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On 9 February 1995, the Parliament of the Czech Republic passed a law governing advertising in the media. The law prohibits certain practices and lays down general restrictions, as well as regulations relating to supervision and penalties. Part of the law amends law No. 468 of 30 October 1991 covering audiovisual programmes. Law No.4 of 15 December 1992 had confirmed the current legal validity of this law, which dates back to ex-Czechoslovakia. The new law states that commercials should only be shown between programmes, except for those programmes made up of several separate parts, with breaks...

In two recent circulars, France's media watchdog body, the Conseil Supérieur de l'Audiovisuel (CSA) told TV programme producers throughout the country that it meant to ensure, from 1 September 1995, that the regulations on the acceptability of certain kinds of advertising were strictly observed in individual programmes. These regulations are set out in the implementing Decree, No. 92-280 of 27 March 1992, on Section 27 (1) of Act No. 86-1067 of 30 September 1986 (the French Broadcasting Act). The Decree was issued to transpose the Directive on "Television without Frontiers" into national French...

The much-debated and anticipated federal Advertising Statute is a comprehensive Act that regulates advertising in Russia and aims to curb misleading and other unacceptable advertisements.The Statute is based on a draft proposed by the State Anti-monopoly Committee in 1994 and differs from a draft tabled around the same time by the Association of Advertising Agencies. The statute applies to both Russian and foreign entities and individuals involved in advertising in the Russian Federation. The Statute restricts, and from 1 January, completely prohibits alcohol and tobacco advertising on television....

The Broadcasting Act 1990 (s. 92(2)) prohibits advertising on commercial radio by an organisation whose objectives are 'wholly or mainly of a political nature'; this is also prohibited by the Radio Authority's Advertising Code. Amnesty International was refused permission to advertise by the Radio Authority and challenged this by judicial review, arguing that the prohibition should be narrowly construed in accordance with Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights; thus it should apply only to organisations seeking a specific change in government whilst the objectives of Amnesty are...

In its decision of 4 July 1995, the Court of Cassation supported the first judges' rulings which had found against the sub-contractor entrusted with the technical production of copies of an advertising film concerning a loan, who had committed a serious fault in not checking if the correction of rates requested by the client was clearly indicated in the message transmitted. This serious fault cancels the liability limitation clause. The case calls into question the responsibility of the Régie française de publicité (RFP) in the carrying out of its task, as a public administrative service, of exercising...