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The Covenant on cooperation of Member States of the Commonwealth of Independent States in the regulation of advertising activity was adopted on behalf of Council of the Heads of Governments of the CIS by the Council on Economics of the Commonwealth of Independent States at its session in Moscow on 19 December 2003 and signed by 9 out of the 12 Member States. The Covenant has 19 articles and is a continuation of the policy laid down in the CIS Treaty on concerted antimonopoly policy of 25 January 2000 and the CIS Covenant on major guidelines of activity to protect the rights of consumers, of the...

According to a decision by the Austrian Verfassungsgerichtshof (Constitutional Court - VfGH), the ban on television advertising of radio stations operated by the public service broadcaster Österreichische Rundfunk (ORF) does not violate the broadcaster's freedom of expression. In the decision contested by the ORF, the relevant supervisory body, the Bundeskommunikationssenat (Federal Communications Office), had found that the broadcaster had infringed Article 13(9) of the Gesetz über den Österreichischen Rundfunk (Austrian Broadcasting Act - ORF-G) by showing an advertisement on its TV channel...

On 15 December 2003 the European Commission adopted a Communication which sets out a roadmap for future EU regulatory action in the audiovisual sector. The Communication presents the results of the public consultation relating to the review of the "Television without Frontiers" Directive, launched at the beginning of 2003 (see IRIS 2003-2: 5), and on the basis of these results proposes a number of short and medium term initiatives. The Commission has concluded that the current situation of the market does not require at present a revision of the Directive. However, it believes that in the medium...

Representatives of 43 regulatory authorities from 34 countries attended the 18th meeting of the EPRA, hosted by the Cyprus Radio-Television Authority. The main theme was the implementation of EC legislation in the new EU Member States and candidate countries. The delegates particularly focused on the challenges facing national regulatory authorities regarding the implementation of the aims and principles of EU media policy. Other topics of debate included aspects of advertising law that had been discussed at previous EPRA meetings. Information was provided concerning new advertising techniques...

As the previous draft of comprehensive amendments to the Broadcasting Act of 29 December 1992 (Dz. U. of 2001, No. 101 Item 1114, as amended), was rejected by Parliament on 30 July 2003, the Government has prepared a new draft, which is ­ in regard to its content ­ reduced in certain aspects. The Council of Ministers adopted on 21 October 2003 draft legislation to adapt the Broadcasting Act in line with the Directive 89/552/EEC, amended by the Directive 97/36/EC ­ the so-called Directive "Television Without frontiers". They also tailor national legislation to the principles underlying Community...