Prior public consultation on the modification of Royal Decree 988/2015, of 30 November, regulating the legal regime of the obligation of advance financing of certain European audiovisual works

A public consultation is being opened, in accordance with Article 26.2 of Law 50/1997, of November 27, of the Government, to obtain contributions from agents present in the audiovisual sector in relation to the introduction of technical improvements in Royal Decree 988/2015, of October 30, which regulates the legal regime of the obligation of advance financing of European audiovisual works.

With the dual objective of facilitating the fulfilment of the obligation for audiovisual media service providers and facilitating the supervision of the responsible body, that is, the National Commission on Markets and Competition, questions are raised in relation to technical issues to be modified from the regulatory standard in question.

At the beginning of the contribution, the sender must indicate his identification through his name or social denomination and his contact details.

Only those responses in which the sender is identified and their contribution is made within the framework of this consultation will be considered.

In general, the responses and contributions received will be considered susceptible to public dissemination. The parts of the information submitted that, in the opinion of the interested party, should be treated confidentially and therefore should not be freely disseminated, must be specifically indicated in the text itself, and the reasons for requesting confidential treatment must be justified in a reasoned manner. Generic messages of confidentiality of information will not be taken into account for these purposes.