Part II Institutions, s.3 Institutions Based on Partial or Enlarged Agreements, 19 European Audiovisual Observatory

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Democracy — Responsibility of international organizations — Rule of law

This chapter provides an overview of European Audiovisual Observatory (the Observatory). The Observatory has grown to become a leading source of legal and economic information concerning the European audiovisual sector for audiovisual professionals since the 1990s. As a result, it has made a significant contribution to enhancing transparency in the sector. The aims and functions of the Observatory are formally set out in Article 1 of the Statute of the European Audiovisual Observatory. It states that the Observatory aims to ‘improve the transfer of information within the audiovisual industry, to promote a clearer view of the market and a greater transparency. In doing so, the Observatory shall pay particular attention to ensuring reliability, compatibility and comparability of information’.