At the end of February the European Parliament legal committee (JURI) will give its verdict on the draft directive and regulation for implementing the Marrakesh Treaty facilitating access to books for the visually impaired. The rapporteur, Max Andersson (Greens/EFA, Sweden) explained, “We decided to postpone the vote by a month in order to give the culture committee an opportunity to speak on the matter”.
Given that a vote was not forthcoming at the end of January, as initially planned,...