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On 17 January 2020, the Italian Council of Ministers approved a draft bill specifically prohibiting ambush marketing which was introduced following a proposal by the Minister of Justice, Alfonso Bonafede. The bill aims at strengthening the protection of the economic interests of companies that sponsor sports events and exhibitions of national and international relevance. The bill should introduce appropriate measures, particularly in light of the upcoming 2020 UEFA European Football Championship, with a view to preventing unauthorised economic players from associating their trademarks or products...

The Council for Radio and TV Broadcasting of the Czech Republic issued this decision: The company BILLA, Limited, is guilty of committing an offence in violation of section 5d (2) of Act No. 40/1995 Coll., pursuant to Article (a), Regulation (EU) No. 1169/2011/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council, by making the BILLA advertisement aired on TV NOVA on 18 March 2019, from 16:16:11, as the advertisement contains misleading information on the characteristics and the nature of the 'apricot pocket' bakery product sold in the BILLA stores. The advertisement begins with the statement...

On 5 November 2019, the Court of Rome, by adopting a restrictive interpretation of Italian legislation, ordered two companies to block the delivery of some commercial communications relating to electronic cigarettes (e-cigs) and liquid refills, as an urgent measure. Article 21, paragraph 10, of Legislative Decree No. 6/2016 (which implemented the EU Directive 2014/40/EU on tobacco products) provides for a ban on the advertising of e-cigs and refill liquids. Specifically, it prohibits the following activities which have the aim or the direct or indirect effect of promoting electronic cigarettes...

At its meeting on 19 November 2019, the Kommission für Zulassung und Aufsicht (Commission on Licensing and Supervision – ZAK), the central organ of the German media authorities with responsibility for monitoring advertising on national television channels, decided that Sport1’s teleshopping window, Channel21, had infringed current advertising laws enshrined in Article 7(1)(3) and (4) of the Rundfunkstaatsvertrag (Inter-State Broadcasting Agreement – RStV) and Article 41(1)(4) in conjunction with Article 3 of the Heilmittelwerbegesetz (Medicinal Product Advertising Act –...

On 29 October 2019, the European Commission released the self-assessment reports submitted by Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Mozilla and Twitter and other trade association signatories to the Code of Practice on Disinformation (the Code) as part of its broader Action Plan against Disinformation (see IRIS 2019-1/7). The Commission is currently drafting an evaluation of the overall effectiveness of the Code during its first year of implementation which will take into account both the reports of independent bodies assisting the Commission in its analysis, as well as the relevant efforts of the signatories...