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On the basis of an opinion delivered on 16 April 2008 by the Ministry of Health on the impact of television channels on very young children, the Conseil Supérieur de l’Audiovisuel (national audiovisual regulatory authority – CSA), in compliance with the mission to protect children and adolescents conferred on it by Articles 1 and 15 of the Act of 30 September 1986, delivered a deliberation on 22 July 2008 aimed at protecting children under the age of three years from the effects of television. Two experts’ reports were the inspiration for the scientific opinion of the Ministry of Health against...

On 1 September 2008, the Zehnte Rundfunkänderungsstaatsvertrag (10th Agreement Amending the Inter-State Broadcasting Agreement - 10. RÄStV) entered into force in all 16 German Bundesländer . In particular, the new Agreement provides for the restructuring of media supervision in the Länder (Art. 35 ff. of the Rundfunkstaatsvertrag – Inter-State Broadcasting Agreement – RStV) as well as new access rules and rules for platform operators (Art. 50 ff. RStV). It also includes new rules on the organisation of competitions (Art. 8a RStV). Under Art. 35 para. 2 nos. 1 and 7 RStV, the licensing of private...

In a ruling of 17 July 2008 (case no. I ZR160/05), the Bundesgerichtshof (Federal Supreme Court - BGH) decided on the admissibility of collecting programmes partly aimed at children and young people. The case concerned an advertising campaign by the firm Nestlé. The company had printed points on the packaging of its chocolate bars. Every 25 points was worth EUR 5 at an Internet mail-order firm. Since this advertising campaign was partly aimed at children and young people, the Verbraucherzentrale Bundesverband e. V. (Federation of German Consumer Organisations - vzbr) filed an injunction suit against...

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...