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On 11 June 1996, compromise suggestions by the Presidency enabled the Council to reach full political agreement, by qualified majority, on a common position regarding amendment of Directive 89/552/EEC (the "Television without Frontiers" Directive). The common position will be formally adopted when the text has been finalised; it will then be sent to the European Parliament for a second reading under the joint decision procedure. The Belgian, Greek and Irish delegations have indicated that they will abstain in the vote; Sweden will vote against. The common position will incorporate most of the...

On 14.12.1995 the People's Council of the Slovak Republic adopted legislation on the film industry. The new act covers the production and commercialization of cinema and video films, but not productions purely for television. As well as giving a range of definitions, the act contains certain obligations incumbent on producers of audiovisual works in the Slovak Republic and commercialization companies (registration duty, obligation to comply with provisions for the protection of children and young people), prohibits the commercialisation of violent and pornographic films, and contains provisions...

In May 1996 the Bulgarian Radio and Television Bill was introduced in Parliament for a second and final reading and it is expected to be adopted in the course of July. The Bill declares the freedom of creation and distribution of radio and TV programmes, guarantees their independence from political and economic interference, and prohibits all forms of censorship. It provides for the establishment of a National Council for Radio and Television (NCRT) as a specialised and independent public entity. The NCRT will consist of 11 members, 7 of which will be nominated by Parliament in proportion to the...

The regional broadcasting corporations grouped together in ARD have jointly lodged a complaint against the private television broadcaster PRO SIEBEN with the Regional Court in Stuttgart because the broadcaster regularly contravenes the regulation on advertising time contained in paragraph 4 of the Agreement between the Federal States on broadcasting in united Germany (RfStV) when broadcasting films. Under this provision, films and television films other than series, light entertainment and documentaries, and lasting more than 45 minutes may only be interrupted once in any one complete 45-minute...

In IRIS 1995-10: 10, we reported on a draft law of the Ukraine High Council of 26.04.1996 amending the Ukrainian Broadcasting Act of 21.12.1993. Since then, on 02.06.1996, the law amending the Ukrainian Broadcasting Act has been adopted. The amending law redefines and supplements inter alia the provisions concerning the definition of basic concepts (§ 1), the jurisdiction of the State broadcasting bodies (§ 4), the national broadcasting council (§ 5), anti-monopoly regulations (§ 7), the structure of national broadcasting (§ 11) and the State broadcasting corporation (§ 12). The amended Broadcasting...