18.12.2007 Official Journal of the European Union L 332027 DIRECTIVES DIRECTIVE 2007/65/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 11 December 2007 amending Council Directive 89/552/EEC on the coordination of certain provisions laid down by law, regulation or administrative action in Member States concerning the pursuit of television broadcasting activities (Text with EEA relevance) THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Articles 47(2) and 55 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, Having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee (1), Having regard to the opinion of the Committee of the Regions (3), Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 251 of the Treaty (%), 3) Whereas: (1)  Council Directive 89/552/EEC (*) coordinates certain provisions laid down by law, regulation or administrative 4 action in Member States concerning the pursuit of broad- casting activities. However, new technologies in the trans- mission of audiovisual media services call for adaptation () O] C 318, 23.12.2006, p. 202. () 0] C 51, 6.3.2007, p. 7. (}) Opinion of the European Parliament of 13 December 2006 (not yet published in the Official Journal), Council Common Position of 15 October 2007 (not yet published in the Official Journal), Position of (5) the European Parliament of 29 November 2007. (*) Council Directive 89/552/EEC of 3 October 1989 on the coordi- nation of certain provisions laid down by Law, Regulation or Administrative Action in Member States concerning the pursuit of television broadcasting activities. (O] L 298, 17.10.1989, p. 23). Directive as last amended by Directive 97/36/EC (O] L 202, °) 30.7.1997, p. 60). ©) of the regulatory framework to take account of the impact of structural change, the spread of information and communication technologies (ICT) and technological developments on business models, especially the financing of commercial broadcasting, and to ensure optimal conditions of competitiveness and legal certainty for Europe’s information technologies and its media industries and services, as well as respect for cultural and linguistic diversity. The laws, regulations and administrative measures in Member States concerning the pursuit of television broadcasting activities are already coordinated by Directive 89/552/EEC, whereas the rules applicable to activities such as on-demand audiovisual media services contain disparities, some of which may impede the free movement of those services within the European Community and may distort competition within the internal market. Audiovisual media services are as much cultural services as they are economic services. Their growing importance for societies, democracy — in particular by ensuring freedom of information, diversity of opinion and media pluralism — education and culture justifies the appli- cation of specific rules to these services. Article 151(4) of the Treaty requires the Community to take cultural aspects into account in its action under other provisions of the Treaty, in particular in order to respect and to promote the diversity of its cultures. In its resolutions of 1 December 2005 (°) and 4 April 2006 (%) on the Doha Round and on the WTO Minis- terial Conferences, the European Parliament called for basic public services, such as audiovisual services, to be 285 E, 22.11.2006, p. 126. 0] C 0J C 293 E, 2.12.2006, p. 155.