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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12198

21 February 2019
SECTORAL POLICIES / Digital
Member States validate copyright agreement
Brussels, 20/02/2019 (Agence Europe)

Member States' ambassadors to the EU on Wednesday 20 February endorsed the interim agreement on copyright reform that pushes platforms to conclude licence agreements or to put in place filtering measures unless otherwise agreed. 

The qualified majority was easily achieved: 21 Member States representing 73.5% of the population of the European Union voted in favour of the agreement. Italy, Poland, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Finland voted against. Belgium and Slovenia abstained. In a...

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