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On 7 December 1999, the Council of the European Union consulted the European Parliament on the initiative of the Republic of Austria (see IRIS 2000-1: 5) with a view to adopting a Council Decision to combat child pornography on the Internet (10317/1999 - 1999/0822 (CNS)). The Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs, responsible for the drafting of the Report appointed Timothy Kirkhope as rapporteur. At its meeting of 22 March it adopted a draft legislative resolution on the Austrian initiative included in the Report, which also has attached the opinions of the Committee...

Pursuant to the Communications Act of 31 July 1997, no. 249 (Istituzione dell'Autorità per le Garanzie nelle Comunicazioni e norme sui sistemi delle telecomunicazioni e radiotelevisivo, see IRIS 1997-8: 10) on 1 March 2000 the Autorità per le Garanzie nelle Comunicazioni (the Italian Communications Authority -AGC) adopted the regolamento concernente la diffusione via satellite di programmi televisivi (regulation no. 127/00/CONS concerning satellite television broadcasting). The Regulation applies to: 1) Italian broadcasters whose programmes are received in States Parties to the European Convention...

A presidential decree (no. 100/2000) has just been published in the official gazette, transposing into domestic law the provisions of Directive 97/36/EC of 30 June 1997. The decree covers the full text of Directive 89/552/EEC on "Television without frontiers", as amended in 1997. In accordance with this decree, the Minister for the Press and the Mass Media may, further to a suitable opinion or following a proposal from the National Radio and Television Council (NRTC), order an advance ban on the re-broadcasting of programmes broadcast by television bodies under the supervision of other Member...

On 21 March 2000, the Minister for Culture, Ms. Elsebeth Gerner, presented a draft concerning the broadcast of TV Services. In the following days the initiative was intensively discussed in the press as the draft presents controversial points of view. On 28 March 2000, the government parties, the Social Democratic Party and the Radical Party, entered into a political settlement with the Socialist People´s Party and the Centre Democrats to be in force for the period 1 January 2001 to 31 December 2004. The main points of the agreement concern the financing of public service programmes, TV advertising...

The state secretary for Education, Culture and Science has answered the questions of members of the Lower Chamber of Parliament concerning the proposal for the Concession Act (IRIS 1999-8: 11). In the proposed Act the willingness to introduce restrictive measures concerning commercials that are aimed at children, is limited to the creation of a legal basis for possible further legislation and a prohibition on sponsoring children programs. The government thinks that a complete ban on commercial and public broadcasting organisations from broadcast commercials that are directed to minors, would be...