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Youth protection reforms in Germany (see IRIS 2002-6: 13) are progressing. On 21 June 2002, the Bundesrat (upper house of parliament) followed the Bundestag (lower house) in approving the new Jugendschutzgesetz (Youth Protection Act). The Act will enter into force together with the Staatsvertrag über den Schutz der Menschenwürde und den Jugendschutz in Rundfunk und Telemedien - Jugendmedienschutz-Staatsvertrag (InterState Agreement on the protection of human dignity and minors in broadcasting and telemedia - JMStV), for which the Länder are responsible. One of the aims of these reforms is to create...

Members of the Czech Parliament have tabled a Bill proposing a complete ban on tobacco advertising. Preparations for the latest amendment to the Act on the Regulation of Advertising have already caused disputes with the tobacco industry lobby. According to EC Directive 98/43/EC of 6 July 1998 on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States relating to the advertising and sponsorship of tobacco products, tobacco advertising should have been banned completely back in 2000. However, in its ruling of 5 October 2000, the European Court of Justice (ECJ)...

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), the Independent Television Commission (ITC) and the Broadcasting Standards Commission (BSC) have jointly published a report entitled "Striking a balance: the control of children's media consumption". The Report was driven by the UK Government's White Paper on Communications, "A New Future for Communications" (see IRIS 2001-1: 8), which proposed an investigation into the various mechanisms for exercising control over children's media consumption. It was commissioned to draw together information and evidence on "attitudes, behaviour and feasibility in...

The film "Baise-moi" is still being talked about. The association "Promouvoir" will really have done everything in its power to get the Courts to cancel its authorisation and consequently to prevent the film being shown in cinemas. It will be recalled that on 30 June 2000, at the association's request, the Conseil d'État cancelled the authorisation prohibiting the film being shown to anyone under the age of 16 years that had been granted to the film previously, on the grounds that the Decree of 23 February 1990, in its wording in force at the time the certificate was issued, made no provision for...

On 14 May 2002, the Commissione per il riassetto del sistema radiotelevisivo (Commission for the reform of the radio and television broadcasting sector), located at the Ministero delle comunicazioni (Ministry of Communications), published a Code of Conduct on Teleshopping drafted by broadcasters and their associations, together with representatives and experts from the Ministry, based on the premise that teleshopping relating to astrological services, gambling and games requires that there should be specific protection for consumers, in order to avoid the exploitation of superstition or fear as...