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On 12 February the Conseil supérieur de l'audiovisuel (audiovisual regulatory body - CSA) decided to serve formal notice on the national public-service television channel France 2 ordering it to abide by its obligation to inform viewers properly and broadcast honest news, in accordance with Article 43-11 of the amended Act of 30 September 1986 and Article 2 of its terms of reference, appended to Decree no. 94813 of 16 September 1994. On 3 February, as Alain Juppé, leader of the Union de la Majorité Présidentielle political party, was preparing to reveal live on the 8 o'clock news on the national...

The National Assembly adopted the bill on electronic communications and audiovisual services, transposing the "telecoms package" (see IRIS 2003-5: 15 and IRIS 2003-6: 9) at its first reading on the evening of Thursday, 12 February 2004. Apart from slight changes concerning networks and telecoms services, the text more importantly contains new legislative provisions concerning the audiovisual sector in line with recent economic and technological developments, thereby effecting a thorough reform. The bill contains a series of amendments authorising the financing of local television stations by local...

On 4 February, the Conseil d'Etat banned the showing of the film Ken Park to anyone under the age of 18. The film, made by the American Larry Clark, came out in France in October last year. On 6 October the French Minister for Culture had issued an exploitation licence that prohibited the film being shown to anyone under the age of 16; this licence has therefore been "partly" cancelled. Under Article 19 of the Cinematographic Industry Code, the screening of films in French cinemas is subject to the grant of an exploitation licence issued by the Minister, after counsutation with the Film Classification...

On 8 January, the Parliament put draft legislation on confidence in the digital economy through its second reading. Mr Jean Dionis du Séjour, parliamentary rapporteur on the bill, had tabled an amendment on 10 December proposing a new definition for public on-line communication. The amendment was adopted contrary to the Government's opinion. It states that the term "on-line public communication" means any transmission of digital data that does not constitute private correspondence, in response to an individual request and using a telecom process that allows the mutual exchange of information between...

The CSA (Conseil supérieur de l'audiovisuel ­ audiovisual regulatory body) published two recommendations on 18 December 2003 that lay down the methods for implementing the Decree of 7 October 2003 on advertising on television for sectors that were previously prohibited from advertising ­ namely the press and publishing ­ thereby exercising its powers of interpretation. Since 1 January, the press and the literary publishing industry have had full access to advertising on television. The CSA feels that this new possibility should be considered as an "extension of the freedom of the press". In respect...