Report on the Proposal for a Directive on Orphan Works: Adopted by EP Plenary on 13 September

The report on the proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on certain permitted uses of orphan works, prepared by the rapporteur MEP Lidia Joanna Geringer de Oedenberg, has been adopted on 13 September 2012, by the European Parliament’s plenary (1st reading). MEPs debated the proposal, followed by a vote at noon. 

The EP’s procedure file is available here
 
The rapporteur’s report is here
 
The final text as adopted will be forwarded to the Council and the Commission as the Parliament's position to serve as a basis for the Council's deliberations.