Ensuring that Europeans are given access to their own cultural heritage, while European authors are fairly remunerated, is therefore of immediate concern and will require European responses, as recently stressed jointly by Commissioners Reding and McCreevy ( MEMO/09/376 )
Viviane Regingi ja Charlie McCreevy sõnade kohaselt on niisiis kodanikele juurdepääsu tagamine oma kultuuripärandile ning autoritele autoritasude väljamaksmine Euroopa kohest tegutsemist nõudev ülesanne (  MEMO/09/376  ).