Ahead of the 8 June TTE Council, we urge Member States to remain cautious in their examination of the draft ePrivacy Regulation (ePR). Limited progress has been achieved since the beginning of Council discussions early last year and many questions remain open. More time is needed to assess the ePR’s scope of application, its overlaps […]
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EPC, which gathers together Europe’s leading publishing houses, saw with great regret the approval by the European Parliament in Plenary in Strasbourg of the negotiating mandate, prepared by the LIBE Committee, to enter into trialogue negotiations with the European Commission and the Council. The thin majority (318 votes against 280 and 20 abstentions) highlighted the […]
Read more »More than 30 leading European newspaper publishers have signed a letter addressed to the Commission, MEPs and Council concerning the ePrivacy proposal which could have disastrous, if unintended, consequences for publishers. The proposal is currently under scrutiny at the European Parliament and Council. As currently worded the ePrivacy proposal requires that citizens be asked to consent […]
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