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In his Opinion dated 11 March 2004, Advocate General Tizzano concluded in favour of the compatibility with Community law of the French legislation on tobacco and alcohol addiction ("the Loi Evin ") and of the code of conduct drawn up by the Conseil Supérieur de l'Audiovisuel (the French audiovisual regulatory body ­ CSA). The latter lays down detailed rules for the implementation of the Law. The Loi Evin prohibits, in France, direct and indirect television advertising of alcoholic beverages. Infringement of that provision is an offence punishable by a fine. The Code distinguishes between international...

This summer, local elections will be held in Romania, with parliamentary and presidential elections scheduled for the end of the year. Several bills relating to these elections are currently being debated in the Romanian Parliament, including one stipulating how much advertising time political parties should be allocated in the electronic media during the campaign. In this regard the proposals of the parliamentary committee responsible for preparing the bills are very different from those of the Consiliului Na tional al Audiovizualului (National Audiovisual Council ­ CNA). The relevant bill (Proiectul...

Following the decision of the European Court of Human Rights in Murphy v Ireland (judgment of 10 July 2003, see IRIS 2003-9: 3) that Ireland was not in breach of Article 10 ECHR, the Minister for Communications has decided to retain the ban on religious advertising. The ban had been invoked on a number of occasions to refuse advertisements, including the 2002 "Power to change" advertisements sponsored by the main Christian religions in the State (see IRIS 2003-2: 11). As a result, in March 2003, prior to the Court's decision, the Minister had initiated a public consultation on the issue, which...

OFCOM is the UK communications industries regulator. It was established by the Communications Act 2003 and deals with television, radio, telecommunications and wireless communications services. One of its Boards is the Content Board, a committee of the main Board. It deals mainly with broadcasting (radio and television) on issues of quality and standards. As regards content issues, these are divided into three categories or "tiers": "Tier 1 concerns negative content regulation. It covers matters principally concerning harm and offence, accuracy and impartiality, fairness and privacy. Tier 2 relates...

According to an initial analysis by the Gemeinsame Stelle Programm, Werbung und Medienkompetenz (Joint Programme, Advertising and Media Office) of the Landesmedienanstalten (regional media authorities), so-called split-screen advertising on TV does not breach media legislation. Split-screen advertising is when the programme itself and advertisements are broadcast at the same time. According to Article 7.4 of the Rundfunkstaatsvertrag (Inter-State Agreement on Broadcasting), advertising must be clearly separated from other programme items by optical means and must be announced as such. This assessment...