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During 2000, numerous efforts have been made in order to bring the legal order for the media of the Republic of Cyprus into line with European prerequisites. As far as private broadcasting is concerned, Directive 89/552/EEC on the coordination of certain provisions laid down by law, regulation or administrative action in Member States concerning the pursuit of television broadcasting activities had already been transposed by Law 7(I) of 29 January 1998 "consolidating and revising the Establishment, Installation and Operation of Radio and Television Stations". Furthermore, Law 7(I) had adopted certain...

On 15 September 1998 the European Parliament via the consultation procedure approved the European Commission's proposal for the decision of the Council of the European Union on the Participation of Cyprus in the MEDIA II Programme ( see IRIS 1998-7: 6). The Parliament gave its approval on condition that the European Commission amend the recital of the proposal among others regarding language confirming Cyprus' compliance with the "Television Without Frontiers" Directive (97/36/EEC, OJ L 202, 30 July1997, p.60).

In accordance with the pre-membership strategy laid down on the 12 June 1995 in the Council's resolution on the association between the European Union and Cyprus, the Commission put forward a proposal for the European Council's decision to approve the agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Cyprus establishing co-operation in the audiovisual field, including Cyprus' participation in the Media II programme. The first clause of the said agreement, which is set to span the lifetime of the MEDIA II programme (until December 2000), stipulates that the Republic of Cyprus will participate...

Art. 19 para. 1 of the Cypriot Constitution of 16 August 1960, last amended through Act No. 106(I) of 1996, ensures the right to freedom of speech and expression. The right to express opinions in any form is enshrined in para. 2, which guarantees the right to hold opinions and the right to receive and impart information without interference by any public authority and regardless of frontiers. The exercise of the rights provided in paras 1 and 2 is subject to restrictions listed in para. 3. However, limitations in the form of formalities, conditions, restrictions or penalties must be prescribed...

Τhe Act on the protection of the commercial exploitation of cinematographic works No. 159/1990 aims at protecting the cinematographic industry from commercial exploitation of cinema films for private use. It provides that cinema works cannot be copied and sold for private use unless specific time has elapsed since their production. In order for a cinematographic work to be protected, a number of requirements shall be met: (a) The work is destined for screening in cinema halls, (b) an application by a film distributor must be deposited with the Minister of the Interior and (c) the time elapsed since...