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On 7 November 2011 Act no. 194/2011 on fighting activities with substances capable of having psychoactive effects, other than those stipulated in the regulations in force, was promulgated by the President of Romania and published in the Official Journal of Romania no. 796 of 10 November 2011 (Part I). The Act implements Directive 98/34/EC and establishes the legal framework applicable to products, other than those determined by existing legislation, capable of having psychoactive effects, by imposing measures to prevent, control and fight the consumption of such products. The maximum penalty for...

Following a case of advertising give-aways distributed to cinema audiences at the national release of a children’s film, the Norwegian Consumer Ombudsman has, in interviews with the media, renewed her call for a ban on advertising in connection with film screenings to young audiences. At the national release (99 screens on 28 August 2011) of Coming Home (Til siste hinder), a girls-and-horses epic classified as “suitable for all ages” by the Norwegian Media Authority, the publishers of a magazine/member’s club targeting “horse-loving girls” had bags of advertising matter placed in the cinema seats....

After two years of work, the nationwide switch to DTV in France was completed on 29 November 2011. The result is a complete end to analog terrestrial broadcasting - “not an end, but a beginning”, according to one member of the CSA, referring to the “irresistible advent of connected television, which will make television and the Internet coexist on the same screen”. The combination of audiovisual content, which is heavily regulated, and content from the Internet, which is not regulated, indeed raises new questions concerning regulation. How will it be possible, for example, to protect young people...

The minimum age for admission to public showings of films is from now on the same throughout Switzerland. In order to achieve this, the conference of regional directors of justice and police (Conférence des Directeurs Cantonaux de Justice et Police - CCDJP) has drawn up an agreement with the Swiss association of film operators and distributors (ProCinema), the Swiss videogram association (Association Suisse du Vidéogramme - ASV), and the Swiss conference of regional directors of public education (Conférence Suisse des Directeurs Cantonaux de l’Instruction Publique - CDIP). The purpose of the agreement...

On 15 November 2011, Vijeće Regulatorne agencije za komunikacije (the Council of the Communications Regulatory Agency - CRA) adopted a set of by-laws transposing the provisions of the Audiovisual Media Services Directive (AVMSD) into the regulatory framework of Bosnia and Herzegovina. More specifically, the Rule on the Provision of Audiovisual Media Services establishes a two-tier system of authorisation for the provision of audiovisual media services in Bosnia and Herzegovina - licensing for linear and an obligatory, but free-of-charge registration procedure for on-demand services. There are different...