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On 29 November 1995, the Paris Regional Court gave judgment on the legitimate interest in bringing proceedings of TV Carton Jaune , an association working to ensure the accuracy of television news coverage. The association claimed that the channel TF1 and one of its journalists had failed in their duty of informing viewers honestly and accurately, and brought proceedings against them under the general liability provision of Article 1382 of the Civil Code ( see: IRIS 1995-7:13). On 18 February, TF1 had reported that a shell which had hit the market in Sarajevo had been fired from the Bosnian, and...

The Information Superhighways Bill passed the National Assembly on a first reading on 30 January 1996. It merely provides a legal basis for experimental projects, limited to certain areas and running for specified periods, and carried out "principally for the purpose of establishing whether there is a genuine demand for new services and technologies, and whether that demand can be met". More radical changes will be discussed when the new telecommunications regulations come up for debate in the spring. Existing French law is proving inadequate, and the distinction which it makes between telecommunications...

In a decision of 21 December 1995, the French media authority CSA ( Conseil supérieur de l'audiovisuel) fined the private commercial television broadcaster M6 for an amount of FF 780,000 for a number of broadcasts of advertising deemed to be illegal. In a programme called `Capital', the cover of a magazine of the same name was shown clearly eight times. Article 8 of Decree No 92-280 of 27 March 1992 on the implementation of Article 27, 1" of the Law of 30 September 1986 relating to the freedom of communication, fixing the general principles concerning the rules that apply to advertising and sponsoring...

On 16 November 1995 the French Assemblée Nationale adopted a resolution on the European Commission's proposals to amend the `Television without Frontiers' Directive (89/552/EEC of 3 October 1989). The resolution is the result of the proposal of the French National Assembly Delegation for the EU to adopt such a resolution (see: IRIS 1995-8: 13). Like the proposal, the resolution of 16 November inter alia expresses the wish that the Directive also will apply to 'new services' in the audiovisual communication (for example, videoon-demand). The National Assembly also objects to the expiration of the...

On 21 December 1995, the French media authority Conseil supérieur de l'audiovisuel (CSA) advised the French legislature to modify its proposal for a Decree to amend the `cahiers des missions et des charges' of the national television broadcasters France 2 and France 3. The CSA had noticed that both broadcasters systematically fulfilled their obligation to broadcast a certain amount of European works, by broadcasting works that have received support under a French financial aid scheme ( compte de soutien à l'industrie des programmes - COSIP ). Although the CSA recognises that both broadcasters should...