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On 3 July 1996 the Ukrainian President signed the new Law on Advertisement. The law defines the legal framework for the advertising industry in Ukraine and regulates relations, that arise during a process of the creation, dissemination and consumption of advertisements. Chapter II determines general requirements for the advertisement. The advertising business has to comply with the principles of legality , accuracy and authenticy according to the legislation of Ukraine, and in forms and methods, that can not bring a consumer a moral, physical or psychological damage. General restrictions and prohibitions...

On 19 July 1996 the Swedish Parliament adopted a new Radio and Television Act, which is to come into force on 1 December 1996. The Act sets out the first unified legislative framework for broadcasting in Sweden. In principle, it will cover all television broadcasting (terrestrial, cable and satellite) and radio broadcasting (nation-wide, commercial and non-commercial) aimed at the general public. Television broadcasts via satellite will be covered by the main regulation in Chapter 1, Section 4, if they can be received in an EEA State and the broadcaster's official registered office is in Sweden....

On 8 July the Council of Ministers of the EU submitted the final version of its common position on amending the "Television without Frontiers" Directive, which it had adopted on 11 June (as reported in IRIS 1996-6: 7). The Commission then communicated this to the European Parliament on 11 July, with its opinion that this common position was a step in the right direction. Compromise was necessary in order to be able to continue with the procedure for adopting a Resolution. In its Common Position, the Council shares many of the Parliament's considerations, eg concerning determination of jurisdiction...

After heated parliamentary discussion, an Act to protect health against the effects of using tobacco and tobacco products was passed on 9 November 1995. The Act, which came into force on 1 May 1996, marks the start of more vigorous action to curb smoking in Poland. In addition to preventing dependence on tobacco and tobacco products and protecting health against the effects of using them, the act is intended to protect the right of non-smokers to a tobacco smoke-free environment. It obliges government and local authorities to take all the action needed for this purpose. The Act imposes numerous...

On 29 July 1996, a US District Court in New York became the second court (for the first court decision see IRIS 1996-7: 7) to order a preliminary injunction against enforcement of section 223 of the Communications Decency Act ("CDA") since the CDA was enacted on 8 February of this year ( see IRIS 1996-3: 7-10). Adopted to protect minors using on-line computer services, section 223(d) prohibits transmission to a person under 18 years of age, or making available to a person under 18 years of age, sexually explicit material that is patently offensive as measured by contemporary community standards....