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The British Codes of Advertising and Sales Promotion have recently been amended by the Committee of Advertising Practice (CAP). The CAP (comprising 22 trade associations and professional bodies representing the advertisers, agencies and all aspects of the media) devises the Codes, provides a range of sanctions and pre-publication copy advice. The new Codes, the first revision since 1988 and drawn up after consultation with over 150 organisations, reflect the basic principles that were drawn up originally in 1961: that advertisements be legal, decent, honest and truthful; be prepared with a sense...

The Advertising Standards Authority received 167 complaints nationwide concerning a poster for the film Indecent Proposal to be broadcast by BSkyB. This featured a photograph of a woman's body between waist and thighs clad only in briefs with the headline ' The Price is Right So They Come On Down' (an adaptation of the title and catchphrase of a popular game show); the complaints considered the poster to be tasteless and offensive. The film in question concerned the payment of $1 million to a husband for a night with his wife. The complaints were upheld. The Authority noted that the advertisement...

The law passed by the State of Romania on 18 June 1994, governing the public radio and television service has finally brought the country into line with the provision laid down two years previously by the "law on the audiovisual sector", n° 48/1992. This decision has finally brought to an end a long political-legal battle, marked by a series of hunger-strikes, street demonstrations and interpellations by international organizations. The provisions of the new law satisfy most of the demands made by those wanting the sector to enjoy political independence. The law also lays down a number of measures...

On 11 January 1995, the Italian Constitutional Court has declared admissible, three referendums on Law N. 223 of 6 August 1990 governing public and private broadcasting in Italy (known as the "Mammi" law). Following this decision, the Italians will be asked to vote on the following three questions: 1. Should any private body holding a licence for national broadcasting be only allowed to run a single channel? - 2. Should there be no advertising breaks in films shown on television? - 3. Should there be a prohibition for advertising organisations to obtain revenue from more than two national channels?...

On 24 January 1995, the French government issued a Decree fixing the rules applicable to different sound radio broadcasting and television services distributed by cable. The new rules, based on Articles 33 and 34,1 of the 1986 Freedom of Communications Act ( Loi relative à la liberté de communication) amend Decree No 92-882 of 1 September 1992. Firstly, the Decree declares the rules on advertising and sponsoring for private sound radio broadcasting services by means of terrestrial transmitters or by satellite, will now also apply to sound radio broadcasting services which are distributed by cable....