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IRIS 1995-1:1/16 [BE] Publication of New Copyright Act Causes Problems

On 27 July 1994 a new Belgian Copyright Act was published in the official journal, the Moniteur belge/Belgisch Staatsblad. Following this publication, the Act would have entry into force on 1 August 1994. However, as it turned out, the official journal published the version approved by the Chamber but not by the Senate. The Senate made many textual changes to the version adopted by the Chamber, especially to the Flemish version but also to the French version. In an attempt to rectify the accidental publication the responsible Minister published a list of errata in the official journal. Belgian...

IRIS 1995-1:1/15 [BE] Request for a Preliminary Ruling of the EC Court of Justice in Case against TNT/Cartoon Network

On 29 November 1994, the President of the Tribunal de Commerce of Brussels decided to request a preliminary ruling from the Court of Justice of the European Communities in an appeal by the Belgian State against a court decision of 26 October 1993, allowing the Belgian cable operator, Coditel Brabant, to distribute the programmes of TNT and Cartoon Network. The Tribunal asks the Court of Justice the following questions: 1. Is the non-domestic satellite licence granted by the United Kingdom to TNT/Cartoon Network in line with the requirements of the "Television without Frontiers" Directive and does...