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The National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia adopted the Law on Advertising at its session held on 14 September 2005, and it was published in the Official gazette of Serbia on 16 September 2005. The Law is based upon the expert draft of 2001 (see IRIS 2002-2: 15) and the proposal adopted by the Government of Serbia in 2004 (see IRIS 2005-3: 7), but it underwent some last minute changes prior to adoption. The Law has eleven chapters. The first chapter deals with general provisions, defining the subject matter of the law, the terms used therein as well as principles of advertising: freedom of...

On 7 September 2005, the European Parliament adopted a legislative resolution on the Commission's proposal for a recommendation on the protection of minors and human dignity and the right of reply in relation to the competitiveness of the European audiovisual and information services industry (see IRIS 2004-2: 6 and IRIS 2004-6: 5). Previous European legal instruments such as Council Directive 98/560/EC and Art. 22 of the TWF directive had already addressed these issues, albeit in a less extensive manner. This resolution's innovation lies in its scope: it is intended to cover recent technological...

Decision N° 403 of 30 June 2005 of the Consiliul Naţional al Audiovizualului (national supervisory body for electronic audiovisual media - CNA ) defines the procedure and conditions applicable in Romania for the granting of national, regional and local licences. After a number of definitions set out in Art. 2 (eg. “audiovisual licence“, “national”, “regional”, “local” licence, “telecommunications network“), Art. 3 explains that audiovisual licences for terrestrial broadcasting are granted on the basis of tenders, and that in the case of network broadcasting ( reţea de telecomunicaţii), licensing...

On 7 June 2005 the Conseil supérieur de l'audiovisuel (national audiovisual regulatory body - CSA) adopted a recommendation directed at the editors of television services broadcasting on all the networks (terrestrial, cable, satellite, Internet, ADSL, etc) on minimum age marking and programme classification with regard to the protection of minors. The text recalls established principles, states that its main intention is to extend these obligations, until now contained in the agreements, to all channels, particularly those merely requiring declaration because they do not constitute a service providing...

In its bid to modernise the rules governing Europe's media industry, the Commission deployed plans a few years ago to revise the Television without Frontiers Directive. In order to do so effectively, the Commission initiated consultations in 2003 (see IRIS 2004-1: 6 and IRIS 2003-2: 5) which drew remarks and analyses from experts and stakeholders on future EU rules for audiovisual content. The findings that emerged from these consultations are that the European audiovisual sector is drastically changing as a result of technological innovations which make media convergence more of a reality. This...