Luxembourg

[LU] Amendment of Several Regulations Concerning Electronic Media

IRIS 2011-4:1/29

Mark D. Cole

University of Luxembourg

As a consequence of the changes made to the Electronic Media Law on 17 December 2010 in Luxembourg (see IRIS 2011-2/31), several executing regulations were amended on the same day (see IRIS 2011-4/28). The modifications to the regulations are predominantly editorial as a result of the adaptation of the wording of the Luxembourg Electronic Media Law to the EU Audiovisual Media Services (AVMS) Directive.

The following two regulations refer to the licensing procedure for programmes disseminated by cable or satellite respectively and their wordings are modified by replacing the term “programme” with that of the term “service”: the Regulation of 17 December 2010 on the Attribution of Licenses by the Government for Luxembourgish Programmes Broadcast by Satellite Including General Rules Concerning the Licenses and Book of Obligations and the Regulation of 17 December 2010 on the Attribution of Licenses by the Government for Luxembourgish Programmes Broadcast by Cable Including General Rules Concerning the Licenses and Book of Obligations.

Three other regulations and their modifications relate to different forms of programmes and destinations: the Regulation of 17 December 2010 on Distribution of Licenses for Luxembourgish Programmes Broadcast Internationally Including General Rules Concerning the Licenses and Book of Obligations, the Regulation of 17 December 2010 on the Modalities for Permission of Television and Teletext Programmes Including General Rules Concerning the Licenses and Book of Obligations and the Regulation of 17 December 2010 on Permission for Radio Programmes Using High-Power Transmitters Including General Rules Concerning the Licenses and Book of Obligations. The terminological changes are the substitution of the term “service” for that of the word “programme” and deletion of references to changed provisions in the law. Especially, in the latter two regulations a reference concerning the license attribution is repealed as this aspect is already regulated in the Electronic Media Law.

Finally, the advertising regime on the radio is affected by the Regulation of 17 December 2010 on the Limits to Advertising to be Inserted in Local Radio Programmes. The changes to this regulation are only editorial.

The Luxembourg government enacted this package of amendments to the Regulations executing the Electronic Media Law to ensure internal consistency of the different texts after amendment to bring the law in line with the AVMS Directive.


References

  • Règlement grand-ducal du 17 décembre 2010 portant modification du règlement grand-ducal du 21 janvier 1993 fixant les modalités selon lesquelles le gouvernement accorde les concessions pour programmes luxembourgeois par satellite, ainsi que les règles générales gouvernant ces concessions et les cahiers des charges qui leur sont assortis, Mémorial A, n° 241 du 24 décembre 2010
  • http://www.legilux.public.lu/leg/a/archives/2010/0241/a241.pdf#page=14
  • Regulation of 17 December 2010 on the Attribution of Licenses by the Government for Luxembourgish Programmes Broadcast by Satellite Including General Rules Concerning the Licenses and Book of Obligations, Memorial A - N° 241 of 24 December 2010

  • Règlement grand-ducal du 17 décembre 2010 portant modification du règlement grand-ducal du 17 mars 1993 fixant les modalités selon lesquelles le gouvernement accorde les concessions pour programmes luxembourgeois par câble, ainsi que les règles générales gouvernant ces concessions et les cahiers des charges qui leur sont assortis, Mémorial A, n° 241 du 24 décembre 2010
  • http://www.legilux.public.lu/leg/a/archives/2010/0241/a241.pdf#page=15
  • Regulation of 17 December 2010 on the Attribution of Licenses by the Government for Luxembourgish Programmes Broadcast by Cable Including General Rules Concerning the Licenses and Book of Obligations, Memorial A - N° 241 of 24 December 2010

  • Règlement grand-ducal du 17 décembre 2010 portant modification du règlement grand-ducal du 21 janvier 1993 déterminant les modalités d’attribution des concessions pour les programmes radiodiffusés luxembourgeois à rayonnement international, ainsi que les règles générales gouvernant ces concessions et les cahiers des charges qui leur sont assortis, Mémorial A, n° 241 du 24 décembre 2010
  • http://www.legilux.public.lu/leg/a/archives/2010/0241/a241.pdf#page=12
  • Regulation of 17 December 2010 on Distribution of Licenses for Luxembourgish Programmes Broadcast Internationally Including General Rules Concerning the Licenses and Book of Obligations, Memorial A - N° 241 of 24 December 2010

  • Règlement grand-ducal du 17 décembre 2010 portant modification du règlement grand-ducal du 17 mars 1993 déterminant les modalités d’attribution des permissions pour les programmes de télévision et de télétexte diffusé et programmes y assimilés, ainsi que les règles générales gouvernant ces permissions et les cahiers des charges qui leur sont assortis, Mémorial A, n° 241 du 24 décembre 2010
  • http://www.legilux.public.lu/leg/a/archives/2010/0241/a241.pdf#page=13
  • Regulation 17 December 2010 on the Modalities for Permission of Television and Teletext Programmes Including General Rules Concerning the Licenses and Book of Obligations, Memorial A - N° 241 of 24 December 2010

  • Règlement grand-ducal du 17 décembre 2010 portant modification du règlement grand-ducal du 15 octobre 1992 déterminant les modalités d’attribution des permissions pour les programmes de radio à émetteur de haute puissance, ainsi que les règles générales gouvernant ces permissions et les cahiers des charges qui leur sont assortis, Mémorial A, n° 241 du 24 décembre 2010 2010
  • http://www.legilux.public.lu/leg/a/archives/2010/0241/a241.pdf#page=13
  • Regulation of 17 December 2010 on Permission of Radio Programmes Using High-Power Transmitters Including General Rules Concerning the Licenses and Book of Obligations, Memorial A - N° 241 of 24 December 2010

  • Règlement grand-ducal du 17 décembre 2010 portant modification du règlement grand-ducal du 13 février 1992 fixant les limites à imposer au volume des messages publicitaires pouvant être contenus dans les programmes de radio locale, Mémorial A, n° 241 du 24 décembre 2010
  • http://www.legilux.public.lu/leg/a/archives/2010/0241/a241.pdf#page=14
  • Regulation of 17 December 2010 on the Limits to Advertising to be Inserted in Local Radio Programmes, Memorial A - N° 241 of 24 December 2010

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