Encrypted services: legal protection of services based on or consisting of conditional access

The Commission has modified its proposal in the light of two amendments adopted by Parliament at second reading. The first amendment seeks to point to the need for Member States to provide adequate legal protection against the placing on the market for direct or indirect financial gain of an illicit device which enables the circumvention of any technological measure designed to protect the remuneration of a legally provided service. The second amendment calls on the Commission to review the Directive and in particular Article 2 (definitions) in the light of market and technological developments and the outcome of the consultations therefore carried out. The first report on the implementation of the Directive should be presented after three instead of five years. �