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The Consiliul Naţional al Audiovizualului (National Council for Electronic Media - CNA) adopted on 24 February 2011 a new Audiovisual Content Regulatory Code (Audiovisual Code; Decision 220/2011), which replaces the previous one (see inter alia IRIS 2007-4/30). At the same time, the Romanian Parliament began debating a draft project to change and complete the Legea Audiovizualului nr. 504/2002 (Audiovisual Law no. 504/2002) proposed by several MPs. The project, severely criticised by the CNA, is intended to merge the Audiovisual Law with most of the provisions of the 2006 Audiovisual Code. The...

The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) is to permit paid product placement on Irish television. Authorization of product placement will extend to all television services: community, commercial, and public service broadcasters. The decision follows a public consultation process, which was completed in January this year and carried out by the BAI pursuant to s.44 of the Broadcasting Act 2009 (see IRIS 2009-10/18). Product placement is to be included in the BAI’s revised General and Children’s Commercial Communications Codes, which will be published shortly and will take effect from Monday, 2...

The British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) is the body that classifies films and videos/DVDs. Originally established as a self-regulatory body by the film industry, it acquired statutory responsibility for videos and DVDs under the Video Recordings Act 1984. It is financed by fees charged for classification, according to a tariff approved by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. Classification is carried out through ratings setting out the audience for whom viewing is appropriate (U, PG, 12A, 15, 18, R18). Since 2008 the BBFC has been working with the video industry to provide a content...

According to media reports, the CDU/CSU and FDP coalition committee decided on 5 April 2011 to overturn the Gesetz zur Erschwerung des Zugangs zu kinderpornographischen Inhalten in Kommunikationsnetzen (Act on the obstruction of access to child pornography via communication networks - Zugangserschwerungsgesetz), which was passed by the previous government on 18 June 2009 with the aim of enabling internet sites with child pornography content to be blocked. The law came into force on 17 February 2010 but, in accordance with the coalition agreement of the then newly-formed Federal Government and on...

The European Commission has finished the preliminary analysis of the measures implementing the Audiovisual Media Services (AVMS) Directive into national law notified by 16 Member States: Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Malta, the Netherlands, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Slovakia and the United Kingdom. Subsequently, the European Commission has sent fact-finding letters to these states inquiring about these implementing measures. The Commission is thus seeking to ensure that all provisions of the AVMS Directive have been correctly transposed into...