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The Bundesverfassungsgericht (Federal Constitutional Court - BVerfG) in its judgment of 15 December 1999 has reinforced the protection afforded parents under the general right to privacy enshrined in Art 6 paras. 1 and 2 of the Grundgesetz (Basic Law - GG) with regard to the publication of portrayals of parents bestowing their attentions on their children. The complaint lodged by Caroline of Monaco concerned a ruling of the Bundesgerichtshof (Federal Supreme Court) of 19 December 1995 (file No. VI ZR 15/95). In proceedings before the latter against a newspaper publisher, the plaintiff and appellant...

The advertising standards board (BVP), the self-regulatory body of the advertising professions, has just published a recommendation on advertising on Internet. The recommendation refers at length to the revised guidelines drawn up by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) in 1998. The rules laid down by this text are aimed at both defining the limits of advertising activity and guaranteeing the legality of the content of messages circulating on the Internet. Thus the first point concerns the identification of the advertiser origin ating an advertising message; the identity must be clear and...

Article 48 of the Act of 30 September 1986 (as amended) provides that terms of reference fixed by decree should define the legal framework for the operations and obligations of the two national television companies. A decree of 31 December 1999 has now approved the amendments to the terms of reference for France 2 and France 3, originally defined in 1994 and already amended in 1996 and 1998 (see IRIS 1998-6: 10). On 15 December the official audiovisual monitoring body (Conseil supérieur de l'audiovisuel - CSA), to which the matter was referred in application of Article 48 of the 1986 act (as amended),...

On 17 December 1999, the Council of the European Union made public its conclusions regarding the protection of minors in the framework of the developments in the digital audiovisual services. The Council recognises the need to adapt and complement current systems for protecting minors from harmful audiovisual content. The development of new technical means for parental control must not reduce the responsibilities of the various categories of operators, such as broadcasters and providers. Member States are called on to: - keep the effectiveness of current systems for protecting minors under review...

The European Commission recently adopted a Communication on the planned future strategy for the audiovisual sector. The document sets out the main issues and principles of an audiovisual policy to cover the next five years, taking into account the technical progress and rapid growth of the audiovisual sector. The Communication makes it clear that the Commission does not intend to create a totally new regulatory framework for audiovisual services in the digital age. Rather, it hopes to build on existing measures such as the "Television without Frontiers" Directive and the Council Recommendation...