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During the Conference of Minister-Presidents held at the end of June 2003, agreement was reached over future amendments to the Rundfunkstaatsvertrag (Inter-State Agreement on Broadcasting - RStV). The amendments mainly relate to the remit of the public service broadcasters and the strengthening of regional reporting by private broadcasters. The remit of public service broadcasters ARD and ZDF and public service radio broadcaster DeutschlandRadio will be amended in two stages. Firstly, the broadcasters' general objectives and certain programming rules will be incorporated in a so-called Grundnorm...

In a ruling issued on 22 May 2003 (case no. 1 StR 70/03), the Bundesgerichtshof (Federal Supreme Court BGH) decided on the admissibility under criminal law of renting out pornographic videos using automated video libraries. The defendants run an automated video library in the form of a club. Around 30% of the videos available for rental contain pornographic material. The video dispensing machine is located in business premises which are not staffed and to which access is restricted. People wishing to rent videos must fill out a written application form. Using this form and the applicant's identity...

On 18 June 2003, the Kommission für Jugendmedienschutz (Commission for Youth Protection in the Media KJM) decided to approve the Freiwillige Selbstkontrolle Fernsehen (Voluntary Self-Regulatory Authority for Television - FSF). According to Article 19.1 of the Staatsvertrag über den Schutz der Menschenwürde und den Jugendschutz in Rundfunk und Telemedien (Inter-State Agreement on the protection of human dignity and of minors in broadcasting and telemedia), approved voluntary self-regulatory bodies may monitor the compliance of affiliated electronic service providers with the provisions of the Agreement...

At its meeting on 19 and 20 May 2003, the Direktorenkonferenz der Landesmedienanstalten (Congress of Land Media Authority Directors - DLM) decided that the Landesmedienanstalten (Land Media Authorities) and the Kommission für Jugendmedienschutz (Commission for Youth Protection in the Media - KJM), which was set up in April this year, should act to combat the increasing number and form of telephone sex advertisements and sex clips on television. The decision was taken on the basis of the survey of "telephone sex advertisements and sex clips" carried out by the Gemeinsame Stelle Jugendschutz, Programm,...

At its meeting on 23 May 2003, the Bundesrat (upper house of parliament) gave its opinion on the planned revision of the "Television Without Frontiers" Directive (Council Directive 97/36/EC amending Directive 89/552/EEC). The Bundesrat welcomed the efforts already made by the European Commission to initiate a debate on the potential need for the regulatory framework to be adapted and, as part of the further development of the Directive, to take into account all specific instruments of European audio-visual policy and their interaction with other policy areas. This strategy should help to pursue...