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Research for CULT Committee - The Implementation and Future of the revised Audiovisual Media Services Directive: Policy Recommendations
The following policy recommendations supplement the Background Analysis that was prepared for the European Parliament’s Committee on Culture and Education (CULT committee) on the “Implementation of the revised Audiovisual Media Services Directive – Background Analysis of the main aspects of the 2018 AVMSD revision” . In view of the integration of the revised Audiovisual Media Services Directive (Directive 2010/13/EU; AVMSD) by Directive (EU) 2018/1808 in the national legislative frameworks by transposition ...
Research for PECH Committee - Electronic technologies for fisheries - Part III: Systems adapted for small-scale vessels
This At-a-glance note is the third in a series of three, prepared for a PECH Committee Workshop. It examines and presents possibilities of electronic technologies (ET) that can be used to report, document and monitor fishery activities of the small-scale vessel fleet. The national fishing fleets in the EU are large where most of the vessels are less than 12 metres in length. The information on this fleet segment’s fishing activities is limited and insufficient for documentation of the fleet’s impact ...
Recherche pour la commission PECH – Atelier sur les technologies électroniques de gestion des pêches – Partie II: Systèmes de surveillance électronique
Le présent document est un résumé de l’étude pour l’atelier sur les technologies électroniques de gestion des pêches - Partie II: systèmes de surveillance électronique. L’intégralité de l’étude, disponible en anglais, peut être téléchargée à l’adresse suivante: https://bit.ly/3u2ok82
What if your emotions were tracked to spy on you?
Recent reports of celebrity singer, Taylor Swift, deploying facial recognition technology to spot stalkers at her concerts raised many eyebrows. What started out as a tool to unlock your smartphone or tag photos for you on social media is surreptitiously becoming a means of monitoring people in their daily lives without their consent. What impact and implications are facial recognition technology applications likely to have, and what can be done to ensure the fair engagement of this technology with ...
Rail security in the EU
The foiled Thalys train attack of August 2015 has put EU rail security under the spotlight. Increasing passenger and freight flows and relatively open access to EU rail infrastructure make rail transport a soft target for unlawful acts. A ministerial-level meeting at the end of August examined the challenges facing rail security and the possibilities for a strengthened EU response.
Compte rendu des mesures de securite dans le 6e programme cadre de recherche et de l’action preparatoire en matiere de recherche sur la securite
La recherche en matière de sécurité constitue, depuis quelques années, une priorité affichée dans le domaine des politiques communautaire, qu’il s’agisse des politiques scientifiques, industrielles, ou de justice et affaires intérieures. Sur la période 2002-2006, le 6e Programme cadre de recherche et de développement (PCRD) et l’Action préparatoire en matière de recherche sur la sécurité (PASR) constituent les deux principaux appuis communautaires dans ce domaine. Le 6e PCRD a soutenu, dans le cadre ...
The present study is in line with the extension of a previous STOA research, published in 1997 and entitled “An appraisal of technologies of political control” (PE 166.499). The report highlighted the appearance of a trend in Europe to privatize the prison system. Furthermore, it outlined the pressures to which the public authorities are subjected to substitute technological innovations for prison personnel, with a view to reducing costs and fighting against prison overcrowding. The present report ...