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The Slovenian public is protected from potentially harmful content on television through the following measures: 1.) a legislative provision (article 84 of the Media Act on the protection of minors) and related measures, i.e. regulation guidelines according to the stipulation of visual and acoustic effects during the broadcasting of TV programmes the contents of which are unsuitable to minors (Pravilnik o določitvi vizualnega in akustičnega opozorila za programske vsebine, ki niso primerne za otroke in mladoletnike), issued by the Ministry of Culture (Ministrstvo za kulturo); 2.) content guidelines...

Following the success of the 30% state-funded Phare project RO 0107.02, which was run by the Romanian audiovisual regulatory authority between 2002 and 2004 and concentrated particularly on technical support and assistance with purchases, the Consiliul Naţional al Audiovizualului (National Audiovisual Council – CNA) was able to organise a second Phare programme from 2007 to 2008, this time fully financed by the European fund (Phare 2004/016-772.03.15.01). This second project aimed to deepen and broaden expertise in the Romanian audiovisual sector. The primary purpose was to develop the experiences...

On 17 June 2008, the Conseil Supérieur de l’Audiovisuel (national audiovisual regulatory authority – CSA) published a deliberation on the exposure of tobacco products, alcoholic beverages and illegal drugs on the airwaves. Faced with the increased presence of tobacco, drugs and alcohol on television and radio, the CSA, as part of its mission to preserve public health and with the support of the Mission Interministérielle de Lutte contre la Drogue et la Toxicomanie (inter-ministerial mission to combat drugs and drug addiction – MILDT), has laid down the conditions for representing these substances...

The Broadcasting Council of the Czech Republic has frequently had to deal with the principles of youth protection on television, particularly in relation to "Big Brother"-type formats and has imposed fines on many occasions. The programmes concerned are accused of infringing the provisions of the Youth Protection Act. The Broadcasting Council’s main criticisms of the new formats concern the systematic flouting of social standards and the deliberate attempts to encourage participants to break taboos. As far as common social values are concerned, these programmes are considered particularly problematic...

On 16 July 2008, the European Commission adopted an anti-trust decision intended to prohibit copyright-handling practices that create artificial barriers to the provision of music across European borders. These involve clauses in reciprocal representation agreements between collecting societies (all of which operate under the umbrella of CISAC – the International Association of Collecting Societies of Authors and Composers) that have been deemed to infringe the European rules on restrictive business practices (Article 81, EC Treaty and Article 53, EEA Agreement; see also the European Court of Justice’s...