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On 5 February 1997 the European Commission adopted, on the initiative of Commissioner Marcellino Oreja, a Communication on exclusive rights for TV broadcasting of major (sports) events. The Communication states the position that the Commission will adopt during the imminent conciliation procedure with the European Parliament and the Council of Ministers on the `Television without Frontiers II' Directive ( see IRIS 1997-1: 8). The directive `Television without Frontiers' should, in the view of the Commission, represent a guarantee for full reciprocal respect between the Member States of their national...

As reported in IRIS 1996-9: 7, on 10 September 1996 the Court of Justice of the European Communities issued two important judgments concerning the `Television without Frontiers' Directive. This short analysis summarizes the main points of Community law that can be drawn from these judgments. It does not report in detail on the subject matter of each of the two proceedings. In these two cases the Court was called upon to interpret the Directive's basic provisions (namely Articles 1, 2 and 3). The Court's decisions provide an important contribution to the definition of the scope of the Directive,...

The Swedish Broadcasting Commission has examined TV3, a Swedish satellite TV broadcaster established in United Kingdom. Due to its establishment in London, TV3 comes under the supervision of the Independent Television Commission (ITC). Earlier, The Swedish Broadcasting Commission considered the Swedish Satellite Act as not applicable to TV3 ( see IRIS 1995-10: 11). Despite this, the Commission has now reported to the Swedish Government about TV3's broadcasts from the UK aiming at the Swedish audience. In a special report to the Ministry of Culture the Broadcasting Commission examines whether the...

On 8 July the Council of Ministers of the EU submitted the final version of its common position on amending the "Television without Frontiers" Directive, which it had adopted on 11 June (as reported in IRIS 1996-6: 7). The Commission then communicated this to the European Parliament on 11 July, with its opinion that this common position was a step in the right direction. Compromise was necessary in order to be able to continue with the procedure for adopting a Resolution. In its Common Position, the Council shares many of the Parliament's considerations, eg concerning determination of jurisdiction...

On 11 June 1996, compromise suggestions by the Presidency enabled the Council to reach full political agreement, by qualified majority, on a common position regarding amendment of Directive 89/552/EEC (the "Television without Frontiers" Directive). The common position will be formally adopted when the text has been finalised; it will then be sent to the European Parliament for a second reading under the joint decision procedure. The Belgian, Greek and Irish delegations have indicated that they will abstain in the vote; Sweden will vote against. The common position will incorporate most of the...