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On 3 April 1996, the daily bulletin EUROPE reported that the European Commission has sent a letter of grievances to the Spanish companies Telefonica and Canal Plus Spain regarding to the Cablevision joint venture agreement entered into by these two companies. Cablevision provides technical, administrative and commercial services to cable operators in Spain. The Commission considers that this joint venture represents a concentration of Community-wide dimension which should have been notified to it under Council Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89 of 21 December 1989 on the control of concentrations between...

During the last quarter of 1995 various Acts which are going to revolutionise the telecommunications market were adopted and entered into force. In October 1995, the following European Community Directives were implemented in Spanish law: - Act No 27/1995 of 11 October 1995 implementing Council Directive 93/98/EEC of 29 October 1993, harmonising the term of copyright and certain related rights (OJEC of 24.11.1993, No L 290, p. 9); and - Act No 28/1995 of 11 October 1995 implementing Council Directive 93/83/EEC of 27 September 1993, on the coordination of certain rules concerning copyright and...

On Thursday, 14 December 1995 the national Parliament adopted the final text of the Cable Telecommunications Act. Voting was not unanimous, with 186 votes in favour from the PSOE (Spanish Socialist Worker's Party) and the CIU (Centre) and 126 votes against from the Grupo Popular (Right Wing). This is the final stage of legislation which has given rise to much controversy and objections from the political opposition and the audiovisual sector. Amendments and criticism of the provisions of the Act have come from Antena 3 Televisión and a number of nation-wide consortia (including the operator Multivisión)...

The Cable Telecommunications Bill lays down the legal framework for cable or cable network supplied telecommunications, defining this service as the provision or the exchange of information in the form of images, sound, text, graphics or any combination of these, and supplied to the public at their homes or in other places by means of cable networks. The catchment areas for this service will be defined by zones that will include at least 20,000 inhabitants and a maximum of 1,500,000. The zones will be set out by the relevant municipal council and government of the Autonomous Community. The management...

The Advertising Self-Regulatory Association was set up by a hundred or so advertisers, advertising agencies and communications organisations in June 1995 with the aim of applying the codes of practice through a jury elected by the Association, although operating independently of the Association. Rafael Garcia Gutierrez was elected Chairman.