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First report On 9. April 1998 the Council of Ministers discussed and passed the draft of a Radio and Television Act to the Parliament. On 24. September 1998 the Parliament approved the act. However, it has still not been signed by the President and is not yet in force.. The Radio and Television Act reflects the requirements of European law in the regulation of both public and commercial broadcasters. It regulates radio and television broadcasters, regardless of the means of transmission - cable, satellite or any other technical means. The act does not envisage restrictions relating to the form...

By judgements on 1 September 1998 and 7 September 1998 the District Courts in Mainz and Cologne respectively decided on the admissibility of a party political broadcast by 'The Republicans" a party authorised to take part in the parliamentary elections. The same issue also arose before the District Court of Munich IThe background was the refusal by private broadcasters SAT 1, RTL, PRO 7 and Kabel 1 to broadcast the programme. In it, photos of the former German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer (German Christian Democratic Party) and the then opposition leader, Kurt Schumacher (German Social Democratic...

Conseil Supérieur de l'Audiovisuel (CSA - government body monitoring The solemn warning from the broadcasting) to the chairman of France Télévision on 8 September in respect of further cases of product placement noted on the channels France 2 and France 3 in regard of a number of press titles raises the question of regulations to cover this type of practise. The Decree of 27 March 1992, which lays down regulations for advertising on television and transposes the "Television without Frontiers Directive" into French law, prohibits product placement, defined as "the representation in words or pictures...

The Radio and Television Act 1988 (section 10 subsection 3) prohibits advertisements directed towards any religious or political end, or related to an industrial dispute. In a recent decision, the Irish High Court upheld the refusal of the Independent Radio and Television Commission (IRTC) to permit a number of independent radio stations to broadcast an advertisement by "Youth Defence". "Youth Defence" is an organisation which tries to inform the public concerning issues about abortion and to ensure the protection of the unborn child. (The life of the unborn child is constitutionally protected...

On 9 September 1998 the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe adopted a protocol amending the European Convention on Transfrontier Television of 1989 which aims to enhance the free exchange of information and ideas by providing a legal framework with commonly-agreed basic standards for the free circulation of transfrontier television programmes in Europe. After last year's substantial revision of the "Television Without Frontiers" Directive of the European Communities, it had become necessary to re-align the Convention with the European directive and develop a coherent approach to transfrontier...