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After the completion of the procedure (IRIS 1999-8: 10) laid down by the Transparency Directive 98/34/EC of 22 June 1998, on 7 April 2000 the Autorità per le Garanzie nelle Comunicazioni (Italian Communications Authority, hereinafter AGC) approved a regulation concerning the definition of common standards for pay-TV decoders. Pursuant to Law no. 78/99 (IRIS 1999-4: 8) a common decoder will be compulsory in Italy from 1 July 2000. Consequently, the regulation will enter into force on the same day and apply to broadcasters established in Italy according to the provisions of the Television without...

In its judgement of 23 March 2000 the Tribunal of Rome, sitting in chamber, confirmed the decision reached on 23 December 1999 by the same Tribunal (sitting with a single judge) on a complaint lodged by the public broadcaster RAI against the private competitor RTI for violation of EC and national rules on the transmission of advertising (see IRIS 2000-1: 10). Before the first judge, RAI asked for an injunction ordering the private broadcaster to cease advertising practices considered inconsistent with the above mentioned rules. Again without considering the merits of the complaint, The Tribunal...

Approximately one year after the self-regulatory Code of Advertising and Sales Promotion was adopted by the Italian Committee of Advertising Practice (see IRIS 1999-6: 13), the Decreto legislativo Attuazione della direttiva 97/55/CE che modifica la direttiva 84/450/CEE, in materia di pubblicità ingannevole e comparativa (Statutory Instrument on Comparative and Misleading Advertising) of 25 February 2000 entered into force. With this decree Italy transposes Directive 97/55/EC, amending Directive 84/450/EEC concerning misleading advertising so as to include comparative advertising. Comparative advertising...

Pursuant to the Communications Act of 31 July 1997, no. 249 (Istituzione dell'Autorità per le Garanzie nelle Comunicazioni e norme sui sistemi delle telecomunicazioni e radiotelevisivo, see IRIS 1997-8: 10) on 1 March 2000 the Autorità per le Garanzie nelle Comunicazioni (the Italian Communications Authority -AGC) adopted the regolamento concernente la diffusione via satellite di programmi televisivi (regulation no. 127/00/CONS concerning satellite television broadcasting). The Regulation applies to: 1) Italian broadcasters whose programmes are received in States Parties to the European Convention...

On 28 January 2000 the Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato (the Italian Competition Authority) deliberated upon the closing of the preliminary inquiry initiated against the former Italian telecom monopolist, Telecom Italia. The inquiry was opened at the instigation of the Italian Association of Internet Providers ("AIIP"). The AIIP originally accused Telecom of having abused its dominant position on the Internetmarket primarily by way of adopting extremely low prices in order to cut off other competitors. Telecom also allegedly distorted competition by adopting discriminatory conditions...