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On 10 April 1995, Mr. Jacques Toubon, the Minister of Culture and French Language ( ministre de la culture et de la francophonie), took seven Decisions for the application of the Decree of 2 February 1995 relating to State financial backing for the audio-visual programme industry ( see IRIS 1995-3:6). These decisions relate to: - the organisation and operation of the commissions provided for in paragraph 1 or article 5 of the Decree of 2 February 1995 : a commission set up to give an opinion on requests for funds for the production and preparation of works of fiction, excluding sketches, cartoons,...

By Decision of 23 February 1995, the French media authority, the Conseil supérieur de l'audiovisuel (CSA) has inflicted a sanction upon the broadcaster Télé Toulouse (T.L.T.) for not respecting the advertising rules. In France, terrestrial broadcasters that broadcast their programmes unencrypted are not allowed to broadcast advertising messages stemming from advertisers that are active in the economic sector of distribution. This prohibition is laid down in Article 8 of Decree n° 92-280 of 27 March 1992. Article 9 of this Decree prohibits illegal advertising. According to the CSA, T.L.T. had...

On 13 January 1995, TF1 was fined FRF 4,980,000 by the Conseil d'Etat for not keeping to standards laid down for television sponsoring. The channel was accused of failing to include in the credit titles the name of the programme's sponsor, Tiercé Magazine : likewise, as the magazine was quoted by name during the main part of the programme, this in turn means the offence comes under Article 7 of the decree of 26 January 1987, which bans press advertising messages. Moreover, with regard to the sponsorship, TF1 was also accused of having quoted the name of the magazine too often during the programme,...

On 2 February 1995, the French Prime Minister signed a Decree containing new rules on financial support of the State to the audio-visual programme industry. These new rules replace similar rules that were laid down in Decree No 86-175 of 6 February 1986. The new rules provide for investment and re-investment aid, and State warrants for audio-visual production companies and aid to production and distribution companies for the promotion and sales of the audio-visual products. Production companies which are eligible for the different forms of State aid are those which are established in France,...

In a statement dated 20 February 1995, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has made a contribution to the G7 meeting on the information society. The statement, titled "Broadcasters' role in the information society", expresses the views of the national broadcasters which are members of the EBU, on the development of the information society. The EBU inter alia points out that the cultural, political and social dimensions of the information society must not take second place to the technological and economic aspects of the electronic superhighways. According to the EBU, a purely market driven information...