fixed book price

But then we need national fixed book prices which work.

These words are of great value in the debate on fixed book prices.

I think that fixed book prices are exactly the right instrument in this case.

Many small German publishers see fixed book prices as a matter of life and death.

There is much which needs to be said, but my colleagues have already contributed a great deal to the debate on fixed book prices.

This is why I would also like to ask you three questions concerning the cross-border fixed book price.

Personally, I am in favour of fixed book prices.

I believe these small bookshops depend very strongly on this issue of fixed book prices.

For us it is, in this respect, the language and cultural area, hence the importance of cross-border fixed book prices.

The move may seal the fate of a pact among publishers that has fixed book prices in Britain since 1900.

How should import rules be worded so that national fixed book prices are not circumvented?

The consumers want good advice and a wide range of titles, and this is guaranteed by fixed book prices.

Why will the Commission not take up our proposal to extend the fixed book price system to all Member States?

Commissioner, you did not manage to convince me that fixed book prices or their abolition would not change anything.

I have repeatedly said that we will not oppose, nor can we oppose, fixed book price systems at national level.

This is why we hope that Parliament will confirm its position of November 1998 in order to defend cross-border agreements and fixed book prices.

Mr President, Commissioner, the question of fixed book prices is primarily a question of cultural policy.

For me personally, cross-border fixed book prices would represent a possible answer to the possible question: "What exactly is a European cultural policy?

Thalia is a chain of more than 200 book shops in Germany (a country with fixed book prices) and Austria.

From a purely legal point of view, Commissioner, you must intervene in this case, in the case of cross-border fixed book prices.

This is why in a large number of countries, including the Netherlands, which I represent, a decision has been made in favour of fixed book prices.

Furthermore, as the House will probably know, the Commission has recently presented a proposal for a regulation on sales promotion which explicitly allows national fixed book prices.

I should like to take this opportunity to say that my opinion differs to that of Karel van Miert with regard to fixed book prices.

DG IV is shortly to take a decision on the fixed book price in the GermanAustrian region.

A fixed book price agreement (FBPA) is a form of resale price maintenance applied to books.