Motion Picture Association EMEA
Budget
€800 — €0
EP Access
4
accredited persons
Staff
11
2.95 FTE
EU Grants
None
Mission & Goals
Founded as a trade association, the MPA (1922) and the MPA EMEA (1945) have broadened their mandate over the years to reflect the diversity of the ever-changing and expanding audiovisual industry. Its members include: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures; Netflix Studios, LLC; Paramount Pictures Corporation; Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc.; Universal City Studios LLC, Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc and Prime Video & Amazon MGM Studies. Today the association's principal areas of activity include: work on legislative and regulatory issues at the European and national levels; development and implementation of content protection strategies; collaboration with other rights holder groups to promote intellectual property rights; and collective management agreements. The Brussels-based MPA EMEA office acts as regional hub for Europe, Middle East and Africa. A large part of our work consists in providing support to local content protection and anti-piracy work is (...)
EU Legislative Interests
The MPA monitors the development of EU policies and legislation, notably in the field of Intellectual Property (Copyright and IP enforcement), Culture, Audiovisual Policy, the Internal Market, Competition, Artificial Intelligence, Sustainability and the Information Society. In this context, the MPA regularly meets with national governments, EU officials, MEPs as well as industry counterparts and seeks to contribute constructively to public consultations associated with EU's policy-development process. These objectives involve written submissions, participation in hearings, conferences and seminars as well as some amount of travelling (e.g. Strasbourg for EP Plenary sessions and Member States holding the Presidency of the Council). Main EU legislative proposals or policies targeted: • AI Act • AVMSD • EMFA • DSA • Digital Fairness Act • Digital Networks Act • DMA • Copyright Directive • GDPR • NIS2 Directive • Geoblocking Regulation • Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive • Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive • European Media Industry Outlook
Interests Represented
Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Member Of
European Internet Forum (EIF) Creative Media Business Alliance (CMBA) International Federation of Film Producers Associations (FIAPF) International Video Federation (IVF) Creativity Works! AIM Anti-Counterfeiting Committee
Organisation Members
MPA members are: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Netflix Studios LLC. Paramount Pictures Corporation Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. Universal City Studios LLC Warner Bros. Discovery Prime Video & Amazon MGM Studies
Commissioner Meetings
No recorded meetings with EU commissioners.