Joint Press Release: The European Blind Union (EBU) & the Federation of...
The European Blind Union and the Federation of European Publishers met in Brussels on May 23, 2018.During this meeting, they had the chance to discuss issues of cooperation both at EU and at national...
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Yesterday, the legal affairs committee (JURI) of the European Parliament adopted the report on copyright in the Digital Single Market. This is a pragmatic signal for book, journals and educational...
View ArticlePress Release: FEP Spring General Assembly
The General Assembly of FEP (Federation of European Publishers) elected its President, Flemish publisher Rudy Vanschoonbeek, owner of Uitgeverij Vrijdag (Antwerp, Belgium). It also elected Peter Kraus...
View ArticlePress Release: JURI Vote
FEP notes with regret that the Parliament did not endorse the mandate the Members of the Legal Affairs Committee adopted on 20 June 2018. While the discussions mainly concentrated on issues not...
View ArticleFEP in Trends
FEP President, Rudy Vanschoonbeek appeared in Trends, a Flemish weekly magazine for financial & economic news.
View Article"Anatomy of a political hack” by Volker Rieck
Managing Director at FDS File Defense Service, who routinely advocates the protection of works and copyrights on the Internet and is a contributing author to the Webschauder.de blog, is now available...
View ArticleFEP Statement on cOAlition S
Yesterday, 11 national research funding organisation, with the support of the European Commission including the European Research Council (ERC), announced the launch of cOAlition S, an initiative to...
View ArticleFEP Press release | Copyright in the DSM Historical Vote
Today our MEPs made a historical decision to support culture, innovation, access to knowledge and creativity which are at the heart of the European Union. FEP welcomes the decision and wishes to...
View ArticleBook's Face 12
Welcome to Book's Face! You will here discover the world of publishing through our various portraits.Below is the twelfth issue, introducing Rudy Vanschoonbeek, the new President of the Federation of...
View ArticleFEP Press release | Council reaches political agreement on reduced VAT for...
Brussels, 2 October 2018Council reaches political agreement on reduced VAT for e-booksIt is with immense pleasure that the Federation of European Publishers welcomes the political agreement reached...
View ArticleFEP annual Rendez-Vous at the Frankfurt Book Fair 2018
As every year, meet with FEP at the Frankfurt Book Fair for its traditional Rendez Vous. The event will be held on the 11th of October 2018, from 12.30 till 14.30 (Raum Spektrum 1 – Congress Centrum,...
View ArticleFEP annual Rendez-Vous at the Frankfurt Book Fair 2018
As every year, meet with FEP at the Frankfurt Book Fair for its traditional Rendez Vous. The event will be held on the 11th of October 2018, from 12.30 till 14.30 (Raum Spektrum 1 – Congress Centrum,...
View ArticleFEP Press release | The Federation of European Publishers (FEP) launches the...
After lengthy discussions and a failed vote in July, the European Parliament adopted the report on Copyright in the Digital Single Market on September 12th 2018: 439 MEPs voted in favour.FEP calls on...
View ArticleFEP annual Rendez Vous at the Frankfurt Book Fair 2018
As every year, meet with FEP at the Frankfurt Book Fair for its traditional Rendez Vous. The event will be held on the 11th of October 2018, from 12.30 till 14.30 (Raum Spektrum 1 – Congress Centrum,...
View ArticleFEP welcomes the adoption of the Directive on reduced VAT for e-publications
Following the political agreement reached on 2 October, the Council adopted yesterday the proposed Directive allowing the application of reduced rates of VAT to electronic publications, in line with...
View ArticleThe FEP Manifesto 2019
European publishers keep bringing stories and the creativity of their authors to Europe and the world; they provide original content, curated, verified knowledge and information, education and...
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The ASAP Project Update, Issue 1 | April 2017The ASAP Project Update, Issue 2 | October 2017The ASAP Project Update, Issue 3 | April 2018The ASAP Project Update, Issue 5 | October 2018
View ArticleFEP welcomes the adoption of the Horizon Europe reports in the European...
The Federation of European Publishers welcomes the adoption on 21 November of the two reports on the Horizon Europe funding programme in the Industry Committee of the European Parliament. The proposal...
View ArticleFEP celebrates “VAT day”, encourages Member States to minimise taxation on...
Brussels, 04 December 2018From today, the EU Member States are allowed to apply reduced rates of VAT (in some cases super-reduced or zero) to digital publications. Today is the day when Council...
View ArticleEuropean Book Publishing Statistics 2017
The Federation of European Publishers (FEP) represents 29 national associations of publishers from the European Union and the European Economic Area Member States. The present survey is based on...
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