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During 1996, France proposed to the other Member States of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) a Charter on international co-operation on the Internet. In the framewrok of this proposal, France commissioned the drafting of a code of conduct for the Internet, to be undertaken in close collaboration and concertation with professional users, especially publishers, access providers, industry representatives, IT companies, those involved in electronic commerce, the World Wide Web Consortium, academics, as well as non-profesional users. A working party has been working...

On 29 January 1997, the Paris Appeal Court ( Cour d'appel de Paris) rendered judgement in a case involving the French private broadcasters TF1 and Canal Plus. Canal Plus is in the process of taking over NETHOLD BV. NETHOLD BV exploits a number of thematic television channels. Amongst those are a number of channels which are totally dedicated to sports events: Supersport Belgium, Supersport The Netherlands, Nordic Supersport (for Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden) and Télépiù 2. TF1, on the one hand, is involved in the EUROSPORT consortium, which operates a transnational sports channel by the...

Since 18 November 1996, for the protection of minors, it has been obligatory to identify films which contain violent or erotic material. Agreement was reached between the CSA ( Conseil Supérieur de l'Audiovisuel) , the French regulatory body for the media, and the national terrestial TV channels TF1, France 2, France 3 and M6. Five categories have been established in all: programmes are classified according to their compatibility with the spiritual, moral and mental development of children and young people. The classification, to be done by the above-mentioned broadcasters themselves, applies to...

In a decision of 6 November 1996, the French media authority CSA (Conseil supérieur de l'Audiovisuel), fined the public broadcaster France 2 for illegal advertising found in two different broadcasts of its show "N'oubliez pas votre brosse à dents" ("Don't forget your toothbrush"). France 2 is ordered to transfer an amount of FF 802,000 to a special account at the French Treasury for financial support to the film industry and the audio-visual programme industry. In the show which was broadcast on 1 April 1995, the CSA found a clear promotion of the Tunisean airline company Tunisair, the Tunisean...

At the beginning of October the French government television and radio monitoring body ( Conseil supérieur de l'audiovisuel - CSA) published its opinion on a Bill to amend the provisions of the Communication and Cinema Code concerning audio-visual communication. The Code itself is still a draft, having been tabled in 1993 and redrafted in October 1996. It is part of the programme to codify established law. Under the proposed provisions the Ministry of Culture would reinforce the CSA's jurisdiction, taking a number of its proposals into account. The amendments cover the role played by the CSA in...