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On 26 November 2018, the EU Commission initiated proceedings for infringement of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union against 17 member states for non-compliance with the Directive requiring the transposition into national law of the Marrakesh Treaty (Directive (EU) 2017/1564) (see IRIS 2017-9/4 and IRIS 2016-9/4). The Marrakesh Treaty is a WIPO-administered convention that was signed on 27 June 2013 and entered into force on 30 September 2016, after the first 20 ratifications. The Treaty facilitates access to print works in formats adapted for persons who are blind, visually impaired...

On 7 December 2016, the European Commission decided to refer Bulgaria, Luxembourg, Romania and Spain to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) for their alleged failure to notify the complete transposition of the Collective Rights Management Directive (Directive 2014/26/EU) into their national laws (see IRIS 2014-4/4). The Directive aims to coordinate national rules concerning access to the online music sector by enhancing the workings of collective management organisations and by increasing transparency. The deadline for its transposition into national law was 10 April 2016. According...

The Conseil Supérieur de l'Audiovisuel de la Communauté Française (audiovisual regulatory body for the French Community of Belgium - CSA) wants to bring RTL Belgium under its control. However, the broadcaster, which belongs to the RTL Group and operates the RTL-TVi, Club RTL and Plug RT channels, only recognises the authority of the Autorité luxembourgeoise indépendante de l’audiovisuel (Luxembourg independent audiovisual authority - ALIA). The CSA is the regulatory body for the French Community of Belgium. On 29 June 2017, it announced that it wanted to bring the broadcaster RTL Belgium under...

In a decision dated 12 January 2017, the Independent Audiovisual Authority of Luxembourg (Autorité Luxembourgeoise Indépendante de l’Audiovisuel, ALIA) found that CLT-Ufa had violated its obligations regarding the impartiality, objectivity and accuracy of reporting in relation to its programme RTL Télé Lëtzebuerg. Due to the small size of the Luxembourg audiovisual market, there is no genuine public service broadcaster; however, CLT-Ufa has been put in charge of certain public service missions laid down in a licensing agreement and in the accompanying book of obligations (cahier de charges) concluded...

On 1 July 2015, the Independent Audiovisual Authority of Luxembourg (Autorité luxembourgeoise indépendante de l’audiovisuel, ALIA) issued a decision concerning a radio programme transmitted in Luxembourg. The complaint was initiated by ALIA’s Director and brought to the Board of Directors as the result of a self-referral procedure, provided for by Article 35sexies (3) of the Luxembourgish Law on Electronic Media (Loi des medias électroniques - LEM) (see IRIS 2011-2/31), which sets out that ALIA can on its own initiative investigate an alleged breach by any provider of an audio and audiovisual media...