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On 22 December 2011 the Seimas (Lithuanian Parliament) adopted a new Act on Cinema. The draft law was prepared by the Ministry of Culture in cooperation with the Union of Lithuanian Cinematographers and the Association of Independent Producers. The new Law determines the basis for State regulation and financing of Lithuanian cinema, the protection of its heritage and the rules for film distribution and presentation in cinemas. It aims at distinguishing between the State policy forming function and the implementation function in the cinema sector. The Law foresees that the State policy forming function...

On 1 January 2012 an amendment to Act II. of 2004 on Motion Pictures came into force significantly changing the institutional and funding system of the Hungarian film industry (see IRIS 2004-2/28). Under the new law the recently established Magyar Nemzeti Filmalap Közhasznú Nonprofit Zrt. (Hungarian National Film Fund - MNF) replaces the Magyar Mozgókép Közalapítvány (Motion Picture Public Foundation - MMKA), becoming the central body for the support of the Hungarian film industry. The MMKA was established jointly by the Government and organisations of the film industry; the MNF’s founder is the...

The Government of Gibraltar has made regulations transposing the Audiovisual Media Services Directive into the Law of Gibraltar. This follows a reasoned opinion from the Commission at the end of 2011 requesting the UK Government to secure such implementation; Gibraltar is a British Overseas Territory that governs its own internal affairs, with some matters - such as foreign relations - remaining the responsibility of the UK Government. The Audiovisual Media Services Regulations, made under the Interpretation and General Clauses Act, took effect on 20 October 2011. They state that they apply to...

On 20 December 2011, the audiovisual regulatory authority (Conseil Supérieur de l’Audiovisuel - CSA) adopted a deliberation on the protection of young audiences, deontology, and the accessibility of programmes on on-demand audiovisual media services (AMSs), replacing the deliberation of 14 December 2010 (see IRIS 2011-2/27). Under Article 1 of the Act of 30 September 1986, the CSA is required to protect young audiences from programmes that might be damaging to their physical, mental or moral development. More particularly, Article 15 of the Act requires it to ensure the implementation of any means...

On 1 December 2011, the Bundestag (lower house of parliament) adopted the Aufhebungsgesetz zum Gesetz zur Erschwerung des Zugangs zu kinderpornographischen Inhalten in Kommunikationsnetzen (Act abolishing the Act on the obstruction of access to child pornography via communication networks - Zugangserschwerungsgesetz). The Zugangserschwerungsgesetz, which entered into force on 17 February 2010, was designed, inter alia, to make it possible to block Internet sites containing child pornography (see IRIS 2010-4/19). However, after heavy public criticism, in accordance with the coalition agreement of...