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In July 2002, the Spanish Parliament approved Act 34/2002 on Information Society Services and E-Commerce. By means of this new Act, which will come into force in October 2002, the Spanish authorities have incorporated EC Directive 2000/31 ("Directive on electronic commerce") into Spanish law. This new Act applies to "information society services" ("IS services"), which the Annex to the Act defines as those provided for remuneration (even if they are free for the recipient), at a distance, electronically and at the individual request of the user. Services provided by voice telephony, fax, telex,...

On 15 August 2002, the Consiliul National al Audiovizualului (National Audiovisual Council - CNA) issued the following communiqué: "As the protector of the public interest and the sole regulatory authority for the electronic media, [the CNA has] noted that certain TV broadcasters are breaching the provisions of Act no. 504/2002 (Art. 20) by broadcasting cigarette advertisements. The Council has also noted that the transmission of some commercials for alcoholic beverages infringes Article 32 of the Audiovisual Act. Failure to comply with advertising regulations will be penalised with fines ranging...

On 14 May 2002, the Commissione per il riassetto del sistema radiotelevisivo (Commission for the reform of the radio and television broadcasting sector), located at the Ministero delle comunicazioni (Ministry of Communications), published a Code of Conduct on Teleshopping drafted by broadcasters and their associations, together with representatives and experts from the Ministry, based on the premise that teleshopping relating to astrological services, gambling and games requires that there should be specific protection for consumers, in order to avoid the exploitation of superstition or fear as...

At its plenary meetings on 23 July and 10 September 2002, the Conseil supérieur de l'audiovisuel (the audiovisual regulatory body - CSA) examined the balance sheet of the authorised French-language services distributed by cable and satellite. Traditionally, this balance sheet is based on two complementary approaches - firstly the monitoring and observation of programmes by the CSA, and secondly a declaration scheme based on the undertaking given by each service to submit an annual report on the conditions for carrying out its obligations. The report must include all the figures for programmes and...

On 7 May the European Commission instructed France to repeal its decree of 27 March 1992 prohibiting advertising on television for a number of sectors of economic activity (literary publishing, the cinema, the press and large-scale distribution). Mr Aillagon, Minister of Culture and Communication, immediately announced that consultation would be embarked upon with the professionals concerned "in the near future" (see IRIS 2002-6: 13). Yet it was not until 25 September that the French Government replied to the Community authorities, giving its reasons for considering the contested regulations to...