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Article 48 of the Act of 30 September 1986 (as amended) provides that terms of reference fixed by decree should define the legal framework for the operations and obligations of the two national television companies. A decree of 31 December 1999 has now approved the amendments to the terms of reference for France 2 and France 3, originally defined in 1994 and already amended in 1996 and 1998 (see IRIS 1998-6: 10). On 15 December the official audiovisual monitoring body (Conseil supérieur de l'audiovisuel - CSA), to which the matter was referred in application of Article 48 of the 1986 act (as amended),...

The Bundesrat (Swiss Federal Council), meeting in cabinet on 19 January 2000, has laid down the principles governing revision of the Radio- und Fernsehgesetzes (Radio and Television Act - RTVG). The new broadcasting arrangements will operate on the basis of a dual system. On the one hand, media enterprises are to be subject to market forces, with government influence reduced to a minimum and advertising and sponsoring rules relaxed in line with European standards. The objective therefore is one of the deregulation of the private sector. On the other hand, there is a strong public service sector...

The Statute "On Administrative Responsibility of Juridical Persons for Violation of Legislation of the Russian Federation on Elections and Referenda" was adopted by the State Duma (parliament) on 5 November 1999 and entered into force on 8 December. The Statute consists of 25 articles, the majority of which are devoted to procedural issues. Without its procedural rules the Statute would be inoperable because the ordinary rules of administrative procedure, which are part of the (1984) Russian Code of Administrative Infractions, are intended for the assignment of responsibility to natural persons...

A radio broadcaster who distributes, via the Internet, a programme which may not legally be sponsored, but whose Internet broadcast is funded by a third party and mentions the sponsorship arrangement, is in breach of the ban on sponsorship (Article 19.4 of the Radio and Television Act - RTVG). This is the conclusion of the Federal Office of Communication (BAKOM) in a decision addressed to the Swiss Radio and Television Corporation (SRG). Since Spring 1999, a selection of reports from Swiss radio station SR DRS' political analysis programme Echo der Zeit has been made available from around 8 pm...

In its judgement of 23 December 1999 the Tribunal of Rome rejected a complaint lodged by the public broadcaster RAI against the private competitor RTI for violation of the EC and national rules on the transmission of advertising. In its complaint, RAI accused RTI of "unfair competition" since some practices followed by RTI in the transmission of advertising on its three channels were considered to be in violation of the rules included in the "Television without Frontiers" Directive and of the national rules implementing it. In particular, RAI alleged that RTI does not observe the norms concerning...