mandate for inter-institutional negotiations to the rapporteurs on the AVMS file in spite of persisting concerns in regard to the press sector.
European Commission sends Statement of Objections to Google on Android operating system and applications
The Commission's preliminary view is that Google has implemented a strategy on mobile devices to preserve and strengthen its dominance in general internet search.
Press freedom and media pluralism under threat in European Parliament vote on the Audiovisual Media Services (AVMS) Directive
Publishers of newspapers and magazines in Europe today sounded the alarm ahead of a vote in the European Parliament on the proposal for an updated AVMS Directive that could seriously undermine media pluralism and press freedom in Europe.
European newspaper and magazine publishers welcome today's announcement by Commissioner Moscovici of a specific proposal coming up this year to reduce VAT rates for e-publications, along with what was announced by President Juncker in May 2015.
