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On 5 November 2014, the Independent Audiovisual Authority of Luxembourg (Autorité luxembourgeoise indépendante de l’audiovisuel - ALIA) issued its second decision which falls in the category of “decisions to be published” since it has been established by the law of August 2013 (see IRIS 2013-10/32). In its first published decision of February 2014, ALIA rejected an application for a new radio station (see IRIS 2014-7/27). This new decision concerns a programme transmitted on television in Belgium. The complaint, which was originally brought before the Belgian regulatory authority of the French...

On 18 July 2014, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg formally ratified and implemented the Council of Europe Convention on Cybercrime, as well as its Additional Protocol concerning the criminalisation of acts of a racist and xenophobic nature committed through computer systems. As the Grand Duchy was one of the last members of the Council of Europe that had signed (in 2003), but not ratified the Convention and its Protocol, the Chambre des députés (parliamentary assembly) had become subject to pressure from a number of international organisations. Luxembourg had already introduced, before the increasing...

On 27 February 2014, the Autorité luxembourgeoise indépendante de l’audiovisuel (Independent Audiovisual Authority of Luxembourg - ALIA), which was established in August 2013 (see IRIS 2013-10/32), issued its first major substantive decision in a case concerning a radio service. ALIA rejected the application of the Luxembourg radio service provider S.à.r.l. (Société de Radiodiffusion Luxembourgeoise) concerning several modifications of the cahier des charges (terms of reference) attached to the licence for its radio programme “DNR”. In its decision, ALIA evaluated the Luxembourg media market by...

As part of the bilateral discussions held during the 64^th Cannes Festival, Switzerland and Luxembourg signed a new agreement on cinematographic coproduction on 15 May 2011. The agreement, which entered into force on 1 August 2013, provides an official framework for audiovisual projects involving Swiss and Luxembourgish partners. It also aims to encourage economic and cultural exchanges between the two countries. The agreement is in addition to the treaties concluded by Switzerland with France, Germany, Austria, Italy, Belgium and Canada to promote the production of audiovisual projects...

On 27 August 2013 the Loi du 27 août 2013 portant création de l’établissement public “Autorité luxembourgeoise indépendante de l’audiovisuel” (Law of 27 August 2013 on the creation of the Independent Audiovisual Authority of Luxembourg, ALIA law) was formally adopted by the Grand-Duke of Luxembourg. The Chambre des Députés (parliamentary assembly) as well as the Conseil d’Etat (State Council) had both given their approval to the creation of the new authority in July 2013. The ALIA Act, which was proposed in October 2012, (see IRIS 2013-1/28) was published on 9 September 2013 in the Mémorial (Luxembourg...