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Order 769/2018, of 17 July 2018 - which establishes the regulatory basis of the aid provided for in Law 55/2007 of December 28 on Cinema, and which determines the structure of the Administrative Registry of Cinematographic and Audiovisual Companies (see IRIS 2008-4/18) -has been published in the Official Gazette.   The Order, which stems from the consensus among stakeholders in the cinematic sector - adapts the internal regulations regarding matters of cinematographic and audiovisual aids to reflect the principles established in the EU Communication from the Commission on state aid for films and...

Two years after the transposition deadline (and in order to avoid a penalty already announced by the EU) the Spanish Government recently adopted Royal Decree-Law 2/2018 of 13 April 2018 (official gazette of 14 April 2018), which transposes Directive 2014/26/EU of 26 February 2014 on collective management of copyright and related rights and multi-territorial licensing of rights in musical works for online use in the internal market. Royal Decree-Law 2/2018 also transposes into Spanish law Directive (EU) 2017/1564 of 13 September 2017 on certain permitted uses of certain works and other subject matter...

Shortly after the majority judgment in the case of Sinkova v. Ukraine (see IRIS 2018-5/3), the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has delivered a new judgment in a case of symbolic speech and expressive conduct as part of the right to freedom of expression guaranteed under Article 10 of the European Convention of Human Rights (ECHR). The case concerns the conviction of two Spanish nationals, Enric Stern Taulats and Jaume Roura Capellera, for setting fire to a photograph of the royal couple, turned upside down, at a public demonstration held during the Spanish King’s official visit to...

On 10 January 2018, the Catalan Audiovisual Council (CAC) Board members passed unanimously Agreement 1/2018 in response to the request made by the Ministry of Finance and Public Administrations on the draft Royal Decree (906/2017) on commercial communications regarding activities involving gambling and “responsible gambling”. The CAC is in favour of banning gambling and betting advertisements before the “watershed” - that is to say from 6:00am to 10:00pm. The Council also considers that it should be appropriate to eliminate the involvement of famous people in these kinds of commercial communications...

On 29 November 2017, the Catalan Audiovisual Council (CAC) adopted a Report on pluralism in current affairs debates programmes. It is the first report from the Catalan authority which analyses the level of current affairs debates programmes broadcast in Catalonia, and it is considered as a methodological model for possible systematisation and inclusion in the global analysis of pluralism carried out by the Council in their monthly reports. The 100-page report responds to Motion 63/XI of the Parliament of Catalonia, approved unanimously by all parliamentary groups, which urged the CAC to analyse...