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On 8 July the Council of Ministers of the EU submitted the final version of its common position on amending the "Television without Frontiers" Directive, which it had adopted on 11 June (as reported in IRIS 1996-6: 7). The Commission then communicated this to the European Parliament on 11 July, with its opinion that this common position was a step in the right direction. Compromise was necessary in order to be able to continue with the procedure for adopting a Resolution. In its Common Position, the Council shares many of the Parliament's considerations, eg concerning determination of jurisdiction...

By letter of 20 June 1996, the Prime Minister of Luxembourg has replied to a letter from the Dutch Minister of Culture concerning the alleged violations by (Luxembourg-based) RTL4 and RTL5 of the "Television without Frontiers" Directive. In his letter of 19 December 1995, the Minister informed the Luxembourg Government that the Dutch Media Authority (Commissariaat voor de Media) had detected persistent violations in the form of surreptitious advertising and unclear or favourable mentioning of names of sponsors ( see IRIS 1995-10: 11). The Dutch Government asked for the opinion of the Luxembourg...

The Independent Television Commission has agreed an amendment to rule 7.1.5(A) of the ITC Rules on Advertising Breaks that will in future allow Channel 3, 4 and 5 licensees to aggregate without the prior permission of the ITC their spot advertising allowance between the hours of midnight and 6.00 a.m.to accommodate long form advertisements, including home shopping formats. Any long advertising slot created by this change must be identified separately in published programme listings. The amendment has come into force on 17 July 1996. Satellite and cable channels carrying both programmes and advertising...

The Italian Cabinet has approved a Bill setting up an Authority to oversee communications and radio and television standards. The Bill will become law after it has been approved by the Public Works Committee of the Senate. Article 1 establishes the Authority as a single organisation covering the radio and television and the telecommunications sectors. The Authority comes under a Chairman and is made up of three bodies, each with specific functions. The three bodies consist of two committees, one covering infrastructure and networks and the other dealing with products and services and a third structure,...

After heated parliamentary discussion, an Act to protect health against the effects of using tobacco and tobacco products was passed on 9 November 1995. The Act, which came into force on 1 May 1996, marks the start of more vigorous action to curb smoking in Poland. In addition to preventing dependence on tobacco and tobacco products and protecting health against the effects of using them, the act is intended to protect the right of non-smokers to a tobacco smoke-free environment. It obliges government and local authorities to take all the action needed for this purpose. The Act imposes numerous...