Ancillary Copyright for Press publishers / Presseverlegerleistungsschutzrecht

Sehr geehrte / Sehr geehrter Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs,

Under the right of access to documents in the EU treaties, as developed in Regulation 1049/2001, I am requesting documents which contain the following information:

Any document that relates to an ancillary copyright
("Leistungsschutzrecht" für Presseverleger), both referring to
existing or proposed laws in EU Member states as well as any
information relating to the introduction of such right into EU
legislation.

In case documents are classified or cannot be released because of
exceptions or special treatment, I am asking for the name and the
reference number of this document, preferably an ARES reference number.

I am especially but not exclusively looking for information in the
form of proposals, memos, studies, notes, meeting records, letters
to the relevant Commissioners and their Cabinet staff members dealing with EU copyright and the protection of press publishers by application or amendment of EU copyright law. I am also including internal communication within the EC to this request.

If information under the scope of regulation 1049/2001 is not held
by DG MARKT but by the Commission, the Commissioner or another DG
or Commission unit, I would like this information to be included in this request.

I am specifically looking for information up until the responsibilities of copyright shifted from DG MARKT to DG Connect in late 2014, I am therefore limiting the scope of this request from 2011 to late 2014.

Please note that the terminology might be blurry, the common terms for this copyright law are Leistungsschutzrecht für Presseverleger (Presseverlegerleistungsschutzrecht) or more colloquially called "Google-Steuer". Proper English terms are Ancillary Copyright or Neighbouring rights (for press publishers), also Google-Tax. Two existing laws include the German Leistungsschutzrecht für Presseverleger (Achtes Gesetz zur Änderung des Urheberrechtsgesetzes vom 7. März 2013) and the Spanish Canon AEDE (Ley 21/2014, de 4 de noviembre, por la que se modifica el texto refundido de la Ley de Propiedad Intelectual, aprobado por Real Decreto Legislativo 1/1996, de 12 de abril, y la Ley 1/2000, de 7 de enero, de Enjuiciamiento Civil).

If documents only partially refer to a narrow interpretation of the scope of this request, I suggest to refrain from redaction of seemingly unrelated parts in the interest of time and effort.

Mit freundlichem Gruß,

Mathias Schindler

Dear Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs,

please send me the Gestem ID under which my request was registered.

Yours faithfully,

Mathias Schindler

Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs

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Dear Mr Schindler,
 
Thank you for your e-mail dated 21/09/2015.  We hereby acknowledge receipt
of your application for access to documents, which was registered on
22/09/2015 under reference number GestDem 2015/5033 and then reattributed
to DG CNECT on 28/09/2015.
 
In accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 regarding public access to
European Parliament, Council and Commission documents, your application
will be handled within 15 working days. The time limit will expire on
13/10/2015. In case this time limit needs to be extended, you will be
informed in due course.
 
You have lodged your application via the AsktheEU.org website. Please note
that this is a private website which has no link with any institution of
the European Union. Therefore the European Commission cannot be held
accountable for any technical issues or problems linked to the use of this
system.
 
Yours faithfully,
 
 
Annalisa La Rovere
Legal assistance/Access to documents
European Commission
DG for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs
Tel: +32 (0)2 295 8358
Unit A5
BREY 13/74 | 1049 Brussels

 
 
 

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Dear Annalisa La Rovere,

thank you for your reply.

Yours faithfully,

Mathias Schindler

EC ARES NOREPLY, Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs

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Veuillez trouver ci-joint le document Ares(2015)4262855 concernant "R/ GESTDEM 2015/5033 - Ancillary Copyright for Press publishers / Presseverlegerleistungsschutzrecht" envoyé par M/Mme MARTIN-PRAT Maria le 13/10/2015.

Please find attached document Ares(2015)4262855 regarding "R/ GESTDEM 2015/5033 - Ancillary Copyright for Press publishers / Presseverlegerleistungsschutzrecht" sent by Mr/Ms MARTIN-PRAT Maria on 13/10/2015.

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Dear Mr Schindler,

 

Please find attached an advance copy of our reply to your request
regarding your public access to document request GestDem 2015/5033.

 

Best regards,

 

CNECT F.5

[1]Description: Description: Description: cid:786244307@11052012-22C6

European Commission

DG CONNECT

Unit F5 – Copyright

BU-25 01/072

E-mail: [2][email address]

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Veuillez trouver ci-joint le document Ares(2015)4806098 concernant "R/GESTDEM 2015/5033 - Ancillary Copyright for Press publishers / Presseverlegerleistungsschutzrecht" envoyé par M. VIOLA Roberto le 03/11/2015.

Please find attached document Ares(2015)4806098 regarding "R/GESTDEM 2015/5033 - Ancillary Copyright for Press publishers / Presseverlegerleistungsschutzrecht" sent by Mr. VIOLA Roberto on 03/11/2015.

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