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The UK Government has issued a White Paper that proposes a complete overhaul of the regulatory institutions and much of the substantive law applying to communications, including broadcasting, telecommunications and the Internet. This is likely to result in new legislation to be introduced to Parliament in 2001 or 2002, after the next general election. The centrepiece of the new proposals is the creation of a single regulatory commission for the communications and media industries. This will take the form of an Office of Communications (OFCOM) covering telecommunications, television and radio and...

During 2000, numerous efforts have been made in order to bring the legal order for the media of the Republic of Cyprus into line with European prerequisites. As far as private broadcasting is concerned, Directive 89/552/EEC on the coordination of certain provisions laid down by law, regulation or administrative action in Member States concerning the pursuit of television broadcasting activities had already been transposed by Law 7(I) of 29 January 1998 "consolidating and revising the Establishment, Installation and Operation of Radio and Television Stations". Furthermore, Law 7(I) had adopted certain...

Over 170 organisations of interested groups, parties and cantons have until the end of April 2001 to give their views on a draft of a new Radio- und Fernsehgesetz (Radio and Television Act - RTVG). The draft incorporates the principles of media policy set out in the discussion paper, which the Bundesrat (Swiss Federal Council) published in January 2000 (see IRIS 2000-2: 4). By channelling responsibilities and available funds (licence fees), to the Schweizerische Radio- und Fernsehgesellschaft (Swiss Radio and Television CorporationSRG), it should be possible to provide a public service offering...

On 1 November the Legea privind publicitatea (Advertising Act no.148), adopted by the Romanian Parliament on 29 June 2000, came into force. Previously, advertising in the Romanian audiovisual sector had been regulated by the Consiliul National al Audiovizualului (National Audiovisual Council) or merely self-regulated by advertising agencies and media institutions. The main purpose of the new Act is to protect consumers from misleading advertisements. Advertising is considered "misleading" if there is a deliberate intention to mislead the consumer by concealing essential information concerning the...

New restrictions designed to implement the basic principles of the "Television Without Frontiers" Directive were introduced into the 1996 Tabako Kontroljis Estatymo (Statute on Tobacco Control). The amendments entered into force on 16 March 2000. Article 11 imposes a total ban on the advertising of tobacco products. The Statute defines advertisement as "information disseminated in any form and through any means of transmission that directly promotes acquisition and use of tobacco products". Hence it includes various ways of depicting the product logo or presenting positive information about tobacco....