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The National Broadcasting Council of Latvia is participating in a joint project with a NGO to monitor surreptitious political advertising in connection with the forthcoming Municipal Elections on 12 March 2005. The Council has set up a special commission to monitor radio and television broadcasts for hidden political advertising. Although political advertising is permitted in Latvia, it must be clearly identified and indicate who has paid for it. The experience of previous elections raised doubts as to whether broadcasters were always observing this rule. During this round, programmes will be monitored...

Faced with the multiplication of English terms on radio and television, the CSA (Conseil supérieur de l'audiovisuel - audiovisual regulatory body) adopted on 18 January a recommendation recalling the legal and contractual provisions to which service editors are subject in this respect. Introduced by Article 12 of the Act of 4 August 1994 on use of the French language, Article 20-1 of the Act of 30 September 1986 lays down the principle according to which the use of French is compulsory for all broadcasts and advertising by radio or television bodies and services. This obligation is also taken up...

In late December 2004, the Government of Serbia adopted a Proposal of an Act on Advertising and passed it on to the Parliament to be adopted in an urgent procedure. The proposed text relies on a draft prepared by an expert group in 2001 (see IRIS 2002-2: 15), which was submitted to the former Government of Serbia in 2002 but was not deliberated on until autumn 2004. In September 2004, the new administration started working on the expert draft and produced the current text of the proposal. As far as the contents of the proposed text and its impact on the audiovisual sector is concerned, it should...

A report commissioned by the Minister for Communications on the effect of RTÉ's licence fee on other broadcasters and on the advertising market was published on 1 December 2004. The report examined the funding of public service and commercial broadcasting and the evolution of competition in advertising in Ireland and across the member states of the EU. Interviews were also conducted with people in various organizations. The report concluded that, while the licence fee could in theory give RTÉ an unfair advantage over commercial broadcasters by providing a financial cushion, it did not do so in...

On 1 January 2005, Act No 1437/2004 amending the Danish Broadcasting Act entered into force. The Act amends the provisions regarding political advertising in order to ensure accordance with the European Convention on Human Rights. Television advertising has been permitted in Denmark since 1986, with Article 76, Section 3 of the Broadcasting Act stating: "Advertisements for employers' organisations or trade unions or for religious movements or political parties are not allowed on television". However, Act No 439/2003 significantly expanded the scope of the prohibition as the wording "political parties"...