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The national film institutes of the 15 Member States of the European Union have made a common declaration on the importance of State aid for European films. This is the first time the film institutes have made a common statement. The national film institutes are publicly funded and were founded to support national and European film culture. In this common declaration the institutes express their concerns regarding the necessity for State aid for European films. The institutes are worried that the audio-visual sector in Europe will be left solely to the chances of free market forces. In the declaration,...

On 3 February Jean-Pierre Leclerc, member of the Conseil d'État and administrator of France Télévision, submitted to the Minister for Culture and Communication his report on the necessary development in the system of support for cinematographic production. His analysis of the current situation indicates that the problem of financing is still that of its distribution among the various categories of film rather than the overall amount, although this is threatened in coming years by uncertainties in the advertising market and the unfavourable development of Canal+. The report proposes defining more...

At its plenary session on 28 January 2003, the CSA (Conseil supérieur de l'audiovisuel - audiovisual regulatory body) issued its opinion on the draft decree amending Decree No. 2002-140 of 4 February 2002 determining the scheme applicable to television services distributed by cable or broadcast by satellite. In general, it favours presentation of the text, as it reduces the burden of the obligations regarding audiovisual production incumbent on the channels, taking into account their specific features and their current economic difficulties. Nevertheless, it considers that if it were allowed a...

Almost a year after the situation that discredited two of its members, the CSA (Conseil supérieur de l'audio visuel - audiovisual regulatory body) has adopted a code of ethics. As members of an independent administrative authority, the members of the CSA have had a specific status conferred on them by the Audiovisual Communication Act. They cannot be either dismissed or re-appointed. During their term of office and for one year thereafter, they must refrain from adopting any public position on matters that the CSA has had to deal with or that may be submitted to them in the exercise of their duties;...

Nicole Fontaine, the Minister for Industry, submitted her Bill on confidence in the digital economy to the Council of Ministers on 14 January. The purpose of this text is to lay down specific rules that more particularly clarify the obligations of Internet service providers and the extent of protection for users. It is divided in to four main sections: the responsibility of technical providers in respect of the content they pass on, transposition of Directive 2000/31/EC on e-commerce, provisions concerning encryption and computer crime, and satellite systems. If the Bill is passed as it stands,...