SAA submitted its response to the EC’s Green Paper on the Online Distribution of Audiovisual Works calling for the European Commission to support its proposal for a collectively managed unwaivable remuneration right for the online access to films.

Public consultation on the future of electronic commerce in the internal market and the implementation of the Directive 2000/31/EC of 8 June 2000 on electronic commerce.

SAA has submitted its opinion on the proposal for a Directive on orphan works that is currently making its way through the European Parliament and the Council.

SAA has submitted its response to the EC's consultation calling for broader legal certainty for financial support schemes.

SAA contribution to the EU Commission public consultation on cloud computing

SAA has joined the Platform on the Potential of Creative and Cultural Industries in 2010 and endorsed the recommendations the Platform issued in September 2009 in preparation of the Green Paper.

SAA welcomes the public consultation on the future of VAT, based on the Green Paper on the same subject published on the 1st December 2010. This response focuses on the questions surrounding VAT rates (questions 19 and 20) while touching on subjects such as international services and the place of taxation, which also have an impact on the supply of cultural services both inside Europe’s borders and beyond.

Public consultation on the European Commission report on the application of Directive 2004/48/EC on the enforcement of intellectual property rights.

SAA contributed to the public consultation opened by the European Commission regarding the Green Paper “Unlocking the potential of Cultural and Creative Industries”.