European Court of Auditors: the end of audiovisual geo-blocking must be examined by 2026

Posted by Isabelle Szczepanski le 24 janvier 2025

As part of its report on the application of the 2018 Geoblocking Regulation, the European Court of Auditors recommends that the Commission rapidly assess, by 2026, whether the scope of the regulation should be extended to audiovisual content. It also considers that this exemption undermines the clarity of the text: this lack of neutrality worries the sector.

The European Court of Auditors this week published a report on unjustified geographic blocking in e-commerce, which is prohibited by Regulation 2018/302. The Court considers, in summary, that « The regulation provides a balanced…

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