Changes from plenary report to adopted text

Article 24 – paragraph 3: 3. National regulatory authorities or bodies shall monitor the allocation of state funding in media markets and to providers of online platforms and providers of online search engines. In order to assess the accuracy of the information on state expenditures made available pursuant to paragraph 2, national regulatory authorities or bodies may request from the entities referred to in paragraph 2 further information, including more detailed information on the application of the criteria and procedures referred to in paragraph 1.

Article 24 – paragraph 3 a (new): 3a. National regulatory authorities or bodies monitoring the allocation of State expenditure shall report annually in a detailed and intelligible manner on the allocation of State expenditure to media service providers, providers of online platforms and providers of online search engine from the details set out to paragraph 2. Annual reports shall be made publicly available in an easily accessible manner.

Article 24 – paragraph 3 b (new): 3b. The allocation of State expenditure to media service providers, providers of online platforms and providers of online search engines for the purposes of emergency messages by public authorities shall become subject to the requirements set out in paragraphs 2 and 3 once the emergency situation has ended. Such allocations shall be subject to the requirements set out in paragraph 1.

Article 25 – paragraph 1: 1. The Commission, in consultation with the Board, shall ensure an independent and continuous monitoring of the internal market for media services, concerning its functioning and resilience, risks to it and its progress in the area of media freedom and media pluralism. The Commission may involve European bodies with relevant expertise in media freedom and media pluralism in that monitoring exercise.

Article 25 – paragraph 2 a (new): 2a. In the monitoring exercise referred to in paragraph 1, the Commission shall take into account the Board’s reports, assessments and recommendations, input from civil society, the results from the Media Pluralism Monitor and the findings of its annual rule of law reports.

Article 25 – paragraph 3 – introductory part: 3. The monitoring exercise shall, in particular:

Article 25 – paragraph 3 – point a: (a) take into account a detailed analysis of the resilience of media markets of all Member States, including an overview of the level of media concentration and risks to media pluralism and the editorial independence of media service providers, including information manipulation and interference;

Article 25 – paragraph 3 – point b: (b) include an overview and forward-looking assessment of the resilience of the internal market for media services as a whole, including as regards the degree of concentration of the market;

Article 25 – paragraph 3 – point b a (new): (ba) include a continuous and detailed assessment of the implementation of Articles 3, 4 and 7;

Article 25 – paragraph 3 – point c: (c) include an overview of measures taken by media service providers with a view to guaranteeing the independence of editorial decisions;

Article 25 – paragraph 3 – point c a (new): (ca) include a detailed assessment of the allocation of public funds for State advertising and purchases;

Article 25 – paragraph 3 – point c b (new): (cb) include an overview of national measures affecting media pluralism and the editorial independence of media service providers, taking into account their political independence and accessibility;

Article 25 – paragraph 3 – point c c (new): (cc) include an overview of the implementation and impact of the functionality of very large online platforms for recognised media service providers as referred to in Article 17;

Article 25 – paragraph 3 – point c d (new): (cd) assess the independence of the national regulatory authorities or bodies.

Article 25 – paragraph 3 a (new): 3a. The Commission shall establish an easy-to-use and publicly available alert mechanism to detect risks concerning the application of this Regulation.

Article 25 – paragraph 4: 4. The monitoring shall be carried out annually. The results of the monitoring shall be presented annually to the European Parliament and shall be made publicly available.

Article 26 – paragraph 1: 1. By [two years after the entry into force of this Regulation] and every two years thereafter, the Commission shall evaluate the implementation of this Regulation and report to the European Parliament, the Council and the European Economic and Social Committee, including on the findings and follow-up measures to be taken.

Article 28 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2: However, Articles 7 to 12 and 27 shall apply from [3 months after the entry into force] and Article 19 shall apply from [24 months after the entry into force].