Our Experience

Since 1991, the EPC has lobbied on over 250 different legislative and other proposals and directives directly or indirectly affecting the day-to-day business of the media industry – from 16 different European Commission departments, six Commission Presidents and over 35 Commissioners and their cabinets, and more than 30 European Parliamentary committees over the six terms.

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Our Knowledge And Expertise

When talking to the EPC, legislators have access to the most senior executives and decision-makers of Europe’s major media companies for feedback or information on the real or potential impact of proposed legislation.

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Our Innovation

Via the EPC, legislators have immediate access to the most progressive thinking on new industry developments and innovation.

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1. To sustain and grow Europe’s media economy -  online, in broadcast and in print

2. To inform, educate and entertain Europe’s citizen's

3. To maintain a diverse media as rich and varied as its consumers

4. To protect freedom of speech and uphold democracy in the European Union

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The EPC achieves its goals through the following:

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• By promoting a business-led strategy for the development of the media, with the lightest of regulatory frameworks so that they can flourish without the outdated legal constraints considered necessary at a time of spectrum scarcity.

• By promoting the establishment of self regulatory codes for editorial and advertising content and of mechanisms for the public to seek speedy and effective redress where appropriate.

• By ensuring access for news reporters and their cameras to events and information which serve the public interest.

• By promoting competition amongst those media without the Public Service media using their licence income or subsidy from government to unfair competitive advantage.

• By safeguarding the copyright of publishers' content and authors’ work and promoting fair licensing terms.

• By promoting speedy takedown and removal of copyright protected material from platforms when no authorisation has been granted by publishers or broadcasters.

• By securing the freedom of commercial communication so that  , is not jeopardized by intrusive legislation or disproportionate enforcement actions by data protection authorities.

• By recognizing that advertising performs an essential role in providing consumers with information about goods and services and so guarantees competition in a free market economy.

• By promoting access to, and security of e-commerce and so encouraging consumer confidence in the Digital Single Market. 

• By promoting effective antitrust enforcement against dominant players whose conduct departs from free and fair competition and by supporting appropriate and timely remedies including data-related remedies (e.g. data portability, data interoperability, full protocol interoperability).

• By promoting transparency in the way in which the platforms conduct business, of their algorithms and their collection and use data; requiring audited figures on the reach on their platforms, or on the revenues derived from publishers’ users.

• By promoting fairer competition with the Public Service Media which use their licence income or subsidy from government to unfair competitive advantage.

• By exempting the news media, journals, magazines and books from VAT (whether online or on paper), thus avoiding unwarranted barriers to literacy which is so vital at work and at leisure.

• By promoting the establishment of self-regulatory codes for editorial, advertising and data processing and of mechanisms for the public to seek speedy and effective redress where appropriate.

• By publicizing the activities of the European Commission and Parliament, and the working of the Digital Single Market so that the public are informed about the institutions which govern them.