Portability - BEUC demands for trialogue negotiations

Consumers who are abroad want to use their video or music subscriptions in the same way than they do at home. With tablets and smartphones being our constant companion, those subscriptions are meant to be used anywhere. In a Digital Single Market, there should be no digital barriers. However, due to outdated copyright rules, consumers who
are abroad cannot access online content that they legally acquired at home.

BEUC recommends to: 

1. Avoid unnecessary references to broader copyright related issues.
2. Include necessary references to other relevant legislation to ensure proper functioning of the legal fiction.
3. Avoid time limit for portability and clarify the definitions of "Member State of residence" and "temporary present".
4. Oblige to enable cross-border portability free of charge.
5. Maintain the same level of quality as local subscribers of a service for consumers abroad.
6. Enable access by the subscriber to domestic/local repertoires.
7. Keep residence verification as simple and as non-invasive as possible.
8. Prohibit limiting cross-border portability.
9. Adopt a principle of technology neutrality.
10. Give a six-month deadline for the entry into force of the legislation.