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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...

The Rady pro rozhlasové a televizní vysílání (Council for Radio and Television Broadcasting, RRTV) as the central administrative authority for radio and television broadcasting, decided on 18 September 2018 to fine the advertiser Vetrisol for breach of duty pursuant to section 5d(2) of Act No. 40/1995 on the Regulation of Advertising and on Amendments to Act No. 468/1991 on radio and television broadcasting pursuant to Article 7 (3) and (4) (a), Regulation (EU) No. 1169/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council. The aforementioned provisions provide that food information may not attribute...

The Council for Radio and TV Broadcasting imposed a fine of CZK 500 000 (EUR 20 000) on the advertiser of a commercial message — Central European Stone Trade Enterprises Kft. — due to unfair commercial practices. The Council stated that in the TV programme "Barrandov" on 30 March 2017, the advertiser infringed section 2 (1) (b) of the Czech Advertisement Regulation Act (Act No. 40/1995 Coll.) and Article 4 (3) of the Czech Consumer Protection Act (Act No. 634/1992 Coll.). It alleged that the advertiser had falsely declared that a piece of jewellery of the "Saint Margaret Collection" could cure...

The Municipal Court in Prague granted the application of TV Prima for interim measures regarding Skylink decryption cards. Operators should not breach their contracts with TV Prima by distributing its programmes outside of the Czech Republic, thus running the risk of being penalised by global copyright holders for foreign programmes. In particular, the Court issued an interim injunction against M7 Group Luxembourg preventing it from distributing TV Prima channels actually intended for Czech viewers in Slovakia. The Court ordered M7 Group to block access to the channels Prima, Prima Cool, Prima...

The Council for Radio and Television Broadcasting (hereinafter referred to as the Council), as the central administrative authority, issued a  warning to the broadcaster Česká televize for breach of the provisions of Section 31 (3) of Act No. 231/2001 Coll. (Broadcasting Act), an infringement which the operator shall have committed by broadcasting the programme item Václav Moravec's Questions - Part 2 on the CT24 programme at 1.05 p.m. on 22 October 2017. Specialists Tomáš Sedláček and Jan Svejnar, both of whom have long been promoting the adoption of the euro, were invited as guests to participate...