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On 11 September 2001 the Council of Ministers adopted a document "ePolska - Action Plan for the development of the Information Society in Poland for the period 2001 - 2006", which was based on partial strategies prepared by the respective institutions and that followed the action plan included in "eEurope 2002 - An Information Society for All", a document issued by the European Commission (see IRIS 2000-6: 5 and IRIS 2001-7: 4). The programme ePolska deals with a number of issues connected with the implementation of the Information Society, taking into consideration developments and realities...

On 11 October 2001 the President of the Republic of Poland signed the Act on Electronic Signatures adopted by Parliament on 18 September 2001. The Act on Electronic Signatures regulates the conditions for the use of electronic signatures and so-called secure electronic signature. The latter is made by a secure signature-creation-unit, used to implement the signature-creation data, which establishes whether the document has been amended after signing and protects the document against alteration by a third party. The Act on Electronic Signatures envisages treating an electronic signature as a written...

On 4 October 2001, the Alta Autoridade para a Comunicação Social (High Authority for the Media) issued for the first time a negative statement regarding the appointment of a General Director to the public service television company, Radiotelevisão Portuguesa (RTP). According to Article 4 of Lei da Alta Autoridade para a Comunicação Social (Law nº 43/98 of 6 August), the nomination of the Director General of RTP requires a prior, reasoned and public judgment by the High Authority for the Media. In its statement, the High Authority considered that the changes in the functions of the new Director...

The Chairman of the National Broadcasting Council has fined Polish licensee Polskie Media S.A. PLN 200.000 (EUR 54 880.22) for breaches of Art. 18 para. 5 of the Broadcasting Act as well as para. 1.2 and para. 2.2 of the Regulation of the National broadcasting Council (NBC) "concerning the special rules for transmitting broadcasts that may threaten the psychological, emotional or physical development of children and teenagers by radio and television programme services". In his Decision of 4 October 2001 the Chairman stated that TV4, a channel that broadcasts a reality show "Gladiators", an adaptation...

Monitoring the broadcasters' violations of programme standards, the National Broadcasting Council of Poland (NBC) voiced its criticism concerning the "Big Brother" show and other shows following a similar format, arguing that they may be socially harmful. In its opinion these broadcasts may have negative effect on the behaviour of some viewers. The Council announced in its Standpoint of 22 March 2001 that it would be particularly scrupulous in examining whether such reality show programmes comply with the provisions of the Broadcasting Act. On 18 July 2001, after the initial series of episodes...