STREET ARTISTS IN EUROPE - Fondazione Fitzcarraldo

-the existence of specific taxes
peculiar to certain Member
States;
-the deductibility of professional
costs incurred by artists outside
their country of origin;
-differences between the
exemption systems used in the
Member States.
Funding arrangements -the inadequate nature of certain
mechanisms for granting
subsidies and aid;
Intellectual property
rights
Specific obstacles and
problems
-the high cost to artists of
moving around within the
European Union;
-the insufficiency or
ineffectiveness of current aid
schemes.
-a relative lack of co-ordination
between the systems for
managing and collecting rights
of interpreting artists from the
different EU countries.
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-the restrictive definition of the circumstances
under which grants and subsidies may be paid;
-the lack of co-ordination between national
funding systems;
-the lack of involvement of the social partners.
-the deprival of certain prerogatives linked to the
rights of interpreting artists.
-lack of information on the legislation of other
countries and on the EU institutions, combined
with the problem of finding someone capable of
providing information;
-the language barrier;
-lack of facilities for artists and cultural workers
from other countries;
-the inadequacy of professional networks.
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