Taking the same approach, the European Parliament, in its Resolution of 18 November 1999, recognised the European audiovisual sector's special role in sustaining cultural pluralism, a healthy economy and freedom of expression, reaffirmed its commitment to the freedom of action in the sphere of audiovisual policy obtained at the Uruguay Round, and took the view that the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) rules on cultural services, in particular in the audiovisual sector, should not jeopardise the cultural diversity and autonomy of the WTO contracting parties.
Z enakim pristopom je Evropski parlament v svoji resoluciji z dne 18. novembra 1999 Evropskemu avdiovizualnemu sektorju priznal posebno vlogo pri vzdrževanju kulturnega pluralizma, zdravega gospodarstva ter svobode izražanja ter ponovno potrdil svojo privrženost svobodi delovanja na področju avdiovizualne politike, ki je bila dosežena na Urugvajskem krogu, ter se zavzel za to, da pravila Splošnega sporazuma o trgovanju s storitvami (General Agreement on Trade in Services - GATS), ki se nanašajo na kulturne storitve, še zlasti na avdiovizualnem področju, ne bi ogrozila kulturne raznolikosti in avtonomije pogodbenic WTO.