Article 7a of Directive 2018/1808 of the European Parliament and of the Council of November 14, 2018 amending Directive 2010/13/EU on the coordination of certain provisions laid down by law, regulation or administrative action in Member States concerning the provision of audiovisual media services (Audiovisual Media Services (AVMS) Directive), taking into account developments in market realities, opens up the option for Member States to take measures to ensure appropriate visibility for audiovisual media services of general interest.
Article 7 bis of the AVMS Directive was transposed into French law by article 20-7 of law no. 86-1067 of September 30, 1986. Implementing decree no. 2022-1541 of December 7, 2022 specifies the thresholds for user interfaces subject to the obligation of appropriate visibility for services of general interest.
Two public consultations were conducted by Arcom in March and June 2023, and the summaries of these consultations were made public.
An initial public consultation was held from March 14, 2023 to April 21, 2023 concerning the draft deliberation on appropriate visibility measures for services of general interest in accordance with article 20-7 of the law of September 30, 1986 on freedom of communication :
A second public consultation was held from June 12, 2023 to July 13, 2023 on the perimeter of services of general interest:
Pursuant to the Decree of December 7, 2022, Arcom publishes an annual list of interfaces that exceed the thresholds set out in the Decree, and which are therefore subject to the obligations of appropriate visibility of services of general interest, based on data from the previous year.
Pursuant to the provisions of article 20-7 and its implementing decree, on September 25, 2024, Arcom adopted two resolutions concerning respectively:
En application de la délibération du 25 septembre 2024 relative à la liste des services qualifiés d'intérêt général, l'Arcom examine et publie une liste de l'ensemble des services d'intérêt général et des applications concernées, au regard des éléments communiqués par les éditeurs des services d'intérêt général.
Cette liste est mise à jour annuellement.