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IRIS 2000-8:1/30 [BE/IT] Co-production Agreement between Belgium’s French Community and Italy

On 31 August 2000, Belgium’s French Community and the Italian Republic signed a three-year renewable agreement aimed at supporting the co-production of cinematographic works. According to the agreement, cinematographic works co-produced in accordance with the terms and conditions set out in it are regarded as domestically produced and thus reap the benefits associated with this classification. The conditions for enjoying these benefits are as follows: scriptwriters, producers, directors, performers and technicians must have Belgian or Italian nationality or be a national of a European Union member...

IRIS 2000-7:1/30 [IT] Government Will Be Able to Reduce the Number of Licenses for UMTS

The current Telecommunication Authority decided on 1 June 2000 that the Italian government would be allowed to cut the number of UMTS licenses that can be obtained (at present the actual number is five), when five or fewer bids are received. The Italian Authority, moreover, considered the competence of the government with regard to the possibility of postponing the deadline for applications. Following the allocation of the 5 UMTS licenses, the Authority will leave room for a second auction, to be reserved for "new entries". This second auction will oversee the adjudication of two extra portions...

IRIS 2000-7:1/29 [IT] Draft Law on Publishing and Editorial Products

On 8 June 2000, the Commissione cultura, scienza e istruzione (Commission for cultural affairs) of the Camera dei Deputati (Chambers of Deputies) started the analysis of Governmental Draft law no. C 6946 on Nuove norme sull'editoria e sui prodotti editoriali (Publishing and Editorial Products). About 20 years after the last intervention on this issue, this Draft Law modifies the Publishing Act n. 416/1981 (Disciplina delle imprese editrici e provvidenze per l'editoria, in Gazz. Uff. 12 January 1985, no. 10) in several areas. Article 1 updates the definition of editorial products to include both...

IRIS 2000-7:1/28 [IT] Draft Law on Copyright

On 21 June 2000 the Camera dei Deputati (Chambers of Deputies) approved the Governmental Draft Law no. C 4953bis Nuove norme di tutela del diritto d'autorei (Law on Copyright), and passed the text to the second chamber of the Parliament, the Senato della Repubblica (Senate) with no. S. 1496B for the final approval. The Draft modifies the Act Protezione del diritto d'autore e di altri diritti concessi al suo esercizio (Copyright Act no. 633/1941, in Gazz. Uff. 16 July 1941, no. 166), and specifies, as a general rule, that exclusive distribution rights apply to any long-distance infrastructure, such...

IRIS 2000-7:1/12 [IT] Parliament Informed about Dominant Positions in the Television Broadcasting Market

Pursuant to the Istituzione dell'Autorità per le Garanzie nelle Comunicazioni e norme sui sistemi delle telecomunicazioni e radiotelevisivo (Communications Act of 31 July 1997, no. 249, see IRIS 1997-8: 10, hereinafter: "Act") and to the Regolamento in materia di costituzione e mantenimento di posizioni dominanti nel settore delle comunicazioni (Dominant Positions Regulation no. 26/99; see IRIS 1999-7: 11), on 13 June 2000 the Autorità per le Garanzie nelle Comunicazioni (Italian Communications Authority - AGC) adopted Decision no. 365/00/CONS ascertaining the existence of dominant positions on...