Licences for Europe- Stakeholders Dialogue, Final Plenary Session
Joint Statement by the European Booksellers Federation, the European Publishers Council, the European Writers Council, the Federation of European Publishers & the International Association of Scientific, Technical & Medical Publishers
On the interoperability of e-books formats
The study was conducted by Professor Christoph Bläsi and Professor Franz Rothlauf of Johannes Gutenberg University, who said: “There is no technical or functional reason not to use and establish EPUB 3 as an/the interoperable (open) ebook format standard.
EBF Contribution to the unfair Trading Practices in the B2B Food and Non-Food Supply Chain in Europe
The full statement can be found in attachment.
The European & International Booksellers Federation is against the use of closed generic TLD by commercial entities
The European and International Booksellers Federation, EIBF, represents Booksellers Associations in the European Union and in the world.
Platform Statement on strong budget for Creative Europe
The European Platform on the potential of Cultural and Creative Industries advocates for a strong budget for Creative Europe
EBF CONTRIBUTION TO THE CONSULTATION REVIEW OF EXISTING LEGISLATION ON VAT REDUCED RATES
The full contribution can be found in attachment.
EBF AND FEP JOINT STATEMENT FOR ROUND TABLE ON E-BOOKS WITH VICE-PRESIDENT NEELIE KROES ON 26 JUNE
The European book sector is the first cultural industry in Europe with an estimated turnover of 40 billion euros(i). The European book sector employs several hundreds of thousands of highly skilled European citizens. Most of multinational book publishing companies are Europe-based.
EBF contribution to the European Green Paper on the Future of VAT
EBF believes that any reform of the VAT system should take into account the following principles: