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In October 2000, the Tribunal Supremo (the Spanish Supreme Court) confirmed a resolution of the Junta Electoral Central (the Central Elections Commission) which stated that the Andalusian public broadcaster Empresa Pública de Radio y Televisión de Andalucía ("RTVA") had breached the rules on fair coverage of electoral campaigns. In May 1999, the Board of Directors of RTVA approved its scheme of political broadcasts for the 1999 local election campaign. The RTVA decided that the free time available to the parties on television and radio during the campaign was to be allocated according to the number...

In January 2001, the Board of Directors of the Ente Público Radiotelevisión Española (the national public broadcaster - RTVE) approved a Resolution regulating advertising on Televisión Española (TVE, the national public TV broadcaster, which belongs to the RTVE group). The aim of this Resolution is to update RTVE's regulation on advertising, in order to bring it into line with the Spanish legislation in this field. The text of the Resolution almost coincides with that of the Chapter on Advertising and Sponsorship of the national Act 25/1994 (as amended by the national Act 22/1999), on the implementation...

In December 2000, the Government approved the Ley de Medidas fiscales, administrativas y del orden social 14/2000 (Act on Taxation, Administrative Provisions and Social Affairs), which introduces slight amendments to several provisions relating to Communications Law. An Act on taxation, administrative provisions and social affairs (hereinafter referred to as the "Special Measures Act") is approved each year, together with the Budget Act. The main object of the Special Measures Act is to introduce amendments to existing provisions, thus acting as a "container" of amendments. For example, this year's...

Spain is one of the few countries within the European Union and the Council of Europe in which the main authority for the audio-visual sector is not an independent regulatory body. There is a regulatory authority in Catalonia (Consell de l'Audiovisual de Catalunya) and, at national level, there is an independent authority, the Comisión del Mercado de las Telecomunicaciones (Telecommunications Market Commission), which has some powers concerning the audio-visual sector. However, at national level the authority that has power to enforce most of the provisions related to Spanish media Law is the Ministerio...

According to Article 149.1.27 of the Spanish Constitution, responsibility for the regulation of the audiovisual sector is shared by the State and the Comunidades Autónomas (Autonomous Communities, the regional political entities). The State has the power to approve the basic legislation for press, radio, television and any other media, without prejudice to the powers of the Autonomous Communities to implement and enforce this basic legislation. Several Autonomous Communities have recently decided to approve provisions concerning the implementation of the basic legislation in the field of media...