Hard Brexit Impact Analysis

Page 58 of 106 Category If no agreement is reached: Consequence EU Document Media Audio- visual As of the withdrawal date EU 27 Member States will be free to take whatever measures they will deem appropriate with regard to audio- visual media services coming from the United Kingdom as a third country and not satisfying the conditions laid down in Article 2 of the Audio-visual Media Services Directive, provided they comply with Union law and the international obligations of the Union WITHDRAWAL OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND EU RULES IN THE FIELD OF AUDIOVISUAL MEDIA SERVICES Media Audio- visual COUNTRY OF ORIGIN AND FREEDOM OF TRANSMISSION / RECEPTION: As of the withdrawal date, audio-visual media services of United Kingdom media service providers received or retransmitted in the EU will no longer benefit from the freedom of reception and retransmission laid down in Article 3 of the Audio-visual Media Services Directive. WITHDRAWAL OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND EU RULES IN THE FIELD OF AUDIOVISUAL MEDIA SERVICES Media Audio- visual As of the withdrawal date EU 27 Member States will be entitled, based on their own national law and, where applicable, within the limits of the European Convention on Transfrontier Television, to restrict reception and retransmission of audio-visual media services originating from the United Kingdom. WITHDRAWAL OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND EU RULES IN THE FIELD OF AUDIOVISUAL MEDIA SERVICES Media Audio- visual Under its Articles 13, 16 and 17, the Audio-visual Media Services Directive lays down specific rules for the promotion of distribution and production of European works, such as minimum quota reserved for European works. Article 1(1)(n) of the current Audio-visual Media Services Directive considers as “European” works originating in European Third States party to the European Convention on Transfrontier Television of the Council of Europe and fulfilling the conditions of paragraph 3 of the above mentioned Article. Therefore, pursuant to the current version of the Directive and without prejudice to any change to the legal framework, works originating in United Kingdom are considered European works even after the withdrawal date for the purpose of fulfilling the quotas under Article 13, 16 and 17 of the Directive. WITHDRAWAL OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND EU RULES IN THE FIELD OF AUDIOVISUAL MEDIA SERVICES Media Copyright As of the withdrawal date, the EU rules in the field of copyright will no longer apply to the United Kingdom. WITHDRAWAL OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND EU RULES IN THE FIELD OF COPYRIGHT