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As provided in Art. 26 of the "Television without Frontiers" Directive, on 15 January 2001, the European Commission submitted its third report on the application of the Directive to the European Parliament, the Council and the Economic and Social Committee (see IRIS 1995-7: 4 and IRIS 1997-10: 5). The report deals with application of the Directive since it was amended in July 1997 up until the end of 2000. After giving a description of the development of the television market in Europe during the period 1997 to 2000, the report takes a closer look at the functioning of several of the directive's...

Article 2 of the "Television without Frontiers" Directive (89/552/EEC) permits Member States to restrict the provision of broadcasting services from the territory of another Member State only in case of transmissions which manifestly, seriously and gravely infringe the rules relating to, inter alia, the protection of minors (Article 22). The measures adopted are notified to the Commission of the European Communities, whose task is to verify within two months whether the measures are compatible with Community law. On 22 December 1998, the Commission adopted a decision confirming some restrictive...

The Turkish Radio and Television Supervisory Authority (RTÜK) has issued private Turkish television station ATV with a one-day broadcasting ban because it broadcast Pokemon films. The decision was taken on the grounds that the films contained violent scenes, which could be harmful to children. It followed an incident when a four-year old Turkish boy jumped from the seventh floor of a building and broke his leg. He later said that he had wanted to fly like a Pokemon. The Turkish Ministry of Health had already announced before the ban was imposed that it considered the cartoons to be dangerous...

During 2000, numerous efforts have been made in order to bring the legal order for the media of the Republic of Cyprus into line with European prerequisites. As far as private broadcasting is concerned, Directive 89/552/EEC on the coordination of certain provisions laid down by law, regulation or administrative action in Member States concerning the pursuit of television broadcasting activities had already been transposed by Law 7(I) of 29 January 1998 "consolidating and revising the Establishment, Installation and Operation of Radio and Television Stations". Furthermore, Law 7(I) had adopted certain...

By its Decree of 30 March 1999, the Flemish Parliament has decided to establish a new council to guarantee the protection of minors in application of Article 22 of the "Television without Frontiers" Directive. This new Council, the Vlaamse Kijk- en Luisterraad (Flemish Viewing and Listening Council for Radio and Television"the Council") will be composed of 2 judges and 7 experts inter alia in the field of child psychology and pedagogy. The Council will be empowered to take decisions on its own initiative or subsequent to a complaint. A conviction by the Council can lead to a warning and a request...