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On 22 February 2006 the State Duma (parliament) of the Russian Federation adopted the Federal Statute “On Advertising”. It replaces the statute of the same name of 1995 (see IRIS 1995-9: 9). The new statute has six chapters and 40 articles. Under advertising the statute understands the distribution of information in any form with the help of any media, which is intended for an indeterminate group of persons and is directed at forming or supporting interest in the objects of advertising and facilitating market advancement of such objects. As before the statute does not regulate political advertising....

At the beginning of March 2005, the Consiliul Naţional al Audiovizualului (the Romanian regulatory body for electronic media - CNA ) adopted a new, partly amended code ( Codul de reglementare al Consiliului Naţional al Audiovizualului ) summarising all the important legal provisions on audiovisual content. The code was drawn up following consultations with broadcasters' representatives and the public. With a view to Romania's accession to the EU, it is designed to bring the country's legislation into line with existing EU regulations. The 160 articles of the code are divided into chapters regulating...

A new Law on Broadcasting Activity entered into force in the Republic of Macedonia on 29 November 2005. One of its purposes is to bring domestic law into line with the EU Television Without Frontiers Directive. The Law is divided into 17 chapters and comprehensively regulates many different aspects of broadcasting. It begins by defining certain terms and dividing broadcasters into public, commercial and non-profit broadcasting companies. The highly detailed Chapter III is devoted to the protection of pluralism, diversity and transparency of the work of broadcasters. In order to control illegal...

On 9 March 2006 the Saeima (Parliament of the Republic of Latvia) adopted in the second reading a draft law, prohibiting any political advertising in electronic media within 90 days before the elections to the Saeima and the European Parliament. Initially it was proposed that political advertising within 90 days before the elections should be prohibited in all the media. However, at the sitting of 9 March 2006 Saeima decided that the prohibition with respect to the printed media should be deleted from the draft. Thus, the prohibition would apply only to radio, television, and outdoor advertisements....

On 10 February 2006, the new Flemish Regulator for the Media (FRM) was officially established. As an external autonomous agency, the FRM is responsible for licensing and supervising radio and television broadcasting organisations, cable networks and radio and television services in the Flemish Community. The FRM integrates the competences of the former Vlaams Commissariaat voor de Media (Flemish Media Authority), the former Vlaamse Geschillenraad voor Radio en Televisie (Flemish Council for Radio and Television Disputes) and the former Vlaamse Kijk- en Luisterraad (Flemish Listening and Viewing...