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On 11 May 2009, the Civil Court, First Hall, decided that the Malta Broadcasting Authority had not, when hearing a charge issued by the Chief Executive of the said Authority against the public service broadcaster, given the latter a fair hearing during administrative proceedings. This court case involved the first instance of application by the Authority in 2000 of the then new law which changed the procedure as to the enforcement of broadcasting legislation from one based on criminal proceedings to one based on administrative proceedings. The facts of the case are as follows. On 21 March 2000,...

In May 2009, a draft law reforming the funding of the Corporación de Radio y Televisión Española (RTVE), the national public service broadcaster, was presented to the Spanish Parliament. The original text, approved by the Cabinet (see IRIS 2009-6: 10), included the elimination of advertising on Televisión Española (TVE) and proposed a new financial equilibrium that would be achieved through State subsidy and income originating from three different types of taxes: an existing one on the use of spectrum frequencies, and two new ones, to be paid by national commercial broadcasters (both pay and free-to-air)...

The Deutsche Werberat (German Advertising Standards Council) has published a code of conduct on commercial communication for foods and beverages. The aims of this voluntary self-monitoring initiative are to ensure compliance with legal requirements and to promote competition. The code of conduct includes so-called general principles, such as the protection of consumers in their confidence in the quality of foods and beverages, the ban on advertising messages that counteract a balanced and active lifestyle and diet, or that encourage unbalanced or excessive consumption. The code also contains specific...

On 14 May 2009, the Consiliul Naţional al Audiovizualului (national council for electronic media - CNA) and the Autoritatea Naţională pentru Protecţia Drepturilor Copilului (national authority for the protection of children's rights - ANPDC) signed a protocol on active co-operation to protect and promote children's rights through the exchange of relevant data and information and the effective handling of all infringements in this field (chapter 1 para. 1). Improvements will also be made to the monitoring of how children's rights are protected in broadcasting. In particular, the public image of...

On 2 June 2009 the Lithuanian Seimas (Parliament) approved the Draft Amendment Law on the Protection of Minors against the Detrimental Effect of Public Information in the first reading. The Draft Law seeks to enhance the protection of minors against the negative effect of public information by expanding the list of criteria on the restricted published information as well as by establishing a system of visual means (indexes) used for categorising TV programmes. The Draft Law provides that public information which encourages gambling and participating in lotteries and other games, where the impression...