6. Permitted uses of certain works and other protected subject-matter for the benefit of persons who are blind, visually impaired or otherwise print disabled ***I - Cross-border exchange of accessible format copies of certain works and other protected subject-matter for the benefit of persons who are blind, visually impaired or otherwise print disabled ***I (debate)

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Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on certain permitted uses of works and other subject-matter protected by copyright and related rights for the benefit of persons who are blind, visually impaired or otherwise print disabled and amending Directive 2001/29/EC on the harmonisation of certain aspects of copyright and related rights in the information society [COM(2016)0596 - C8-0381/2016 - 2016/0278(COD)] - Committee on Legal Affairs. Rapporteur: Max Andersson (A8-0097/2017)

Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the cross-border exchange between the Union and third countries of accessible format copies of certain works and other subject-matter protected by copyright and related rights for the benefit of persons who are blind, visually impaired or otherwise print disabled [COM(2016)0595 - C8-0380/2016 - 2016/0279(COD)] - Committee on Legal Affairs. Rapporteur: Max Andersson (A8-0102/2017)

Max Andersson introduced the reports.

The following spoke: Christos Stylianides (Member of the Commission).

The following spoke: Helga Stevens (rapporteur for the opinion of the EMPL Committee), Helga Trüpel (rapporteur for the opinion of the CULT Committee), Angel Dzhambazki (rapporteur for the opinion of the CULT Committee), Rosa Estaràs Ferragut (rapporteur for the opinion of the PETI Committee), Margrete Auken (rapporteur for the opinion of the PETI Committee), Tadeusz Zwiefka, on behalf of the PPE Group, Julie Ward, on behalf of the S&D Group, Jiří Maštálka, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Isabella Adinolfi, on behalf of the EFDD Group, Marie-Christine Boutonnet, on behalf of the ENF Group, Eleftherios Synadinos, non-attached Member, Emil Radev, Tiemo Wölken, Kostadinka Kuneva and Gilles Lebreton.

The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Csaba Sógor, Silvia Costa, Notis Marias, João Pimenta Lopes, José Inácio Faria and Nicola Caputo.

The following spoke: Christos Stylianides and Max Andersson.

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 6.7.2017, item 11.7 and minutes of 6.7.2017, item 11.8.