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Ofcom, the UK communications regulator, has announced further changes to its advertising rules, as part of its continuing review of advertising regulation (for earlier changes see IRIS 2008-5: 11 and IRIS 2008-9: 12). Ofcom has decided to maintain the number of advertising breaks permitted on public service broadcasting (PSB) channels at current levels for programmes with a scheduled duration of 90 minutes or less, but to increase the number of permitted breaks in longer programmes to the same level as permitted on non-PSB channels. This does not affect the rules applying to particular types of...

The decree of 5 February 2009 of the French-speaking Community amending the decree on broadcasting of 27 February 2003, the founding text for the audiovisual scene in the French-speaking Community - renamed the “decree on audiovisual media services” for the occasion - was published in the Moniteur Belge on 18 March 2009. This is of course the main text transposing the AVMS Directive for the French-speaking Community - it was transposed for the Flemish Community by a decree of 18 March 2009 (see IRIS 2009-5: 8). It should, however, be pointed out that the legislator for the French-speaking Community...

On 14 January 2009 a proposal for amendments to the Act No. 147/2001 Coll. on Advertisements and on the Amendments to Certain Acts (which entered into force on 1 May 2001) concerning the ban of alcohol advertising was made by members of the Slovakian Parliament. The amendment which is at the moment in the second reading is expected to come into effect on 1 June 2009. The reason for this proposal is the fact that alcoholism is becoming a serious and acute problem in society nowadays, particularly in the case of children and minors. Its explanatory report refers to the fact that the age of people...

In Decision no. 391 of 26 March 2009 on the rules governing the audiovisual campaign (8 May to 6 June 2009) for the election of members of the European Parliament, the Consiliul Naţional al Audiovizualului (national council for electronic media - CNA) laid down a code of conduct for Romanian broadcasters. All political parties, political alliances, electoral pacts, organisations representing ethnic minorities and independent candidates involved in the election are categorised in the Decision as competitori electorali (election participants). According to Art. 2, they must be given access to certain...

On 15 April 2009, the Chief Executive of the Broadcasting Authority issued Circular No. 8 of 2009 to all broadcasting stations informing them of the approval by the Authority of the “Directive on Programmes and Advertisements Broadcast During the Period 4 May to 6 June 2009”. This Directive has been issued in conjunction with the elections for the European Union Parliament to be held in Malta on 6 June 2009. Five MEPs are expected to be elected to represent Malta in the EU Parliament. In the circular it is stated that the Authority has decided that, in the case of a breach of this Directive, no...