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Does the order in an urgent matter issued by the Conseil d'État on 13 December 2004 ordering Eutelsat to stop broadcasting the television channel Al Manar mark the end of the channel being broadcast in Europe? This is not the first time that the regulatory authority (Conseil supérieur de l'audiovisuel - CSA) has applied to the Conseil d'État, on the basis of the new Article 42-10 of the amended Act of 30 September 1986 introduced by the Act of 9 July 2004, on this subject, because of the Lebanese channel's broadcasting of programmes of an anti-Semitic nature (see IRIS 2004-9: 11). The television...

On 6 July 2004 the National Broadcasting Council adopted its standpoint referring to the future of the European regulatory audiovisual policy in the light of the European Commission´s Communication on this topic (COM(2003)784 final). Subsequently, this position was sent to the Minister of Culture. Based on this proposal the European Committee of the Council of Ministers adopted the standpoint of Poland on 30 July 2004. Later this year the document adopted by the European Committee of Council of Ministers, which reflects mainly the NBC proposal, was submitted to the European Commission. The document...

On 19 November, following the order handed down by the Conseil d'Etat on 20 August (see IRIS 2004-9:11), the Conseil supérieur de l'audiovisuel (audiovisual regulatory body) signed an agreement with the Lebanese television channel Al Manar, which has close links with Hezbollah and is broadcast by the Eutelsat satellite. Under the terms of the agreement, the channel "must not infringe personal dignity, incite practices or conduct punishable under French criminal law, must respect the political, cultural and religious tendencies of European people, must not incite hatred, violence or discrimination...

In 2004 many parts of the Peri Radiophonikon and Tileptikon Stathmon Nomos 1998/7(i) (Law on Radio and Television Broadcasting) have been amended in order to fully harmonise it with EC directives. Provisions were enacted that give full rights to EU citizens and in this regard all restrictions were removed. Among other issues, amendments relating to licensing and share capital as well as to the obligations of broadcasters were made. Archi Radiotileorasis Kiprou (the Radio and Television Broadcasting Authority) has been given extended powers. Now its rulings apply not only to the broadcasters that...

On 5 November 2004 the Government of the Republic of Albania approved the draft law "On the ratification of the Protocol of the European Convention on Transfrontier Television" The Protocol aims at the development of conditions for TV broadcasting. It envisages that the Member States have to ensure that broadcasting can be received. They also have to ensure, by the necessary means within their jurisdiction, that a considerable proportion of broadcasting time is reserved for European works. The aim of the draft law is to underline the importance that the freedom of expression and information, as...