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As a consequence of the changes made to the Electronic Media Law on 17 December 2010 in Luxembourg (see IRIS 2011-2/31), several executing regulations were amended on the same day (see IRIS 2011-4/28). The modifications to the regulations are predominantly editorial as a result of the adaptation of the wording of the Luxembourg Electronic Media Law to the EU Audiovisual Media Services (AVMS) Directive. The following two regulations refer to the licensing procedure for programmes disseminated by cable or satellite respectively and their wordings are modified by replacing the term “programme” with...

On 17 of December 2010 a package of legislation specific to the media was enacted in Luxembourg. In addition to the modifications made to the Law on Electronic Media (see IRIS 2011-2/31) which transposes the EU Audiovisual Media Services (AVMS) Directive, several regulations have been amended in parallel (see IRIS 2011-4/29). The amendments principally aim at bringing the executing regulations into line with the new version of the Electronic Media Law of 2010 (see IRIS 2011-2/31). The two regulations on the promotion of European works and on commercial communication have, however, been changed...

According to a decision of 13 January 2011 (case no. I ZR 22/09), the Bundesgerichtshof (Federal Supreme Court - BGH) will, in a request for a preliminary ruling, submit a number of questions to the Court of Justice of the European Union (ECJ) concerning the interpretation of the concept of “health claim” in the sense of Article 2(2)(5) of Regulation (EC) No. 1924/2006 on nutrition and health claims made on foods (“Health Claims Regulation”). The decision follows a case concerning advertising for a herbal liqueur containing 27% alcohol with the words "wohltuend und bekömmlich” (beneficial and agreeable)....

The Autoritatea Electorală Permanentă (Permanent Electoral Authority - AEP) finalised the draft of an Electoral Code, which includes provision for all types of elections and referenda taking place in Romania. The AEP announced on 25 January 2011 that the Draft has been presented to political parties and experts and submitted for public consultation (see IRIS 2005-1/34, IRIS 2008-10/27, IRIS 2009-6/28, and IRIS 2009-10/24). The AEP intends to harmonise the Romanian electoral legislation and set up a general framework for all types of elections, in order to ensure greater coherence and stability...

On 12 January 2011 the Rules for the Implementation of the Requirements for Audiovisual Commercial Communication and Sponsoring of Audiovisual Media Services were adopted by a decision of the Radio and Television Commission of Lithuania. The Rules were prepared and adopted following the requirements for the implementation of the amendments to the Law on the Provision of Information to the Public of 30 September 2010, which transposed the provisions of the Audiovisual Media Service Directive (see IRIS 2011-1/39). Whereas the Law on the Provision of Information to the Public did not clearly specify...