In some cases, the Media Board may issue an opinion at the request of a media service provider, namely regarding the treatment of media content on very large online platforms (article 18(6) of EMFA) and regarding national measures affecting the requesting media service provider individually and directly (article 21(4) of EMFA).
To facilitate the Media Board’s assessment of the matter, such requests from media service providers to the Media Board:
- Should provide all the necessary information, in particular a full description of all circumstances of the case at hand, including the relevant evidence on the matter for which an opinion is requested, which will allow the Media Board to assess the matter.
- Shall include a reference to a national measure, the reasons why the media service provider considers itself to be directly and individually impacted by the measure and information about any appeal against this measure (for requests based on article 21(4)) or to the outcome of a previous dialogue with VLOP (for requests based on article 18(6)).
- Should be accompanied with a justification explaining the reasons for the Media Board to assess the matter – this should include a reference to the concrete EMFA provision and relevant background information explaining why the Media Board should issue the opinion.
The requests from media service providers shall be submitted to the following email address: EU-MEDIABOARD-SECRETARIAT
ec [dot] europa [dot] eu (EU-MEDIABOARD-SECRETARIAT[at]ec[dot]europa[dot]eu). If the request is complete and received within working hours, the secretariat will acknowledge the receipt of the request on the next working day (please take note of the closing days of the Commission and secretariat – here).
Data Protection
Personal data submitted in the context of this expression of interest shall not be published and shall be processed in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation) (hereinafter the “GDPR”) and Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 of the European Parliament and of the Council, of 23 October 2018, on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data by the Union institutions, bodies, offices and agencies and on the free movement of such data (repealing Regulation (EC) No 45/2001).