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On 7 May, the European Commission decided to commence infringement proceedings against France and sent formal notice in respect of the Decree of 27 March 1992. Article 8 of the Decree prohibits advertising on television for literary publishing, the cinema, the press and distribution. This decision follows two complaints, one brought by a Belgian furniture distributor whose advertising was refused by the France 3-Nord television channel, and the other complaint brought by the magazine press syndicate (Syndicat de la presse magazine - SPMI), with the support of the press editor Emap, whose promotion...

In accordance with a Bill tabled in May 2002, the current Legea Audiovizualului Nr. 48 din 21 mai 1992, modificata prin OUG 48/1999, aprobata, modificata si completata prin Legea Nr. 145 din 26 iulie 2000 (Act no.48 of 21 May 1992 on the activities of the electronic media in Romania) is to be replaced. Act no.48 has been amended many times over the last few years and the new legislation will incorporate the provisions of the relevant EC Directives more effectively. According to the Bill, the Consiliul National al Audiovizualului (National Audiovisual Council - CNA) will have exclusive responsibility...

Terrestrially-broadcast digital television is supposed to be starting up before the end of the year, but a few adjustments to the relevant regulations are still required. Thus, just hours before the Jospin government stood down, the work statements for the public-sector channels for terrestrially-broadcast digital television were gazetted. The public-sector service is supposed to offer between eight and thirty-three channels, broadcasting unencrypted and free of charge the channels France 2, France 3, La Cinquième, ARTE, the parliamentary channel, eight regional channels dependent on France 3,...

Following lengthy discussions within the Council of Europe's Standing Committee on Transfrontier Television during the past two years, an opinion on split-screen advertising (simultaneous transmission of a programme and television advertising) was adopted by the Committee on 29 April 2002, acknowledging that this practice was a form of advertising covered by the Convention, under the term "other forms of advertising" employed in the Convention. In its opinion, the Standing Committee does not enter into details on what conditions or criteria such advertisements should meet, for example the maximum...

The Advertising Standards Authority for Ireland (ASAI) is an independent self-regulatory body set up and financed by the advertising industry. Although the amount of legislation governing advertising in Ireland is increasing, advertising remains largely self-regulatory. The ASAI publishes two Codes, which are updated regularly. The Codes cover commercial advertisements: these are characterised as where the advertiser pays or compensates a third party to communicate the commercial message. It covers advertising that has a "paid for" space in the media, which now includes the Internet. In line with...