EU Audiovisual Media Services Directive implementation across member states (2018–2021)

1. EU proposes major update to AVMS rules

   May 25, 2016Labels: European Commission, AVMSD

   • EU Sources
   • Council

2. Revised AVMSD formally adopted by EU

   Nov 14, 2018Labels: Directive EU, Video-sharing platforms

   • Eur Lex
   • EAO

3. Directive published in the EU Official Journal

   Nov 28, 2018Labels: Official Journal, Directive EU

   • EU Sources
   • Eur Lex

4. Transposition deadline approaches amid uneven progress

   Sep 18, 2020Labels: Member States, Transposition monitoring

   • EU Digital
   • Cullen

5. Legal deadline to transpose the revised AVMSD

   Sep 19, 2020Labels: Transposition deadline, Member States

   • EU Digital
   • Europarl

6. Germany’s State Media Treaty enters into force

   Nov 7, 2020Labels: Germany, Medienstaatsvertrag

   • IRIS Merlin
   • EAO Mapping

7. Commission opens infringements for missed transposition

   Nov 23, 2020Labels: European Commission, Infringement procedure

   • EU Digital
   • EU Digital

8. France transposes AVMSD via government ordonnance

   Dec 21, 2020Labels: France, Ordonnance

   • Legifrance
   • Culture Min

9. Netherlands updates Media Act in force (2021 version)

   Jan 1, 2021Labels: Netherlands, Mediawet

   • Wetten nl
   • EU Digital

10. Commission issues reasoned opinions to lagging states

    Sep 23, 2021Labels: European Commission, Reasoned opinion

    • EC Cyprus
    • EU Refit

11. Most member states report complete transposition by 2021

    Oct 1, 2021Labels: Member States, Regulators

    • EU Refit
    • EC Cyprus

12. Closing outcome: implementation remained uneven beyond 2021

    Feb 1, 2023Labels: European Parliament, Ireland

    • Europarl
    • EU Refit