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On 5 March 1999 the Italian public broadcaster RAI filed a complaint before the authority in charge of monitoring adherence to domestic and European rules on insertion and duration of advertising according to Art. 1 of legge 249 of 1997 ( Autorità per le garanzie nelle comunicazioni). RAI argued that the commercial broadcasters R.T.I. (Mediaset group), which controls three national channels, and TMC (Cecchi Gori group), which controls two national channels, should be held responsible for violation of the rules concerning the interruption of programs with commercial advertising, as well as the rules...

On 29 March 1999, the Italian Parliament incorporated into law the decreto-legge (decree-law) no. 15 of 30 January 1999 (see IRIS 1999-2: 14) containing provisions for a balanced development of the broadcasting market and aimed at the prevention of dominant positions in the audiovisual sector. The Senato della Repubblica (Senate) had proposed several substantial amendments during its session of 3 March, which were confirmed by the Camera dei Deputati (Chamber of Deputies) on the following 23 March. The deadlines for concessions already granted to national and local radio broadcasters have been...

On 4 February 1999 the Italian public broadcaster RAI signed an agreement with the Società Italiana Autori Editori (authors collecting society SIAE), who holds a monopoly in the Italian market, to set the conditions for the application of an "equitable remuneration" for the transmission of Italian and European cinematographic and audiovisual works on the three channels of RAI. The main features of the agreement are the following: it applies for a term of three years; the remuneration is differentiated according to criteria such as the channel on which the work is broadcast, the hour of transmission...

On 30 January 1999, the Italian Government approved decreto-legge (decree-law) no. 15, containing provisions for a balanced development of the broadcasting market and aiming to prevent the establishment and maintenance of dominant positions in the audio-visual sector. According to Article 77 of the Italian Constitution, a decree-law is an act having the same force of law as an ordinary statute by Parliament. The Government may only issue a decree-law in exceptional cases, and it must be converted into a parliamentary statute within sixty days of its publication. Article 1 of the decree-law postpones...

On 3 December 1998, the three main Italian broadcasters RAI, Mediaset and Cacchi Gori Communications were fined by the national Competition Authority ( Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato) for violation of Article 2 of the Italian Antitrust Law ( Legge n.287 of 1990). The broadcasters were held responsible for the conclusion and application of two agreements aimed at sharing the rights for sport events. The Authority held that by these agreements, signed in May 1996 and in July 1997, the broadcasters intended to avoid competition in the television market by sharing the rights acquired...