Directive 2010/13/EU on the coordination of certain provisions laid down by law, regulation or administrative action in Member States concerning the provision of audiovisual media services (Audiovisual Media Services Directive)

Summary:

Directive 2010/13/EU - formally adopted by the co-legislators on 10 March 2010 - governing coordination of national legislation across the European Union (EU) on all audiovisual media, both traditional TV broadcasts and on-demand audiovisual media services. This legal act is known as the Audiovisual Media Services Directive (AVMSD). This is a text with EEA relevance.

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The main aim of this Directive is to create and ensure the proper functioning of a single EU market for audiovisual media services, while contributing to the promotion of cultural diversity and providing an adequate level of consumer and child protection.

The European Commission tabled the proposal for this Directive on 21 April 2009, aiming to undertake a codification of Directive 89/552/EEC and to supersede the various acts incorporated in it. The draft law was adopted by the European Parliament on 20 October. It was re-tabled by the Commission on 2 December 2009 to address consequences of the entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon in ongoing inter-institutional decision-making procedures. On 15 February 2010, the Council of the European Union endorsed the draft law as seen by the European Parliament. The Act was signed by the co-legislators on 10 March 2010 and published in the Official Journal on 15 April 2010.

This Directive was amended by Directive (EU) 2018/1808.

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EUR-Lex: COM(2009)185: Proposal for a Directive on the coordination of certain provisions laid down by law, regulation or administrative action in Member States concerning the provision of audiovisual media services (Audiovisual Media Services Directive) https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/ALL/?uri=COM:2009:185:FIN

EUR-lex: COM(2009)655: Communication on the consequences of the entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon for ongoing interinstitutional decision-making procedures https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/ALL/?uri=COM:2009:0665:FIN

European Parliament: Legislative Observatory: Procedure File for Proposal on Audiovisual Media Services: coordination of certain provisions of the Member States. Codification https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/popups/ficheprocedure.do?lang=en&reference=2009/0056(COD)

European Commission: Audiovisual Media Services Directive (AVMSD) https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/en/audiovisual-media-services-directive-avmsd

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