France
[FR] National Assembly adopts resolution on `Television without Frontiers' Directive
IRIS 1996-1:1/25
Marcel Dellebeke
Institute for Information Law (IViR), University of Amsterdam
On 16 November 1995 the French Assemblée Nationale adopted a resolution on the European Commission's proposals to amend the `Television without Frontiers' Directive (89/552/EEC of 3 October 1989). The resolution is the result of the proposal of the French National Assembly Delegation for the EU to adopt such a resolution (see: IRIS 1995-8: 13). Like the proposal, the resolution of 16 November inter alia expresses the wish that the Directive also will apply to 'new services' in the audiovisual communication (for example, videoon-demand). The National Assembly also objects to the expiration of the quota rules after 10 years; instead it suggests an interim evaluation of these rules.
References
- Résolution sur la proposition de directive du Parlement européen et du Conseil portant modification de la directive 89/552/CEE du Conseil du 3 octobre 1989 visant à la coordination de certaines dispositions législatives, réglementaires et administratives des Etats membres relatives à l'exercice d'activités de radiodiffusion télévisuelle (n° 419), Assemblée Nationale, 16 novembre 1995.
- Resolution on the proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and the Council to modify Council Directive 89/552/EEC of 3 October 1989 on the coordination of certain provisions laid down by law, regulation or administrative action in Member States concerning the pursuit of television broadcasting activities (No 419), National Assembly, 16 November 1995.
This article has been published in IRIS Legal Observations of the European Audiovisual Observatory.