France, AVMS Directive: implementing heavier obligations for on-demand AV media service providers
France
December 9 2020
On 29 October 2020, the French Ministry for Culture released a draft Ordinance and a draft Decree implementing the Audiovisual Media Services Directive. This forthcoming implementation, among the first of its kind in the EU, comes at a time when the COVID pandemic increasingly harms businesses in the audiovisual and entertainment field.
On 5 December 2019, the French Ministry for Culture launched what was qualified as a major reform with respect to the media and entertainment sector, filing a Government Bill at the French National Assembly. This Government Bill aimed in particular at implementing into French law the provisions set under the DSM Directive, Directive 2019/789, known as the Cable and Satellite Directive, and Directive 2018/1808, known as the AVMS Directive .