WRITTEN QUESTION No. 3071/97 by Amedeo AMADEO to the Commission. Protection of minors in audiovisual services
C 134/70 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 30. 4. 98 Given the global nature of the services provided by the new media, will the Commission ensure that all material is subject to classification and labelling without exception (including illegal and harmful material), since content considered illegal in one state may not be so in another? Use of regional declarations or a similar system would help reduce the risk of material considered to be illegal in a given country being received and used in that country. (98/C 134/89) WRITTEN QUESTION E-3069/97 by Amedeo Amadeo (NI) to the Commission (2 October 1997) Subject: Protection of minors in audiovisual services With reference to the Commissionís Green Paper on the protection of minors and human dignity in audiovisual and information services (COM(96) 483 final), will the Commission attempt to strengthen international cooperation on the development, coordination and application of laws, regulations and penalties in this sector? In order to tackle the question of harmful content, steps should be taken on the one hand to improve awareness on the part of parents and educators and, on the other, to introduce technical control devices. (98/C 134/90) WRITTEN QUESTION E-3070/97 by Amedeo Amadeo (NI) to the Commission (2 October 1997) Subject: Protection of minors in audiovisual services The Commission has published a Green Paper on the protection of minors and human dignity in audiovisual and information services (COM(96) 483 final). As far as the protection of minors and human dignity is concerned, the legal and regulatory framework governing illegal and harmful material provided by new media services, which is published and distributed through áclosedí systems such as VOD (video on demand), should include the principles currently governing laws and regulations on existing media such as television, or should be largely based on them. Will the Commission take steps to ensure that illegal and harmful content made available by new media services and published and distributed via áopení systems such as the Internet is subject to specific laws, regulations and penalties? (98/C 134/91) WRITTEN QUESTION E-3071/97 by Amedeo Amadeo (NI) to the Commission (2 October 1997) Subject: Protection of minors in audiovisual services With reference to the Commissionís Green Paper on the protection of minors and human dignity in audiovisual and information services (COM(96) 483 final), will the Commission examine a joint methodology for defining the approach to be adopted at national, European and international level for drawing up a legal and regulatory framework? With this in view, it would be useful to set up a committee or group of experts including representatives of national regulatory bodies, governments and interested parties in order to carry out checks and improve coordination and information at European level