contractual revision of the lease on the Goldbell Building translated into a cost reduction of EUR 2,5 million up to the end of 2017;

82. Takes note that during 2012, a series of contractual revisions began, case by case, concerning the financial terms, particularly in light of trends on the property rental market; welcomes that these renegotiations will result in the following structural savings in the years ahead:

Upon entering into a contractual relationship with a phonogram producer, performers normally have to transfer or assign to the phonogram producer their exclusive rights of reproduction, distribution, rental and making available of fixations of their performances.

the vehicles used are the property of that natural or legal person or have been obtained by that person on deferred terms or have been the subject of a long-term leasing contract and are driven by a member of the staff of the natural or legal person or by the natural person himself or by personnel employed by, or put at the disposal of, the undertaking under a contractual obligation.

In the rapporteur’s view, current shortcomings in the consumer acquis must be resolved at least in the following areas: end-user licence agreements and ‘technical contract terms’ should be subject to the rules on unfair contract terms; contracts concluded between consumers and professional traders in online auction sales, as well as contracts for tourists services (airline tickets, hotel accommodation, car rental, leisure time services etc.) ordered individually over the internet, should be subject to the rules on distance selling; the information that the vendor must provide to the purchaser in an electronic transaction should be simp ...[+++]lified and standardised; the transparency of the supply chain in the digital environment on the vendor’s side should be increased to ensure that the consumer knows the actual identity of the supplier (including whether it is an intermediary or an end supplier); an effective consumer protection tool should be created for cases where the consumer assumes all contractual risks (including financial risks, e.g. when there is a requirement to pay in advance), particularly in the context of cross-border e-commerce.

4. Without prejudice to paragraph 6, when a contract concerning film production is concluded, individually or collectively, by performers with a film producer, the performer covered by this contract shall be presumed, subject to contractual clauses to the contrary, to have transferred his rental right, subject to Article 5.