Spain

[ES] Approval of a decree on the creation of a Committee for the Broadcasting of Sport Events

IRIS 1998-7:1/18

Alberto Pérez Gómez

Entidad publica empresarial RED.ES

On 3 July 1997 Spain adopted a law relating to the broadcasting of sport events ( See IRIS 1997-8: 12). Article 4.1 of this law establishes that a Committee for the Broadcasting of Sport Events ( Consejo para las emisiones y retransmisiones deportivas) will be created, and that this Committee will be entrusted with deciding which events are to be considered of national interest (in the light of the revised Television Without Frontiers Directive).

This Committee has been set up by a Decree of 22 May 1998. According to this Decree, the main tasks of the Committee are (1) to list the events of national interest, (2) to control the enforcement of the law on the broadcasting of sport events, and (3) to write several evaluation reports.

The Committee will be presided over by the President of the Sport Council ( Consejo Superior de Deportes) and will have a Standing Committee and a Plenary Meeting. The Plenary Meeting will be attended by 52 members: representatives of the different Ministries concerned, the Governments of the regions ( Comunidades Autónomas), the sport federations, media enterprises, media trade unions and consumer associations. Universidad Alcalá de Henares)