Le deuxième point de la négociation portait sur la redevance pour le financement du service public.
The second focus of negotiation was the levying of a charge towards the financing of public services.
Sur ce point, il faut respecter le protocole annexé au traité d' Amsterdam qui stipule que les États membres arrêtent les systèmes de financement du service public.
In that connection we must honour the Additional Protocol of the Treaty of Amsterdam, according to which Member States decide how to organise public service finances.
Enfin, Monsieur le Commissaire, il y a le cas du financement public de la télévision d'État, sous le prétexte du financement du service public, qui est un concept de plus en plus vague.
Lastly, Commissioner, there is the case of the public financing of State television under the alibi of financing a public service, which is a concept that is fading fast.