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On 23 December 2010 the Greek Parliament approved new legislation on support for cinematographic art and its development. The new Act starts by laying down the principles of national policy on the cinema sector and goes on to define the conditions for designating a work a “Hellenic cinematographic work” in order to be able to take advantage of the measures for financial support. Each year, producers of Hellenic full-length cinema works receive part of the special tax levied on cinema theatre tickets, usually between 8 and 12%. The amount allocated to each producer depends on the number of tickets...

Cyprus amended its Law on Radio and Television Stations (L. 7(I)/1998) and the Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation Law (Ch. 300A) and harmonised the Republic's legislation with the European Directive 2010/13/EU on Audiovisual Media Services - codified version. The amending laws were published in the Official Gazette on 10 December 2010. Extensive amendments to various sections of the Law on Radio and Television Stations aimed at updating it in order to cover the broadcasting and audiovisual landscape, regulating not only the broadcasting sector but also Video-on-Demand (VOD) services. The terminology...

Through the recent adoption of Presidential Decree 109/05.11.2010, Directive 2007/65/EC (currently the codifying Directive 2010/13/EC) was incorporated into the Greek legal order. The provisions of the Decree generally follow the flexible EU framework concerning both television broadcasts and on-demand services. However, the Greek legislator has established stricter rules on several issues relating to the protection of viewers, especially minors. First of all, a general rule applicable to all media, linear or not, is established, dictating respect for the personality, in the broader sense, of the...

The competent authorities will have to amend the legislative framework for the radio and TV transmissions of political parties during the pre-election period. This is a consequence of the annulment by the Plenary Session of the Συμβούλιο της Επικρατείας (the Council of State - Supreme Administrative Court of Greece) of ministerial decisions related to the European elections of June 2009, following the submission of a request for annulment on the part of the political party Δράση (“Action”). According to the decision of the Court, the ministerial decision which established different starting points...

The Plenary Session of the Συμβούλιο της Επικρατείας (the Council of State - Supreme Administrative Court of Greece) has declared unconstitutional two legislative provisions permitting all regional television stations which participated in the 1998 tender to function even after a “reasonable” time after this tender was published, confirming a decision of the 4th Section of the same Court (see IRIS 2008-1/19). According to decision 3578/2010 (issued on 1 November 2010), these provisions are contrary to the principle of the rule of law and the subsequent obligation of the State to vouch for the enforcement...