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An amendment to the ITC's Code of Advertising Standards and Practice now allows football pools advertising on television. The change, which has taken effect from 1 April 1995, was prompted by a Government invitation for the ITC to review its present code. Previously advertising for the National Lottery was allowed but, in keeping with previous Government policy, advertising for betting and gaming - including the pools - was prohibited. The change is Government policy relates only to the football pools. The Home Secretary announced on 25 January of this year an intention to conduct consultations...

Tribunale Amministrativo Regional de Lazio (Regional Administrative The Second Chamber of the Court, Lazio) has made reference to the Court of Justice of the European Communities for a preliminary ruling in a case of a number of broadcasters against the Ministry of Post and Telecommunications. The questions put to the Court are: 1. Is Directive 89/552/EEC (OJ EC 17.10.1989 No L 298: 23 - "Television without Frontiers" Directive) and, in particular, Articles 1 (b) and 18 thereof, to be construed as meaning that the expression `forms of advertisements such as direct offers to the public' in Article...

On 1 February 1995, a new Law on Advertising entered into force in China. It was adopted by the 10th session of the Eigth National People's Congress Standing Committee on 27 October 1994 and sets aside all other, prior laws and regulations relating to advertising, as far as they are not in line with this new standard. The objectives of the law are the promotion of a healthy development of the advertising industry, the protection of the legitimate rights and interests of consumers, the maintenance of social and economic order and to provide for an opportunity to demonstrate the positive role that...

By Decision of 23 February 1995, the French media authority, the Conseil supérieur de l'audiovisuel (CSA) has inflicted a sanction upon the broadcaster Télé Toulouse (T.L.T.) for not respecting the advertising rules. In France, terrestrial broadcasters that broadcast their programmes unencrypted are not allowed to broadcast advertising messages stemming from advertisers that are active in the economic sector of distribution. This prohibition is laid down in Article 8 of Decree n° 92-280 of 27 March 1992. Article 9 of this Decree prohibits illegal advertising. According to the CSA, T.L.T. had...

On 13 January 1995, TF1 was fined FRF 4,980,000 by the Conseil d'Etat for not keeping to standards laid down for television sponsoring. The channel was accused of failing to include in the credit titles the name of the programme's sponsor, Tiercé Magazine : likewise, as the magazine was quoted by name during the main part of the programme, this in turn means the offence comes under Article 7 of the decree of 26 January 1987, which bans press advertising messages. Moreover, with regard to the sponsorship, TF1 was also accused of having quoted the name of the magazine too often during the programme,...