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Article 27(3) French law relating to the freedom of communication ( Loi à la liberté de communication ) obliges French broadcasters to contribute to the development of European cinematographic and audiovisual works and of works that were originally produced in the French language. They are also obliged to invest in the acquisition of broadcasting rights of such works. This provision was implemented by Decree No 90-67 of 17 January 1990, which stipulated that broadcasters should invest 15% of their annual turnover in the commissioning of such audiovisual works from producers that are independent...

In practice, most authors whose works are recorded on video cassettes receive lump-sum remuneration while article L 132-25 CPI provides for proportional remunaration. A decsion by the Paris Court of Appeal (Cour d'Appel) of 13 October 1995 upheld the quashing of this clause. The Court of Appeal went further than the first judges, stating that the royalties should be paid not according to the ex-tax selling price, but must be based on the tax inclusive price.

The organisation of the election of the President of the Republic and the campaign itself (the first round took place on 23 April of this year, the second round on 7 May) were taken up in a report by the CSA (Conseil supérieur de l'audiovisuel - Audiovisual Supervisory Board). In the report, the CSA indicated to the public authorities that certain provisions in the legal framework of the elections were ripe for change. The CSA sets the rules concerning the production, programming and broadcasting of programmes on the electoral campaigns that the national broadcasting companies are obliged to produce,...

On 7 September 1995, informal talks took place at the Paris office of the CSA (Conseil Supérieur de l'Audiovisuel), the body responsible for supervision of the media in France, on the reporting of terrorist acts on radio and television. The wave of terrorist attacks, which has held the country in suspense since the first bomb was planted on 25 July 1995, led the President of the CSA to invite the programme directors of the main broadcasting bodies to this meeting. He reminded the participants that the CSA had the task of ensuring that the news was truthfully reported, and urged them to exercise...

documents or other texts are available yet. The French Media Authority, the Conseil Superieur de l'Audiovisuel, has published a study on violence on television. The study, titled 'la représentation de la violence dans la fiction à la télévision en France' is the result of an analysis of the programmes of TF1, France 2, France 3 and M6 in April 1994. The study shows that every hour of television broadcasts contains on avarage 2.09 sequences of 'criminal actions' and 9.5 violent acts (crime and aggression). The study concludes that 40% of the criminal and violent acts are to be seen on M6; this figure...