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In its advisory opinion of 16 June 1995, the EFTA Court has ruled that the «Television without Frontiers» directive (89/552/EEC of 3 October 1989) - which is integrated into the EEA Agreement - must be interpreted as precluding a general prohibition imposed on an advertiser, whereby he is prevented from showing an advertisement contained in a television programme of a broadcaster established in another EEA State. The prejudicial question to the EFTA Court arose as a result of a disagreement between the Norwegian Consumer Ombudsman and the Norwegian subsidiary companies of Mattel and Lego. The toy-manufacturers...

On 30 June 1995, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe recommended a number of actions that could be undertaken by the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe or the Council of Europe member States to counteract the effects of violence in the media, in particular its portrayal in television, video, film, advertising, photography and computer programmes. Self-regulation and the adoption of codes of conduct by television programme makers, news editors, film makers and makers and distributors of films, video games and computer programmes together with educational measures in...

The Advertising Self-Regulatory Association was set up by a hundred or so advertisers, advertising agencies and communications organisations in June 1995 with the aim of applying the codes of practice through a jury elected by the Association, although operating independently of the Association. Rafael Garcia Gutierrez was elected Chairman.

During the last general elections, several courts were called upon to make rulings as to the conditions of access of the campaigning parties to electoral broadcasts on state-owned radio and television channels. The RTBF board of governors had laid down a regulation restricting access to those parties with seats in all the Assemblies concerned by the elections of 21 May (Senate, the Lower House, the Regional Parliaments), in the avowed aim of blocking access to the extreme right-wing parties. This system, which favoured the established parties, was of course criticised by the smaller parties that...

In late April, the Greek government presented a Bill ( see IRIS 1995-6:3) on the legal status of private television and local radio, the regulation of the broadcasting market and other articles. The Bill comprises 4 chapters and 14 articles covering the following points : Article 1 deals with the status of operating licences of private television stations. Those stations that hold the licence are expected to protect the public interest and the quality of their programming, to give out impartial information and news and to make sure the principles of pluralism are adhered to. The stations are...