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In its judgement of 23 December 1999 the Tribunal of Rome rejected a complaint lodged by the public broadcaster RAI against the private competitor RTI for violation of the EC and national rules on the transmission of advertising. In its complaint, RAI accused RTI of "unfair competition" since some practices followed by RTI in the transmission of advertising on its three channels were considered to be in violation of the rules included in the "Television without Frontiers" Directive and of the national rules implementing it. In particular, RAI alleged that RTI does not observe the norms concerning...

On 20 October 1999 the Italian Government submitted a proposal to the Camera dei Deputati (Chamber of Deputies of the Italian Parliament) concerning new provisions on the free movement of feature films. The aim of the bill is to define specific competition thresholds with reference to concentrations, as defined by the Competition Act of 10 October 1990 no. 287 ( Norme per la tutela della concorrenza e del mercato. Gazzetta Ufficiale 1990, 240), which create or strengthen a dominant position in the cinematographic sector that underlies the control of the Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del...

On 19 October 1999 the Distance Marketing Decree ( Attuazione della direttiva 97/7/CE relativa alla protezione dei consumatori in materia di contratti a distanza, Decreto legislativo of 22 May 1999, no. 185, in Gazzetta Ufficiale 1999, 143) entered into force. By this decree Italy transposes Directive 97/7/EC on the protection of consumers in respect of distance contracts. The decree applies to any contract concerning goods or services concluded between a supplier and a consumer under an organised sales or service-provision scheme run by the supplier, who makes exclusive use of one or more means...

On 5 August 1999 the Italian Football League approved three regulations concerning interviews and reportages on radio and television broadcasting. According to these regulations, during the 1999/2000 Italian football season interviews and reportages inside football stadiums are only permitted following a specific authorisation of the Italian Football League. The right of the public to be informed about the events is guaranteed pursuant to, among others, the following rules: - for each day of the football season authorised broadcasters are allowed three minutes of reportage; - audiovisual recordings...

On 21 July 1999 the Consiglio (Council) of the Autorità per le Garanzie nelle Comunicazioni (Italian regulatory authority in the communications sector, hereinafter AGC) approved a draft regulation concerning the definition of common standards for decoders aimed at the transmission of conditional access digital programmes (pay-TV) to the Italian market. As the standard constitutes a «technical rule» under Directive 98/34/CE of 22 June 1998, the draft has been promptly notified to the European Commission. Pursuant to Law no. 78/99 (see IRIS 1999-4: 8) a common decoder will be compulsory in Italy...