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At the beginning of 2007, the Republic of Austria and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg reached agreement on co-operation in the audiovisual sector. The agreement entered into force in early September 2007. The aim of film co-production is to support the film industry and promote economic and cultural exchanges between the two states. Films co-produced under this agreement are to enjoy the privileges that apply in both countries to domestically made films. The preconditions for the recognising co-productions as such include the requirement for the producer’s registered office to be in a contracting...

The European Commission has welcomed a regulatory measure of the Institut Luxembourgeois de Régulation (telecom regulator) , giving new market entrants high-speed access to end-customers via the broadband networks of Luxembourg’s telecom incumbent, Entreprise des Postes et Télécommunications (EPT). The measures concerned were notified to the Commission on 29 September 2006 in accordance with EU telecom rules. EPT is required to allow new entrants to purchase a high-speed access link to the customer premises via its broadband infrastructures. The Commission particularly welcomed the fact that such...

The European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) recently made public five new reports as part of the third cycle of its monitoring process of the laws, policies and practices to combat racism in the Member States of the Council of Europe (for commentary on earlier reports, see IRIS 2005-7: 3). Four of the country reports (Cyprus, Italy, Luxembourg and the Russian Federation) contain specific recommendations concerning the media. A recurrent, two-fold recommendation entails the ECRI encouraging the State authorities to: - “impress on the media, without encroaching on their editorial...

The European Commission has sent "reasoned opinions" to Germany and Luxembourg. Both these countries have failed to implement Directive 2003/33/EC of 26 May 2003 on the advertising and sponsorship of tobacco products. The two non-compliant EU Member States had already been targeted by the Commission in October 2005, when a "letter of formal notice" was issued to their addresses. If they neglect to comply within two months, they face legal action and, ultimately, a ruling by the European Court of Justice that they have failed to fulfil their obligation to transpose EU legislation. The Commissioner...

The European Commission has opened infringement proceedings (art. 266 of the EC Treaty) yet again as regards the EU Rules on Electronic Communications . At an earlier stage, the main concern of the European Commission was the full implementation of the EU framework for electronic communications which resulted in several decisions rendered by the Court of Justice on 10 March 2005 against Belgium and Luxembourg. The Court ruled that these countries had neglected to take the appropriate legal and administrative measures to implement the EC legislation at hand. This time the procedures are against...